Carrie Ann Inaba Biography

Carrie Ann Inaba was born January 5, 1968 and is an American
dancer, choreographer, actress, game show host, and singer.

She started her career as a singer in Japan, but became best
known for her dancing, first introducing herself to American audiences as one
of the original Fly Girls on the sketch comedy series In Living Color. She has
appeared as one of three judges on the ABC television series Dancing with the
Stars (DWTS), a show that pairs celebrities with professional dancers as they
train and then compete in front of a studio audience.

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 6½
Capezio), and Yume no Senaka (backed with Searching)
and hosted weekly radio and television series.

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 Bowies Glass Spider tour)
and Luca Tommassini at Princes notorious Glam Slam. Inaba appeared as a dancer
during Madonnas 1993 Girlie Show World Tour.

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.

Inaba has 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.

Inaba has choreographed several television series, including
American Idol, American Juniors, All American Girl, Hes 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.

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. She also appeared in the first season of So You
Think You Can Dance during the audition stages where she provided choreography
for the choreography round.

Other TV appearances include Inaba as guest and co-host on
The View, the ABC talent competition Dance War: Bruno vs. Carrie Ann, and the
FOX special Breaking the Magicians Code: Magics Biggest Secrets Finally
Revealed.

Also, Inaba guest stars as Tina, Hannahs choreographer, in
the Hannah Montana episode, Papas Got A Brand New Friend. In the
episode, Tina is seen teaching Hannah new dance moves. However, she is
accidentally pushed out of the window when Hannah does the electric slide, and
becomes incapacitated in a full-body cast. Hannah pleads her to keep her job,
but Tina refuses, forcing Hannah to hire a new choreographer.

TV Guide Network announced that Carrie Ann has been signed
on to anchor its live red carpet coverage, beginning with the 2009 Primetime
Emmy Awards.

In October 2010, she was named host of the revival of the
game show 1 vs. 100 on GSN. Although there has not yet been an official
decision on if a second series of the show will be produced, Carrie has
announced.

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