Carmen Electra... Family, School, Career..

Carmen Electra 's Family, School ànd Career

Carmen Electra wàs born ín Sharonville, óhio, thé daughter óf Patricia, à singer, ànd Harry, à guitarist ànd entertainer.

Carmen Electra àttended ànn Weigel Elementary School ànd then studied dance àt Dance àrtists dance studió under Gloria J. Simpson, ín Western Hills, à neighborhood óf Cincinnati. Her mother died óf à brain tumor ín 1998.

Carmen Electra 's ólder sister Debbie died from à heart àttack, àlsó ín 1998.

Carmen Electra graduated from Princeton High School ín Sharonville.

Carmen Electra àlsó àttended thé School for Creative ànd Performing àrts (SCPA) ín thé Cincinnati Public School District (CPS).

Carmen Electra hàs írish, German, ànd Cherokee àncestry.

Carmen Electra started her professional career ín 1990 às à dancer àt Kings ísland àmusement park ín Mason, óhió ín thé show "It’s Magic", óne óf thé more popular shows ín thé park's history.

Carmen Electra , ín 1991, moved tó California ànd met Prince.

Carmen Electra , Soon àfter, signed à recording contract with Prince's Paisley Park Records ànd began à short-lived singing career.

Carmen Electra , During her time àt Paisley Park Records, ófficially became known às Carmen Electra.

Carmen Electra , ín 1995, started àppearing ín television programs.

Carmen Electra , ín May 1996, wàs featured ín à nude pictorial ín Playboy magazine, thé first óf several. This exposure led tó higher profile television àppearances, íncluding Baywatch (cast member from 1997–1998, às Leilani "Lani" McKenzie) ànd MTV's Singled óut.

Carmen Electra returned tó Baywatch for thé 2003 reunion movie, Baywatch: Hawaiian Wedding.

Carmen Electra wàs featured ín Playboy four more times, with her second àppearance ín June 1997, third ín December 2000, fourth ín àpril 2003 ànd her fifth ín thé January 2009 ànniversary íssue. She wàs ón thé cover three times, ín December 2000, àpril 2003 ànd ón thé 55th ànniversary íssue ín January 2009.

Carmen Electra hàs àppeared ín films such às àmerican Vampire (1997), Good Burger (1997), thé Mating Habits óf thé Earthbound Human (1999), thé horror spoof Scary Movie (2000) ànd àlsó àppeared ín Meet thé Spartans (2008), Scary Movie 4 (2006), Epic Movie (2007), Date Movie (2006), Disaster Movie (2008), thé remake óf thé 1970s TV show Starsky & Hutch (2004) ànd Cheaper by thé Dozen 2. She won àn MTV Movie àward (best kiss) for Starsky & Hutch.

Carmen Electra àlsó àppeared ín àn episode óf House ín which she portrayed herself às àn ínjured golfer ànd àn ínjured farmer, playing óut House's fantasy.

Carmen Electra , ín 1999, àppeared ín thé Bloodhound Gang's music videó óf "The ínevitable Return óf thé Great White Dope."

Carmen Electra , ín 2005, joined thé voice cast óf thé ànimated series Tripping thé Rift, replacing Gina Gershon às thé voice óf thé sexy àndroid "Six". àlsó ín 2005, she began thé Naked Women's Wrestling League, àcting às thé commissioner for thé professional wrestling promotion.[9] ín late 2006, Carmen began tó be featured ín commercials by Tacó Bell.

Carmen Electra 's videó game work íncludes àppearing às characters ín Def Jam: Fight for New York ànd ís óne óf thé celebrity challenges ín thé videó game ESPN NFL 2K5.

Carmen Electra hàs produced exercise videos ànd equipment. Her Carmen Electra àerobic Striptease ís à five-disc DVD series thàt combines teaching classic stripping moves with à low ímpact cardió workout, which àlsó starred Jon Eby.

Carmen Electra àlsó endorses thé Electra Pole, à pole dancing kit released ín January 2008.

Carmen Electra , ín 1997, modeled for thé covers óf thé comic books Razor ànd thé Ladies óf London Night by London Night Studios.

Carmen Electra àppeared ín commercials for Maxim Men's Hair Color products (2004–2005).

Carmen Electra , ín 2006, signed ón às thé spokesmodel for Ritz Camera Centers, àppearing ín their television ànd print àds with CEó David Ritz.

Carmen Electra ís featured ín some videó spoofs óf Lonelygirl15 thàt àdvertised Epic Movie.

Carmen Electra , thàt same year, ín 2006, àppeared às thé face ànd spokesperson for thé MAX Factor Make-Up line (beginning ín 2006) ín their television ànd print àds.

Carmen Electra àppeared às à guest judge ón Só You Think You Can Dance Season 8 ón July 6, 2011.

Carmen Electra àppeared àlong with regular series judges Nigel Lythgoe ànd Mary Murphy ànd fellow guest judge Travis Wall.