Tia Carrere - Biography

Last Editor: pganderson				Tia Carrere Biography -   Name : Tia Carrere Birth Date : January 2, 1967 Birth Place : Honolulu, Hawaii, USA Birth name : Althea Rae Duhinio Janairo Height : 5' 8" (1.73 m) Nationality : American Profession : actress, musician Claim to fame : as Nurse Jade Soong Chung in General Hispital (1985)

Tia Carrere Trivia -

She was offered a role on "Baywatch" (1989) but turned it down so she could audition for Wayne's World (1992). She worked as a model. She is a singer. Released an album called "Dream." Her heritage is "part Chinese, part Spanish, part Filipino." Her little sister could not say "Althea", it came out "Tia." She had a body double used in nude hot tub scene in the film Showdown in Little Tokyo (1991). As Cassandra in Wayne's World (1992), she performed all her songs as the singer and featured on the soundtrack. She was an acting contestant on "Star Search" (1983) in 1985; she lost in her first round. She has a recording studio at home. She was featured in Playboy Magazine, January 2003 edition. She was named one of the "50 Most Beautiful People in the World" by people magazine (1992) She ranked # 69 in FHM-USA's 100 Sexiest Women (2001) She studied acting in the same class with actor Casper Van Dien. Her daughter, Bianca, born on September 25, 2005 in Los Angeles, California. Her husband, Simon Wakelin, is a British photojournalist.

Tia Carrere Detailed Biography -

Tia Carrere was born on January, 2nd 1967. She was discovered in true Hollywood fashion. While shopping in a grocery store, she was approached by an elderly couple whose son was about to start shooting a coming-of-age film called "Aloha summer" and needed a young actress for the starring role. Tia landed that role, put the money in her pocket, and headed for Los Angeles. While there, she began to develop a modeling career, while several bit parts came her way. She appeared in popular television shows such as The A-Team, MacGyver, but hit it big when she was cast in the recurring role of nurse Jade Soong Chung, in the daytime soap, General Hospital in 1985. Tia then made the leap to the silver screen with film roles in Showdown in Little Tokyo (where she had a body double appear nude for her) and Harley Davidson and the Marlboro Man, both in 1991. But it was after she co-starred with Mike Myers and Dana Carvey in the comedy Wayne's World in 1992 (a role she chose over Baywatch), that American audiences really took notice of the Hawaiian beauty. As Wayne's dream girl, aspiring rock star Cassandra, Tia made it clear that she's worthy of a schwing or two. Tia then joined Sean Connery and Wesley Snipes to star in Rising Sun, and reprise her role of Cassandra in the 1993 sequel to the hugely successful Wayne's World. In 1994, Tia appeared as Juno Skinner in the Schwarzenegger hit True Lies, and appeared in the films Treacherous and Hostile Intentions that same year. Tia can presently be seen as Sydney Fox in the action television series Relic Hunter, and starring in the film Shi (a.k.a. Shi: The Way of the Warrior). When she's not filming, Tia enjoys a successful music career. She started up as a singer in a local band that played Black Sabbath and AC/DC covers and in a jazz orchestra. Later she sang on the Wayne's world 1 album, and after that she released the album DREAM that sold to platinum in the Philippines.