Electra was born in Sharonville,Ohio,the daughter of Patricia, a singer, and Harry, a guitarist and entertainer . She attended Ann Weigel Elementary School and then studied dance at Dance Artists dance studio under Gloria J. Simpson, in Western Hills, a neighborhood of Cincinnati. Her mother died of a brain tumor in 1998.Her older sister Debbie died from a Heart attack, also in 1998. Carmen graduated from Princeton School in Sharonville. Carmen Electra also attended the School for Creative and Performing Arts (SCPA) in the Cincinnati Public School District. She has Irish, German and Cherokee ancestry.
