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. Electra on June 3, 2008. 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.
Series | Dance Fever | Self | 2025 |
Movie | Carmen Electra's Naked Women Wrestling League: Naked Revolution | Self - Host | 2025 |
Series | Aerobic Striptease | 2025 | |
Movie | With Friends Like These | Bridget | 2025 |
Movie | Tungsten Grey is the Warmest Colour | Shania | 2025 |
Movie | Good Burger 2 | Roxanne | 2023-11-22 |
Movie | Finding Sandler | Self | 2022-12-07 |
Series | The Celebrity Dating Game | Self | 2021-06-14 |
Series | The Last Dance | Self | 2020-04-19 |
Movie | Rodman: For Better or Worse | Self (archive footage) | 2019-09-01 |
Series | Kocktails With Khloé | Self | 2016-01-20 |
Series | Ex Isle | host | 2016-01-08 |
Movie | The Book of Fire | Theodora | 2015-11-22 |
Movie | Chocolate City | DJ | 2015-05-22 |
Series | Jane the Virgin | Herself | 2014-10-13 |
Movie | Dragula | Lisa | 2014-06-24 |
Movie | Lap Dance | Lexus | 2014-12-05 |
Series | The Birthday Boys | Unknown | 2013-10-18 |
Series | Whose Line Is It Anyway? | Self | 2013-07-16 |
Movie | Sunset Strip | Self | 2012-03-16 |
Series | The Choice | Self | 2012-06-07 |
Series | The Eric Andre Show | Self | 2012-05-20 |
Movie | 2-Headed Shark Attack | Anne Babish | 2012-06-26 |
Movie | Mardi Gras: Spring Break | Self | 2011-09-23 |
Series | Franklin & Bash | Bridget Barnes | 2011-06-01 |
Series | Ridiculousness | Self | 2011-08-29 |
Movie | Back Nine | Judy | 2010-09-14 |
Movie | Oy Vey! My Son Is Gay! | Sybil Williams | 2010-12-24 |
Movie | Barry Munday | Iconic Beauty | 2010-03-13 |
Series | RuPaul's Drag Race | Self - Judge | 2009-02-02 |
Series | Mission Hollywood | Self | 2009-06-08 |
Movie | Zac Efron's Pool Party | Self | 2009-04-01 |
Movie | Naked Movie | Self | 2008-02-24 |
Movie | Bedtime Stories | Hot Girl | 2008-12-24 |
Movie | Meet the Spartans | Queen Margo | 2008-01-24 |
Series | 90210 | Vesta | 2008-09-02 |
Movie | Disaster Movie | Beautiful Assassin | 2008-08-29 |
Movie | Epic Movie | Mystique | 2007-01-25 |
Movie | Full of It | Carmen Electra | 2007-03-01 |
Movie | Carmen Electra's Aerobic Striptease, Vol 7 - Vegas Strip | Carmen Electra | 2007-12-18 |
Movie | Carmen Electra's Aerobic Striptease, Vol 6 - In the Bedroom | Carmen Electra | 2007-12-18 |
Movie | Christmas in Wonderland | Ginger Peachum | 2007-12-27 |
Series | Keeping Up with the Kardashians | Self | 2007-10-14 |
Series | Britain's Got Talent | Self - Guest Judge | 2007-06-09 |
Movie | I Want Candy | Candy | 2007-03-23 |
Movie | Date Movie | Anne | 2006-02-17 |
Movie | Playboy: Celebrity Centerfolds | 2006-01-01 | |
Movie | Pledge This! | Herself | 2006-12-01 |
Movie | Hot Tamale | Riley | 2006-04-23 |
Series | The Charlotte Church Show | Self - Guest | 2006-09-01 |
Movie | Scary Movie 4 | Holly | 2006-04-12 |
Movie | American Dreamz | Herself | 2006-03-04 |
Series | American Dad! | Lisa Silver (voice) | 2005-02-06 |
Movie | Naked Women's Wrestling League | Self - Hostess | 2005-01-01 |
Series | Fat Actress | Unknown | 2005-03-07 |
Movie | Lil' Pimp | Honeysack (voice) | 2005-01-11 |
Movie | Searching for Bobby D | Rebecca | 2005-05-14 |
Series | Stacked | Unknown | 2005-04-13 |
Movie | Getting Played | lauren | 2005-12-10 |
Movie | Cheaper by the Dozen 2 | Sarina Murtaugh | 2005-12-21 |
Movie | Merry F#%$in' Christmas | Self | 2005-11-27 |
Series | The Reichen Show | Self - Guest | 2005-11-11 |
Series | Hell's Kitchen | Self - Restaurant Patron | 2005-05-30 |
Series | Kathy Griffin: My Life on the D-List | Self | 2005-08-03 |
Movie | Dirty Love | Michelle Lopez | 2005-09-23 |
Movie | Starsky & Hutch | Staci | 2004-03-05 |
Series | Tripping the Rift | Six of One (voice) | 2004-03-04 |
Movie | Monster Island | Herself | 2004-03-07 |
Series | On Air with Ryan Seacrest | Self | 2004-01-01 |
Series | 'Til Death Do Us Part: Carmen and Dave | 2004-01-21 | |
Series | Best Week Ever | Unknown | 2004-01-23 |
Movie | 30 Days Until I'm Famous | Pauline | 2004-05-07 |
Movie | Lit: All Access | Self | 2004-11-16 |
Series | America or Busted | Herself | 2004-11-19 |
Movie | Max Havoc: Curse Of The Dragon | Debbie | 2004-11-10 |
Series | House | Carmen Electra | 2004-11-16 |
Series | Summerland | Unknown | 2004-06-01 |
Series | Joey | Carmen Electra | 2004-09-08 |
Movie | Mr. 3000 | Self (uncredited) | 2004-06-15 |
Series | The Tony Danza Show | Self - Guest | 2004-09-13 |
Series | Manhunt: The Search for America's Most Gorgeous Male Model | 2004-10-12 | |
Series | Celebrities Uncensored | Self | 2003-06-04 |
Series | Punk'd | Self | 2003-03-17 |
Series | Jimmy Kimmel Live! | Unknown | 2003-01-26 |
Series | The New Tom Green Show | Self | 2003-06-23 |
Movie | Baywatch: Hawaiian Wedding | Lani McKenzie | 2003-02-28 |
Movie | Sol Goode | Treasure | 2003-03-11 |
Movie | Mimic: Sentinel | Carmen Electra (archive footage) | 2003-04-14 |
Movie | Rent Control | Audrey | 2003-10-22 |
Series | Hope & Faith | Carmen | 2003-09-23 |
Series | Eve | Unknown | 2003-09-15 |
Series | E!'s 101 | Self | 2003-07-13 |
Series | Bikini Destinations | Herself - Carmen Electra | 2003-08-25 |
Movie | My Boss's Daughter | Tina | 2003-08-21 |
Series | Reno 911! | Unknown | 2003-07-23 |
Movie | Carmen Electra's Aerobic Striptease, Vol 2 - Fit to Strip | Carmen Electra | 2003-08-15 |
Movie | Carmen Electra's Aerobic Striptease, Vol 1 - Aerobic Striptease | Carmen Electra | 2003-08-15 |
Movie | Uptown Girls | Celebrity | 2003-08-15 |
Series | The Ellen DeGeneres Show | Self | 2003-09-08 |
Movie | Whacked! | Laura | 2002-03-01 |
Series | The Osbournes | Unknown | 2002-03-05 |
Series | Monk | Chloe Blackburn | 2002-07-12 |
Movie | Cleavage | Herself | 2002-12-10 |
Series | The Jamie Kennedy Experiment | Unknown | 2002-01-13 |
Movie | Get Over It | Mistress Moira | 2001-03-08 |
Movie | Playboy Mansion Parties Uncensored | Self | 2001-05-31 |
Movie | Perfume | Simone | 2001-04-08 |
Movie | Playboy's Celebrities | Herself | 2001-03-27 |
Series | Off Centre | Unknown | 2001-10-14 |
Movie | Scary Movie | Drew Decker | 2000-07-07 |
Series | BattleBots | 2000-08-23 | |
Series | The Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn | Self - Guest | 1999-03-30 |
Movie | The Mating Habits of the Earthbound Human | The Female | 1999-09-03 |
Movie | Vacanze di Natale 2000 | Esmeralda | 1999-12-17 |
Movie | Welcome to Hollywood | Carmen Electra | 1998-10-01 |
Series | Two Guys and a Girl | Isabella | 1998-03-10 |
Series | Hyperion Bay | Sarah Hicks | 1998-09-21 |
Series | TRL | Unknown | 1998-09-14 |
Movie | The Chosen One: Legend of the Raven | McKenna Ray / The Raven | 1998-05-26 |
Movie | Starstruck | Iona Shirley | 1998-04-18 |
Series | King of the Hill | Angela (voice) | 1997-01-12 |
Movie | An American Vampire Story | Sulka | 1997-01-24 |
Movie | Good Burger | Roxanne (uncredited) | 1997-07-25 |
Series | EP Daily | Unknown | 1997-09-20 |
Series | The View | Self | 1997-08-11 |
Movie | Playboy: Cheerleaders | Unknown | 1997-06-04 |
Series | Taff | self | 1997-03-11 |
Series | Just Shoot Me! | Herself | 1997-03-04 |
Series | Malcolm & Eddie | Unknown | 1996-08-26 |
Series | E! True Hollywood Story | Unknown | 1996-08-21 |
Movie | Love in Hollywood | Self | 1996-12-08 |
Series | MADtv | Self - Guest Host | 1995-10-14 |
Series | Soccer AM | Unknown | 1995-08-12 |
Series | Baywatch Nights | Candy | 1995-09-30 |
Movie | Erotic Confessions: Intimacy | Manager (segment "At the Tone") | 1995-01-01 |
Series | Late Night with Conan O'Brien | Self - Guest | 1993-09-13 |
Series | The Tonight Show with Jay Leno | Unknown | 1992-05-25 |
Movie | Prince: The Ryde Dyvine | 1992-12-19 | |
Series | The Simpsons | Unknown | 1989-12-17 |
Series | Baywatch | Lani McKenzie | 1989-04-23 |
Series | LIVE with Kelly and Mark | Unknown | 1988-09-05 |