Early life
Tara was
born in
Sharonville,
Ohio, a suburb of
Cincinnati, to
Patricia, a vocalist, and
Harry Patrick, an entertainer and guitarist; her mother died of a
brain tumor in 1998.
She had an older sister,
Debbie, who died from a
heart attack, also in 1998. Tara attended the School for
Creative and
Performing Arts in Cincinnati,
Princeton High School in Sharonville and also attended, very briefly,
Forest Park High School.
Career
After moving to
California,
She met singer
Prince (a
Minneapolis native), who persuaded her to
change her
name to
Carmen Electra. Soon after,
she signed a recording contract with
Paisley Park Records, Prince's company, marking the start of a short-lived rap career, which included
one album.
In 1995,
Electra started appearing in various television programs. Then, in
May of 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) and
MTV's Singled Out.
she returned to Baywatch for the 2003
reunion movie, Baywatch:
Hawaiian Wedding.
Electra has appeared in several films, such as Good Burger (1997), The Mating
Habits of the Earthbound Human (1999), the horror spoof Scary Movie (2000) and also appeared in Scary Movie 4 (2006),
Epic Movie (2007), and the remake of the 1970s TV
show Starsky &
Hutch (2004). Her acting work is generally panned by critics.
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". In late 2006,
Carmen began to be featured in commercials by
Taco Bell.
Electra is the
current spokesmodel for
Ritz Camera Centers, appearing in their television and
print ads with CEO
David Ritz.
She is featured in some
video spoofs of Lonelygirl15 that are advertising
Epic Movie.
She is a playable
character in the
video game Def
Jam: Fight for
New York and is
one of the
celebrity challenges in the video game,
ESPN NFL 2K5,
along with Steve-O,
Jamie Kennedy, and others.
Personal life
Shooting a
commercial.
Carmen Electra was previously romantically involved with rap
star B
Real of
Cypress Hill from 1995 to 1998. It was revealed when B Real and
Electra were both on
The Howard Stern Show that B Real had purchased breast implants for her.
Electra achieved publicity during her on-again, off-again marriage to basketball
star Dennis Rodman from 1998 to 1999. The wedding to
Rodman took
place at Little
Chapel of the Flowers in
Las Vegas,
Nevada. Later,
She had a brief affair with
Tommy Lee, the ex-husband of
Pamela Anderson.
On November 22, 2003,
Electra married
Dave Navarro, former
lead guitarist for
the rock bands Jane's Addiction and The
Red Hot Chili Peppers. The couple documented their courtship and marriage in an
MTV celebreality
show called 'Til
Death Do
Us Part:
Carmen &
Dave. On 17 July 2006,
She and
Navarro announced their separation. Their rep confirmed their separation to
star magazine. Electra filed for divorce on 10
August. It was finalized on February
20, 2007.
In 2006,
Electra stated that when
She was eight years old
she had a "little girl
crush" on
Joan Jett.[8] In 2007, tabloid sources linked the two of them together romantically, to which Electra's spokeswoman said "They are
just friends".
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