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Trivia
Birth name: Althea Rae Duhinio Janairo
Date of birth: 2 January 1967
Place of birth: Honolulu, Hawaii, USA
Nickname: Tia Carrere
Height: 5' 8" (1.73 m)
Spouse: Simon Wakelin (31 December 2002 - present) 1 child,
Elie Samaha (22 November 1992 - February 2000) (divorced).
Born Althea Rae Duhinio Janairo, Carrere, of Filipino, Chinese, and Spanish heritage, longed to be a singer as a child.
She was raised in the island of Oahu, Hawaii.
She attended Sacred Hearts Academy, a private school for girls.
Although she was eliminated during the first round of her 1985 Star Search appearance at the age of 17, she was spotted by the parents of a local producer while shopping at a Waikiki grocery store and was cast in the b-movie Zombie Nightmare.
Following this initial success, Carrere relocated to Los Angeles and, after several months working as a model, landed a role in the daytime soap opera General Hospital from 1985 to 1987.
Tia was discovered outside a grocery store in Waikiki after leaving a photo shoot. This led to her being cast as the lead in Aloha Summer.
Was offered a role on "Baywatch" (1989) but turned it down so
she could audition for Wayne's World (1992).
Worked as a model. She is a singer. Released an album called
"Dream."
Heritage is "part Chinese, part Spanish, part Filipino."
Tia appeared in the 1991 action film Harley Davidson and the Marlboro Man.
Worked as a model. She is a singer. Released an album called
"Dream."
Her little sister could not say "Althea", it came out "Tia."
Cousin of Maria Antenorcruz.
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.
Tia was eliminated from the first round of the 1985 Star Search.
On November 22, 1992, Carrere married Italian/Lebanese producer Elie Samaha, and she has appeared in several of his films - none of which have achieved widespread success.
Carrere divorced her husband Elie Samaha in February of 2000; she married again, this time to photojournalist Simon Wakelin on December 31, 2002. They have a daughter, Bianca, born September 25, 2005. Presently, she lives in Toronto, Canada.
Was an acting contestant on "Star Search" (1983) in 1985; she
lost in her first round.
Her Chinese Astrological sign is a Monkey.
She emerged into the public spotlight when cast as Cassandra, a rock singer and love interest of Mike Myers' character Wayne, in Wayne's World (1992) - a role she reprised the next year in Wayne's World 2.
1993 Tia Carrere's first solo album in 1993, Dream, went platinum in the
Philippines.
Has a recording studio at home.
Carrere has continued to nurture her singing career. In 1993 her first solo album, Dream, was released, and went platinum in the Philippines. That same year, she was featured on the soundtrack to Batman: Mask of the Phantasm, performing the ending theme, "I Never Even Told You".
From 1999 to 2002, Tia Carrere starred as archaeology professor Sydney Fox in Relic Hunter, an action-adventure series reminiscent of the Indiana Jones films. The syndicated series lasted for a total of three television seasons before its cancellation.
Featured in Playboy Magazine, January 2003 edition
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)
Studied acting in the same class with actor Casper Van Dien.
Cousin of "Maria Antenorcruz" .
In 2003, Tia Carrere was awarded a Lifetime Achievement Award by
Philippine president Gloria Arroyo.
Her husband is a photojournalist.
Daughter, Bianca, born 25 September 2005 in Los Angeles, California.
Her husband, Simon Wakelin, is a British photojournalist.
She participated as a contestant on the popular reality show Dancing with the Stars but after landing on her bottom more than once, she was eliminated on February 3, 2006.
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