Carmen Electra

Tara Leigh Patrick born April 20 1972 professionally known as Carmen Electra is an 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 Its Magic one of the more popular shows in the parks history In 1991 she moved to California and met Prince Soon after meeting Prince Electra signed a recording contract with Princes Paisley Park Records and began a shortlived singing careerDuring 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 19971998 as Leilani Lani McKenzie and MTVs 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 Houses fantasy In 1999 she appeared in the Bloodhound Gangs 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 Womens Wrestling League acting as the commissioner for the professional wrestling promotion In late 2006 Carmen began to be featured in commercials by Taco Bell