Birth Name: Tara Patrick

Birthdate: April 20, 1972

Birthplace: Cincinnati, OH

Occupations: Actress, Model

Biography: Carmen Electra grew up near Cincinnati, Ohio, in the town of White Oak and got her first boost when a scout for 'Prince' (qv) spotted her fronting for a rap group in Los Angeles. She released a self-titled album for Prince's Paisley Park label in 1992. Starting March 1997, she appears in cartoon form as the model for a character who's a singer and a vampire ("but a good vampire," says her publicist) in a comic book series called Embrace.

Claim to Fame: MTV's show Singled Out.

Factoid: Appeared in Playboy magazine May 1996 (USA), own pictorial "Electra".

Education: Attended Princeton High School in the Cincinnati, OH.