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 Carmen
Electra (born April 20, 1972) is an American
model, television personality, actress and
singer, born in Cincinnati, Ohio, as Tara Leigh
Patrick to a family of Irish, German, and Native
American (Cherokee) descent. She is not related
to adult film actress Tera Patrick, born Linda
Hopkins Shapiro. She attended Princeton High
School for four years in the suburbs of
Cincinnati.
Before
moving to Los Angeles (1991) she lived in
Minneapolis, MN and worked for Target
Corporation. 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 but
not very successful singing career.
In
1995, Electra started appearing in various
television programs. Then in May of 1996 she
appeared in Playboy magazine. This led to an
increasing role as a television personality on
various shows, including regular roles on
Baywatch and MTV's Singled Out.
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 the remake of the 1970s TV
show Starsky & Hutch (2004). She also
regularly performed with the exotic dance troupe
The Pussycat Dolls. Her most recent movie
appearance is as Eugene Levy's trophy wife in
Cheaper by the Dozen 2.
Electra
achieved considerable notoriety during her
on-again, off-again marriage to basketball star
Dennis Rodman from 1998 to 1999. Electra's
current husband, musician Dave Navarro, was
formerly the lead guitarist of the rock bands
Jane's Addiction and The Red Hot Chili Peppers.
The couple documented their courtship and
marriage on an MTV reality show in 2004 entitled
Til Death Do Us Part: Carmen & Dave. Read
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