Carmen Electra
Actress-model-singer Carmen Electra transformed herself from pop star protégé to pop culture phenomenon. Electra first rose to national attention with a short-lived singing career coupled with the first of several pictorials in Playboy in 1996, which led to playing Lani McKenzie on a season of international sensation "Baywatch" (NBC/syndicated, 1989-2001) and taking over co-hosting duties from Jenny McCarthy on "Singled Out" (MTV, 1995-97). Also at this time, she began appearing in movies, including "American Vampire" (1997), "Good Burger" (1997) and the horror spoof "Scary Movie" (2000). She also co-starred in "Starsky & Hutch" (2004), "Date Movie" (2006) and "Epic Movie" (2007). By the time she appeared in "Disaster Movie" (2008), it was safe to say that Electra was the reigning queen of spoof movies. Electra built a lasting career that more often than not poked fun at her glamorous persona.