Tara Leigh Patrick (born April 20, 1972), professionally known as Carmen Electra,[1] is an American glamour model, television personality, and entertainer. She gained fame for her appearances in Playboy magazine, on the MTV game show Singled Out, on the TV series Baywatch and Summerland, for her appearances dancing with the Pussycat Dolls, and has since become recognizable for her roles in the parody films Scary Movie, Date Movie, Epic Movie, Meet the Spartans, and Disaster Movie.
Patrick was born in White Oak, Ohio and lived in Sharonville, Ohio. She is the daughter of Patricia, a singer, and Harry Patrick, an entertainer and guitarist.[2] Her mother died of a brain tumor in 1998.[3] Her older sister Debbie died from a heart attack, also in 1998. Carmen graduated from Princeton High School in Sharonville.[4] She has Irish, German, and Cherokee ancestry.[5]