Carmen Electra was the ‘it’ pinup girl of the 1990s.
Not only was she on the Baywatch series after she was pretty much discovered by her boyfriend Prince, but she was also a nude model.
The 53-year-old brunette bombshell – who was born as Tara Leigh Patrick – was posed for the cover of Playboy magazine several times after striking up a friendship with editor Hugh Hefner.
Movie roles followed: Electra was in American Vampire, Good Burger, Scary Movie, and various parody films such as Date Movie and Epic Movie.
She also starred in the remake of the television show Starsky & Hutch.
On Tuesday the actress looked incredible at the Freakier Friday premiere held at the El Capitan Theatre in Hollywood.
Also there were Lindsay Lohan and Jamie Lee Curtis.
Electra wore a strapless ruby red sparkly mini dress with a train as she added black platform heels. Her long hair that was highlighted cascaded down her bare shoulders.
Last year she was in the news for a legal matter.
She filed legal documents asking for her name to be formally changed to Carmen Electra, as per TMZ.
The star — who was seen holding hands with Godsmack lead signer Sully Erna, 55 — filed the paperwork on December 29, 2023, though it’s unclear why she has decided to make the name change official.
Electra has been going by the moniker since the early ’90s, when she became a worldwide sensation thanks to Baywatch.
It’s not clear if the request has been granted yet, but the process usually doesn’t take long.
Though she has been married twice, she has never taken the last name of either of her husband.
Electra was married to musician Dave Navarro from 2003 until 2007. Prior to that she wed NBA star Dennis Rodman in 1998, before their divorce the following year in 1999.
The star became known as Carmen Electra during her years at Prince’s Paisley Park Records in the early 90s.
In 1993 she made her singing debut with her self-titled debut studio album, which would be her only one.
Carmen previously reveled that Prince was the one who coined her famous moniker, after they met in 1991.
‘I auditioned for an all girl group that he was putting together and he ended up signing me to his label Paisley Park,’ she told The Yo Show in 2014, as per Yahoo Entertainment.
‘After I danced for him he said, “You look like Electra. That should be your name.”‘
At the time she shared that the nickname didn’t stick at first.
‘I thought it sounded kinda like a super hero type of name which actually it is. So I was hesitant but it just sorta grew on me and that’s it. I’m Electra now,’ the bombshell explained.
Following the release of her record, Carmen continued on to have a successful career including a Playboy magazine cover, and numerous television and movie roles.
Carmen landed her iconic Baywatch role as sexy lifeguard Lani McKenzie in 1997, which helped establish her as a sex symbol.
The star left the series after one season because of her hectic schedule and her mother being ill. She later returned for the reunion movie, Baywatch: Hawaiian Wedding, in 2003.
