| Carmen Electra is a well-known American | | | | instantly boosted her Q-rating in both good and |
| entertainer, model, television personality and | | | | bad ways. In 1997 and 1998 she starred in the |
| actress. She has her toes and in many different | | | | inexplicably popular TV series Baywatch, with |
| performance fields but has never achieved | | | | Pamela Anderson. Well I guess it wasn't all that |
| breakout success in any single one of them. She | | | | hard to figure out why they got such good |
| is better known for her racy and flamboyant | | | | ratings. Also in 1997, she hosted a couple of |
| antics than for anything she has ever | | | | shows on MTV. In 1998 she actually married the |
| accomplished and the arts or entertainment | | | | goofy basketball player, Dennis Rodman, and the |
| industry. | | | | couple was separated nine days later. Unsurprised |
| Her real name is Tara Leigh Patrick and she was | | | | it lasted that long. Their marriage was later |
| born on April 20th, in White Oak, Ohio. Her family | | | | annulled and they went their separate ways. In |
| is of German, Irish, and Native American descent. | | | | the next several years Carmen appeared and a |
| When she turned nine she went to a | | | | couple of small movie roles. |
| performance arts school, where she practiced her | | | | In 2003, Carmen married former Red Hot chili |
| singing voice and dancing ability. When she was a | | | | Peppers member Dave Navarro, who was |
| teenager she picked up stakes and went to | | | | currently the guitarist for the band Jane's |
| Minneapolis where she found work as a model for | | | | Addiction. Before they got married, MTV shot a |
| Target. She moved in with her sister. If A few | | | | reality show entitled 'Til Death Do Us Part: |
| years later in 1992, she relocated to LA where | | | | Carmen & Dave', which chronicled the couple's |
| she immediately met the famous singer Prince, | | | | lives as they made preparations for the pending |
| one of Minneapolis' well-known sons. | | | | nuptials. In 2004, she had another small role in the |
| Prince was so enamored with Tara's look that he | | | | movie version of the 1970's TV show Starsky |
| signed her up with his record label, Paisley Park | | | | and Hutch, starring comedic actors Ben Stiller and |
| Records, and talked her into renaming herself | | | | Owen Wilson. |
| Carmen Electra. Prince was always renaming | | | | Though she has never achieved widespread |
| beautiful girls. Unfortunately, even though Prince | | | | mainstream fame and fortune as a singer, model |
| did everything he could to help her music career, | | | | or actress, Carmen Electra is still one of the most |
| it was an abject failure. Apparently, just being | | | | recognizable women in the United States. What a |
| easy to look at it isn't enough. | | | | country. The sum total of her performance |
| That certainly didn't stop her aspirations or | | | | experiences, and her vivacious personality has |
| celebrity. Carmen Electra was still nonetheless a | | | | gathered her enough attention to remain in the |
| celebrity, making appearances on TV and in | | | | spotlight for some years to come. Carmen Electra |
| motion pictures. In 1996, she posed for Hugh | | | | is proof that you don't need talent to make it in |
| Hefners Playboy magazine which of course | | | | America. |