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Carmen Electra

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Also known as Tara Leigh Patrick, Tara Patrick

American actress, model, and singer

OverviewAI-generated

Carmen Electra, born Tara Leigh Patrick on April 20, 1972, in Sharonville, Ohio, is a United States citizen. She works as a film actor, singer, actor, and model. Her career began in 1990, and she has ancestral roots in Germany. Electra is a graduate of the School for Creative and Performing Arts and speaks both English and Spanish.

As a musician, she is signed to Paisley Park Records and performs vocals. Her musical style is tagged with pop, funky, and associations with Prince. She has authored works including *How to Be Sexy*. Electra has been married to Dennis Rodman and Dave Navarro.

Synthesized by Vinony from 37 facts across 7 sources: Wikidata, Open Library, Last.fm, Crossref, MusicBrainz, TMDb, Vinony graph. Generated from structured data (not the Wikipedia text) and checked against those facts — may still contain errors.

Person · Open Library

Works
2

Top works

  • How to Be Sexy
  • How to be sexy

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Film & TV

Acting · Sharonville, Ohio, USA

Tara Leigh Patrick (born April 20, 1972), professionally known as Carmen Electra is a European-American/Native-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…

Known for

  • Good Burger 2 — Roxanne2023
  • That '90s Show — Self2023
  • Finding Sandler — Self2022
  • Olivia Attwood: Getting Filthy Rich — Self2022
  • The Celebrity Dating Game — Self2021
  • The Last Dance — Self2020
  • Rodman: For Better or Worse — Self (archive footage)2019
  • Ex Isle — host2016
  • Kocktails With Khloé — Self2016
  • Chocolate City — DJ2015

via TMDB

Music · MusicBrainz

Type
Person
Gender
Female
Country
United States
Active from
1972

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Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners
3,166
Total plays
35,698

Tags

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Tara Leigh Patrick (born April 20, 1972), professionally known as Carmen Electra, is an American glamour model, television personality, and entertainer. She gained fame for her appearances in Playboy magazine, on the MTV game show Singled Out, and on the TV series Baywatch, and has since become recognizable for her roles in the parody films Scary Movie, Date Movie, Epic Movie and Meet the Spartans but Carmen Electra is also the self-titled debut album by Carmen Electra, released in 1993. <a href

via Last.fm · Carmen Electra

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Encyclopedic overview

Carmen Electra (born Tara Leigh Patrick; April 20, 1972) is an American actress, model, media personality, and singer. Often spotlighted for her looks, she has been considered a sex symbol and pop culture icon since the late 1990s.

Born and raised in Ohio, Electra began her career as a singer after moving to Minneapolis, where she was discovered by musician Prince, who produced her self-titled debut studio album (1993). She began modeling in 1996 with appearances in several issues of Playboy magazine, before relocating to Los Angeles, where she had her breakthrough portraying Lani McKenzie in the action drama series Baywatch (1997–1998).

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Carmen Electra” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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