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-	<span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Carmen Electra</span></span>	+	Carmen Electra shocked and amazed the world with her marriage to basketball bad boy Dennis Rodman. The quickie marriage in Las Vegas was immediately called a mistake and reports began to surface that the couple would seek an annulment, Rodman claiming he was drunk at the time. The couple tried to make their marriage work, but in April 1999, less than six months later, Electra filed for divorce. In November, the couple were again making the news after being arrested by Florida police for battery disturbing the peace.<br />
		+	Electra had first been discovered in 1992 by The Artist Formerly Known as Prince, who signed her to his label Paisley Park Records. Her first album was less than successful and her music video of the single "Go-Go Dancer" received only minimal play on MTV. <br />
		+	Moving on to acting, Electra won small roles in several series, including Baywatch, Just Shoot Me and Two Guys, a Girl and a Pizza Place. When Pamela Lee Anderson left Baywatch, Electra was hired on full time to replace her. In 1998, she was then tapped to join the struggling Hyperion Bay, which was cancelled not long after.<br />
		+	Electraï¿½s biggest solo successes to date have come co-hosting hormone-heavy shows for teens, namely Loveline and Singled Out on MTV.
		+	<b>Climb to Fame</b>
		+	Baywatch siren and on-again, off-again partner of Dennis Rodman
		+	<b>Work History</b>
		+	Model for Target Department stores <br />
		+	(1992) Recorded self-titled album for Paisley Park Records; video for single "Go-Go Dancer" received minimal play on MTV <br />
		+	(1994) Moved to Los Angeles; won first guest star role on the syndicated Baywatch Nights <br />
		+	(1996) Posed nude for Playboy magazine and appeared in the video "Playboy Cheerleaders" <br />
		+	(1997) Succeeded Jenny McCarthy as co-host of the MTV game show Singled Out <br />
		+	(1997-1998) First regular role on Baywatch (syndicated)<br />
		+	Served as spokesperson for Budweiser <br />
		+	(1998) Acted in the straight-to-video features Legend of the Raven: The Chosen One and Baywatch: White Thunder at Glacier Bay
		+	<b>Awards</b>
		+	Carmen Electra has also won numerous [[Awards]]

-	Before she changed her name to Carmen Electra at the suggestion of <a href="http://www.kevo.com/profile/prince">Prince</a>, she was known by a different name all together: <span style="font-weight: bold;">Tara Leigh Patrick</span> (born April 20, 1972). Since her move to California, Electra has been on the fast track to fame, with a short lived singing career, a spread in <span style="font-style: italic;">Playboy</span>, and then coming to feature on several programs, including <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0096542/">"Baywatch"</a>, and <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0112164/">"Singled Out"</a>, Electra has etched herself a spot as an American sex symbol, actress, and television personality.	+	Blogs
-		+	<a href="http://www.teddyandmoo.com/blog/?cat=10" target=new>Carmen Electra @ TeddyandMoo.com</a> - Get all the latest paparazzi pictures and news about Carmen.
-	<span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:130%;" >Early Life</span>	+
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-	Electra was born in Sharonville, Ohio, a suburb of Cincinnati, to Patricia, a vocalist, and Harry Patrick, an entertainer and guitarist. Is the youngest of five children in her family. Her heritage is Irish, German, and Cherokee.	+
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-	Electra attended the School For Creative And Performing Arts in Cincinnati, Princeton High School in Sharonville and also attended, very briefly, Walnut Hills High School.	+
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-	Her ultimate ambition was to go to Los Angeles and sign a record deal, and by the tender age of only 15, Carmen was on her way to realizing her dream. Electra decided to relocate 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 and only one week later ran into musical genius <a href="http://www.kevo.com/profile/prince">Prince</a>, who decided that she should change her name to Carmen Electra.	+
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-	Prince liked Carmen's look and style, and he signed her on to his label, Paisley Park Records, in 1992. Unfortunately, despite all of Prince's efforts in helping Carmen by promoting her and her new album, her music career failed.	+
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-	Her single "Go-Go Dancer" hardly got any airtime on MTV, and when the single hit store shelves in 1992, it didn't sell well at all.	+
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-	<span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:130%;" >Movie Career</span>	+
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-	In 1995, Electra started appearing in various television programs doing bit parts. Then, in May of 1996, she was featured in a nude pictorial in <span style="font-style: italic;">Playboy</span> magazine, the first of several. This exposure led to higher profile television appearances, including <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0096542/">"Baywatch"</a> (cast member from 1997-1998) and <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0892414/">"MTV's Singled Out"</a>. She returned to <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0096542/">"Baywatch"</a> for the 2003 reunion movie, <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0337851/"><span style="font-style: italic;">Baywatch: Hawaiian Wedding.</span></a>	+
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-	Electra has appeared in several films, such as <span style="font-style: italic;"><a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0119215/">Good Burger</a> </span>(1997), <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0165874/"><span style="font-style: italic;">The Mating Habits of the Earthbound Human</span> </a>(1999), the horror spoof <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0175142/"><span style="font-style: italic;">Scary Movie</span></a> (2000) a<span class="down" style="display: block;" id="formatbar_CreateLink" title="Link" onmouseover="ButtonHoverOn(this);" onmouseout="ButtonHoverOff(this);" onmouseup="" onmousedown="CheckFormatting(event);FormatbarButton('richeditorframe', this, 8);ButtonMouseDown(this);"><img src="img/gl.link.gif" alt="Link" border="0" /></span>nd also appeared in <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0306047/"><span style="font-style: italic;">Scary Movie 3</span></a> and <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0362120/"><span style="font-style: italic;">Scary Movie 4</span> </a>(2006),<span style="font-style: italic;"> <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0799949/">Epic Movie</a></span> (2007), and the remake of the 1970s TV show <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0335438/"><span style="font-style: italic;">Starsky & Hutch</span></a> (2004). She has also made cameo appearances as herself in the comedy <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0465142/"><span style="font-style: italic;">American Dreamz</span></a>. She regularly performed with the exotic dance troupe <span style="font-style: italic;">The Pussycat Dolls</span>. Electra also created the highly successful <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0387814/"><span style="font-style: italic;">Carmen Electra Aerobic Striptease</span></a> series of DVDs, which combines classic stripping moves with a low impact workout.	+
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-	In 2005, she joined the voice cast of the animated series <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0315081/">"Tripping the Rift"</a>, replacing <a href="http://www.kevo.com/profile/ginagershon">Gina Gershon</a> as the voice of the sexy android "Six". In late 2006, Carmen began to be featured in commercials by Taco Bell.	+
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-	Electra is the current spokesmodel for Ritz Camera Centers, appearing in their television and print ads with CEO David Ritz. She is featured in some video spoofs of Lonelygirl15 that are advertising <span style="font-style: italic;">Epic Movie</span>.	+
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-	She is a playable character in the video game <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0426436/">Def Jam: Fight for New York</a> and is one of the celebrity challenges in the videogame, ESPN NFL 2K5, along with <a href="http://www.kevo.com/profile/stevenglover">Steve-O</a>, <a href="http://www.kevo.com/profile/jamiekennedy">Jamie Kennedy</a>, and others.<span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:130%;" >	+
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-	Private Life	+
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-	Electra achieved notoriety during her on-again, off-again marriage to basketball star <a href="http://www.kevo.com/profile/dennisrodman">Dennis Rodman</a> from 1998 to 1999. The wedding to Rodman took place at Little Chapel of the Flowers in Las Vegas, Nevada. Later, she had a brief affair with <a href="http://www.kevo.com/profile/tommylee">Tommy Lee</a>, the ex-husband of <a href="http://www.kevo.com/profile/pamelaanderson">Pamela Anderson</a>. Borrowing another page from fellow "Baywatch" companion Anderson's publicity playbook, Electra was quoted 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, so 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." On "Baywatch," she commented that "I never had my own name on a bathing suit on 'Baywatch.' I was always given one that said Pamela (Anderson) or Yasmine (Bleeth). I earned my own suit, at the end of the season, which I now have framed."	+
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-	On November 22, 2003, Electra married <a href="http://www.kevo.com/profile/davenavarro">Dave Navarro</a>, former lead guitarist for the rock band Jane's Addiction. The couple documented their courtship and marriage in an MTV celebreality show called 'Til Death Do Us Part: Carmen & Dave. In 2006, Electra claimed that when she was eight years old she had a lesbian crush on <a href="http://www.kevo.com/profile/joanjett">Joan Jett</a>. She remembers especially lusting after Jett while watching the music video of "Do You Wanna Touch Me" where Jett opens a trenchcoat to reveal her bikini clad body. Electra claimed to also lust after supermodel Kate Moss: "I fancy <a href="http://www.kevo.com/profile/katemoss">Kate Moss</a>. She has the best style. People need to give her a break. Yeah, I'd love to meet Kate. You can't deny her beauty and her sexuality." On July 17, 2006, she and Navarro announced their separation. Their rep later confirmed their separation to <span style="font-style: italic;">Star Magazine</span>. Electra filed for divorce on August 10, 2006.	+
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-	Tragically, Electraâ€™s mother died of a brain tumor in 1998. She had an older sister, Debbie, who died from a heart attack, also in 1998. As a result of her mother's death from a brain tumor, Electra cofounded <span style="font-style: italic;">Head to Hollywood</span> with Ken Baker. It is "[a]n organization that brings brain-tumor patients and their families to Tinseltown for a VIP experience.â€	+

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