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Carmen Electra
Born · April 20, 1972 (52 years old)
Known For: Acting
Place of Birth: Sharonville, Ohio, USA
Bio
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 "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.
Finding Sandler
Self
8.0
2022
Rodman: For Better or Worse
Self (archive footage)
8.3
2019
2-Headed Shark Attack
Anne Babish
4.4
2012
Mardi Gras: Spring Break
Self
5.7
2011
Zac Efron's Pool Party
Self
3.2
2009
Bedtime Stories
Hot Girl
6.2
2008
Disaster Movie
Beautiful Assassin
3.2
2008
Meet the Spartans
Queen Margo
4.0
2008
Christmas in Wonderland
Ginger Peachum
5.5
2007
Carmen Electra's Aerobic Striptease, Vol 6 - In the Bedroom
Carmen Electra
10.0
2007
Carmen Electra's Aerobic Striptease, Vol 7 - Vegas Strip
Carmen Electra
7.5
2007
I Want Candy
Candy
5.1
2007
Epic Movie
Mystique
3.9
2007
The Charlotte Church Show
Self - Guest · (1 episode)
5.0
2006
Hot Tamale
Riley
5.4
2006
Scary Movie 4
Holly
5.5
2006
Date Movie
Anne
4.2
2006
Cheaper by the Dozen 2
Sarina Murtaugh
6.2
2005
Getting Played
Lauren
6.4
2005
Merry F#%$in' Christmas
Self
6.2
2005
Dirty Love
Michelle Lopez
4.3
2005
Kathy Griffin: My Life on the D-List
Self · (1 episode)
5.0
2005
Stacked
(1 episode)
7.2
2005
Fat Actress
Carmen Electra · (1 episode)
6.2
2005
American Dad!
Lisa Silver (voice) · (1 episode)
7.0
2005
Lil' Pimp
Honeysack (voice)
5.7
2005
House
Carmen Electra · (1 episode)
8.6
2004
The Tony Danza Show
Self - Guest · (5 episodes)
6.1
2004
Joey
Carmen Electra · (2 episodes)
6.3
2004
Summerland
(4 episodes)
6.7
2004
30 Days Until I'm Famous
Pauline
4.9
2004
Monster Island
Self
4.4
2004
Tripping the Rift
(1 episode)
6.4
2004
Tripping the Rift
Six of One (voice) · (13 episodes)
6.4
2004
Best Week Ever
(3 episodes)
6.3
2004
'Til Death Do Us Part: Carmen and Dave
(7 episodes)
0.0
2004
On Air with Ryan Seacrest
Self · (1 episode)
9.5
2004
Hope & Faith
Carmen · (1 episode)
5.3
2003
Eve
Zan · (1 episode)
9.3
2003
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
Self · (4 episodes)
5.8
2003
My Boss's Daughter
Tina
5.0
2003
Uptown Girls
Celebrity
6.8
2003
Get Over It
Mistress Moira
5.6
2001
Carmen Electra's Naked Women Wrestling League: Naked Revolution
Self - Host
8.5
Good Burger 2
Roxanne
6.5
2023
The Book of Fire
Theodora
4.7
2015
Chocolate City
DJ
5.5
2015
Lap Dance
Lexus
4.5
2014
Dragula
Lisa
6.8
2014
Sunset Strip
Self
7.3
2012
Oy Vey! My Son Is Gay!
Sybil Williams
5.0
2010
Back Nine
Judy
0.0
2010
Barry Munday
Iconic Beauty
5.7
2010
Naked Movie
Self
0.0
2008
Full of It
Carmen Electra
5.3
2007
Pledge This!
Herself
2.8
2006
American Dreamz
Herself
5.0
2006
Playboy: Celebrity Centerfolds
Self
2.0
2006
Searching for Bobby D
Rebecca
3.3
2005
Naked Women's Wrestling League
Self - Hostess
5.0
2005
Lit: All Access
Self
0.0
2004
Max Havoc: Curse Of The Dragon
Debbie
4.9
2004
Mr. 3000
Self (uncredited)
5.3
2004
Starsky & Hutch
Staci
5.8
2004
Rent Control
Audrey
4.4
2003
Carmen Electra's Aerobic Striptease, Vol 1 - Aerobic Striptease
Carmen Electra
5.7
2003
Carmen Electra's Aerobic Striptease, Vol 2 - Fit to Strip
Carmen Electra
10.0
2003
Reno 911!
(1 episode)
7.2
2003
Celebrities Uncensored
Self · (3 episodes)
2.5
2003
Punk'd
Self · (1 episode)
5.0
2003
Sol Goode
Treasure
4.4
2003
Baywatch: Hawaiian Wedding
Lani McKenzie
5.9
2003
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
(3 episodes)
5.5
2003
Cleavage
Self/Narrator
6.5
2002
Monk
Chloe Blackburn · (1 episode)
7.9
2002
The Osbournes
Self · (1 episode)
5.8
2002
Whacked!
Laura
5.0
2002
The Jamie Kennedy Experiment
(1 episode)
6.0
2002
Off Centre
(1 episode)
8.3
2001
Playboy Mansion Parties Uncensored
Self
6.9
2001
Perfume
Simone
4.9
2001
Playboy's Celebrities
Herself
6.0
2001
BattleBots
Self · (50 episodes)
6.8
2000
Scary Movie
Drew Decker
6.4
2000
Christmas Vacation 2000
Esmeralda
5.3
1999
The Mating Habits of the Earthbound Human
The Female
5.9
1999
Welcome to Hollywood
Carmen Electra
3.8
1998
The Chosen One: Legend of the Raven
McKenna Ray / The Raven
3.4
1998
Starstruck
Iona Shirley
6.5
1998
Two Guys and a Girl
Isabella · (1 episode)
7.2
1998
EP Daily
(1 episode)
10.0
1997
The View
Self · (2 episodes)
4.4
1997
Good Burger
Roxanne (uncredited)
6.1
1997
Playboy: Cheerleaders
0.0
1997
Just Shoot Me!
Herself · (1 episode)
6.7
1997
An American Vampire Story
Sulka
3.5
1997
King of the Hill
Angela (voice) · (1 episode)
7.3
1997
Love in Hollywood
Self
0.0
1996
Tungsten Grey is the Warmest Colour
Shania
7.0
E! True Hollywood Story
(1 episode)
8.0
1996
MADtv
Self - Guest Host · (1 episode)
6.9
1995
Soccer AM
Self · (1 episode)
6.7
1995
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
Self - Guest · (2 episodes)
7.1
1993
Prince: The Ryde Dyvine
0.0
1992
With Friends Like These
Bridget
0.0
Malcolm & Eddie
(1 episode)
7.5
1996
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
(2 episodes)
5.4
1992
The Simpsons
Carmen Electra (voice) · (1 episode)
8.0
1989
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
(3 episodes)
5.2
1988
Dance Fever
Self · (1 episode)
0.0
That '90s Show
Self · (1 episode)
6.8
2023
The Celebrity Dating Game
Self · (1 episode)
0.0
2021
The Last Dance
Self · (2 episodes)
8.2
2020
Kocktails With Khloé
Self · (1 episode)
6.8
2016
Ex Isle
host · (9 episodes)
0.0
2016
Jane the Virgin
Self · (1 episode)
7.9
2014
The Birthday Boys
(1 episode)
6.8
2013
Through the Keyhole
Self · (1 episode)
6.0
2013
Whose Line Is It Anyway?
Self · (1 episode)
7.7
2013
The Choice
Self · (1 episode)
0.0
2012
The Eric Andre Show
Self · (1 episode)
7.9
2012
Suburgatory
Carmen Electra · (1 episode)
6.7
2011
Ridiculousness
Self · (1 episode)
7.0
2011
Franklin & Bash
Bridget Barnes · (1 episode)
7.3
2011
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
Self - Guest · (1 episode)
5.0
2009
Mission Hollywood
Self · (1 episode)
0.0
2009
RuPaul's Drag Race
Self - Guest Judge · (1 episode)
7.5
2009
90210
Vesta · (2 episodes)
5.7
2008
Keeping Up with the Kardashians
Self · (1 episode)
7.4
2007
The Reichen Show
Self - Guest · (1 episode)
4.8
2005
Hell's Kitchen
Self - Restaurant Patron · (1 episode)
6.8
2005
America or Busted
Self · (1 episode)
10.0
2004
Manhunt: The Search for America's Most Gorgeous Male Model
(8 episodes)
7.0
2004
Bikini Destinations
Herself - Carmen Electra · (62 episodes)
8.5
2003
E!'s 101
Self · (4 episodes)
0.0
2003
The New Tom Green Show
Self · (1 episode)
4.5
2003
The Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn
Self - Guest · (5 episodes)
4.2
1999
TRL
(1 episode)
5.2
1998
Aerobic Striptease
(5 episodes)
0.0
Hyperion Bay
Sarah Hicks · (17 episodes)
7.0
1998
VH1 Divas
Self -Performer · (1 episode)
7.5
1998
Taff
self · (1 episode)
3.2
1997
Pacific Blue
Lani Mackenzie · (1 episode)
5.4
1996
Baywatch Nights
Candy · (1 episode)
5.7
1995
Erotic Confessions: Intimacy
Manager (segment "At the Tone")
2.0
1995
Baywatch
Lani McKenzie · (23 episodes)
5.9
1989