Tia Carrere
Tia Carrere
Althea Rae Janairo, known professionally as Tia Carrere, is an American actress, model, voice actor, and singer who obtained her first big break as a regular on the daytime soap opera General Hospital...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionMovie Actress
Date of Birth2 January 1967
CityHonolulu, HI
CountryUnited States of America
casinos parks roller-coaster
I like theme parks. The fastest roller coaster I've ever been on is at a casino in Nevada.
roles hawaii proud
If there's a Disney animated feature based in Hawaii, I knew I had to be part of it. I'm very proud to be from Hawaii. There was no question the role was mine.
girl jobs giving
Wayne's World was a turning point-after Wayne's World, it was like, "Who is this girl? Where did she come from? Let's give her another job. Have her come in and meet instead of read
years people acting
No, I always wanted to be a singer. It was kind of funny that I took this road, started acting, then-almost ten years later-in Wayne's World people finally got to see me sing. And everyone thought it was dubbed in.
fiber hemp natural
Did you know hemp is a natural fiber
taken skins tough-skin
I had been gullible, naive, soft, pliable. That's why I got taken advantage of. To survive, you have to have a tough skin.
bus-stops hair wigs
I slipped at a bus stop; I went one way and my hair went the other. That was the end of my wig.
lasts plastic minutes
Beauty lasts five minutes. Maybe longer if you have a good plastic surgeon.
wonderful wonderful-experience wonderful-things
I'm concentrating on the positive, on all the wonderful things I'm doing now.
personality age firsts
When I first met my agent, I said, If something comes up and it fits my age range and personality, I would like you to send me up for it, even if it specifies blonde or brunette.