| Real name: | Althea Rae Duhinio Janairo. Some claim that she uses the name Tia because her little sister, Alesaundra, couldn't say Althea, just Tia, but Tia is a well known nickname for Althea and had nothing to do with her sister. Carrere was simply an invention that sounded familiar enough to be recognizable... it had nothing to do with Barbara Carrara as some people say. The name was 'invented' by her manager and boyfriend (until 1987) | |
| Date of birth: | 02 january 1967, Honolulu, HI
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| Height: | 5'8"
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| Ancestry: | She is from Hawaii, that means her blood is
partly Filipino, Chinese and Spanish
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| Spouse: | Tia is married to Simon Wakelin. They have one
daughter born September 25th 2005, her name is Bianca. She has been marired to Elie Samaha (Lebanese-Italian) (22.November
1992)
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| Family: | Little sister: Alesaundra. Her mother and father are divorced, her mother works for American Savings in Hawaii and her father works for a refrigeration company in Samoa. | |
| Music: | 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 later she released the album DREAM,
an OK album that sold to platinum in the Philippines.
She is now working with a brand new album, recorded in her home studio. |
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| Address | She lives in Toronto, but for fanmail you can try: Tia Carrere 8228 Sunset Boulevard #300 Los Angeles, CA 90046-2428 USA |
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| The Discovery: | When she and her boyfrient was shopping in a grocery store in Waikiki
(just after high school, wearing a short skirt), they met Mike Greco's (a
producer) parents, and they introduced her to him. Mike Greco
was producing a movie called 'Aloha Summer', and thought she was gorgeous
for the film. Her boyfriend had already tried to get her a role in the
film, but her her agent, Kathy Muller, would not send her out for the casting
call because they wanted someone 18 and she was only 17....Mike was unaware
that the labor laws in Hawaii were different than the strict laws of California
 Tia at
her senior prom
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| The actress | After a few films, she moved to LA at the age
of 17., and landed in a soap opera. Then she was offered to be a member
of the tv-series A-team, but the contract she had with the tv-company stopped
that.
Waynes World was the big breakthrough, in the role as the Chinese singer. That made her what we call a "megababe" J At the same time she was offered a role in Baywatch, but she refused.. Later she has played in several other films (see the filmography), some of them are really bad, but some are really great, like True Lies with Arnold Schwarzenegger.
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| PC Games: | Watch out for Tia Carrere in a CD-ROM game called
Deadalus Encounter. Playboy says it's impressive and groundbreaking (not
just because of Tia Carrere, mind you) due to production methods that seamlessly
blend video and animation. The reviewers especially cringed when a pack
of computer-rendered batlike aliens attacked Carrere's neck.
I've played it, and it is not the best designed game, but if you like Tia, she looks mmmmmmmm. Take a look at the pictures-page.
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| Other projects: | She has produced some films lately, but not
with the big breakthrough. And she owns a bar with her former husband,
the Irish pub, Dublin's on Sunset. (her favourite restaurant is Cravings)
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| Nudes: | As far as I know, she has never done any nudes
that is available on internet before she posed for Playboy magazine January
2003. I really do not understand why she did that. Any kind of financial
problems or problems with her carreer or personal life? I do not know but in my
opinion. if you accept to pose nude you must have very serious reasons. This
website was ment as a tribute
to Tia as an actress, not a showroom for her body, none of the nude pictures
will be published here, neither will pictures be sent upon request.
It looked like she was nude in the "Showdown in little Tokyo", but they used a body double, it also seems that they used a body double in the nude scene in the film 'My teacher's wife'. |