Carmen Electra is heading back to TV this summer as part of Fox’s new celebrity competition series Nation’s Dumbest, which premieres July 15. It is the latest gig for Electra in a career that has included music, modeling, Baywatch, Singled Out, MTV reality TV, and several spoof movies, including Scary Movie, Date Movie, Epic Movie, Meet the Spartans, and Disaster Movie.
Born Tara Leigh Patrick in Sharonville, Ohio, Electra first broke through after moving to Minneapolis and working with Prince, who helped launch her early music career and gave her the name Carmen Electra. She later became one of the most recognizable faces of the late ’90s after playing Lani McKenzie on Baywatch and co-hosting MTV’s Singled Out. Along the way, her love life became news too, and she has been linked to some interesting men.