Born as Tara Leigh Patrick in 1972 in Ohio, she was the youngest of six children. During a trip to Los Angeles in 1990, Tara has a chance encounter with a talent agent scouting for Prince. That very evening she's invited to meet Prince and is given the opportunity to audition, which resulted in her making her first record with Prince.

She came out with her own first album, reflecting her name change, when "Carmen Electra" is released in 1993.

Initially 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. Along with her first Playboy spread, the aspiring entertainer scored her career breakthrough as the co-host of MTV's highly rated dating game "Singled Out" in 1996. To this day she still refers to this as her biggest break in the biz. After the show went off the air, Electra successfully stepped in for another buxom TV blonde when she took over life guarding duties from Pamela Anderson on the syndicated hit "Baywatch" from 1997 to 1998.

In 1999 Carmen starred in "Scary Movie," and in the past five years has starred in dozens of motion picture and television projects, consistently moving up the ladder of success in Hollywood, proving that she is not just extremely beautiful but extremely talented as well.

On November 22, 2003 Carmen entered her second marriage with Jane's Addiction guitarist Dave Navarro after having divorced basketball star Dennis Rodman on April 6, 1999.