Carmen Electra : Biography
Carmen Electra was born on April 20, 1972, the youngest of five children. As a child, Carmen attended the School of Creative and Performing Arts in Cincinnati, Ohio. Carmen graduated with the class of 1990 from Princeton High School in Sharonville, Ohio. She actually attended high school with Nick Lachey from 98 Degrees.
After graduation, Carmen relocated to Minneapolis, where she resided with her sister and made a living as a model for Target department stores. After four years, the aspiring star moved to Los Angeles where she changed her name. Her new name came from a blend of Bizet's opera Carmen and the goddess Electra.
Carmen Electra married Dennis Rodman on November 14, 1998 in the "Chapel of the Flowers" in Las Vegas, but they separated nine days later and were divorced on April 6, 1999. Carmen and David Navarro were engaged in August 2001, and they married on November 22, 2003. Their wedding launched an MTV reality show: 'Til Death Do Us Part: Carmen & Dave, which documented the months of planning leading up to their wedding.
Carmen Electra: Career
Carmen was signed by Prince's Paisley Park record label and later released her single "Go-Go Dancer." Her self-titled album was released in 1992, but unfortunately her attempt at a music career was a failure.
In 1996, Carmen Electra posed for Hugh Hefner's magazine. The following year, she was chosen by MTV as the next host of the show Singled Out. After the show ended, she got a second chance as the host of Loveline, also on MTV. Carmen's big break came when she was cast as Lani McKenzie on Baywatch Hawaii from 1997-1998. In 2000, she was featured in the comic book Embra, was the national spokesperson for Budweiser, and she also appeared in Scary Movie. Since then, she has appeared in several films and hosted two shows for Comedy Central. Carmen posed nude in the April 2003 issue of Playboy magazine. Also in 2003, she appeared in My Boss's Daughter and released her DVD workout series, Carmen Electra's Aerobic Striptease. In 2004, she appeared in Starsky & Hutch with Ben Stiller and Owen Wilson. In 2005, she will appear in Getting Played with Vivica Fox and Stacey Dash.
Carmen Electra: Movies
The Whole Truth (2006), Carmen Electra's NWWL - Volume 1 Bush Vs. Hussein (2005), Dirty Love (2005), Monster Island (2004), Starsky & Hutch (2004), My Boss's Daughter (2003), Uptown Girls (2003), Whacked! (2002), Sol Goode (2001), We Are Family (2001), Scary Movie 2 (2001), Get Over It (2001), Perfume (2001), Scary Movie (2000), The Mating Habits of the Earthbound Human (1999), The Chosen One: Legend of the Raven (1998), Starstruck (1998), American Vampire (1997)
