Tia Carrere is an American model, actress, singer, and broadcaster. She is best recognized for her appearances on the daytime soap opera General Hospital. She is also known for her portrayal of Cassandra Wong in the Wayne’s World films and its sequel. Carrere named as one of the 50 most beautiful people in the world by People magazine (1992). She was also ranked #69 on the 2001 FHM-USA list of the 100 Sexiest Women in the World.

Early life and education of Tia Carrere

Tia Carrere was born Althea Rae Janairo on January 2, 1967, Hawaii, USA, under the birth sign of Capricorn. She is the daughter of Filipino parents. She is an American belonging to mixed ethnicity. Her father’s name is Audrey Duhinio Janairo and her mother’s name is Alejandro janeiro .

His father is a computer supervisor while his mother is a banker. She is of Spanish, Chinese, Hawaiian, and Filipino descent. She started her studies at Sacred Heart Academy, which is an all-girls school.

Carrere was interested in singing from a very early age. Her first approach to singing competition was in 1985’s Star Search, where she was unfortunately eliminated from the first round.

Tia Carrere’s career and struggle

Carrere was first spotted by a local producer while out shopping and got a breakthrough in a movie. Hello Summer . With this success, she later returned to California and began working as a model.

After spending a couple of months as a model, she landed her first role in a series which was Airwolf. But overall, her biggest breakthrough in her career is taken as her work on the soap opera, General Hospital .

Carrere also made a few guest appearances on Tour of Duty, MacGyver, and The A-Team . Some other of his actions were seen in Anything But Love, Married… With Children .

In 1991, Carrere appeared in some action movies like Harley Davidson and Marlboro Man and Showdown in Little Tokyo . She also appeared in Wayne’s World, Wayne’s World 2 . She was also a trained singer.

Carrere gave his voice in two films. She later turned down her role in Baywatch to audition for Wayne’s World . She was listed as 50 most beautiful people.

In 1994, Carrere was seen in True Lies and later in Rising Sun , Highlanders, High School, The Daedalus Encounter . Later in 1997, she acted as a witch in Kull – The Conqueror .

In 2002, Carrere acted in Lilo and Stitch and in 2003 she was seen in an animated series. Duck Dodgers . In 2005 she provided the voice of Snookie in an animated film. Scooby-doo .

Carrere was a contestant on a reality show called Dancing with the Stars . She was seen on the fifth season of The Celebrity Apprentice. She also featured nude photos for the January 2003 issue of Playboy magazine.

Carrere also appeared as a guest on shows like Back to You, Warehouse 13, and Nip/Tuck . From an early age, she was passionate about music from an early age. She also took up music as a career. Her first solo album of hers was released in 1993 titled DREAM.

In the same year, Carrere appeared on the soundtrack of Batman: Mask of the Phantasm, I Never Told You E.tc She got her second album released in 2007 and called it Hawaiian. Her album was nominated for the 2008 Grammy Awards.

In 2009, Carrere became a co-host of the Pre-Grammy Awards and later in 2009, she won the Grammy Award for her third album titled Ikena . Again in the year of 2011, she won another Grammy Award for her album. Huana Ke Aloha for Best Hawaiian Music Album.

Tia Carrere Net Worth and Body Measurements

Tia Carrere’s net worth is $5 million today. She has amassed a decent amount of money from her career.

Carrerre appeared on ‘People’ magazine’s list of the 50 most beautiful people in the world, graced the pages of ‘Maxim’ and posed nude for ‘Playboy’ in 2003. She has won two Grammy Awards. She has released several albums including ‘Dream’, ‘Ikena’ and ‘Huana Ke Aloha’.

He has appeared in commercially successful movies; The Girl on the Train (Box office: $173.2 million), Wayne’s World (Box office: $183.1 million), Rising Sun (Box office: $107.2 million), True Lies (Box office: $378.9 million and Lilo & Stitch (Box office: $273 ,1 million).

Tia Carrere is 1.7m tall and weighs around 59kg. Her body measurement is 34-26-34. Her shoe size is 10 while her neck size is 9.2. Her zodiac sign is Capricorn.

Tia Carrere’s personal life

Tia Carrere dated Stephen Caffrey , Stephen Hensley for a few years, which later turned out to be rumor rather than fact. Other than that, she also dated Elie samaha and later married whom she was with from 1992 to 2000 for 8 years in total.

After breaking up with him, Carrere dated Hopper for two years and after breaking up with him she dated Tie Domi for 1 year until she met Simon Wakelin in 2001. She dated him in 2002 and then married him but unfortunately , the marriage did not work out. She separated from him in April 2010. She is the mother of a boy named Bianca Wakelin .