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Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthday
April 20, 1972
Place of Birth
Sharonville, Ohio, USA
Also Known As
- Кармен Электра
- Tara Leigh Patrick
Carmen Electra
2.2 Popularity
Biography
Tara Leigh Patrick (born April 20, 1972), professionally known as Carmen Electra is a European-American/Native-American glamour model, actress, television personality, singer, dancer and sex symbol. She gained fame for her appearances in Playboy magazine, on the MTV game show Singled Out, on the TV series Baywatch, and dancing with the Pussycat Dolls, and has since had roles in the parody films Scary Movie, Date Movie, Epic Movie, Meet the Spartans, and Disaster Movie. Electra was born in Sharonville, Ohio, the daughter of Patricia, a singer, and Harry, a guitarist and entertainer. She attended Ann Weigel Elementary School and then studied dance at Dance Artists dance studio under Gloria J. Simpson, in Western Hills, a neighborhood of Cincinnati. Her mother died of a brain tumor in 1998. Her older sister Debbie died from a heart attack, also in 1998. Carmen graduated from Princeton High School in Sharonville. Carmen Electra also attended the School for Creative and Performing Arts (SCPA) in the Cincinnati Public School District. She has Irish, German, and Cherokee ancestry. Electra started her professional career in 1990 as a dancer at Kings Island amusement park in Mason, Ohio in the show "It’s Magic", one of the more popular shows in the park's history. In 1991, she moved to California and met Prince. Soon after meeting Prince, Electra signed a recording contract with Prince's Paisley Park Records and began a short-lived singing career.During her time at Paisley Park Records, she officially became known as Carmen Electra. Electra on June 3, 2008. In 1995, Electra started appearing in television programs. In May 1996 she was featured in a nude pictorial in Playboy magazine, the first of several. This exposure led to higher profile television appearances, including Baywatch (cast member from 1997–1998, as Leilani "Lani" McKenzie) and MTV's Singled Out. She returned to Baywatch for the 2003 reunion movie, Baywatch: Hawaiian Wedding. Electra was featured in Playboy four more times, with her second appearance in June 1997, third in December 2000, fourth in April 2003 and her fifth in the January 2009 anniversary issue. She was on the cover three times, in December 2000, April 2003 and on the 55th anniversary Issue in January 2009. Electra has appeared in films such as American Vampire (1997), Good Burger (1997), The Mating Habits of the Earthbound Human (1999), the horror spoof Scary Movie (2000) and also appeared in Meet the Spartans (2008), Scary Movie 4 (2006), Epic Movie (2007), Date Movie (2006), Disaster Movie (2008), the remake of the 1970s TV show Starsky & Hutch (2004) and Cheaper by the Dozen 2. She won an MTV Movie Award (best kiss) for Starsky & Hutch. She also appeared in an episode of House in which she portrayed herself as an injured golfer and an injured farmer, playing out House's fantasy. In 1999, she appeared in the Bloodhound Gang's music video of "The Inevitable Return of the Great White Dope." In 2005, she joined the voice cast of the animated series Tripping the Rift, replacing Gina Gershon as the voice of the sexy android "Six". Also in 2005, she began the Naked Women's Wrestling League, acting as the commissioner for the professional wrestling promotion. In late 2006, Carmen began to be featured in commercials by Taco Bell.
Known For
Credits
Good Burger 2
as Roxanne
2023
6.3
That '90s Show
as Self
2023
6.8
Finding Sandler
as Self
2022
8.0
The Celebrity Dating Game
as Self
2021
2.0
The Last Dance
as Self
2020
8.3
Rodman: For Better or Worse
as Self (archive footage)
2019
8.2
Kocktails With Khloé
as Self
2016
6.8
Ex Isle
as host
2016
0.0
The Book of Fire
as Theodora
2015
4.1
Chocolate City
as DJ
2015
5.2
Lap Dance
as Lexus
2014
4.2
Jane the Virgin
as Self
2014
7.9
Dragula
as Lisa
2014
6.8
The Birthday Boys
2013
6.8
Through the Keyhole
as Self
2013
6.0
Fra Sydhavn til West Coast
as Sig selv
2013
10.0
Whose Line Is It Anyway?
as Self
2013
7.6
2-Headed Shark Attack
as Anne Babish
2012
4.3
🎬
The Choice
as Self
2012
0.0
The Eric Andre Show
as Self
2012
7.9
Sunset Strip
as Self
2012
7.3
Suburgatory
as Carmen Electra
2011
6.7
Mardi Gras: Spring Break
as Self
2011
5.6
Ridiculousness
as Self
2011
6.8
Franklin & Bash
as Bridget Barnes
2011
7.2
🎬
Back Nine
as Judy
2010
5.0
Oy Vey! My Son Is Gay!
as Sybil Williams
2010
4.9
Barry Munday
as Iconic Beauty
2010
5.7
Worst Cooks in America
as Self - Contestant
2010
6.6
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
as Self - Guest
2009
5.1
🎬
Mission Hollywood
as Self
2009
0.0
Zac Efron's Pool Party
as Self
2009
3.2
RuPaul's Drag Race
as Self - Guest Judge
2009
7.5
Bedtime Stories
as Hot Girl
2008
6.2
90210
as Vesta
2008
5.8
Disaster Movie
as Beautiful Assassin
2008
3.2
Naked Movie
as Self
2008
2.0
Meet the Spartans
as Queen Margo
2008
4.1
Christmas in Wonderland
as Ginger Peachum
2007
5.5
🎬
Carmen Electra's Aerobic Striptease, Vol 7 - Vegas Strip
as Carmen Electra
2007
7.5
Carmen Electra's Aerobic Striptease, Vol 6 - In the Bedroom
as Carmen Electra
2007
10.0
Keeping Up with the Kardashians
as Self
2007
7.4
I Want Candy
as Candy
2007
5.1
Full of It
as Carmen Electra
2007
5.3
Pledge This!
as Herself
2007
2.7
Epic Movie
as Mystique
2007
3.9
Carmen Electra's Naked Women Wrestling League: Naked Revolution
as Self - Host
2007
8.5
The Charlotte Church Show
as Self - Guest
2006
5.0
Hot Tamale
as Riley
2006
4.9
Scary Movie 4
as Holly
2006
5.5
American Dreamz
as Herself
2006
5.0
Playboy: Celebrity Centerfolds
as Self
2006
2.0
Date Movie
as Anne
2006
4.3
Cheaper by the Dozen 2
as Sarina Murtaugh
2005
6.2
Getting Played
as Lauren
2005
5.9
Merry F#%$in' Christmas
as Self
2005
6.2
The Reichen Show
as Self - Guest
2005
4.8
Dirty Love
as Michelle Lopez
2005
4.2
Kathy Griffin: My Life on the D-List
as Self
2005
5.0
Hell's Kitchen
as Self - Restaurant Patron
2005
6.8
Searching for Bobby D
as Rebecca
2005
2.8
Stacked
2005
7.0
Fat Actress
as Carmen Electra
2005
5.2
American Dad!
as Lisa Silver (voice)
2005
7.0
Lil' Pimp
as Honeysack (voice)
2005
4.7
Naked Women's Wrestling League
as Self - Hostess
2005
5.5
America or Busted
as Self
2004
10.0
House
as Carmen Electra
2004
8.6
Lit: All Access
as Self
2004
0.0
Max Havoc: Curse Of The Dragon
as Debbie
2004
4.5
Manhunt: The Search for America's Most Gorgeous Male Model
as Self - Host
2004
7.0
🎬
The Tony Danza Show
as Self - Guest
2004
6.1
Joey
as Carmen Electra
2004
6.3
Mr. 3000
as Self (uncredited)
2004
5.3
Summerland
as Mona Canatti
2004
6.5
30 Days Until I'm Famous
as Pauline
2004
4.2
Monster Island
as Self
2004
4.3
Starsky & Hutch
as Staci
2004
5.8
Tripping the Rift
as Six of One (voice)
2004
6.4
Best Week Ever
2004
5.6
🎬
'Til Death Do Us Part: Carmen and Dave
2004
0.0
On Air with Ryan Seacrest
as Self
2004
9.5
Rent Control
as Audrey
2003
4.4
Hope & Faith
as Carmen
2003
5.3
Eve
as Zan
2003
8.6
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
as Self
2003
5.6
Bikini Destinations
as Herself - Carmen Electra
2003
8.5
My Boss's Daughter
as Tina
2003
5.0
Uptown Girls
as Celebrity
2003
6.9
Carmen Electra's Aerobic Striptease, Vol 1 - Aerobic Striptease
as Carmen Electra
2003
5.7
Carmen Electra's Aerobic Striptease, Vol 2 - Fit to Strip
as Carmen Electra
2003
10.0
Reno 911!
as Miss Uecker
2003
7.2
🎬
E!'s 101
as Self
2003
0.0
🎬
Dance Fever
as Self - Judge
2003
0.0
🎬
The New Tom Green Show
as Self
2003
4.5
Celebrities Uncensored
as Self
2003
4.0
Punk'd
as Self
2003
5.1
Sol Goode
as Treasure
2003
4.0
Baywatch: Hawaiian Wedding
as Lani McKenzie
2003
5.7
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
as Self
2003
5.5
Cleavage
as Self/Narrator
2002
5.6
Monk
as Chloe Blackburn
2002
8.0
The Osbournes
as Self
2002
5.9
Whacked!
as Laura
2002
4.0
The Jamie Kennedy Experiment
2002
6.6
Off Centre
2001
8.3
🎬
Playboy Mansion Parties Uncensored
as Self
2001
6.1
Perfume
as Simone
2001
4.7
Playboy's Celebrities
as Herself
2001
5.9
Get Over It
as Mistress Moira
2001
5.6
Playboy's Best of College Girls
as (archive footage)
2000
3.0
Welcome to Hollywood
as Carmen Electra
2000
3.8
BattleBots
as Self
2000
6.9
Scary Movie
as Drew Decker
2000
6.4
Christmas Vacation 2000
as Esmeralda
1999
5.3
The Mating Habits of the Earthbound Human
as The Female
1999
5.9
The Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn
as Self - Guest
1999
4.6
Hyperion Bay
as Sarah Hicks
1998
7.0
TRL
1998
5.1
The Chosen One: Legend of the Raven
as McKenna Ray / The Raven
1998
3.0
Starstruck
as Iona Shirley
1998
5.1
VH1 Divas
as Self -Performer
1998
7.5
Two Guys and a Girl
as Isabella
1998
7.1
EP Daily
1997
8.5
The View
as Self
1997
4.3
Good Burger
as Roxanne (uncredited)
1997
6.1
Playboy's Cheerleaders
as Cheerleader
1997
0.0
Taff
as self
1997
3.2
Just Shoot Me!
as Herself
1997
6.6
An American Vampire Story
as Sulka
1997
3.3
King of the Hill
as Angela (voice)
1997
7.4
Love in Hollywood
as Self
1996
0.0
Malcolm & Eddie
1996
7.4
E! True Hollywood Story
1996
8.1
Pacific Blue
as Lani Mackenzie
1996
5.3
MADtv
as Self - Guest Host
1995
7.0
Baywatch Nights
as Candy
1995
6.2
Soccer AM
as Self
1995
6.0
Erotic Confessions: Intimacy
as Manager (segment "At the Tone")
1995
2.0
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
as Self - Guest
1993
7.2
Prince: The Ryde Dyvine
1992
0.0
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
1992
5.4
The Simpsons
as Carmen Electra (voice)
1989
8.0
Baywatch
as Lani McKenzie
1989
6.0
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
as Self
1988
5.4
🎬
Aerobic Striptease
N/A
0.0
The Osbourne Family Christmas Special
N/A
0.0
🎬
With Friends Like These
as Bridget
N/A
0.0
🎬
Tungsten Grey is the Warmest Colour
as Shania
N/A
7.0