American actress who has carved out a relatively successful career as a replacement for departing stars like MTV’s Jenny McCarthy and “Baywatch” star, Pamela Anderson Lee.
Born Tara Leigh Patrick, Carmen was the youngest of five children. She attended the School for Creative and Performing Arts when she was nine years old. She took singing lessons and spent much time practicing. By the time she hit her teen years, she was dancing in musicals, doing her own choreography, and dreaming of a career as a singer. She released an album in the early 1990s, but when it failed, she turned her sights to an acting career.
Although initially she was more noted for her the physical attributes that landed her a Playboy spread than her acting talent, Carmen eventually landed a role in the comedy film, “Good Burger,” 1997 and then larger roles in films like “Starstruck,” 1999. She recently appeared in “Scary Movie,” 2000.
Although she has achieved some measure of success in her career, her personal life has been tumultuous. Both her mother and a sister died within one week of each other, and Carmen’s infamous short-lived marriage to the flamboyant and controversial basketball star, Dennis Rodman, made her personal life fodder for the tabloids. They were married on 11/14/1998 and almost immediately reports of their estrangement were in the headlines. They divorced on 4/06/1999 but since then, have been often seen as a twosome.
Electra and Red Hot Chili Peppers guitarist Dave Navarro, engaged for a little over a year, bought a house in Beverly Hills together in October 2002. They turned one of the three bedrooms into a closet – for the lady’s shoes.
In a ceremony that got under way at 5:30 PM, she married Dave Navarro in Los Angeles on November 22, 2003. Not even three years later, on August 10, 2006 in Los Angeles, she filed for divorce from musician Dave Navarro. It became final on February 20, 2007 in Los Angeles.
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