- Born
- Birth nameTara Leigh Patrick
- Height5′ 4″ (1.63 m)
- Carmen Electra was born Tara Leigh Patrick on April 20, 1972 in Sharonville, Ohio, to Patricia Rose (Kincade), a singer, and Harry Stanley Patrick, an entertainer and guitarist. She is of mostly English, German, and Irish descent. She grew up near Cincinnati, Ohio and got her first boost when a scout for Prince spotted her fronting for a rap group in Los Angeles, California. She released a self-titled album for Prince's Paisley Park label in 1993. She then toured Europe as Prince's opening act on his 1992 Diamonds and Pearls Tour. Carmen later returned to work for Prince at his Los Angeles nightclub "Glam Slam". She performed there every weekend with the Erotic City dancers, led by choreographer and director Jamie King. In March 1997, she appeared in cartoon form as the model for a character who is a singer and a vampire ("but a good vampire", says her publicist) in a comic book series called "Embrace". Carmen later went to co-star on the television series Baywatch (1989) as lifeguard Lani McKenzie, and as host of MTV's game show Singled Out (1995).
- IMDb mini biography by: Gustaf Molin <gumo@hem2.passagen.se>
- SpousesDave Navarro(November 22, 2003 - February 20, 2007) (divorced)Dennis Rodman(November 14, 1998 - April 6, 1999) (divorced)
- ParentsPatricia PatrickHarry Patrick
- RelativesDebbie Patrick(Sibling)Rod Mark(Half Sibling)
- Revealed to Glamour magazine, that her mother and older sister, Debbie, died within two weeks of each other. Debbie passed away from a heart attack in her sleep in 1998 at age 40, while her mother passed away from several brain tumors.
- Member of the infamous dancing show The Pussycat Dolls.
- Was discovered by Prince at age 18, and worked with him on her self-titled debut album that was released in 1993.
- American scientist, Neal Evenhuis, named an extinct genus of fly after her. The species is called Carmenelectra.
- Met her ex-husband Dave Navarro on a blind date.
- I was watching an HBO special the other night on real-life maximum-security-prison guys. I glanced up, and my poster was in quite a few cells. I was screaming "Oh, no!".
- I never had my own name on a bathing suit on Baywatch (1989). I was always given one that said Pamela or Yasmine. I earned my own suit, at the end of the season, which I now have framed.
- Is there a rehab center for Coke drinkers? I drink six to eight cans a day.
- She had on this white fur coat, her hair down, and her eyes pierced my heart from 20 feet away. The first thing I did was buy her 1,200 pairs of sunglasses to cover up those eyes. I couldn't risk anyone else having the same reaction. -- fiancé Dave Navarro (Jane's Addiction, Red Hot Chili Peppers) on when he first saw her.
- [on her engagement to rocker Dave Navarro]: We met on November 10th, so the 10th of every month we go out to dinner and we make a big event out of it. We have this digital camera that Miramax gave me during a movie. And we took pictures all over -- we travel everywhere together. Usually, I'm just the girl and I bring out the camera, "Baby, come on, lets look.". And he's like [rolls eyes] "Okay, Babe" -- It's kinda boring to him. This night, he brought out the camera and we were looking at the pictures together. And he was down on one knee the whole time and I wasn't even aware of that, because he was on the edge of the bed. And the very last picture was him holding up the ring. And then he proposed to me. We cried -- I said "Yes", and we spent five hours just staring into each others eyes. It was really sweet. He's a good guy. Well, maybe a little more than just staring... -- Carmen on The Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn (1999).
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