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

Carrie Ann Inaba Biography

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

Carrie Ann Inaba Age

Carrie Ann Inaba was born on January 5, 1968 in Honolulu, Hawaii, United States. She is 51 years old as of 2018.

Carrie Ann Inaba Height

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

Carrie Ann Inaba Net Worth

The American Dancer, Carrie Ann Inaba has a net worth is $9 million She draws most of her income from being a judge on the dancing with the stars.

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Inaba announced in December 2016, that she and actor Robb Derringer had become engaged after a few months of dating. Robb Derringer proposed on a romantic, secluded beach on the California coastline, which was the site of their first date. The two called off the engagement in September 2017. Previously Inaba dated 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 episode of Live with Regis and Kelly on March 31, 2011, Regis Philbin was “answering” a letter asking for advice on how to propose, just before Inaba’s boyfriend, Jesse Sloan, appeared on stage the lights dimmed. With violinists 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 is when Inaba and Jesse met on online dating site eHarmony. In 2011 during an interview with US Weekly, Inaba stated 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.

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The Talk co-host, choreographer and Dancing with the Stars judge is thinking about expanding her family, In an interview with PEOPLE, Inaba, 51, said “I would love to be a mom,” “I do still consider adopting. I have considered fostering to adopt.”

But the potential mom-to-be admits she’s “nervous” about the prospect of becoming a single parent. Being single woman in her 50s, I want to make sure that I will have the energy and that it’s fair to the child,” she explains. “I saw the movie Instant Family and I’m probably going to take one of those foster parenting classes. It’s on my list!”

Carrie Ann Inaba Early Career

Inaba’s first dance instruction was at three years old in a “creative movement” class, where children danced on their own with scarves. As a child, Inaba’s backyard overlooked the Pacific Ocean and she would dance there.

Carrie Ann Inaba Education

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

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In 1986, Inaba won a talent show 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 first single made the Top 50, Inaba “realized it has nothing to do with how artistic you are. 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 with “China Blue”), “Yume no Senaka” (backed with “Searching”) and “Be Your Girl” (backed with “6½ Capezio”) and hosted weekly radio and television series.

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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 dancers Viktor Manoel (David Bowie’s “Glass Spider” tour) and Luca Tommassini at Prince’s notorious Glam Slam. During Madonna’s 1993 Girlie Show World Tour, she appeared as a featured solo dancer on the condition she shave her hair. After hesitating, Inaba decided it was worth it. According to American Fitness, Inaba’s favorite dance is rumba since, she feels it is “very strong and demanding.”

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Inaba appeared as Fook Yu in the film Austin Powers in Goldmember in 2002, together with 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 said Inaba. In Austin Powers, The Spy Who Shagged Me, Inaba had appeared briefly and she was given the role and the two women were made up to appear as identical twins. Mizota and Inaba 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, Showgirls, Boys and Girls, Lord of Illusions, Flintstones II, Freak and American Virgin and the television series Jack & Jill and Nikki. She has appeared on The View, the ABC talent competition 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, in the Hannah Montana episode as Tina, “Papa’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 return to host the show. Inaba has appeared as one of three, later four judges on the Dancing with the Stars. She had been a recurring guest co-host for the CBS Daytime talk show The Talk for the last two seasons. Inaba officially replaced Julie Chen, original host as the fifth co-host permanently, 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’s 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 Multi-Millionaire?. For five years, Inaba also choreographed the Miss America Pageant. Inaba appeared in the first season of So You Think You Can Dance during the audition stages where she provided choreography for the “choreography round”. At the 2009 USA Dance National DanceSport 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, along with the short feature film, Black Water.

Theater

At New York’s Longacre Theatre, she was a producer for the Broadway show Burn the Floor.

Carrie Ann Inaba Health

During a 2011 interview with Prevention, Inaba stated she was legally blind, having a vision of 20/750 which is corrected with eyeglasses and contact lenses. Inaba won’t have LASIK eye surgery, however, as her vision impairment gives her, in her words, a “soft-focus morning” until she’s ready to “deal with the world.” Inaba also revealed that she suffers from spinal stenosis, which she thinks began with a neck injury during gymnastics when she was eight years old.

Inaba also has Sjogren’s Syndrome, a chronic autoimmune inflammatory disease that destroys moisture producing glands. Inaba has expressed her commitment as the Sjogren Syndrome Foundation’s National Awareness Ambassador & Spokesperson, to increasing awareness of SS and promoting funding for research, treatment, and a cure.

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