Tia Carrere's Main TV Roles Show Character(s) Dancing With the Stars Tia Carrere Relic Hunter Sydney Fox Lilo & Stitch: The Series Nani Duck Dodgers Martian Queen Ballbreakers Tia Carrere

Main Movie Roles 2005 - Back in the Day 2002 - Lilo & Stitch 1998 - Top of the World 1997 - Kull the Conqueror 1996 - High School High 1995 - Jury Duty 1995 - My Teacher's Wife 1995 - The Immortals 1994 - True Lies 1993 - Wayne's World 2 1993 - Rising Sun 1992 - Wayne's World 1991 - Showdown in Little Tokyo 1991 - Harley Davidson and the Marlboro Man 1986 - Zombie Nightmare

BIOGRAPHY:

Tia Carrere was born Althea Rae Duhinio Janairo on January 2, 1967 in Honolulu, Hawaii. She is the eldest of three sisters and two half-sisters. While attending Sacred Hearts Academy school for girls, Tia was discovered in a Waikiki grocery store and landed the female lead in the indie movie Aloha Summer (1988). Although her passion has always been singing (grandmother Rae took Tia to her first singing lesson at age ten), Tia would continue her ascent in the acting world with a regular stint on "General Hospital" (1963) as "Jade Soong" and a string of co-starring roles on "MacGyver" (1985), "Quantum Leap" (1989) and Friday the 13th, among others. It wasn't until her breakthrough role as "Cassandra" in the Wayne's World films that Tia was able to showcase both her singing and acting chops. Wayne's World was a worldwide phenom and set the stage for her villainous "Juno Skinner" in True Lies (1994) opposite Arnold Schwarzenegger, computer whiz "Jingo Asakuma" in Rising Sun opposite Sean Connery and her own series lead of "Sydney Fox" on "Relic Hunter" (1999). Other current TV work has included appearing on the 2007 season premiere of Nip/Tuck, on Kelsey Grammer's Back To You, and recurring as Cha Cha on HBO's Curb Your Enthusiasm. Recently Tia returned to her Hawaiian roots with her voice work in Disney's Lilo & Stitch films and series as well as her Grammy-nominated CD " hawaiiana ".


TRIVIA:

• She ranked # 69 in FHM-USA's 100 Sexiest Women (2001)
• Her husband, 'Simon Wakelin' (qv), is a British photojournalist.
• Has a recording studio at home.
• Worked as a model. She is a singer. Released an album called "Dream."
• Cousin of "Maria Antenorcruz".
• Had a body double used in nude hot tub scene in the film _Showdown in Little Tokyo (1991)_ (qv).
• Named one of the "50 Most Beautiful People in the World" by people magazine (1992)
• Her little sister could not say "Althea", it came out "Tia."