Tia Carrere
Tia Carrere | Age, Weight, Height, Affairs, Income, House, Kids, Pets, Movies, Cars, Surgeries, less known facts, Family, Controversies, Awards
Tia Carrere | Age, Weight, Height, Affairs, Income, House, Kids, Pets, Movies, Cars, Surgeries, less known facts, Family, Controversies, Awards
Tia Carrere Age, Weight, Height, Affairs, Income, House, Kids, Pets, Movies, Cars, Surgeries
About:
Tia Carrere is a well-knownAmerican actress, model and two-time Grammy Award-winning model. She got her first big break on a regular daytime soap opera General Hospital.
| Full name | Althea Rae Duhinio Janairo is known as Tia Carrere |
| Nick name | Tia |
| DOB | 2 January, 1967 (55 years old) |
| Birthplace | Honolulu, Hawaii |
| Nationality | American |
| Citizenship | United States |
| Religion | Christianity |
| Profession | Model,Actress, Singer, Voice Artist, Video game Artist, Musician |
| Height | 1.73 m |
| Weight | 58 kg |
| Eye Colour | Dark Brown |
| Hair colour | Light brown. She likes to dye her hair in new and different colour. |
| Zodiac sign | Capricorn |
| Accent | She has Spanish, Filipino and Chinese accent |
| Hobbies | Travelling, listening music, reading |
| Favourite food | Non-veg Food, Fish |
| Favourite colour | Red and black |
| Favourite place | Hawaii, Dubai, Italy |
| Education Qualifications | She completed her primary education from Sacred Hearts Academy. Later pursed her career as an Actress and Singer. |
Family:
Her father is Alexander Janairo who was a Banker and Mother, Audrey Lee Janairo who was a Computer supervisor. She has 2 sisters including one named as Saundra Janario and has 2 half-sisters and all are younger to her. Her grandmother name was Rae.
She is represented by Innovative Artists and The Characters Talent Agency Ltd.
Kids:
Actress has one daughter named Bianca from Simon Wakelin
Spouse/Affairs:
- Tia is a divorcee and not dating anyone currently.
- She was earlier married to Simon Wakelin (2002 – 2010) and Elie Samaha (1992 – 2000)
- She was in a relationship with Tie Dom (2002), Stephen Caffrey and Stephen Hensley
House:
Actress bought a three-acre hilltop house in Topanga, CA in 2008 but later sold it for $2.52 million. Currently she lives in Los Angeles, CA.
Fan mailing address:
- 653 W Knoll Dr, Los Angeles, CA 90069
- 8455 Beverly Blvd, Lod Angeles, CA 90048
- 418 N Preston St, Philadelphia, PA 19104
- 8638 Franklin Ave, West Hollywood, CA 90069
Income:
$5,000,000. She earns her money through films and television.
Debut Movie:
Zombie Nightmare (1987)
Blockbuster Movies:
- Aloha Summer (1988)
- Fine Gold (1989)
- Enemy (1990)
- Showdown in Little Tokyo (1991)
- Grandma (2015)
Flop movies:
- Showdown in Manila (2018)
- You may not kiss the Bride (2012)
- Jury Duty (1995)
- High School high (1996)
- Stitch! The Movie (2003)
Famous roles:
She is most famous for her role as “Cassandra Wong” where she was a singer/lead guitarist of a band in the movie “Wayne’s World”.
She has done best roles in music albums, “Ikena” and “Huana ke Aloha”
Awards:
- Saturn Award (Nominee) – 1995 (Best supporting actress in True lies)
- Grammy Awards (Win) – 2011 (Best Hawaiian music album)
- Grammy Awards (Win) – 2009 (Best Hawaiian music album)
- MTV movie award (Nominee) – 1995 (Best Dance sequence in True Lies)
- MTV movie award (Nominee) – 1992 (Most desirable female in Wayne’s world)
Major Controversies:
Tia Carrere defends Kim Kardashian over Kimono controversy where she found Kim to be guilty of cultural appropriation because of her choice regarding shapewear collection.
Pets:
Actress likes dogs.
Plastic Surgery:
Actress might have done a face-lift for sagging skin.
Less known facts:
- Actress got her nick name from her little sister who was trying to utter her name “Althea” but ended up saying “Tia”.
- Her surname is pronounced as “KUH-rare-uh”.
- Carrere’s grandmother took her to first singing lesson when she was 11 years old and from their onwards singing became her passion.
- She was eliminated from the first round of 1985’s star search
- While she was at school, she was discovered in a Waikiki grocery store and she was subsequently cast in the film Aloha Summer (1988).
- She had auditioned for Wayne’s World by singing the song Moon River in a Chinese accent.
- Actress performed all her songs as Singer in the comedy film Wayne’s World (1992) while playing the role of Cassandra and she was featured on the soundtrack too.
- She was listed as one of “50 Most Beautiful People in the World” by People magazine in 1992.
- She is fluent in Hawaiian Pidgin.
- She has a body doubled used for a nude hot tub scene in Showdown in Little Tokyo (1991)
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