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Carmen Electra

About Carmen Electra

Carmen Electra is one of the leading female actors in Hollywood. She has been appreciated as a fine actress, worldwide. Born on 20th April, 1972, her original name is Tara Leigh Patrick. Apart from being an actress, she is an American model, singer, dancer, and TV personality. The popularity of Carmen Electra rose as she was appreciated for her work in Date Movie, Scary Movie, Meet the Spartans and Epic Movie. She became a household name by appearing as Lani McKenzie in Baywatch.

Born in Ohio's Sharonville, Carmen Electra's parents were Harry Patrick and Patricia, a fine singer. In the year 1998, she had to bear the death of her mother as well as her elder sister Debbie. She completed her graduation from Princeton High School, located in Sharonville. She possesses German, Cherokee and Irish ancestry.

Career of Carmen Electra
She had a meeting with Prince as she went to California in the year 1991to audition for an “all-girl rap group”. It was on the persuasion of Prince that she changed her name to Carmen Electra and recorded a solo music album. Though her career in singing was a short lived one, she soon forayed into television by the year 1995. A turning point in her modeling and acting career was her featuring nude for Playboy in May, 1996. She rose to fame and made a number of appearances on the television. She was casted in Baywatch as well as MTV's Singled Out. After spending one season (1997-1998), she made a comeback in Baywatch for the movie Baywatch: Hawaiian Wedding (2003).

As a professional model, she received laurels from various corners, and she appeared in Playboy on three more occasions. She had been part of many films, like Good Burger in 1997, The mating Habits of the Earthbound Human in 1999, Scary Movie in 2000, Scary Movie 4 and Date Movie in 2006, Epic Movie in 2007. She also received an MTV Movie Award (category:best kiss) for her appearance in Starsky & Hutch. She had appeared in a number of music videos and albums, and has also endorsed a number of products. She also features in various video games.

Films of Carmen Electra

Some of the films of Carmen Electra include The Chosen One: legend of the Raven, My Boss's Daughter, Uptown Girls, Mr. 3000, Get Over It, Dirty Love, I Want Candy, Full of It, Max Havoc: Curse of the Dragon, Christmas in Wonderland and a number of other films.

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