Carrie Ann Inaba
ALL ABOUT CARRIE ANN INABA
Full Name:Carrie Ann Inaba
Date of Birth:January 5, 1968
Place of Birth:Honolulu, Hawaii, USA
Profession:Dancer, choreographer, actress, and singer.
Contact Info:
e mail: cai@carrieanninaba.tv
CO EnterMediArts Inc.
13333 Moorpart St.#86
Studio City CA 91602
Bio:
Carrie Ann Inaba is currently appearing on Dance Fever (ABC Family) as a preliminary judge and backstage correspondant / coach to the contestants while choreographing the hit reality series “American Juniors” (FOX) produced by the same team who produced the world wide sensation, “American Idol”. Last summer, she was seen co-starring as Fook Yu, the feisty half of the sexy and beautiful Japanese Fook Twins in Austin Powers: Goldmember. She first encountered Mike Myers three years ago in the company of Heather Graham as a Felicity Girl in Austin Powers II: The Spy Who Shagged Me.
Carrie Ann, an all around entertainer who started out her career in Japan as a recording pop artist with Pony Canyon Records, landed the prize position as a Fly Girl for three years on Fox’s very popular In Living Color. The attention and acclaim she gained from her stint on In Living Color parlayed her into the spotlight as one of Madonna’s featured dancers in her Girlie Show World Tour, in which she is also credited with the choreography of her famously erotic pole performance. She then went on to dance with Ricky Martin, and appeared in many films and television programs.
Inaba’s choreography credits are impressive and range from various Fox TV’s line up promos to Who Wants to Marry a Multi Millionaire, World Super Model, All American Girl, to America’s Sexiest Bachelor. She will again join the choreography team for the Miss America Pageant in September 2003, a post she has held for the last four years and will also be choreographing Fox’s hit series American Idol.
If acting, choreographing, and dancing were not enough, Carrie Ann also directs, writes and edits digital documentaries and films under the umbrella of her company EnterMediArts Inc. Her digital video credits include E! Behind The Scenes Miss America Special, 7th Festival of the Pacific Arts, A Portrait of IVI and Beyond the Dancing Image. She just completed the independent digital short film, Black Water, about a successful middle-aged man whose life falls apart, which has been invited to the Hawaii Film Festival upon completion. EnterMediArts, Inc., is also producing a new series of Dance Video/DVD’s scheduled for a spring-summer release in 2004.
Carrie Ann is a native of Hawaii with Chinese, Japanese and Irish heritage, and speaks a little Japanese. She studies Tae Kwon Do and practices Yoga regularly. She still writes music and would like to eventually release a cd of her own music.
Trivia:
Carrie Ann has black hair.
Carrie Ann revealed the contestants on season 4 and 5 of “Dancing With The Stars.”
Carrie Ann is a ballroom dancer.
Carrie Ann was chosen as one of People Magazine’s annual 100 Most Beautiful People in the World, Beauty at Every Age section, for age 39, in May 2007.
Carrie Ann was one of the judges on the ABC Family revival version of “Dance Fever” in 2003.
Carrie Ann was a choreographer for “America’s Got Talent.” Carrie Ann has released 3 singles.
Carrie Ann was a choreographer for “American Idol.”
Carrie Ann toured with Madonna.
Carrie Ann is a singer.
Carrie Ann lived in Tokyo from 1986 to 1988.
Carrie Ann speaks Japanese.
Carrie Ann is one of three children.
Carrie Ann’s ethnic background is Japanese, Chinese and Irish.
Carrie Ann was in the movie show dancer.
Graduated high school in 1986.
Graduated from Punahou School in Honolulu. Punahou is a K-12 private school.
Height: 5′ 6″
Will be choreographing American Idol Season Three.
Choreographed American Juniors.
Was on camera choreographer for All American Girl.
Was a traveling judge / contestant coach / backstage correspondant on Dance Fever this summer.
In 1986-1988, lived in Japan and released three records as a teen pop star.
Engaged to actor John LaRusso. (May 2002)
Lives in Los Angeles with her three cats: Squeaker, Taz and Shadow. (July 2005)
Quotes:
“My agent sent me a videotape of it and said that they were interviewing choreographers to be judges. I saw the tape and I loved it immediately; they’ve been doing it in the U.K. for a long time. I went in and interviewed with pretty much every other choreographer here in Los Angeles and New York. And we would go in, and they would match up different people to see the chemistry. And in the end, I ended up being very lucky and they chose me.”
“I know that John O’Hurley was the favorite, but I also know that Kelly Monaco really worked hard to learn the craft of dance. She is not a naturally gifted dancer, but was out there, learning, trying and practicing. Her win was much deserved.”
Filmography:
Carrie Ann Inaba’s Filmography as a Choreographer:
2006 -”America’s Got Talent”
2006 - Episode #1.7 TV Episode
2006 - Episode #1.2 TV Episode
2006 The Fourth Annual TV Land Awards: A Celebration of Classic TV
2002- “American Idol: The Search for a Superstar”
2004 -”He’s a Lady”
2004 -”In Search of the Partridge Family”
2004 -”The Swan”
2003 -An American Idol Christmas
2003 - “American Juniors”
2003 - “All American Girl”
2003 - “Married by America”
2003 - “Dance Fever” TV Series (coach)
2002 - Sexiest Bachelor in America Pageant
2000 -Who Wants to Marry a Multi-Millionaire?
Carrie Ann Inaba’s Filmography as an Actress:
2006 -Dancing with the Stars”
2006 - Round 5 Results
2002 -Austin Powers in Goldmember
2000 - Topless TV Episode
2000- Humiliated TV Episode
2000- Boys and Girls
2000 - American Virgin
1999 - “Jack & Jill”
1999 - Fear and Loathing in Gotham TV Episode
1999 - Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me
1995 - Showgirls
1995 - Lord of Illusions
1995 - Monster Mash: The Movie
1993 - Madonna: The Girlie Show - Live Down Under
1990 - “In Living Color” TV Series
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