Tia Carrere

Tia Carrere divorced her husband Elie Samaha in February of 2000; she married again, this time to photojournalist Simon Wakelin on December 31, 2002. She has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. In August of 2003, Carrere was awarded a Lifetime Achievement Award by Philippine president Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo, and she is reportedly working on a new album in her home studio. She studied at Brandeis University and the American Academy of Dramatic Arts. In 1993 her first solo album, Dream, was released, and went platinum in the Philippines. They have three daughters. Carrere has continued to nurture her singing career. Daly was married to actor/director Georg Stanford Brown from 1966 to 1990.

People magazine, in 1992, named her to its annual "50 most beautiful people" list. She won her Tony for Gypsy. A striking Asian beauty, Carrere modelled nude for the January 2003 issue of Playboy magazine; years before, however, she had used a body double for a nude scene in Showdown in Little Tokyo. Tyne Daly is perhaps best known for her performances on the television series Cagney & Lacey and Judging Amy. Most recently, Carrere provided the voice of Lilo's sister "Nani" in the animated film Lilo and Stitch (2002) and its spinoffs. Her grandfather was former Chief Justice of the United States and Governor of California Earl Warren. The syndicated series lasted for a total of three television seasons before its cancellation. She is the daughter of actor James Daly and the sister of actor Timothy Daly.

From 1999 to 2002, Tia Carrere starred as archaeology professor Sydney Fox in Relic Hunter, an action-adventure series reminiscent of the Indiana Jones films. Ellen Tyne Daly (born February 21, 1946 in Madison, Wisconsin) is an American Tony and Emmy Award winning actress. Other roles in prominent films followed her role in Wayne's World, however, including the part of villain Juno Skinner in True Lies (a 1994 Arnold Schwarzenegger action film) and secretary Victoria Chapell in High School High (a 1996 parody). On November 22, 1992, Carrere married Italian/Lebanese producer Elie Samaha, and she has appeared in several of his films - none of which have achieved widespread success. She also turned down a role in the series Baywatch to audition for "Wayne's World.".

A trained singer, Carrere performed all of her own songs in the two films, and the "Wayne's World" soundtrack features her vocals. She emerged into the public spotlight when cast as Cassandra, a rock singer and love interest of Mike Myers' character Wayne, in Wayne's World (1992) - a role she reprised the next year in Wayne's World 2. Her character was dropped after one episode, and was never mentioned again. Unfortunately, her General Hospital obligations prevented her from joining the team.

During this time, she also had a guest appearance on The A-Team, which was supposed to lead to her joining the cast. Following this initial success, Carrere relocated to Los Angeles and, after several months working as a model, landed a role in the daytime soap opera General Hospital from 1985-87. Although she was eliminated during the first round of her 1985 Star Search appearance at the age of 17, she was spotted by the parents of a local producer while shopping at a Waikiki grocery store and was cast in the role of Lani in Aloha Summer. Born Althea Rae Duhinio Janairo, Carrere, of mixed Spanish, Chinese, and Filipino heritage, longed to be a singer as a child.

2 January 1967 in Honolulu, Hawaii) is an American actress, model, and singer, most widely known for her role as Cassandra in the feature film Wayne's World.. Tia Carrere (b.