Why is tia carrere famous

Elie Samaha Ex-Husband. In the 2nd season of Dancing with the Stars and in the fifth season of The Celebrity Apprentice, she participated as a contestant. She got her first big break as a starter at the General Hospital daytime soap opera.

In , she co- hosted the pre-Grammy Awards telecast online along with Wayne Brady. She is known through roles in the movies Wayne's World and Wayne's World 2 and the adventure television series Relic Hunter. In August she was awarded the Lifetime Achievement Award by the Philippine President Gloria Macapagal- Arroyo's to honour her film as well as the recording career. Send Wishes. Total Birthdays Celebrated. Recommended For You. Tia Carrere Born On. Day of the Next Birthday.

She powered ahead with a slew of small film and TV guest roles including a fantasized brawl with Christina Applegate on Married… with Children , and by , the year-old was in the final stages of a coveted audition to play David Hasselhoff's marine biologist girlfriend on Baywatch.

Just before she was set to take the final swimming test, however, a buzzy movie script caught her eye. And the role of the confident rocker with impeccable style seemed perfect for Carrere. And I can think of no one else that can do the acting and the singing and the rocking.

But I can,'" Carrere said. As Wayne and Garth would say, it was "excellent. It cemented Carrere as not only an actress to watch but a singer on the rise, and she soon parlayed her success into a record deal and string of action movies.

In , she also married producer and owner of the infamous Roxbury nightclub, Elie Samaha. Or in the sexist words of Garth, "If she were a president, she'd be Baberaham Lincoln. Substantial roles for Asian-American women in the s were scarce, but Carrere managed to land a steady stream of parts that let her talent shine. Strangely enough, the only thing I haven't played is Filipino, which is what I am primarily. Then came the mysterious smuggler Juno Skinner in 's True Lies , where she performed an extremely sensual tango with Arnold Schwarzenegger a skill she'd later reuse on Dancing With the Stars.

Carrere went into overdrive, doing an average of three movies per year from to By the end of the decade she was starring in her own Canadian action TV series called Relic Hunter , which she describes as a "better" version of Tomb Raider.

When all this stuff was hitting, I was just holding on for dear life," she said of her 90s surge. This is the kind of stuff I was focusing on. While she narrowly avoided burnout, she did face the harassment that came simply by being a woman working in Hollywood.

When the MeToo movement came to the forefront in following the tidal wave of allegations against Harvey Weinstein, Carrere was surprised to hear some scoff at young actresses who "put themselves" in compromising situations. I remember going to so many hotel rooms," Carrere said. It was really creepy, but it was the norm just to do auditions.

One such encounter included being told to go to Steven Seagal's dimly lit room at the Hotel Bel-Air where, as she told San Diego News in , he proceeded to look her up and down, have her do a turn, and question her about how comfortable she'd be with nudity.

Her experience echoes allegations made by Jenny McCarthy against the actor in Before, you'd just laugh it off and slap somebody on the arm, like they're being a naughty uncle.

Although acting consumed her life, music always remained Carrere's first passion. She has also landed modeling jobs due to her stunning looks. Carrere has also fulfilled her dream of becoming a singer, with five albums and two Grammy Awards under her belt. Early in her career, Tia participated in the talent show Star Search in She did not have much success and was eliminated in the first round.

A short time later, her first movie break came. This did not go well with the General Hospital producers, and she had to fulfill her contract. Her character was soon written off. Her solid acting, backed by her singing talents and a perfect body, brought her a lot of fame.

This movie gave her acting career a big boost, though, it remains her most famous role to date. In , she got a breakthrough in her television career. She also provided her voice in the Disney animated film as Nani. Carrere helped with the writing of her dialogues. Tia Carrere has contested in two reality TV shows. Her first appearance was in Dancing with the Stars. She finished sixth.

She also appeared in The Celebrity Apprentice fifth season but was eliminated early. Tia Carrere dreamed of becoming a singer since childhood. She felt that as an actor you take on different masks, but singing allows you to be your true self.