Carrie Ann Inaba Bio, Age, Height, Net Worth, Husband, TV Shows, The Talk

BIOGRAPHY OF CARRIE ANN INABA

Carrie Ann Inaba is an American television dance competition judge, talk/game show host, choreographer, dancer, actress, and singer. Inaba is best known for her work on ABC TV’s Dancing with the Stars, as Fook Yu on Austin Powers in Goldmember, and as the current co-host of the CBS Daytime talk show, The Talk. Inaba began her career in Japan as a singer, but became best known for her dancing, first coming to American audiences as one of Fly Girls’ early sketch comedy series on 1990’s Fox In Living Color to 1992.

AGE OF CARRIE ANN INABA

Carrie Ann Inaba was born on January 5, 1968 in Honolulu, Hawaii, United States. She turns 51 in 2018.

CARRIE ANN INABA HEIGHT

Inaba stands at a height of 5 ft 6 in (168 cm).

CARRIE ANN INABA NET WORTH

American dancer, Carrie Ann Inaba has a net worth of $9 million. She derives most of her income from being a judge in Dancing with the Stars.

CARRIE ANN INABA MARI – CARRIE ANN INABA MARIÉE – CARRIE ANN INABA WEDDING

Inaba announced in December 2016 that she and actor Robb Derringer got engaged after a few months of dating. Robb Derringer proposed on a romantic, secluded beach on the California coast, which was the site of their first date. The two called off the engagement in September 2017. Previously, Inaba was in a relationship with Russian dancer Artem Chigvintsev from 2006 to 2008, who is 14 years her junior. The two met on the set of So You Think You Can Dance.

On the March 31, 2011 episode of Live with Regis and Kelly, Regis Philbin was “responding” to a letter asking for advice on how to propose, just before Inaba’s boyfriend Jesse Sloan appeared on stage. , the lights go out. With fiddlers playing in the background, Sloan, bent on one knee, asked for Inaba’s hand, to which she said “Yes!” I will marry you!’ In 2009, that’s when Inaba and Jesse met on the online dating site eHarmony. In 2011, during an interview with US Weekly, Inaba said that she and Sloan would marry in the summer of that year. A representative for Dancing with the Stars announced in September 2012 that Inaba and Sloan had amicably ended their engagement.

DAUGHTER OF CARRIE ANN INABA – CHILD OF CARRIE ANN INABA

The Talk’s Dancing with the Stars co-host, choreographer and judge plans to expand her family. In an interview with PEOPLE, Inaba, 51, said, “I would love to be a mom,” “I’m still considering adopting. I considered fostering adoption.

But the mum-to-be admits she is ‘nervous’ about becoming a single parent. Being a single woman in my 50s, I want to make sure I’ll have the energy and it’ll be just for the kid,” she explains. “I’ve seen the movie Instant Family and I’m probably going to take one of those adoptive parenting classes. It’s on my list! »

CARRIE ANN INABA THE SPEECH

Carrie Ann Inaba co-hosts ‘The Talk’ show which features discussions on current affairs, pop culture, contemporary issues and family. Co-hosts include Sharon Osbourne, Sheryl Underwood, Eve and Marie Osmond. In addition to interviews with celebrities and journalists, the program includes musical performances, cooking segments and hands-on demonstrations.

CARRIE ANN INABA EARLY CAREER

Inaba’s first dance class was at the age of three in a “creative movement” class, where children danced alone with scarves. As a child, Inaba’s backyard overlooked the Pacific Ocean and she danced there.

CARRIE ANN INABA EDUCATION

Inaba went to the Punahou School and graduated in 1986. She went to Sophia University and the University of California, Irvine before graduating from the University of California, Los Angeles with a BA degree in arts and cultures of the world.

CHANT DE CARRIE ANN INABA

In 1986, Inaba won a talent contest in Hawaii when she was 18 years old. Inaba was then groomed to be a pop star in Japan and given songs to read phonetically in Japanese from a lyric sheet. Even though her debut single made the Top 50, Inaba “realized that it had nothing to do with your artistry. Your face becomes a logo they sell. »

From 1986 to 1988, Inaba lived in Tokyo and was a popular singer. She released three singles, ‘Party Girl’ (backed by ‘China Blue’), ‘Yume no Senaka’ (backed by ‘Searching’) and ‘Be Your Girl’ (backed by ‘6½ Capezio’) and hosted radio and television every week. series.

CARRIE ANN INABA DANSE

After returning to America, she appeared as one of the “Fly Girls” – a group of backup dancers on the television series In Living Color – from 1990 to 1992. Inaba also performed alongside Canadian singer Norman Iceberg and the dancers Viktor Manoel (David Bowie’s “Glass Spider”) and Luca Tommassini at Prince’s famous Glam Slam. During Madonna’s Girlie Show World Tour in 1993, she appeared as a solo dancer on the condition that she shave her hair. After hesitating, Inaba decided it was worth it. According to American Fitness, Inaba’s favorite dance is the rumba because she finds it “very strong and demanding.”

CARRIE ANN INABA MOVIES AND TV SHOWS

Inaba appeared as Fook Yu in the 2002 movie Austin Powers in Goldmember, starring Diane Mizota, who played her twin sister Fook Mi. The two women are not related, but when Mizota was cast in her role, she was told asked if she knew any actresses who looked like her and told Inaba. In Austin Powers, The Spy Who Shagged Me, Inaba appeared briefly and was given the role and both women were made up to appear as identical twins. Mizota and Inaba would later reprise their roles with Mike Myers in a Motorola commercial.

Inaba has acted (usually as a dancer) in the films Monster Mash: The Movie, Showgirls, Boys and Girls, Lord of Illusions, Flintstones II, Freak and American Virgin and the television series Jack & Jill and Nikki. She appeared in The View, the ABC talent contest Dance War: Bruno vs. Carrie Ann, and the FOX special Breaking the Magician’s Code: Magic’s Biggest Secrets Finally Revealed.

Inaba guest-starred in Hannah’s Choreographer, Hannah Montana episode as Tina, “Daddy’s Got a Brand New Friend.” Inaba was signed by TV Guide Network to anchor its live red carpet coverage, beginning with the 2009 Primetime Emmy Awards.

Inaba was named host of the revival of the game show 1 vs. 100 on GSN in October 2010. Inaba announced after the first season, that she would not be returning to host the show. Inaba appeared as one of three, later four judges in Dancing with the Stars. She had been a recurring co-host of the CBS Daytime talk show The Talk for the past two seasons. Inaba officially replaced Julie Chen, the original host as the fifth co-host on a permanent basis, officially debuting on January 2, 2019.

Choreography

Inaba’s choreography has appeared in several television series, including American Idol, All American Girl, American Juniors, He a Lady, In Search of the Partridge Family (in which she also appeared on air), The Sexiest Bachelor in America Pageant, Married by America, The Swan and Who Wants to Marry a Multimillionaire?. For five years, Inaba also choreographed the Miss America pageant. Inaba appeared on the first season of So You Think You Can Dance during the auditions where she provided choreography for the “choreography trick”. At the 2009 USA DanceSport National Dance Championships, Inaba served as an honorary judge.

Film production

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

Theater

At the Longacre Theater in New York, she was a producer for the Broadway show Burn the Floor.

CARRIE ANN INABA HEALTH

During an interview with Prevention in 2011, Inaba said she was legally blind, with 20/750 vision which is corrected with glasses and contact lenses. However, Inaba will not have LASIK eye surgery, as her visual impairment gives her, in her words, a “fuzzy morning” until she is ready to “face the world.” Inaba also revealed that she suffered from spinal stenosis, which she says started with a neck injury during gymnastics when she was eight years old.

Inaba also suffers from Sjögren’s syndrome, a chronic autoimmune inflammatory disease that destroys moisture-producing glands. Inaba expressed her commitment as an ambassador and national spokesperson for the Sjogren Syndrome Foundation, to increase awareness of SS and to promote funding for research, treatment and a cure.

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