Dwts tia carrere biography

Tia Carrere is a celebrity from season 2 of Dancing with the Stars.

Early Life[]

Carrere was born in Honolulu, Hawaii. She is the daughter of Filipino parents, Audrey Duhinio Janairo, a computer supervisor, and Alexander Janairo, a banker. According to Carrere, she is of Filipino, Chinese and Spanish ancestry.

Carrere attended Sacred Hearts Academy, an all-girls school. She longed to be a singer as a child. Although she was eliminated during the first round of her Star Search appearance at the age of seventeen, she was spotted by a local producer while shopping at a Waikiki grocery store and was cast in the movie Aloha Summer, which he produced and had a cameo in.

Film and Television[]

Following this success, Carrere returned to Los Angeles, California and, after working several months as a model landed her first role in the American television series Airwolf in early Her first major breakthrough was in the daytime soap opera General Hospital. She played the role of Jade Soong Chung from to She 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 prevented her from joining the team. Her character was dropped after one episode, and was never mentioned again. She also made guest appearances on the shows MacGyver ("The Wish Child") as a sexy karate instructor, as well as a different assassin character in a later episode ("Murderer's Sky"), on Anything But Love as the adopted daughter of Marty Gold (Richard Lewis), and Married with Children as Piper Bauman, a rival of Kelly Bundy, who attempted to ste

With her captivating good looks and desire to perform from an early age, Tia Carrere's journey to Hollywood was practically a foregone conclusion. Arriving on the mainland while barely out of high school, Carrere quickly began landing jobs as a model and actress, making small guest appearances on several episodic television series. Although initially cast as the ubiquitous "babe" in B-movie fare like 's "Harley Davidson and the Marlboro Man," Carrere quickly began being noticed by producers and fans alike.

Her big break came with "Wayne's World" (), the unexpected comedy smash based on a "Saturday Night Live" ( ) skit of the same name. Carrere soon followed with roles in other high-profile films, the most successful being the role of a gorgeous sociopath in the Arnold Schwarzenegger spy romp, "True Lies" (). This would also be the high-water mark of Carrere's career, as what followed would be a string of sub-par film projects like "High School High" () and "Kull the Conqueror" (), and a return to episodic television, including a sixth place finish on the second season of "Dancing with the Stars" (ABC, ). Still, Carrere's indelible impression in the mids as a beautiful, yet versatile actress and the ultimate "babe" earned her a loyal following through the years.

Born Althea Rae Duhinio Janairo on Jan. 2, in Honolulu, HI, Carrere would become known simply as "Tia" due to her younger sister's inability to pronounce her given name. Her banker father, Alexander, and her computer supervisor mother, Audrey, would pass along the combined traits of their Chinese, Spanish and Filipino ethnicities to their eldest daughter, imbuing her with an undeniably exotic beauty. Shortly after graduating from Sacred Hearts Academy, Carrere made the journey to Los Angeles in pursuit of a singing career. In , she was a contestant on "Ed McMahon's Star Search" (syndicated, ), and although eliminated in the first round, she remained determined enough that she was soon landin

Tia Carrere is of Chinese, Spanish and Filipino descent, and she is known for her undeniably exotic beauty. Shortly after graduating from Sacred Hearts Academy, Carrere made the journey to Los Angeles in pursuit of a singing career. In , she was a contestant on "Ed McMahon's Star Search," and although eliminated in the first round, she remained determined enough to land local modeling jobs. Later that year, Carrere made a brief appearance on the television series "Cover Up" as a beauty contestant,and landed a more substantial part on CBS' action series, "Airwolf."

Carrere then joined the cast of the daytime soap "General Hospital." The job turned out to be a mixed blessing when, after guest starring on an episode of "The A-Team" in , Carrere was unable to accept an offer to join the fabled cast full time due to her commitment with the soap opera. Carrere's television work did not prevent her from landing her first feature film role, a bit part in the schlockfest, "Zombie Nightmare." Not long afterwards she would have a much more significant role in "Aloha Summer," filmed in her home state of Hawaii. After a string of appearances in various series such as "MacGyver," she was cast in two more features, Harley Davidson and the Marlboro Man" and "Showdown in Little Tokyo."

Her next role was in the smash comedy, "Wayne's World," a feature take on a popular "Saturday Night Live" skit. In order to audition for the part, Carrere had turned down an offer to join the cast of the syndicated series "Baywatch." It proved to be a wise decision, as the film with the tagline, "You'll Laugh! You'll Cry! You'll Hurl!" became a monster hit, garnering Carrere major recognition, as well as a chance to display her singing talents; most notably as she rocked out to "Ballroom Blitz." The following year, Carrere parlayed her "Wayne's World" success into a role alongside some of Hollywood's heaviest hitters in "Rising Sun." In , Carrere reprised her role as Wayne Campbell