Tia Carrere is one of the brightest actresses of the 90s

2024 Author: Leah Sherlock | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-17 05:25

The inhabitants of Hawaii, although considered Americans, rarely conquer the Hollywood peaks. But the famous and very beautiful actress Tia Carrere was an exception to this rule. During her very long career, which began in the mid-80s and continues to this day, she tried herself as an actress, singer, model, and also took up the voice acting of cult cartoons. Let's take a closer look at her personality and remember all the works with the participation of the artist.

Early years

Let's start with the fact that Tia Carrere actually has a completely different name - Altea Janero. That is the name of the actress on the passport, but, you see, her stage name is much more melodic and better remembered.

She was born in the capital of the Hawaiian Islands (Honolulu) on January 2, 1967. From the age of 11 she attended a music school and showed excellent abilities in the field of singing. But the key to making her a starHollywood scale played … a trip to the store! It was there that she met the parents of a local producer. Subsequently, he gave her a role in the film "Zombie Nightmare", which, alas, was not successful. However, this gave impetus to the move to Los Angeles. There, Tia Carrere worked as a model for several years and soon began to get her first roles.

The end of the 80s and the beginning of a new decade

Between 1985 and 1987 Tia Carrere took part in the filming of the series "Central Hospital", which at that time had very high ratings. In parallel, she received an offer to work in another TV show - "Team A", in one of its episodes she appeared, but could not continue, as she preferred her first project.

In 1992, the film is released, which we now call the classic of the 90s - "Wayne's World". In it, Tia played the role of rock singer Cassandra. It is worth emphasizing that the actress performed all the songs that her heroine sang on her own. She also starred in the second part of this picture. By the way, for the sake of filming in "Wayne's World" Carrere turned down the offer of the producers of "Baywatch".

At the peak of fame

In the same 1992, Tia Carrere was included in the list of the 50 most beautiful people in the world according to People magazine. After that, she is offered numerous roles, but from them she chooses only the most interesting ones. In 1994, the actress plays a terrorist and an insidious temptress inaction comedy "True Lies". On the set, she collaborates with cinema gurus Arnold Schwarzenegger and Jamie Lee Curtis, and the film is directed by James Cameron himself.

Further films with Tia Carrere are Immortals, where she also got a negative role, and Mayhem in High School, where the actress played the role of a secretary.

A new era of creativity

After participating in such high-profile films, Tia Carrere began acting in less popular films. Among them are "People-dogs", "Wandering bullet", "Roof of the world" and others. A new wave of popularity swept over the actress in 1999, when the television series "The Relic Hunters" was released, where Tia played Sydney Fox - so to speak, modern Indiana Jones. The project was successful for the time being, and by 2002 it began to lose its ratings, after which it was closed. But for many, acquaintance with such a wonderful actress was due to this action series. She did an excellent job with the role and fell in love with millions of viewers around the globe.

Other hobbies

You can't lose sight of the fact that Tia Carrere was the voice of Nani, Lilo's sister from Lilo & Stitch. Also, the characters of such cartoons as "Johnny Bravo", "Scooby Doo" and "American Dragon: Jake Long" spoke in her voice.

The fans did not escape andsingles that the actress-singer recorded throughout her career in Hollywood. In 1993, she released a release called Dream, which was certified platinum in the Philippines.

In 2003, photos of Tia Carrere became the property of Playboy magazine. She posed nude for the first time and instantly became the object of desire of millions of the stronger sex.

List of movies

The filmography of Tia Carrere is very extensive. She has about a hundred works in films and TV shows, as well as voice acting for cartoons. Well, let's list the ones we remember the most:

• "Airwolf" - 1985.
• "Central Hospital" - 1985-1987.
• "Team A" - 1986.
• "Lifetime" - 1987.
• "Secret Agent MacGyver" - 1986-1988.
• "Friday the 13th" - 1990.
• "Married… with Children" - 1990.
• "Showdown in Little Tokyo" - 1991.
• "Wayne's World" - 1992.
• "Tales from the Crypt" - 1992.
• "Wayne's World 2" - 1993.
• "True Lies" - 1994.
• "The Immortals" - 1995.
• "Wandering Bullet" - 1996.
• "Mayhem in High School" - 1996.
• "Roof of the World" - 1997.
• "People-dogs" - 1998.
• "My Teacher's Wife" - 1999.
• "Relic Hunters" - 1999-2002.
• "Lilo &Stitch" - 2002 (voice).
• "Scooby Doo - 2005 (voice).
• "Lonely Hearts" - 2006.
• "Body Parts" - 2007.
• "Dark Honeymoon" - 2008.
• "Miami Crime Scene" - 2009.
• "Warehouse 13" - 2010.
• "Showdown in Manila" - 2015.

Private life

In 1992, a young and promising actress married Italian director Eli Samaha. She also starred in several films of his production, but they were not successful even in Italy. The couple broke up in 2000, and two years later, Tia Carrere goes down the aisle for the second time - for journalist Simon Wakelin. In 2005, the actress gave birth to a daughter from him, who was named Bianca, and five years later the couple divorced.