Carrie Ann Inaba is a multi-talented person who rose to fame as a talk show host, actress, and singer. Having started her career in showbiz in 1986, she has appeared in numerous films, as well as in television productions as a dancer or presenter. Since 2005, she has been a judge on Dancing with the Stars and co-host of the CBS Daytime talk show. The speech
Carrie Ann Inaba – Biography (Age)
It was January 5, 1968 in the United States, Honolulu, Hawaii, was born to Carrie Ann Inaba. Of Japanese, Chinese and Irish descent, her parents, Rodney Y. Inaba and Patty Inaba, raised the youngest of two children.
When she was a child, her father had an altercation with someone at a bar which led to him being shot. Following this, she would become anti-gun, although her father survived the incident.
Inaba was educated at the Punahou School from where she graduated in 1986. Afterwards, she moved to Sophia University and then to the University of California, where she earned a bachelor’s degree in World Arts and Cultures .
She started dancing from the age of 3 and started her career at the age of 16 after winning a talent contest. She then moved to Japan where she was trained in music. Soon she became a popular singer in Tokyo with songs such as ‘Party Girl’, ‘Be Your Girl’ and ‘Yume no Senaka’ under her belt. More so, she has also worked as a TV and radio host.
In 1990, after returning to the United States, she became a part of the supporting dancers for the television series “In Living Color” until 1992. From then on, she then performed with many singers, including Madonna, during her Girlie Show world tour in 1993.
Apart from singing and dancing, she is also an actress who has appeared in a number of productions as a dancer. She participated in the TV movie “Rhythm & Jam” in 1993, “Lord of Illusions” in 1995 and, in 1999, in “Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shook Me” and later in “Austin Powers in Goldmember” in 2002 as Fook Yu. In 2009, she appeared on “Hannah Montana” as Tina in the episode “Daddy’s Got a Brand New Friend”.
Living with a mother who battled cancer, Inaba participated in the EIF Revlon Women’s Walk/Walk. More so, she has been involved in various philanthropic activities over the years.
Net value
For someone as talented as the choreographer, actress and TV host, it is expected that in addition to her fame, Inaba will also get the chance to show off her hard work. Well, she does, because she has an estimated net worth of $9 million. The UCLA graduate made her fortune from her work in television, including Dancing With the Stars, from which she would earn up to $1.2 million per season.
Is Carrie Ann Inaba married, who is her husband, children?
Although Carrie Ann Inaba has never had a husband as she has never been married before, she has had several relationships in the past, with a few turns down the aisle before they ended.
On the set of You Think You Can Dance in 2006, Inaba met Russian dancer Artem Chigvintsev. Although 14 years younger than her, the two clicked and began a relationship that would last up to two and a half years later. Inaba, then 41, revealed that although the relationship with Chigvintsev, then 26, felt good, they realized that neither of them were alike.
In 2009, she began a new relationship with Jesse Sloan which was quite serious to the point that Sloan offered her to Live with Régis and Kelly in 2011. According to him, he wanted to offer her to live so that their families and friends could witness it. Sadly, no wedding followed, as the engagement was called off in 2012.
Her next relationship was with actor RobbDerringer in 2016. After 9 months of dating, the actor popped the question to which Inaba agreed. Unfortunately, the engagement will be canceled in 2017.
Carrie has no children. However, she revealed in 2017 that she was considering adopting a child even though it’s something she finds rather scary as a single person.