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![]() Avg.User Rating: Rate this person: Actor Born: April 20, 1972 in Cincinnati, OH Biography:Perhaps more famous for her physical attributes than for her talent, "Carmen Electra" managed to parlay a stint as an MTV game show hostess into a career as a TV and movie actress. Born Tara Leigh Patrick and raised in Ohio, Electra left her performing arts high school with plans to become a singer. After a failed album for "Prince"'s Paisley Park label in the early '90s, however, Electra shifted direction. Along with her first Playboy spread, the aspiring entertainer scored her career breakthrough when she replaced "Jenny McCarthy" as the co-host of MTV's highly-rated dating game "Singled Out" in 1996. After the show went off the air, Electra successfully stepped in for another buxom TV blonde when she took over lifeguarding duties from "Pamela Anderson" on the syndicated hit Baywatch from 1997 to 1998.
Elektra moved to features with a bit part in the comedy Good Burger (1997) and larger roles in... Full Biography
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