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Trivia
Her heritage is Irish, German, and Cherokee.
Appeared
in Playboy's Nude Celebrities March 1997
Attended
Princeton High School in the Cincinnati suburb of Sharonville
(class of 1990).
Originally
signed by Prince's Paisley Park record label as a hot
young talent. She had moderate success with a single
named "Go-Go Dancer"
Is the youngest
of five children in her family.
Was a dancer
at Kings Island Amusement Park in Ohio.
Worked with
Prince on her self titled debut album that was released
in 1993.
Engaged to
musician Dave Navarro. [August 2001]
Was ranked
10th of the 100 Sexiest Women by FHM Taiwan (2001).
Hosted VH1's
100 Greatests Artists of Hard Rock
Appears in
Moby's music video "We Are All Made Of Stars"
Appears on
the cover of the April 2003 issue of Playboy magazine,
with a nude pictorial inside. Howard Stern gave the
layout a thumbs up, and commented that Miss Electra
looks better today than she did 10 years ago.
She got her
name from Bizet's Opera Carmen and from the goddess
Electra (from Sophocles).
On the New
Tom Green Show, she announced that she was planning
to make a strip aerobics video.
Measurements:
36C-23-35 (Source: Celebrity Sleuth magazine)
Attended
high school with Nick Lachey from 98 Degrees.
Engaged to
musician David M. Navarro. [August 2001]
Appears in
Moby's music video "We Are All Made Of Stars"
Appears on
the cover of the April 2003 issue of Playboy magazine,
with a nude pictorial inside. Howard Stern gave the
layout a thumbs up, and commented that Miss Electra
looks better today than she did 10 years ago.
Attended
high school with Nick Lachey from 98 Degrees.
On "New
Tom Green Show, The" (2003), she announced that
she was planning to make a strip aerobics video.
Personal quotes
"You know that[criticism] when you get into this
business. You accept the bad with the good, the tabloids
and the positive side of it."
"I was
watching an HBO special the other night on real-life
maximum-security-prison guys. I glanced up, and my poster
was in quite a few cells. I was screaming 'Oh, no!"
"I never
had my own name on a bathing suit on Baywatch. I was
always given one that said Pamela or Yasmine. I earned
my own suit, at the end of the season, which I now have
framed."
"Is
there a rehab center for Coke drinkers? I drink six
to eight cans a day."
"She
had on this white fur coat, her hair down, and her eyes
pierced my heart from 20 feet away. The first thing
I did was buy her 1,200 pairs of sunglasses to cover
up those eyes. I couldn't risk anyone else having the
same reaction." -- fiance Dave Navarro ("Jane's
Addiction", "The Red Hot Chili Peppers")
on Carmen Electra"
"[on
her engagement to rocker David M. Navarro]: "We
met on November 10th, so the 10th of every month we
go out to dinner and we make a big event out of it.
We have this digital camera that Miramax gave me during
a movie. And we took pictures all over -- we travel
everywhere together. Usually I'm just the girl and I
bring out the camera, 'Baby, come on, lets look.' And
he's like [rolls eyes] 'Ok Babe' -- It's kinda boring
to him. This night he brought out the camera and we
were looking at the pictures together. And he was down
on one knee the whole time and I wasn't even aware of
that, because he was on the edge of the bed. And the
very last picture was him holding up the ring. And then
he proposed to me. We cried -- I said 'Yes', and we
spent five hours just staring into each others eyes.
It was really sweet. He's a good guy. Well, maybe a
little more than just staring..."
"Janet
Jackson wore dark lip liner in one of her videos and
I loved the way it made her lips look so full, so I
started wearing this dark-brown lip liner all the time.
It was really trendy for a while, but now when I ask
makeup artists to do it, most of them say, 'We're not
doing that, honey."
"I had
a blast! I had no idea how the cover would turn out
but I think it...I think it's wildly sexy. I'm so proud
to be a part of that cover I just saw the DETAILS billboard
that is up on Sunset Blvd. And even though I'm in it
I think it's super cool."
"Basically,
that whole experience just inspired me to work harder
and to achieve my goals, and it gave me a chance to
realize what talents I have and that- if I work hard-
that I can achieve anything in life that I want. He
still is a big inspiration to me. He's definitely a
genius, and whatever he wants, he gets, and he works
hard for it. So I look at it as a positive step."
"My
mother begged me not to come. You know, 'People get
murdered, there's rapists and LA is crazy, and I don't
want you to get hurt, you're my baby.' But I knew that
this was what I wanted."
"Every
Christmas my mom would take me to see The Nutcracker
Suite, and I was so overwhelmed that I took ballet classes.
The theme for this shoot is a fantasy for me and has
a really sweet element."
"I just
finnished shooting and I had rheinstones glued all over
me- I've been picking them off all day. It is Playboy
so of course there are a lot of nude photos, but it's
really classy, sort of a Nutcracker theme. It was fun
because I got to dress up in a lot of fun costumes,
lots of different scenes... a gingerbread house. It
was really cute."
"I was
never a Playmate, which I always have to get straight,
because people like to give you that title, 'Oh, you're
a Playmate.' I did a Celebrity Pictorial. My shoot was
really tasteful and exactly what I wanted it to be.
I have no regrets. But it's not something I plan to
do again."
"Certain
people will look at Playboy to see the outer beauty...
But you can't make it very long in this business with
only that. You have to have something on the inside...
which includes talent if you want a real career."
"I never
ever thought I would be capable of hosting the show.
I said, 'God, there's no way I could do that.' I recieved
the sides for the audition, I read through them, I was
laughing hysterically and I just said, 'I really want
this part because I can have a chance to act silly,'
because I really do have a fun side that people didn't
get a chance to see through my music, because it was
so serious."
"We're
completely different. I think our similarities are that
we both have a lot of energy... and we're not afraid
to be ourselves on camera. We're both very constipated...
And have big boobs. But we're also VERY different...
And so I barely ever get compared to her. But I really
like her as a person... And she was very supportive
when I first came on the show. Just because we both
did Singled Out doesn't mean we're the same or that
I'm trying to be her. I think she's really funny, but
I want to go off in a different direction."
"It's
been an amazing experience. And I really thank Jenny
for making it such a great show and role to take over.
It's an incredible job to get. You get to go crazy and
just be yourself. You can dress funky, play around with
really cool people, and have a great time... while getting
paid. I feel extremely lucky to have gotten that job."
"In
'Mating Habits' I did feel a little uncomfortable. I
played a trick on the director where I put toupee tape
on my sweater so when it was supposed to fly open, it
wouldn't. So the director got a little upset and I was
just playing like I didn't understand why it wouldn't
fly open when it was supposed to, but I got away with
it not opening."
"There
was a couple projects in the very beginning of my career,
and sometimes you don't think you're ever going to become
famous, so you do it without thinking. But I think every
celebrity has those skeletons in the closet."
"Tara
is more innocent, more shy, maybe more frightened, sadder,
and she's a bit sweeter. Carmen Electra is more open,
stronger, she knows what she wants and goes out and
gets it."
"A lot
of people judge me by the way I look, or they judge
me on a role they've seen me do on TV. But really, they
don't know me at all. They don't have a clue. That's
why, sometimes, people get to know me and they say,
'Carmen, you are so sensitive! And you've got your feet
on the ground!' It's hard as well because I've appeared
in a lot of tabloid press, and much of what was said
wasn't true. A lot of people believe it though. And
that's how people get the wrong impression what I'm
like."
"I lost
my mother last summer and she meant everything to me.
When she died, she took part of me with her. I don't
have any children, and the only thing I had left when
she went was a relationship. I think, more than anything,
I have a lot of love inside me and it's difficult when
you don't have someone to give it to. That's why I try
to be generous with my friends and have a good time."
"I'm
happy now. I've made some changes in my life. We all
control our own destiny and if we surround ourselves
with negative people, bad things are bound to happen.
We only have ourselves to blame. And that's why I've
had to make those changes. I made a list of things that
I had to do to be a better and happier person."
Carmen Electra - Filmography
Below is a complete filmography
(list of movies she's appeared in)
Lil' Pimp (2004) (voice) .... Honeysack
Starsky & Hutch (2004) .... Staci
My Boss's Daughter (2003) .... Tina
... aka Guests, The (2004) (Australia)
Uptown Girls (2003) .... Celebrity
Baywatch: Hawaiian Wedding (2003) (TV) .... Lani McKenzie
Rent Control (2002) .... Audrey
Whacked! (2002) .... Laura
Sol Goode (2001) .... Treasure
Get Over It (2001) .... Mistress Moira
... aka Get Over It! (2001) (USA: promotional title)
Perfume (2001) .... Simone
Great White Dope, The (2000)
Won-G (2000) (V)
Scary Movie (2000) .... Drew Decker
"Hyperion
Bay" (1998) TV Series .... Sarah Hicks (1999)
Christmas in Malibu (1999) (TV)
Vacanze di Natale 2000 (1999)
... aka Christmas Vacation 2000 (1999) (International:
English title)
Mating Habits of the Earthbound Human, The (1999) ....
The Female (Jenny Smith)
Chosen One: Legend of the Raven, The (1998) (V) ....
McKenna Ray/The Raven
... aka Raven: Chosen One, The (1998) (V) (USA: closing
credits title)
Starstruck (1998) .... Iona Shirley
Baywatch: White Thunder at Glacier Bay (1998) (V) ....
Lani McKenzie
"Baywatch" (1989) TV Series .... Lani McKenzie
(1997-1998)
... aka "Baywatch Hawai'i" (1999) (USA: new
title)
American Vampire Story, An (1997) .... Sulka
... aka American Vampire (2000) (USA: reissue title)
Good Burger (1997) (uncredited) .... Roxanne
Carmen Electra - Notable TV
Guest Appearances
"Sharon Osbourne Show, The" (2003)
playing "Guest Co-Host" 9 February 2004
"Sharon Osbourne Show, The" (2003) playing
"Herself" 29 December 2003
"Eve" (2003) playing "Zan" in episode:
"The Talk" (episode # 1.4) 6 October 2003
"Late Night with Conan O'Brien" (1993) playing
"Herself" 1 October 2003
"Greetings from Tucson" (2002) playing "Rosa"
in episode: "The First Time" (episode # 1.20)
25 April 2003
"Love Chain" (2003) playing "Herself"
(archive footage) in episode: "Carmen Electra"
(episode # 1.10) 2003
"Wild On..." (1997) playing "Herself"
in episode: "Wild on Hollywood Nights" 2003
"Off Centre" (2001) playing "Herself"
in episode: "Unflushable" (episode # 2.3)
3 October 2002
"Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn, The" (1999)
playing "Herself" 14 August 2002
"Simpsons, The" (1989) playing "Herself"
(voice) in episode: "The Frying Game" (episode
# 13.21) 19 May 2002
"Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn, The" (1999)
playing "Herself" 28 February 2002
"Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn, The" (1999)
playing "Herself" 24 August 2001
"Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn, The" (1999)
playing "Herself" 6 April 2001
"Sen kväll med Luuk" (1996) playing "Herself"
(episode # 10.7) 2 March 2001
"Pajama Party" (2000) playing "Herself"
(episode # 2.4) 23 December 2000
"Drew Carey Show, The" (1995) in episode:
"Drew Live II" (episode # 6.5) 8 November
2000
"Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn, The" (1999)
playing "Herself" 5 July 2000
"Howard Stern Show, The" (1994) playing "Herself"
3 April 2000
"Howard Stern Show, The" (1994) playing "Herself"
2 April 2000
"Mad TV" (1995) playing "Herself"
(episode # 5.15) 5 February 2000
"Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn, The" (1999)
playing "Herself" 21 January 2000
"Malcolm & Eddie" (1996) playing "Kelly"
in episode: "Won't Power" (episode # 4.7)
1 November 1999
"Howard Stern Show, The" (1994) playing "Herself"
24 July 1999
"Howard Stern Show, The" (1994) playing "Herself"
23 February 1999
"Howard Stern Show, The" (1994) playing "Herself"
22 February 1999
"Soldier of Fortune, Inc." (1997) playing
"Tanya" in episode: "Spyder's Web"
(episode # 2.3) 10 October 1998
"Soldier of Fortune, Inc." (1997) playing
"Tanya" in episode: "Spyder Web"
(episode # 1.3) 5 October 1998
"Two Guys, a Girl and a Pizza Place" (1998)
playing "Isabella" in episode: "Two Guys,
a Girl and a Pizza Delivery" (episode # 1.10) 20
May 1998
"Sin City Spectacular" (1998) (episode # 1.12)
"Pacific Blue" (1995) playing "Lani McKenzie"
in episode: "Heartbeat" (episode # 3.14) 28
December 1997
"Just Shoot Me" (1997) playing "Herself"
in episode: "King Lear Jet" (episode # 2.5)
11 November 1997
"All That" (1995) playing "Sue"
in episode: "Ed Gets Married" 30 October 1997
"Howard Stern Show, The" (1994) playing "Herself"
17 May 1996
"Baywatch Nights" (1995) playing "Candy"
in episode: "Epilogue" (episode # 1.19) 27
April 1996
"Erotic Confessions" (1994) playing "Manager"
in episode: "At the Tone" (episode # 3.1)
1996
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