Carmen Electra was born Tara Leigh Patrick on April 20, 1972, in Sharonville. After attending Cincinnati’s School for the Creative and Performing Arts, she decided to pursue a career in music, moving from the midwest to Los Angeles, where she signed a record contract with Prince in 1991. Electra also worked as a model, posing several times for Playboy before being cast as Pamela Anderson’s replacement on the television seriesBaywatch in 1997. In addition to TV, Electra has had small roles in such feature films as Scary Movie and Starsky and Hutch. In 2003, she married rock musician Dave Navarro on MTV. The couple follow their nuptials with a reality series for the cable network, entitled ‘Til Death Do Us Part: Carmen & Dave.
Body Stats:
Height: 5 ft 2½ in /159 cm
Weight: 57 kg /126 pounds
Shoe size: 8
Dress size: 6
Bra size: 32E
Measurements: 37-25-36 in /94-63.5-91.5 cm
Ethnicity: Multiracial
Hair Color: Brown
Eye Color: Blue
Bio:
Name: Tara Leigh Patrick
Nickname: Carmen Electra
Date of Birth: April 20, 1972
Place of Birth: Sharonville, Ohio, U.S.
Place of Residence: Los Angeles, USA
Zodiac Sign: Aries
Education: Barbizon Modeling and Acting School
Social Networks:
- Twitter: carmenelectra
- Facebook: CarmenElectra
- Instagram: carmenelectra
Fun Facts:
Relationships:
- Prince (1990-1991)
- Dennis Rodman (1998-1999)
- Fred Durst (1999)
- Tommy Lee (1999)
- Vin Diesel (2000)
- Mark McGrath (2001)
- Dave Navarro (2001-2007)
- Colin Farrell (2006)
- Joan Jett (2006)
- David Spade (2006)
- Rob Patterson (2007-2012)
- Simon Cowell (2012-2013)
- Ryan Lochte (2013)
- Max George (2013)
- Jamal Rashid (2014)
Children: 2
Awards and Honors:
- 2004 Won MTV Movie Award, Best Kiss
- 2009 Nominated Razzie Award, Worst Supporting Actress
- 2005 Nominated Stinker Award, Worst Supporting Actress
Hobbies and Interests: Gym, swimming
Favorite Color: Red
Favorite Food: Pizza, Sushi
Favorite Music: AC/DC
Favorite Perfume: Dior
Favorite Book: The Art of Happiness by the Dalai Lama
Favorite Sports: Tennis
Favorite Movie: Showgirls
Favorite Actor: Will Ferrell
Interesting Facts:
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Is the youngest of five children of Patricia (died 1998) and Harry Patrick.
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Was a dancer at Kings Island Amusement Park in Ohio.
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She has English, German, Irish, and distant Dutch, ancestry.
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Attended and graduated from Princeton High School in Sharonville, Ohio in 1990.
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Was discovered by Prince at age 18, and worked with him on her self-titled debut album that was released in 1993.
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Was ranked 10th of the 100 Sexiest Women by FHM Taiwan (2001).
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Member of the infamous dancing show The Pussycat Dolls.
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In her November 2003 wedding to Dave Navarro, she wore a strapless beaded Badgley Mischka gown.
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Named #18 in FHM’s “100 Sexiest Women in the World 2005” special supplement.
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Her celebrity stylist is Davy Newkirk.
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American scientist, Neal Evenhuis, named an extinct genus of fly after her. The species is called Carmenelectra.
See also:
- Cheryl Height and Weight Stats
- Hilary Duff Height and Weight Stats
- Bethany Joy Lenz Height and Weight Stats
