2008/04/23

Carmen Electra


Carmen Electra
Birth Date: April 20, 1972
Birth Place: White Oak, Ohio

Carmen Electra was just Tara Patrick before auditioning for Prince in 1990. The audition changed her life (and her name), with the 18-year-old touring with Prince and recording an album. Though the singing never took off, she eventually found fame as a Playboy centerfold.

The Ohio native gained more recognition when she replaced two fellow Playmates: Jenny McCarthy as host of the MTV game show Singled Out and Pamela Anderson as a lifeguard on Baywatch – even though she didn't know how to swim.

After a short Las Vegas marriage to basketball star Dennis Rodman in 1998, Electra married guitarist Dave Navarro and filmed her journey to the altar for MTV's 'Til Death Do Us Part: Carmen & Dave. But, in 2006, she amicably split and filed for divorce from Navarro.