Carmen Electra
Biography
Tara Leigh Patrick (born April 20, 1972), professionally known as Carmen Electra is an 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 Scary Movie, Date Movie, Epic Movie, Meet the Spartans, and Disaster Movie.
Electra was born in Sharonville, Ohio, the daughter of Patricia, a singer, and Harry, a guitarist and entertainer. She attended Ann Weigel Elementary School and then studied dance at Dance Artists dance studio under Gloria J. Simpson, in Western Hills, a neighborhood of Cincinnati. Her mother died of a brain tumor in 1998. Her older sister Debbie died from a heart attack, also in 1998. Carmen graduated from Princeton High School in Sharonville. Carmen Electra also attended the School for Creative and Performing Arts (SCPA) in the Cincinnati Public School District. She has Irish, German, and Cherokee ancestry.
Electra started her professional career in 1990 as a dancer at Kings Island amusement park in Mason, Ohio in the show "It’s Magic", one of the more popular shows in the park's history. In 1991, she moved to California and met Prince. Soon after meeting Prince, Electra signed a recording contract with Prince's Paisley Park Records and began a short-lived singing career.During her time at Paisley Park Records, she officially became known as Carmen Electra.
In 1995, Electra started appearing in television programs. In May 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, as Leilani "Lani" McKenzie) and MTV's Singled Out. She returned to Baywatch for the 2003 reunion movie, Baywatch: Hawaiian Wedding.
Electra was featured in Playboy four more times, with her second appearance in June 1997, third in December 2000, fourth in April 2003 and her fifth in the January 2009 anniversary issue. She was on the cover three times, in December 2000, April 2003 and on the 55th anniversary Issue in January 2009.
Electra has appeared in films such as American Vampire (1997), Good Burger (1997), The Mating Habits of the Earthbound Human (1999), the horror spoof Scary Movie (2000) and also appeared in Meet the Spartans (2008), Scary Movie 4 (2006), Epic Movie (2007), Date Movie (2006), Disaster Movie (2008), the remake of the 1970s TV show Starsky & Hutch (2004) and Cheaper by the Dozen 2. She won an MTV Movie Award (best kiss) for Starsky & Hutch. She also appeared in an episode of House in which she portrayed herself as an injured golfer and an injured farmer, playing out House's fantasy.
In 1999, she appeared in the Bloodhound Gang's music video of "The Inevitable Return of the Great White Dope." 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". Also in 2005, she began the Naked Women's Wrestling League, acting as the commissioner for the professional wrestling promotion. In late 2006, Carmen began to be featured in commercials by Taco Bell.
Movies 77
Scary Movie
as Bartender
2026
Scary Movie
as Drew
2000
Scary Movie 4
as Holly
2006
Bedtime Stories
as Hot Girl
2008
Uptown Girls
as Celebrity
2003
Starsky & Hutch
as Staci
2004
Cheaper by the Dozen 2
as Sarina Murtaugh
2005
Meet the Spartans
as Queen Margo
2008
Epic Movie
as Mystique
2007
Good Burger
as Roxanne (uncredited)
1997
Date Movie
as Anne
2006
Disaster Movie
as Beautiful Assassin
2008
Get Over It
as Mistress Moira
2001
Mardi Gras: Spring Break
as Self
2011
2-Headed Shark Attack
as Anne Babish
2012
Full of It
as Carmen Electra
2007
My Boss's Daughter
as Tina
2003
Good Burger 2
as Roxanne
2023
Lap Dance
as Lexus
2014
Perfume
as Simone
2001
American Dreamz
as Herself
2006
Baywatch: Hawaiian Wedding
as Lani McKenzie
2003
The Mating Habits of the Earthbound Human
as The Female
1999
Welcome to Hollywood
as Carmen Electra
2000
Hot Tamale
as Riley
2006
Christmas in Wonderland
as Ginger Peachum
2007
Pledge This!
as Carmen Electra
2007
Playboy Mansion Parties Uncensored
as Self
2001
Starstruck
as Iona Shirley
1998
Dirty Love
as Michelle Lopez
2005
Max Havoc: Curse Of The Dragon
as Debbie
2004
Barry Munday
as Iconic Beauty
2010
Monster Island
as Carmen Electra
2004
Rodman: For Better or Worse
as Self (archive footage)
2019
Mr. 3000
as Self (uncredited)
2004
I Want Candy
as Candy Fiveways
2007
30 Days Until I'm Famous
as Pauline
2004
Getting Played
as Lauren
2005
Rent Control
as Audrey
2003
Oy Vey! My Son Is Gay!
as Sybil Williams
2010
Playboy's 50th Anniversary Celebration
2003
An American Vampire Story
as Sulka
1997
Christmas Vacation 2000
as Esmeralda
1999
Love in Hollywood
as Self
1996
The Chosen One: Legend of the Raven
as McKenna Ray / The Raven
1998
Playboy: Celebrity Centerfolds
as Self
2006
Sol Goode
as Treasure
2003
The Book of Fire
as Theodora
2015
Playboy's Best of College Girls
as (archive footage)
2000
Lil' Pimp
as Honeysack (voice)
2005
Zac Efron's Pool Party
as Self
2009
The Osbourne Family Christmas Special
as Self
2003
Merry F#%$in' Christmas
as Self
2005
Sunset Strip
as Self
2012
Chocolate City
as DJ
2015
Prince: The Ryde Dyvine
1992
Naked Women's Wrestling League
as Self - Hostess
2005
Finding Sandler
as Self
2022
Playboy's Celebrities
as Herself
1998
Carmen Electra's Naked Women Wrestling League: Naked Revolution
as Self - Host
2007
Playboy's Hot Shots
as Self
Lit: All Access
as Self
2004
Naked Movie
as Self
2008
Dragula
as Lisa
2014
Back Nine
as Judy
2010
Cleavage
as Self/Narrator
2002
Whacked!
as Laura
2002
Carmen Electra's Aerobic Striptease, Vol 1 - Aerobic Striptease
as Carmen Electra
2003
Carmen Electra's Aerobic Striptease, Vol 2 - Fit to Strip
as Carmen Electra
2003
Strip Poker Invitational
as Self - Hostess
2004
Playboy: Celebrity Photographers
2003
Playboy's Cheerleaders
as Cheerleader
1997
Erotic Confessions: Intimacy
as Manager (segment "At the Tone")
1996
Carmen Electra's Aerobic Striptease, Vol 7 - Vegas Strip
as Carmen Electra
2007
Carmen Electra's Aerobic Striptease, Vol 6 - In the Bedroom
as Carmen Electra
2007
Searching for Bobby D
as Rebecca
2005
Tungsten Grey is the Warmest Colour
as Shania
TV Shows 79
The Simpsons
as Carmen Electra (voice)
1989
House
as Carmen Electra
2004
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
as Self - Guest
2009
Monk
as Chloe Blackburn
2002
American Dad!
as Lisa Silver (voice)
2005
The View
as Self
1997
Hollywood Squares
as Self - Panelist
1998
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
as Self
1988
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
as Self
2003
RuPaul's Drag Race
as Self - Guest Judge
2009
King of the Hill
as Angela (voice)
1997
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
as Self - Guest
1993
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
1992
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
as Self - Guest
1992
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
as Self
2003
Baywatch
as Lani McKenzie
1989
Keeping Up with the Kardashians
as Self
2007
Ridiculousness
as Self
2011
Hell's Kitchen
as Self - Restaurant Patron
2005
Taff
as self
1997
Jane the Virgin
as Self
2014
90210
as Vesta
2008
Reno 911!
as Miss Uecker
2003
Whose Line Is It Anyway?
as Self
2013
Soccer AM
as Self
1995
The Tony Danza Show
as Self - Guest
2004
Just Shoot Me!
as Herself
1997
The Reichen Show
as Self - Guest
2005
Pacific Blue
as Lani Mackenzie
1996
Punk'd
as Self
2003
TRL
1998
Franklin & Bash
as Bridget Barnes
2011
The Eric Andre Show
as Self
2012
The Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn
as Self - Guest
1999
Two Guys and a Girl
as Isabella
1998
Hope & Faith
as Carmen
2003
Joey
as Carmen Electra
2004
Worst Cooks in America
as Self - Contestant
2010
Best Week Ever
2004
Suburgatory
as Carmen Electra
2011
On Air with Ryan Seacrest
as Self
2004
Malcolm & Eddie
1996
Baywatch Nights
as Candy
1995
Eve
as Zan
2003
Tripping the Rift
as Six of One (voice)
2004
That '90s Show
as Self
2023
Kathy Griffin: My Life on the D-List
as Self
2005
Summerland
as Mona Canatti
2004
The Osbournes
as Self
2002
Off Centre
2001
Through the Keyhole
as Self
2013
BattleBots
as Self
2000
E!'s 101
as Self
2003
The Last Dance
as Self
2020
The New Tom Green Show
as Self
2003
The Jamie Kennedy Experiment
2002
Bikini Destinations
as Herself - Carmen Electra
2003
Kocktails With Khloé
as Self
2016
Stacked
2005
The Birthday Boys
2013
Fat Actress
as Carmen Electra
2005
The Charlotte Church Show
as Self - Guest
2006
E! True Hollywood Story
1996
Olivia Attwood: Getting Filthy Rich
as Self
2022
MADtv
as Self - Guest Host
1995
Hyperion Bay
as Sarah Hicks
1998
VH1 Divas
as Self -Performer
1998
The Celebrity Dating Game
as Self
2021
Mission Hollywood
as Self
2009
America or Busted
as Self
2004
The Choice
as Self
2012
Fra Sydhavn til West Coast
as Sig selv
2013
'Til Death Do Us Part: Carmen and Dave
2004
Ex Isle
as host
2016
Dance Fever
as Self - Judge
2003
Aerobic Striptease
EP Daily
1997
Manhunt: The Search for America's Most Gorgeous Male Model
as Self - Host
2004
Celebrities Uncensored
as Self
2003