Tara Leigh Patrick , professionally known as Carmen Electra, is an American glamour model, actress, television personality, singer, and dancer. She gained fame for her appearances in Playboy magazine, on the MTV game show Singled Out, on the TV series Baywatch, and dancing with the Pussycat Dolls, and has since had roles in the parody films Scary Movie , Date Movie, Epic Movie, Meet the Spartans, and Disaster Movie. Electra was born in Sharonville, Ohio, the daughter of Patricia, a singer, and Harry, a guitarist and entertainer. She attended Ann Weigel Elementary School and then studied dance... at Dance Artists dance studio under Gloria J. Simpson, in Western Hills, a neighborhood of Cincinnati. Her mother died of a brain tumor in 1998. Her older sister Debbie died from a heart attack, also in 1998. Carmen graduated from Princeton High School in Sharonville. She also attended the School for Creative and Performing Arts in the Cincinnati Public School District . She has Irish, German, and Cherokee ancestry.
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| Birthdate: | April 20, 1972 |
| Birthplace: | Sharonville, Ohio |
| Age: | 40 |
| Height: | 5' 3" |
| Education: | Princeton High School, School for Creative and Performing Arts |
| Religion: | Christianity |
| Also known as: | Tara Leigh Patrick, The Pussycat Dolls, Carmen Elektra |