A Los Angeles Superior Court judge this week granted the actor’s request to legally change her name from her birth name, Tara Leigh Patrick, to her stage name.
Electra has used her famous stage name since she stepped into the spotlight in her breakthrough role as Lani McKenzie in “Baywatch.”
Electra began as a singer and dancer, auditioning for an all-girl group that Prince was creating in the early ’90s, according to The Hollywood Reporter. She credits her stage name to the late pop icon, recalling how the artist told her, “You’re not a Tara. You’re not Tara. You’re Carmen.”
While she didn’t make the group, Electra said that he took her under his wing and made her one of his protégés.
When the “Purple Rain” star died in 2016, the actor told the magazine, “He gave me my name, he believed in me, and he has inspired an entire generation. I will always love him.”
