She was born Nee Tara Leigh Patrick on April 20, 1972 in Cincinnati, Ohio. Carmen attended the School for Creative and Performing Arts at only nine years old. By the time she was a teenager, she was performing in musicals (as a dancer) and doing her own choreographies. Her ultimate ambition was to go to Los Angeles and sign a record deal.
She moved to Minneapolis to live with her sister when she was 15 . she made a living as a clothes model for Target department stores. After four years went by, Carmen changed her name and moved to Los Angeles and after only one week ran into Prince.
Prince signed her to a Paisley Park Records label deal in 1992. Unfortunately her music career failed miserably.
Three years later, Carmen appeared on the Nickelodeon show entitled All That.
Carmen posed for Play boy in 1996. And she did a Play boy video entitled Play boy Cheerleaders. That same year, Carmen began guest hosting on MTV's Loveline.
A couple of months later Carmen was chosen to be Jenny McCarthy's replacement on the show Singled Out. Although the deal was for 65 episodes, Carmen's popularity was not that of Jenny's and the show eventually fizzled.
Baywatch was carmens big break. She came on as a replacement for Pamela Anderson.
Since then, Carmen has appeared in a comic book, was the national spokesperson for Budweiser beer, and she appeared in the 2000 sleeper comedy hit of the year Scary Movie.
Carmen married Dennis Rodman in 1997 and separated only seven days later - with Rodman claiming that he wasn't in his right state of mind at the time.
Besides Rodman, Carmen has been romantically linked to Tommy Lee, Cypress Hill's B-Real and Limp Bizkit's Fred Durst.
"Automotive Showcase" (2003) TV Series
.... Host
Lil' Pimp (2003) (voice)
Guest, The (2002)
Naked Movie (2002) .... Herself
Rent Control (2002) .... Audrey
Whacked! (2002) .... Laura
"BattleBots" (2000) TV Series .... Feature Reporter (2002-)
Sol Goode (2001) .... Diesel Model
Get Over It (2001) .... Mistress Moira
Perfume (2001) .... Simone
28th Annual American Music Awards (2001) (TV) .... Presenter
2000 MTV Movie Awards (2000) (TV) .... Herself
Great White Dope, The (2000)
Won-G (2000) (V)
Scary Movie (2000) .... Drew Decker
Cheerleaders (1999) (V) .... Cheerleader
Christmas in Malibu (1999) (TV)
Modern Talking 1998/1999 (1999) (V) .... Herself
Vacanze di Natale 2000 (1999)
Mating Habits of the Earthbound Human, The (1999) .... The Female (Jenny
Smith)
"Hyperion Bay" (1998) TV Series .... Sarah Hicks (1999)
26th Annual American Music Awards (1998) (TV) .... Herself
Welcome to Hollywood (1998) .... Herself
"Hollywood Squares" (1998) TV Series .... Guest Regular
Chosen One: Legend of the Raven, The (1998) (V) .... McKenna Ray/The Raven
Starstruck (1998) .... Iona Shirley
Baywatch: White Thunder at Glacier Bay (1998) (V) .... Lani McKensie
American Vampire Story, An (1997) .... Sulka
Good Burger (1997) (uncredited) .... Roxanne
"Loveline" (1996) TV Series .... Co-Host (1997)
"Singled Out" (1995) TV Series .... Co-Host (1997)
"Baywatch" (1989) TV Series .... Lani McKensie (1997-1998)
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