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Tara Leigh Patrick (born April 20, 1972), professionally known as Carmen Electra, is an American glamour model, television personality, and entertainer. She gained fame for her appearances in Playboy magazine, on the MTV game show Singled Out, on the TV series Baywatch, for her appearances dancing with the Pussycat Dolls, and has since become recognizable for her roles in the parody films Scary Movie, Date Movie, Epic Movie and Meet the Spartans.
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| Born | Tara Leigh Patrick April 20, 1972 (1972-04-20) (age 36) Sharonville, Ohio, USA |
| Spouse(s) | Dennis Rodman (1998-1999) Dave Navarro (2003-2007) |
| Awards won | |
| Golden Raspberry Awards | |
| #1 | Worst Supporting Actress 2006 Date Movie, Scary Movie 4 |
Patrick was born in White Oak, Ohio and lived in Sharonville, Ohio. She is the daughter of Patricia, a singer, and Harry Patrick, an entertainer and guitarist. Her mother died of a brain tumor in 1998. Her older sister Debbie died from a heart attack, also in 1998. Tara graduated from Princeton High School in Sharonville. She has Irish, German, and Cherokee ancestry.
Read more...Patrick moved to California in 1994, where she met Prince while auditioning for an all-girl rap group. Prince persuaded her to change her name to Carmen Electra and instead record a solo album. Soon after, she signed a recording contract with Prince's company Paisley Park Records, marking the start of a short-lived singing career.
In 1995, Electra started appearing in various television programs. Read more...
Electra portrayed Velvita, a.k.a. lonelygirl362436, as a spoof of lonelygirl15 as an Epic Movie teaser.
Carmen Electra Aerobic Striptease is a five-disc DVD exercise series that combines teaching classic stripping moves with a low impact cardio workout also starring Jon Eby.
Released in January 2008, the Electra-Pole is a pole dancing kit inspired and endorsed by Carmen Electra that Read more...