卡门·伊莱克特拉1972年4月20日出生在美国的俄亥俄州。那时,她是平凡的小姑娘塔拉·蕾·帕特里克。9岁时,她被艺术及表演学校选中。在学校,她学习的是唱歌,十几岁时,还学习跳舞并且参加学校的舞蹈表演。她的目标是能够到洛杉矶录制自己的唱片。十五岁时,她迈出了人生的第一大步。 她搬到明尼那波利斯同姐姐们住在一起,靠为百货公司做模特谋生。四年之后,她收拾行囊来到洛杉矶,改名卡门·伊莱克特拉。一周后,她遇到那个原来被称为“Prince”(王子)的音乐人。
美国演员,导演,编剧,作品《高利贷家族》、《关键投票》、《圣诞老人3》等。
After graduating from Bolles High School in Jacksonville, Florida, Ashby took a degree in psychology and business administration at Fort Lewis College in Durango in the state of Colorado, and then moved to New York where he took drama classes in the Neighborhood Playhouse. Early in his career he took part in the soap opera Loving, and an episode of MacGyver, also got a small role in the 1990 movie Mr. & Mrs. Bridge with Paul Newman and again in 1990 he starred in the independent film The queen of hell alongside Karen Black.