Carrie Ann Inaba
Carrie Ann Inaba was born on January 5, 1968 in Honolulu, Hawaii. She started her career in singing as a up and coming popstar in Japan, releasing “Party Girl,” “Be Your Girl,” and “Yume no Senaka,” totaling three singles. She graduated from the University of California in Los Angeles with a Bachelor of Arts in world arts and cultures before starting her dancing career as a “Fly Girl” in the television series In Living Color from 1990 to 1992.
She was also a featured solo dancer in Madonna’s Girlie Show World Tour in 1993 and performed at Prince’s Glam Slam and David Bowie’s Glass Spider tour. She then appeared on television and film, starring in Austin Powers in Goldmember (2002) and as a judge on ABC’s Dancing with the Stars. She is also a choreographer for shows like American Idol, All American Girl, and He’s a Lady, and she also choreographed the Miss America Pageant.