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Tia Carrere is a Hawaii-born model, actress and singer.

Carrere's breakthrough role was on General Hospital playing Jade Soong Chung. She also appeared in MacGyver and Married... With Children before playing what is currently her signature character, Cassandra, in the Wayne's World movies.

Carrere played the lead in the TV series Relic Hunter from 1999 to 2002, and later provided the voice for Nani in Disney's Lilo and Stitch.

She has recently participated in the 2006 season of Dancing With the Stars, and made appearances on both Curb Your Enthusiasm and Nip/Tuck the following year.

As a singer, Carrere has released two albums, Dream (1993) and Hawaiiana (2007), also singing the ending theme, "I Never Even Told You," for the animated feature Batman: Mask of the Phantasm.

Fast Facts

Real name: Althea Rae Duhinio Janairo
Born: January 2, 1967
Hometown: Honolulu, Hawaii
Of Filipino, Chinese, French and Hawaiian ancestry
Appeared on Star Search
Turned down role on Baywatch
Posed for Playboy Magazine
Performed her own songs in Wayne's World films
Placed 6th on Dancing with the Stars 2006
Married to photojournalist Simon Wakelin
Has one daughter, Bianca
Resides in Toronto, Canada

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1967: January 2 Born in Honolulu, Hawaii
1985-1987: General Hospital - IMDb Listing | Wikipedia
1986-1988: MacGyver - IMDb Listing | Wikipedia | Rotten Tomatoes Reviews
1991: Harley Davidson and the Marlboro Man - IMDb Listing | Wikipedia | Rotten Tomatoes Reviews
1992: Wayne's World - IMDb Listing | Wikipedia | Rotten Tomatoes Reviews
1993: Wayne's World 2 - IMDb Listing | Wikipedia | Rotten Tomatoes Reviews
1994: True Lies - IMDb Listing | Wikipedia | Rotten Tomatoes Reviews
1999-2002: Relic Hunter - IMDb Listing | Wikipedia | Rotten Tomatoes Reviews
2002: Lilo & Stitch - IMDb Listing | Wikipedia | Rotten Tomatoes Reviews
2003-2005: Duck Dodgers - IMDb Listing | Wikipedia
2007: Curb Your Enthusiasm - IMDb Listing | Wikipedia | Rotten Tomatoes Reviews

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