Carmen Electra

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Carmen Electra (2013)

Carmen Electra (born April 20, 1972 in Sharonville , Ohio , actually Tara Leigh Patrick ) is an American actress , singer and model .

Career

Electra's ancestors were German , Irish , Dutch and English . She attended Princeton High School in Sharonville and was the youngest of six children. She later attended drama school in Cincinnati . She got the name "Carmen Electra" from Prince . The father of one of his musicians had drawn his attention to them in Los Angeles in 1991 . In 1992 Prince released his album Love Symbol , on which Electra participated. She also got a contract from him for a solo album on his label Paisley Park Records ; however, the album released in 1993 was unsuccessful.

Concert at the Life Ball 2013

Electra danced in a Pussycat Dolls revue for two years in the early 1990s . In 1996 she posed in Playboy Cheerleaders , the following year she shot the video Cheerleaders . 1997 was extremely successful for Electra: At the beginning of the year she took over the role of moderator from Jenny McCarthy in the MTV show Singled Out . The successor to Pamela Anderson in Baywatch helped her breakthrough as an actress; in April she signed a five-year contract with Baywatch Nights . She was also seen in the film Good Burger .

Electra played one of the leading roles in the comedy The Strange Love Life of the Earthlings (1999). In 2000, she was in the horror - persiflage Scary Movie to be seen. She can also be seen in the music video We Are All Made Of Stars by singer Moby . In February 2006 Electra was guest of Richard Lugner at the annual Vienna Opera Ball .

For her roles in Scary Movie 4 and Date Movie , Electra received a Golden Raspberry for Worst Supporting Actress in 2007 , and she was also nominated for a Golden Raspberry for the film Starsky & Hutch together with Ben Stiller .

Since November 2009 Electra has hosted the reality show Perfect Catch on the television channel E! Entertainment television .

Private life

Electra was married to basketball player Dennis Rodman from November 14, 1998 to April 6, 1999 . She then entered into a brief liaison with Mötley Crüe drummer Tommy Lee . On November 22, 2003 she married the musician Dave Navarro , from whom she was divorced on February 20, 2007.

Filmography (selection)

Movies

TV Shows

Web links

Commons : Carmen Electra  - Collection of Images

Individual evidence

  1. http://ethnicelebs.com/carmen-electra
  2. http://www.contactmusic.com/new/xmlfeed.nsf/story/electra-i-couldnt-afford-to-be-a-pussycat-doll_12_04_2006
  3. Archive link ( Memento of the original dated December 14, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Perfect Catch, eonline.com  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / de.eonline.com
  4. ^ Mötley Crüe : The Dirt . Autobiography of the glam metal band Mötley Crüe, co-authored with Neil Strauss , from the American by Kirsten Borchardt , Hannibal Verlag , Höfen , 2nd edition, 2002. pp. 435 + 444
  5. Entry at filmreference.com