Biography
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Born
2 January 1967 (age 57)
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Born In
Honolulu, Honolulu County, Hawaii, United States
Tia Carrere (born Althea Rae Duhinio Janairo on January 2, 1967) is an American actress, model, and singer, most widely known for her role as Cassandra in the films Wayne's World (1992)and Wayne's World 2 (1993). A trained singer, Carrere performed all of her own songs in the two films, including two of her most popular songs, "Ballroom Blitz" and "Why You Wanna Break My Heart". Wayne's World soundtrack features both songs. She also sang the main song from Wayne's World 'Touch Me', originally sung by the group Private Life.
Carrere has continued to nurture her singing career. In 1993, her first solo album, Dream, produced by Matt Prinz, was released, and went platinum in the Philippines. That same year, she was featured on the soundtrack of Batman: Mask of the Phantasm, performing the ending theme, "I Never Even Told You". Her second album, Hawaiiana, was released in June 2007 and takes Carrere back to her Hawaiian roots with four-time Grammy Award-winning record producer Daniel Ho accompanying her on classic solo slack-key guitar and ukulele. The album was nominated for a 2008 Grammy Award under the category Best Hawaiian Music Album.
In 2009, she acted as co-host for the pre-Grammy Awards telecast online event alongside Wayne Brady. She won a Grammy Award in 2009 for her third album 'Ikena, which was also produced by Ho, and was a finalist in 2010 for He Nani, the third album she had recorded with Ho as her producer. In 2011, she won another Grammy Award (Best Hawaiian Music Album) for her album Huana Ke Aloha.
Studio albums
Dream (1993)
Hawaiiana (2007)
'Ikena (with Daniel Ho, 2008)
He Nani (with Daniel Ho, 2009)
Huana Ke Aloha (2010)
Soundtracks
Wayne's World: Music from the Motion Picture (1992)
Batman: Mask of the Phantasm The Animated Movie Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (1993)
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