Tia Carrere Biography
Tia Carrere is an American Actress/Model/Musician who is making an appearance in the movie A Big Fat Family Christmas which premiered on the 2nd of December 2022 on the Hallmark Channel. She is known for appearing in the daytime soap opera General Hospital.
Tia Carrere Age / Birthday
Carrere is 55 years old as of 2022. She was born Althea Rae Duhinio Janairo on the 2nd of January 1967 in Honolulu, Hawaii, United States. Carrere celebrates her birthday on the 2nd of January every year.
Tia Carrere Height / Measurements
Carrere is of average body stature and stands at an approximate height of 5 feet 7 inches.
Tia Carrere Partner / Husband
Carrere was married to her ex-husband, Elie Samaha who happens to be a film producer. The duo tied the knot in the year 1992 and divorced in the month of February 2000. The 30th of November 2002 saw her marry photojournalist, Simon Wakelin. The 2nd of April 2010 saw her file for divorce in person at Los Angeles County Superior Court.
According to the court documents, she cited irreconcilable differences as the reason for the divorce. She went on to ask for sole physical custody of their daughter. They officially divorced in the month of August 2010 and ended up sharing the custody of their daughter. She manages to keep more information regarding her dating life away from the limelight. We will update this information once more information is available to the public.
Tia Carrere Kids / Children
Together with Simon, the duo have a daughter. She, however, manages to keep more information regarding her daughter away from the limelight. Together with her daughter, they reside in Los Angeles. We will update this information once more information is available to the public.
Tia Carrere Family / Relatives
Carrere was born and raised in Honolulu, Hawaii, United States to her loving and caring parents, Audrey Lee Janairo, and Alexander Janairo. Audrey happens to be a computer supervisor whereas Alexandra is a banker. Carrere holds, Chinese, Filipino, and some Spanish descent.
Tia Carrere Career
Carrere happens to be a cast member in the movie, A Big Fat Family Christmas. She attended Sacred Hearts Academy, an all-girls school. She had always desired to be a singer since she was a child. Despite being eliminated during the first round of her 1985 Star Search appearance at the age of 18, she was noted by a local producer while shopping at a Waikiki grocery store. It was at this time that she was cast in the movie, Aloha Summer where her career began. It was around this time that she adopted the stage name using her sister’s nickname, “Tia” and a variation of the last name “Carrera” in tribute to actress Barbara Carrera.
The famous actress is also a singer and a former model and got her big break by appearing in the soap opera, General Hospital. In the course of her career, she has also played Cassandra Wong in the feature films, Wayne’s World and Wayne’s World 2. She has also undertaken the role, of Juno Skinner in the film True Lies and Nani Pelekai in the Lilo & Stitch films and TV series. This is in addition to undertaking the role of Queen Tyr’ahnee in the film, Duck Dodgers. Aside from this, she has undertaken the role of Richard Lewis’s girlfriend, Cha Cha, in the film Curb Your Enthusiasm.
Carrere has also played the role of Sydney Fox in the television series, Relic Hunter. This is in addition to playing Lady Danger opposite RuPaul in Netflix’s AJ and the Queen. Asides from this, she has appeared as a contestant in the second season of Dancing with the Stars. She also appeared in the fifth season of The Celebrity Apprentice. Asides from her acting career, she has won two Grammy Awards for her music.
After the success of her music career, she returned to Los Angeles. After working for several months as a model, she landed her first role in the American television series Airwolf in early 1985. Tia’s first major breakthrough was in the daytime soap-opera General Hospital. In the soap opera, she played the role of Jade Soong Chung from 1985 to 1987.
Carrere also had a guest appearance on Tour of Duty and the A-Team, which was supposed to lead to her joining the cast, her General Hospital obligations, and which prevented her from joining the team. Her role in the series was dropped after one episode and was never mentioned again.
Asides from this, she has made guest appearances on MacGyver as a karate instructor. There, she appeared in the episode “The Wish Child.” She later appeared as an assassin in the episode “Murderer’s Sky.” Asides from this, she has appeared in the series, Anything but Love as the adopted daughter of Marty Gold(Richard Lewis). She has also appeared on the episode “Married… with Children as Piper Bauman. There, she was a modeling rival of Kelly Bundy.
Later on, after appearing in the 1991 action films, Harley Davidson and the Marlboro Man and Showdown in Little Tokyo. She also emerged into the public spotlight when cast as Cassandra, a rock singer and love interest of Mike Myers’s character, Wayne Campbell, in Wayne’s World(1992). She undertook this role as she reprised the next year in Wayne’s World 2.
Being a trained singer, she performed all of her own songs in the first film, and the Wayne’s World soundtrack features her vocals. She has also turned down a role in Baywatch to audition for Wayne’s World. The year 1992 saw People name her to its annual “50 most beautiful people” list.
Other roles she has undertaken include playing the parts of wealthy smuggler Juno Skinner in True Lies. This is a 1994 Arnold Schwarzenegger action film. She also made an appearance as a mixed African-Japanese computer expert in Rising Sun, a thriller co-written for the screen by Michael Crichton, and based on his novel, starring Sean Connery and Wesley Snipes. She also played a robber Gina Walker in The Immortals in the year 1995. Tia Carrere also played a secretary Victoria Chappell in High School High, a 1996 parody.
Asides from this, she has starred as Ari, a space marine turned pirate in the year 1995 adventure/puzzle game, The Daedalus Encounter. Carrere also starred as the evil witch/queen in the year 1997 Universal Films picture Kull the Conqueror. There, she was co-starring with Kevin Sorbo. This is in addition to co-starring in the late -90s M&M’s commercials herself. Being at the end of the decade, she was cast as Ana Ishikawa in the motion picture of the comic book character Shi, but the film wasn’t concreted.
Between the years 1999 and 2002, she starred as archeology professor, Sydney Fox in Relic Hunter, a syndicated auction-adventured series strongly reminiscent o the Indiana Jones and Tomb Raider films and video games. During this time, he was featured in the men’s magazine Maxim.
She lasted for a total of three contracted television seasons in the movie, Relic Hunter. Asides from this, she also provided the voice of Lilo’s sister Nani in the animated film Lilo & Stitch(2002) and its spinoffs. This is in addition to playing the voice of Queen Tyr’ahnee from the 2003 Duck Dodgers animated series. She also provided the voice of Snookie in the 2005 animated film, Aloha, Scooby-Doo!
Asides from this, she has participated as a contestant on the popular reality show, Dancing with the Stars and was placed sixth overall. She, later on, participated in the fifth season of The Celebrity Apprentice, but her “apprenticeship” with Donald Trump, the “boss” of the show, was terminated in that season’s fifth week.
During the January 2003 issues of Playboy, he posed nude. These photos were republished in the German December 2006 issues of the magazine. Asides from this, she has appeared as a guest star on a number of television shows. These include Back to You, Warehouse 13, and Nip-Tuck. Asides from this, she has appeared in several episodes of season six Curb Your Enthusiasm as Richard Lewis’s girlfriend. Later on in the year 2020, she played Lady Danger in all ten episodes of the Netflix series AJ and the Queen.
Tia Carrere A Big Fat Family Christmas
Carrere is a cast member in the movie, A Big Fat Family Christmas. This is the story of Liv, a photojournalist eager to make it on her own. In order to get a dream assignment, which is to shoot the Change family’s annual holiday party for a cover story, she does not reveal that that is her family.
When she finds herself growing close to Henry, the coworker covering the story with her, she wants to confide in him but doesn’t want to jeopardize her big break. She then finds herself growing close to Henry, a coworker covering the story with her. She then wants to confide in him but does not want to jeopardize her big break. There, Tia stars alongside;
- Shannon Kook
- Ryan Mah
- Cindy Piper
Tia Carrere’s Music career
Asides from her acting career, she is a prominent musician and maintains her singing career. The year 1993 saw her release her first solo album, Dream. The album was produced by Matt Prinz and released and went platinum in the Philippines. In the same year, she was featured on the soundtrack of Batman: Mask of the Phantasm. There, she was performing the ending theme,” I Never Even Told You.”
Asides from this, she has focused on Hawaiian music starting with her second album, Hawaiiana. The album was released in the month of June 2007 and featured Grammy-Award-winning record producer Daniel Ho. There, he was accompanying her on slack-ky guitar and ukulele. This album was nominated for a 2008 Grammy Award under the category Best Hawaiian Music Album.
The year 2009 saw her serve as a co-host for the pre-Grammy Awards telecast online event alongside Wayne Brady. Asides from this, she also won a Grammy Award in the year 2009 for her third album “Ikena, and her 2010 album He Nani was nominated for a Grammy. The year 2011 also saw her win her second Grammy Award for her album Huana Ke Aloha.
Tia Carrere Net Worth
Through Carrere’s career as an Actress/Model/Musician, she has been able to accumulate a net worth that ranges between $1 Million and $ 5 Million.
Tia Carrere Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram
Carrere is active on her social media accounts. She has about 468K followers on her Facebook Page, about 37.6K followers on her Twitter account, and around 120K followers on her Instagram account.