Carmen Electra
Carmen Electra (born April 20, 1972) is an American model, television personality, actress and singer.
(CBS) The first ‘Scary Movie’ struck box office gold back in 2000 by poking fun at popular horror films and the next two films in the series followed suit. All told, the first three installments have raked in more than $600 million worldwide.
Carmen Electra, who appeared in the first movie, is back in “Scary Movie 4,” and she visited The Early Show to talk about her return to this comedy franchise. “It was awesome just being a part of, you know, the very first one,” she told co-anchor Julie Chen. “No one really knew that it was going to be such a huge success. And so we were all just so excited when it did so well. And now to come back and be a part of the fourth one is awesome. And get to play a different character.” This latest spoof takes aim at a whole variety of movie genres, not just horror films, and Electra said that was part of the fun. “Leslie Nielsen is back. And he spoofs the president,” she said. “To me, that was one of the funniest parts of the movie. And then, of course, you have the Oprah-Tom Cruise thing. And we spoof everything from pop culture to scary movies to romantic comedies like ‘Brokeback Mountain.’ ”
Among the many cameos are Charlie Sheen, Dr. Phil and Shaq. “It’s all in good fun,” said Electra. “A lot of surprises, and a lot of really cool stuff happens in the movie.” Being back on the big screen, as well as the new face of cosmetics giant Max Factor, means more real estate in the tabloids. So Chen asked Electra to set the record straight on a few of the rumors. First, the gossip about Electra and her rocker husband Dave Navarro. Are they expecting a baby? Electra says that’s false. “I’m definitely not pregnant. I’ve been hearing that a lot. I can’t wait to be a mom someday. Maybe in a few years. I think I have a little time.”
Electra was born in Cincinnati, Ohio, as Tara Leigh Patrick to a family of Irish, German, and Native American (Cherokee) descent. She attended Princeton High School for four years in Sharonville, a suburb of Cincinnati.
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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 singing career with a girl rap group. 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. Electra also created the highly successful Carmen Electra Aerobic Striptease series of DVDs which combines classic stripping moves with a low impact workout. Her most recent movie appearance is as Eugene Levy’s trophy wife in Cheaper by the Dozen 2. Her acting work is regularly derided by critics; in the Roger Ebert review of the film Dirty Love, he states: “The Carmen Electra character, meanwhile, struts around like a ho in a bad music video, speaking black street talk as if she learned it phonetically, and pulling out a gun and holding it to a man’s head because she thinks, obviously, that pulling guns on guys is expected of any authentic black woman. A scene like that would be insulting in any other movie; here it possibly distracts her from doing something even more debasing.” In 2005, she joined the voice cast of the animated series Tripping the Rift, replacing Gina Gershon as the voice of the sex android “Six”.
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Electra achieved considerable notoriety during her on-again, off-again marriage to basketball star Dennis Rodman from 1998 to 1999. The wedding to Rodman took place in Las Vegas, Nevada. Later, she had a brief affair with Tommy Lee, the ex-husband of Pamela Anderson. Borrowing another page from fellow Baywatch companion Anderson’s publicity playbook, Electra was quoted[1] in August 2004 that she was thinking of having her breast implants removed. She told World Entertainment News Network, “I had nice breasts to begin with. They weren´t the biggest boobs (but) I just think it was really trendy (to have implants) at a certain time and I decided to do it. There are moments when I think it´s kind of silly and I wish I would´ve just stayed natural.” However based on her cleavage in recent films, it appears that the announcement was merely an attempt to generate a titillating rumor.
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.
In 2006 Electra revealed she had a lesbian little girl crush on Joan Jett starting when she was eight years old. She remembers especially lusting after Jett watching the music video of “Do You Wanna Touch Me” where Jett opens a trenchcoat to reveal her bikini clad body.