Birth name Tara Leigh Patrick
Carmen Electra grew up near Cincinnati, Ohio, in the town of White Oak and got her first boost when a scout for Prince 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 in a comic book series called Embra.
Carmen Electra has appeared in Play..boy, Baywatch, Singled Out, and a series of movies ranging from Scary Movie (2000) to My Boss's Daughter (2003). She even has her own reality show, 'Til Death Do Us Part: Carmen and Dave, and a DVD series called Carmen Electra's Aerobic Striptease.
There are some public figures everyone knows about, but when trying to recall what they are famous for, you draw a blank. Carmen Electra has done a lot, from singing to acting and modeling, but her persona is greater than the sum of its parts.
An exquisite woman, she was famous in 1998 for her short-lived marriage to eccentric basketball player Dennis Rodman. Since then, she has built a reputation around her talents as opposed to promotional antics.
Carmen's lesbian kiss  -  Carmen Electra has been spotted kissing female rocker Joan Jett. The former 'Baywatch' actress was seen getting hot and steamy with the singer after her recent concert in Los Angeles. A source told America's Star magazine: "They weren't even trying to hide it. They were fully kissing and going at it. There were very physical, there was lots of hugging, kissing and touching." The pair are said to have grown close after Carmen appeared in Jett's latest music video. After the show, the pair went on to a party together where there smooching is alleged to have continued. Carmen's representative didn't deny the pair's same-sex smooch, saying: "She was at the concert. She is a really big fan of Joan's, and I guess this was her way of thanking her for the front row seats!"