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Carrie Ann Inaba (born January 5, 1968) is an American dancer, choreographer, actress, and singer. Image File history File links Question_book-3. ... is the 5th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1968 (MCMLXVIII) was a leap year starting on Monday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Biography

Inaba was born and raised in Honolulu, Hawaii. Her ethnic background is Japanese, Chinese and Irish. She is the younger of two children. After graduating from Punahou School, she attended Sophia University, the University of California, Irvine and the University of California, Los Angeles and earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in World Arts and Cultures. For the city and county of Honolulu, see City & County of Honolulu. ... The school was originally called Oahu College, and the main gate at the corner of Wilder and Punahou Street reflects this. ... Sophia University ) is a private university, with its main campus located in Yotsuya, an area of Tokyos Chiyoda Ward in Japan. ... The University of California, Irvine is a public research university primarily situated in suburban Irvine, California, USA. Founded in 1965, it is one of ten University of California campuses and is commonly known as UCI or UC Irvine. ... The University of California, Los Angeles (generally known as UCLA) is a public research university located in Los Angeles, California, United States. ... A B.A. issued from the University of Tennessee. ...

Inaba, who speaks Japanese, lived in Tokyo from 1986 to 1988 and was a popular singer. She released three singles, Party Girl (backed with China Blue), Be Your Girl (backed with 6 1/2 Capezio), and Yume no Senaka (backed with Searching) and hosted weekly radio and television series. For other uses, see Tokyo (disambiguation). ... Year 1986 (MCMLXXXVI) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link displays 1986 Gregorian calendar). ... Year 1988 (MCMLXXXVIII) was a leap year starting on Friday (link displays 1988 Gregorian calendar). ...

After returning to America, Inaba appeared as one of the "Fly Girls," a group of backing dancers on the television series In Living Color from 1990 to 1992. She also performed with Canadian singer Norman Iceberg and dancers Viktor Manoel (David Bowie’s "Glass Spider" tour) and Luca Tommassini at Prince’s notorious Glam Slam. In Living Color is a sketch comedy television series which ran on the FOX Network from April 15, 1990 to May 19, 1994. ... Year 1990 (MCMXC) was a common year starting on Monday (link displays the 1990 Gregorian calendar). ... Year 1992 (MCMXCII) was a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1992 Gregorian calendar). ... Norman Iceberg (born Norman Joseph Bédard on July 30, 1962) is a Canadian singer and songwriter. ... Viktor Manoel (born in 1957) is an American dancer, choreographer, writer, and actor. ... David Bowie (IPA: []) (born David Robert Jones on 1947 January 8) is an English singer, songwriter, actor, multi-instrumentalist, producer, arranger and audio engineer. ... For another person sometimes known as The Artist, see Michael Haynes III. Prince Rogers Nelson (born June 7, 1958 in Minneapolis, Minnesota) is an American musician. ...

In 1993, Inaba toured with Madonna as a dancer in the "The Girlie Show Tour". This required Inaba to do two things for the first time; shave her head bald and perform topless. Inaba appeared as the "Pole Girl" who danced and slid down a pole to open each show. Inaba also toured in Ricky Martin's "Living La Vida Loca" tour. Year 1993 (MCMXCIII) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1993 Gregorian calendar). ... This article is about the American entertainer. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ...

Inaba appeared in the film Austin Powers in Goldmember (2002) as Fook Yu, alongside Diane Mizota who played her twin sister Fook Mi. The two women are not related, but when Mizota had been cast for her role, she was asked if she knew any actresses who resembled her and suggested Inaba. Inaba, who had appeared briefly in Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me, was given the role and the two women were made up to appear as identical twins. Inaba and Mizota would later reprise their roles with Mike Myers in a commercial for Motorola. Austin Powers in Goldmember, released in 2002, is the third film of the Austin Powers series starring Mike Myers in the title role. ... Diane Mizota Diane Mizota (born September 9, 1973 in Los Angeles, California) is a Japanese American dancer, actress, and host. ... Austin Powers: the Spy Who Shagged Me is the second film in the Austin Powers series started with Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery and continued in Austin Powers in Goldmember. ... This article is about the actor. ... Motorola Inc. ...

Inaba has also acted, usually as a dancer, in the movies Monster Mash: The Movie, Lord of Illusions, Showgirls, Boys and Girls, Flintstones II, Freak and American Virgin and the television series Jack & Jill and Nikki. Lord of Illusions is a horror film, written and directed by English author, filmmaker and artist, Clive Barker. ... Showgirls is a film directed by Paul Verhoeven and released in 1995 by United Artists. ... Jack and Jill was an American television dramedy which ran from September 1999 to April 2001. ...

Inaba has choreographed several television series, including American Idol, American Juniors, All American Girl, He's a Lady, In Search of the Partridge Family (in which she also appeared on air), Married by America, The Sexiest Bachelor in America Pageant, The Swan, and Who Wants to Marry a Multi-Millionaire?. She also choreographed the Miss America Pageant for five years. AMERICAN IDOL HAS BEEN CANCELLED DUE TO DEATH OF SIMON ... American Juniors also known as 19 Juniors was a reality television series broadcast on the Fox Network as a spin-off of the immensely popular American Idol, created by Simon Fuller and 19 Television, FremantleMedia, directed by Bruce Gowers and produced by Nigel Lythgoe and Ken Warwick. ... The reality based game show starts out with 45 females that try out to become the all American girl. ... Hes a Lady is a U.S. reality television show on the TBS Superstation. ... The Partridge Family was an American television sitcom about a widowed mother and her five children living in San Pueblo, a small fictional town in Northern California, originally broadcast on ABC from 1970 to 1974. ... Married by America was a show on television which aired in the United States on the Fox Network in the spring of 2003. ... Swan can mean: For the bird, see Swan. ... The Miss America pageant is a long-standing competition which awards prizes to young women contestants from the states of the United States of America. ...

Inaba is the founder and President of EnterMediArts, Inc., a video production company. She directs, writes, and edits films. Her work includes E! Behind The Scenes Miss America Special, 7th Festival of the Pacific Arts, A Portrait of IVI and Beyond the Dancing Image, along with the short feature film, Black Water.

Inaba was one of the judges on the ABC Family revival version of Dance Fever in 2003. She has been a judge on all five seasons of Dancing with the Stars. She was a guest co-host on The View in July 2006 and appeared again on The View, co-hosting the day after Rosie O'Donnell announced her upcoming departure from the show. ABC Family is an American cable television network currently owned by Disney-ABC Television Group, a division of The Walt Disney Company. ... Dance Fever was a syndicated musical variety series in which three celebrities judged amateur dancers to hottest disco hits of the day. ... Year 2003 (MMIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Dancing with the Stars is a reality show airing on ABC in the United States. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... Year 2006 (MMVI) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Rosie ODonnell (born March 21, 1962 in Bayside, Queens, New York) is an 11-time Emmy Award-winning American talk show host, television personality, comedienne, film, television, and stage actress. ...

She is currently dating Artem Chigvinsev, a former competitor on So You Think You Can Dance. They recently moved into her new home in the L.A. suburbs. So You Think You Can Dance is an American dance reality show and competition that is broadcast on the Fox Network, on Fox Japan, on CTV in Canada, on Living in United Kingdom and Ireland and on Network Ten in Australia. ...

External links

• Official Website of Carrie Ann
• Carrie Ann Inaba at the Internet Movie Database
• Carrie Ann Inaba interview