Line #129 Creator/TiaCarrere


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3	Althea Rae Duhinio Janairo (born January 2, 1967), known professionally as Tia Carrere, is an American actress, voice actress, singer and model who obtained her first big break as a regular on the daytime SoapOpera ''Series/GeneralHospital'' in 1985 as Jade Soong.
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5	She's most famous for playing Cassandra in ''Film/WaynesWorld'' and its sequel, and as [[AdventurerArchaeologist Sydney Fox]] in ''Series/RelicHunter''.
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7	As a voice actress, she's known for being the voice of Nani Pelekai in [[Franchise/DisneyAnimatedCanon Disney's]] ''WesternAnimation/LiloAndStitch'' [[Franchise/LiloAndStitch franchise]] and as The Martian Queen Tyr'ahnee in ''WesternAnimation/DuckDodgers''.
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9	She is of Chinese, Filipino, and Spanish descent. She married photojournalist Simon Wakelin in 2002, with whom she had a daughter, Bianca, born in September 2005. The couple divorced in 2010, both sharing custody of their daughter.
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11	!!Selected Filmography
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15	[[folder:Live-Action Films]]
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17	* ''Film/ZombieNightmare'' (1987) as Amy
18	* ''Film/AlohaSummer'' (1988) as Lani
19	* ''Film/TheRoadRaiders'' (1989) as Cyanne
20	* ''Film/FineGold'' (1989) as Stella
21	* ''Enemy'' (1990) as Mai Chang
22	* ''Film/ShowdownInLittleTokyo'' (1991) as Minako Okeya
23	* ''Film/IntimateStranger'' (1991) as Mina
24	* ''Film/HarleyDavidsonAndTheMarlboroMan'' (1991) as Kimiko
25	* ''Film/WaynesWorld'' (1992) as Cassandra Wong
26	* ''Film/LittleSister'' (1992) as Adrienne
27	* ''Film/RisingSun'' (1993) as Jingo Asakuma
28	* ''Quick'' (1993) as Janet Sakamoto
29	* ''Film/{{Treacherous}}'' (1993) as Jessica Jamison
30	* ''Film/WaynesWorld2'' (1993) as Cassandra Wong
31	* ''Film/TrueLies'' (1994) as Juno Skinner
32	* ''Film/JuryDuty'' (1995) as Monica
33	* ''Film/TheImmortals'' (1995) as Gina Walker
34	* ''Film/HostileIntentions'' (1995) as Nora
35	* ''Film/NothingButTheTruth'' (1995) as Simone Gideon
36	* ''Film/HollowPoint'' (1996) as Diane Norwood
37	* ''Film/HighSchoolHigh'' (1996) as Victoria Chapell
38	* ''Film/NaturalEnemy'' (1996) as Christina
39	* ''Film/KullTheConqueror'' (1997) as Akivasha
40	* ''Film/TopOfTheWorld'' (1997) as Rebecca Mercer
41	* ''Film/ScarCity'' (1998) as Candy
42	* ''Film/{{Dogboys}}'' (1998) as Jennifer Dern
43	* ''Film/MyTeachersWife'' (1999) as Vicky Mueller
44	* ''Film/FiveAces'' (1999) as Karen Haggerty
45	* ''Film/MerlinTheReturn'' (2000) as Joan Maxwell
46	* ''Film/MeetPrinceCharming'' (2002) as Samantha Feld
47	* ''Film/TornApart '' (2004) as Vicki Westin
48	* ''Film/BackInTheDay'' (2005) as Loot
49	* ''Supernova'' (2005) as Lisa Delgado
50	* ''Film/DarkHoneymoon'' (2008) as Miranda
51	* ''Film/WildCherry'' (2009) as Ms. Haumea
52	* ''Film/HardBreakers'' (2010) as Jodie
53	* ''Film/YouMayNotKissTheBride'' (2011) as Lani
54	* ''Film/CollisionCourse'' (2012) as Kate Parks
55	* ''Film/FinalRecourse'' (2013) as Michelle Gaines
56	* ''Film/GunshotStraight'' (2014) as Leanne
57	* ''Film/AsteroidVsEarth'' (2014) as Marissa Knox
58	* ''Film/PiratesCodeTheAdventuresOfMickeyMatson'' (2015) as Kelly
59	* ''Film/BehindPalmSwings'' (2015) as Cherry Bomb
60	* ''Film/BusinessUnusual'' (2016) as Ella
61	* ''Film/ShowdownInManila'' (2016) as Mrs. Wells
62	* ''Film/TheGirl'' (2016) as Mother
63	* ''Film/PalmSwings'' (2017) as Ms. Cherry Bomb
64	* ''Film/FeloDeSe'' (TBA) as Kirsty
65	* ''Lilo & Stitch'' live-action remake (TBA) as Mrs. Kekoa (also a RemakeCameo)
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69	[[folder:Live-Action Series]]
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71	* ''Series/{{Airwolf}}'' (1985) as Kiki Tinabi
72	* ''Series/GeneralHospital'' (1985 -- 1986 ) as Jade Soong
73	* ''Series/TheATeam'' (1986) as Tia
74	* ''Series/{{MacGyver\|1985}}'' (1986 -- 1988) as Lisa Chan / Tiu
75	* ''[[Series/TheHollywoodSquares The New Hollywood Squares]]'' (1987 -- 1988 ) (2000 -- 2001) as Herself
76	* ''Series/TourOfDuty'' (1987) as Lang
77	* ''Literature/NobleHouse'' (1988) as Venus Poon
78	* ''Series/AnythingButLove'' (1989) as Cey
79	* ''Series/FridayThe13thTheSeries'' (1990) as Michiko Tanaka
80	* ''Series/QuantumLeap'' (1990) as Chu-Hoi
81	* ''Series/MarriedWithChildren'' (1990) as Piper Bauman
82	* ''Series/TalesFromTheCrypt'' (1992) as Scarlett
83	* ''Series/MurderOne'' (1995 -- 1996 ) as Beverly Nichols
84	* ''Series/VeronicasCloset'' (1998) as Kim
85	* ''Series/RelicHunter'' (1999 -- 2002 ) as Sydney Fox
86	* ''Series/TheTest'' (2001) as Herself
87	* ''Series/TheOC'' (2006) as Dean Torres
88	* ''Series/DancingWithTheStars'' (2006) as Herself
89	* ''Series/BackToYou'' (2007) as Maggie
90	* ''Series/NipTuck'' (2007) as Mistress Dark Pain
91	* ''Series/CurbYourEnthusiasm'' (2007) as Cha Cha
92	* ''Series/CSIMiami'' (2009) as Jacqueline Parsons
93	* ''Series/Warehouse13'' (2010) as Agent Katie Logan
94	* ''[[Series/IronChef Iron Chef America]]'' (2010) as Herself
95	* ''Series/TrueJustice'' (2011) as Lisa Clayton
96	* ''Series/CombatHospital'' (2011) as Jessica Draycott
97	* ''Series/InPlainSight'' (2012) as Lia Hernandez
98	* ''Series/TheApprentice'' (2012) as Herself
99	* ''Series/HawaiiFive0'' (2015 ) as Makana Kalakauna
100	* ''Series/BlueBloods'' (2017) as Chow Lin
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104	[[folder:Voice Acting]]
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106	* ''WesternAnimation/HappilyEverAfterFairyTalesForEveryChild'' (1997) as Mija
107	* ''WesternAnimation/HerculesTheAnimatedSeries'' (1998) as Marigold
108	* ''The Night of the Headless Horseman'' (1999) as Katrina Van Tassel
109	* ''Franchise/LiloAndStitch'' franchise (2002 -- 2006) as Nani Pelekai
110	** ''WesternAnimation/LiloAndStitch'' (2002)
111	** ''WesternAnimation/StitchTheMovie'' (2003)
112	** ''WesternAnimation/LiloAndStitchTheSeries'' (2003 -- 2006)
113	** ''WesternAnimation/LiloAndStitch2StitchHasAGlitch'' (2005)
114	** ''WesternAnimation/LeroyAndStitch'' (2006)
115	* ''WesternAnimation/DuckDodgers'' (2003 -- 2005) as Martian Queen Tyr'ahnee / Lieutenant O'Hara / Additional Voices
116	* ''WesternAnimation/JohnnyBravo'' (2004) as Herself / [[CrossdressingVoices Little Jerry]] / Additional Voices
117	* ''WesternAnimation/MegasXLR'' (2004) as Darklos
118	* ''WesternAnimation/AmericanDragonJakeLong'' (2005) as Yan Yan
119	* ''WesternAnimation/AlohaScoobyDoo'' (2005) as Snookie
120	* ''WesternAnimation/ScoobyDooMysteryIncorporated'' (2011 -- 2013) as Judy Reeves / Additional Voices
121	* ''WesternAnimation/UncleGrandpa'' (2014) as Island Girl
122	* ''WesternAnimation/TomAndJerrySpyQuest'' (2015) as Jezebel Jade
123	* ''WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy'' (2016) as Hawaiian Woman
124	* ''WesternAnimation/MickeyAndTheRoadsterRacers'' (2017) as Auntie Olina
125	* ''WesternAnimation/StretchArmstrongAndTheFlexFighters'' (2017) as Officer Santos/Mechanica
126	* ''WesternAnimation/TheLegendOfHallowaiian'' (2018) as Nana
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130	[[folder:Video Games]]
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132	* ''VideoGame/TheDaedalusEncounter'' (1995) as Ari Matheson (voice role)
133	* ''VideoGame/SaintsRow'' (2006) as Lin (voice role)
134	* ''VideoGame/SaintsRowIV'' (2013) as Lin (voice role)
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140	!!This actress provides examples of:
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142	* ActorSharedBackground: A lot of her characters tend to be Hawaiian like her. Notably [[Series/RelicHunter Sydney Fox]] and [[Franchise/LiloAndStitch Nani]].
143	* AdventurerArchaeologist: One of her most famous roles was Sydney Fox in ''Series/RelicHunter''.
144	* AsHerself: She voices herself in one episode of ''WesternAnimation/JohnnyBravo''.
145	* AwardBaitSong: Sings one in ''WesternAnimation/BatmanMaskOfThePhantasm'' [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GRqHYuc_Slc "I Never Even Told You"]]
146	* TheCastShowoff: She's a singer and tends to perform the songs herself whenever her characters sing.
147	* CastTheExpert: Disney cast her as [[Franchise/LiloAndStitch Nani]] due to being raised in Hawaii, and she was often approached for advice on how to make their dialogue sound more authentically Hawaiian.
148	* CreatorsFavorite: She named ''Film/TrueLies'' as her favorite role of all time "because I got to be a villain."
149	* TheDanza: She played a character named Tia in the season 4 finale of the ''Series/TheATeam'', and was set up to become a member of the team, but that ended up never happening as Carrere dropped out due to her contractual obligations to ''Series/GeneralHospital''
150	* DyeingForYourArt: Dyed her hair red to play EvilRedhead sorceress Akivasha in ''Film/KullTheConqueror''.
151	* FakeNationality: A lot of her characters, due to her mixed ancestry (Filipino, Chinese, and Spanish) giving her exotic looks. She often plays Asian characters, like Cassandra Wong in ''Film/WaynesWorld'' and Jingo Asakuma in ''Film/RisingSun''. She's also played Hawaiian characters like [[WesternAnimation/LiloAndStitch Nani Pelekai]], despite not being of native Hawaiian descent.
152	* FemmeFatale: Has played a few of these, and considers them to be her favorite roles. She even voices one in ''WesternAnimation/DuckDodgers''.
153	* MsFanservice: She was known for her sex appeal and exotic looks in the 1980s and '90s.
154	* StarMakingRole: She emerged into the public spotlight as Cassandra Wong in ''Film/WaynesWorld''. Her role in ''WesternAnimation/LiloAndStitch'' was this for her voice acting career.
155	* WhatCouldHaveBeen:
156	** She was supposed to have been a recurring character in ''Series/TheATeam'' but couldn't because due to her contractual obligations to ''Series/GeneralHospital''. She even had a court case over it, but ended up losing.
157	** Carrere screen-tested for the role of Creator/JeanClaudeVanDamme's love interest in ''Film/DoubleImpact'', until Van Damme decided to cast a blonde actress instead.
158	** Carrere was cast in 1997 to be part of a ''ComicBook/{{Shi}}'' movie as Ana Ishikawa/Shi with William Tucci (Shi's creator) in script, but in the end all went into DevelopmentHell. The only records of Carrere as Shi are this [[https://10deb7fbfece20ff53da-95da5b03499e7e5b086c55c243f676a1.ssl.cf1.rackcdn.com/9c8512422e06c5bb1cedd599a43f3271_xl.jpg theatrical poster]] and [[https://d1466nnw0ex81e.cloudfront.net/n_iv/600/1103831.jpg this live-action cover]] for ''Shi: The Series'' preview.

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