Carrie Ann Inaba

{{Short description|American television dancer, choreographer, actress, and singer (born 1968)}}

{{Infobox dancer

| name = Carrie Ann Inaba

| image = Carrie Ann Inaba.jpg

| caption = Carrie Ann Inaba at the 2008 Kentucky Derby Festival

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1968|01|05}}

| birth_place = Honolulu, Hawaii, U.S.

| occupation = Television judge, talk/game show host, dancer, choreographer, actress, singer

| years_active = 1986–present

| height = 5 ft 6 in

| partner = Artem Chigvintsev (2006–08)
Jesse Sloan (2009–2012)
Robb Derringer (2016–2017)

| education = Punahou School
University of California, Los Angeles

}}

Carrie Ann Inaba (born January 5, 1968){{cite web|url=https://www.tvguide.com/celebrities/carrie-ann-inaba/bio/211905/| title= Carrie Ann Inaba | website=TV Guide|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20140917231250/https://www.tvguide.com/celebrities/carrie-ann-inaba/bio/211905/|archive-date= September 17, 2014|url-status=dead}} is an American television personality, dancer, choreographer, actress, and singer. She is best known for her work on ABC's Dancing with the Stars for which she has served as a judge since 2005. She co-hosted and moderated the CBS Daytime talk show The Talk from 2019 to 2021. She started her career as a singer in Japan, but became best known for her dancing, 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.

Early life

Inaba was born and raised in Honolulu, Hawaii,{{cite magazine|title=Let's Get Ready to Rumba! |magazine=People|date=July 11, 2005|volume=64|issue=2|page=119|url=http://people.com/archive/lets-get-ready-to-rumba-vol-64-no-2/|access-date=October 10, 2017|archive-date=December 20, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171220002314/http://people.com/archive/lets-get-ready-to-rumba-vol-64-no-2/|url-status=live}} graduating from Punahou School in 1986.{{Cite web|url=http://archives.starbulletin.com/2005/07/19/features/index.html|title=Life's just a big kick|last=Ryan|first=Tim|date=July 19, 2005|website=Star Bulletin|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100808200943/http://archives.starbulletin.com/2005/07/19/features/index.html|archive-date=August 8, 2010|url-status=dead|access-date=2018-04-23|df=mdy-all}} She is of Irish, Japanese, and Chinese descent. Her first dance instruction was at three years old in a "creative movement" class, where children danced on their own with scarves. As a child, she would dance in her backyard that overlooked the Pacific Ocean.{{cite magazine|last1=Siegler|first1=Bonnie|title=Carrie Ann Inaba|magazine=American Fitness|date=September–October 2007|volume=25|issue=5|pages=49–51}}

She attended 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.{{Cite web|url=https://alumni.ucla.edu/stories/carrie-ann-inaba-00/|title=Carrie Ann Inaba '00|date=May 22, 2015|publisher=UCLA|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180423075433/https://alumni.ucla.edu/stories/carrie-ann-inaba-00//|archive-date=April 23, 2018|access-date=2018-04-23}}

Career

=Singing=

In 1986, an 18-year-old Inaba won a talent show in Hawaii.{{cite magazine |last1=Rizzo |first1=Monica |title=Dancing with the Stars' Carrie Ann Inaba |magazine=People |date=October 16, 2006 |volume=66 |issue=16 |page=126 |url=http://people.com/archive/dancing-with-the-stars-carrie-ann-inaba-vol-66-no-16/ |access-date=10 October 2017 |archive-date=October 11, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171011071741/http://people.com/archive/dancing-with-the-stars-carrie-ann-inaba-vol-66-no-16/ |url-status=live }} She 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, she "realized it has nothing to do with how artistic you are. Your face becomes a logo they sell."

Inaba lived in Tokyo from 1986 to 1988 and was a popular singer. She released three singles, "Party Girl" (backed with "China Blue"), "Be Your Girl" (backed with "6½ Capezio"), and "Yume no Senaka" (backed with "Searching") and hosted weekly radio and television series.{{Cite book|title=Dancing Around the World With Mike and Barbara Bivona|last=Bivona|first=Michael|publisher=Trafford Publishing|year=2009|isbn=9781426922787|pages=579}}

=Dancing=

{{quote box|quote=Five multicultural girls were going for their dreams and not afraid. I felt so at home.|source=Inaba, to People magazine, on her experience as a Fly Girl on In Living Color}}

After returning to America, Inaba appeared as one of the "Fly Girls"—a group of dancers on the television series In Living Color—from 1990 to 1992. She also performed with Canadian singer Norman Iceberg and dancers Viktor Manoel (David Bowie's "Glass Spider" tour) and Luca Tommassini at Prince's notorious Glam Slam. Inaba appeared as a featured solo dancer during Madonna's 1993 Girlie Show World Tour, on the condition she shave her hair. After hesitating, she decided it was worth it. Her favorite dance is rumba since, according to American Fitness, she feels it is "very strong and demanding".

=Film and television appearances=

Inaba appeared as one of the background dancers in the film adaptation of Monster Mash in 1995. She appeared in the film Austin Powers in Goldmember (2002) as Fook Yu, alongside 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 suggested Inaba. Inaba, who had appeared briefly in Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me, was given the role and the two women were made up to appear as identical twins. Inaba and Mizota reprised their roles with Mike Myers in a commercial for Motorola in 2005.{{cite web |url=http://www.sfgate.com/entertainment/article/ASIAN-POP-Reality-Bites-Have-Fook-Yu-and-Fook-3302654.php |last=Yang |first=Jeff |title=ASIAN POP Reality Bites / Have Fook Yu and Fook Mi hit the big time? |work=San Francisco Chronicle |date=February 20, 2009 |access-date=September 29, 2005 |archive-date=March 11, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140311040157/http://www.sfgate.com/entertainment/article/ASIAN-POP-Reality-Bites-Have-Fook-Yu-and-Fook-3302654.php |url-status=live }} In later years, Inaba would later regret playing Fook Yu because of the negative stereotypes portrayed.

Inaba has acted (usually as a dancer) in the movies Monster Mash: The Movie, Lord of Illusions, Showgirls, Boys and Girls, Flintstones II, Freak and American Virgin and the television series Jack & Jill and Nikki.

Inaba has appeared on The View,{{cite news|last=Thomas|first=Karen|title='The View' from here on out: Who will it be?|newspaper=USA Today|date=July 6, 2006|url=http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=asn&AN=J0E216771405606&site=ehost-live|access-date=10 October 2017|archive-date=June 29, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230629164710/https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=asn&AN=J0E216771405606&site=ehost-live|url-status=live}} the ABC talent competition Dance War: Bruno vs. Carrie Ann,{{cite magazine|title=Feud for Thought |magazine=Dance Magazine|date=January 2008|volume=8|issue=1|page=17}} and the Fox special Breaking the Magician's Code: Magic's Biggest Secrets Finally Revealed. She, along with Bruno Tonioli, has appeared in every season on Dancing with the Stars.{{Cite web |last=Morris |first=Natalie |date=2021-12-01 |title=Inside Bruno Tonioli's Relationship With Carrie Ann Inaba |url=https://www.thelist.com/674962/inside-bruno-toniolis-relationship-with-carrie-ann-inaba/ |access-date=2023-12-01 |website=The List |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |last=Staff |first=OK! |date=2008-01-16 |title=OK! Interview: Carrie Ann Inaba and Bruno Tonioli |url=https://okmagazine.com/photos/ok-interview-carrie-ann-inaba-and-bruno-tonioli/ |access-date=2023-12-01 |website=OK Magazine |language=en-US}}

Inaba guest starred as Tina, Hannah's choreographer, in the Hannah Montana episode, "Papa's Got a Brand New Friend".{{cite magazine|last1=Rizzo|first1=Monica|title=Carrie Ann Inaba |magazine=People|date=March 16, 2009|volume=71|issue=10|page=47|url=http://people.com/celebrity/carrie-ann-inaba-being-over-40-is-fabulous/|access-date=October 10, 2017|archive-date=October 11, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171011072108/http://people.com/celebrity/carrie-ann-inaba-being-over-40-is-fabulous/|url-status=live}}

TV Guide Network announced that it had signed Inaba to anchor its live red carpet coverage, beginning with the 2009 Primetime Emmy Awards.{{cite news | first=Tim | last=Molloy | title=Carrie Ann Inaba, Chris Harrison Join TV Guide Network's Red Carpet Coverage | url=http://www.tvguide.com/News/Harrison-Inaba-TVGuide-1008509.aspx | work=TV Guide | date=July 29, 2009 | access-date=July 29, 2009 | archive-date=August 1, 2009 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090801094629/http://www.tvguide.com/News/Harrison-Inaba-TVGuide-1008509.aspx | url-status=live }}

In October 2010, Inaba was named host of the revival of the game show 1 vs. 100 on GSN. After the first season, Inaba announced she would not return to host the show.{{cite web| url = http://gameshows.about.com/b/2011/07/29/carrie-ann-inaba-not-returning-to-gsns-1-vs-100-will-the-show-go-on.htm| title = Carrie Ann Inaba Not Returning to GSN's 1 vs. 100 – Will the Show Go On?| access-date = April 10, 2012| date = July 29, 2011| url-status = dead| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20140414120528/http://gameshows.about.com/b/2011/07/29/carrie-ann-inaba-not-returning-to-gsns-1-vs-100-will-the-show-go-on.htm| archive-date = April 14, 2014| df = mdy-all}}

Inaba had been a recurring guest co-host for the CBS Daytime talk show, The Talk, for the last two seasons. She officially replaced original host Julie Chen as the fifth co-host and moderator permanently, officially debuting on January 2, 2019.{{cite news|last=de Moraes|first=Lisa|title=CBS Makes It Official: Carrie Ann Inaba Debuts As Julie Chen Replacement On 'The Talk'|url=https://deadline.com/2019/01/carrie-ann-inaba-official-debut-julie-chen-replacement-the-talk-1202527925/|access-date=January 2, 2019|work=Deadline Hollywood|date=January 2, 2019|archive-date=January 2, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190102234935/https://deadline.com/2019/01/carrie-ann-inaba-official-debut-julie-chen-replacement-the-talk-1202527925/|url-status=live}} On April 26, 2021, Inaba announced she would take a leave of absence from the show.{{cite web|last=Del Rosario|first=Alexandra|title='The Talk' Co-Host Carrie Ann Inaba Takes Leave Of Absence From CBS Show: "Health Is The Most Important Thing"|url=https://deadline.com/2021/04/the-talk-carrie-ann-inaba-leave-of-absence-cbs-1234744345/|website=Deadline Hollywood|access-date=April 26, 2021|date=April 26, 2021|archive-date=April 26, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210426203128/https://deadline.com/2021/04/the-talk-carrie-ann-inaba-leave-of-absence-cbs-1234744345/|url-status=live}} On August 20, 2021, it was confirmed that Inaba would not be returning to the show for the upcoming season.{{cite web |last1=Andreeva |first1=Nellie |title=Carrie Ann Inaba Exits CBS' 'The Talk' After 3 Seasons |url=https://deadline.com/2021/08/carrie-ann-inaba-exit-the-talk-cbs-1234818945/ |website=Deadline |date=August 20, 2021 |access-date=August 21, 2021 |archive-date=August 21, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210821002044/https://deadline.com/2021/08/carrie-ann-inaba-exit-the-talk-cbs-1234818945/ |url-status=live }}

=Choreography=

Inaba's choreography has appeared in several television series, including American Idol, American Juniors, All American Girl, He's a Lady, In Search of the Partridge Family (in which she also appeared on air), Married by America, The Sexiest Bachelor in America Pageant, The Swan, and Who Wants to Marry a Multi-Millionaire?.{{Cite news|url=https://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/02/13/who-wants-to-marry-a-multi-millionaire_n_6674930.html|title=How The Misogynistic Mess That Was 'Who Wants To Marry A Multi-Millionaire?' Inspired 'The Bachelor'|last=Duca|first=Lauren|date=2015-02-13|work=Huffington Post|access-date=2018-04-23|language=en-US|archive-date=December 17, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161217181137/http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/02/13/who-wants-to-marry-a-multi-millionaire_n_6674930.html|url-status=live}} She also choreographed the Miss America Pageant for five years. She appeared in the first season of So You Think You Can Dance during the audition stages where she provided choreography for the "choreography round".

Inaba served as an honorary judge at the 2009 USA Dance National Dance Sport Championships.{{cite web|url=http://www.usadance.org/news-and-press/forms-and-resources/american-dancer-magazine/mbuzlqqewa/ |title=American Dancer |access-date=October 25, 2016 |publisher=USA Dance |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111004142140/http://www.usadance.org/news-and-press/forms-and-resources/american-dancer-magazine/mbuzlqqewa/ |archive-date=October 4, 2011 |df=mdy }}

=Film production=

Inaba is the founder and President of EnterMediArts, Inc., a video production company. She directs, writes, and edits films. Her 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=

She was a producer for the Broadway show Burn the Floor at New York's Longacre Theatre.{{cite news |title=MAKING THE SCENE |newspaper=Hollywood Reporter|date=August 4, 2009|volume=410|issue=46|page=15}}

In 2008, Inaba was awarded the Visionary Award by East West Players, the oldest Asian Pacific American theatre company in the United States,{{Cite web|url=https://china.usc.edu/behind-curtains-evolution-and-impact-asian-americans-theatre|title=Behind the Curtains: The Evolution and Impact of Asian Americans in Theatre|publisher=US–China Institute|access-date=2019-07-25|archive-date=March 22, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170322051852/https://china.usc.edu/behind-curtains-evolution-and-impact-asian-americans-theatre|url-status=live}} for helping to raise "the visibility of the Asian American community through theater, film and television".{{Cite web|url=http://bakitwhy.com/articles/fil-ams-honored-asian-american-theater-awards|title=Fil-Ams Honored at Asian-American Theater Awards|website=BakitWhy|access-date=2019-07-25|archive-date=July 25, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190725184202/http://bakitwhy.com/articles/fil-ams-honored-asian-american-theater-awards|url-status=live}}

Personal life

In 2006, she dated Russian dancer Artem Chigvintsev.{{cite magazine|title=Ballroom Banter|magazine=People|date=October 30, 2006|volume=66|issue=18|page=20|url=http://people.com/archive/scoop-vol-66-no-18/|access-date=October 10, 2017|archive-date=October 11, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171011071739/http://people.com/archive/scoop-vol-66-no-18/|url-status=live}} They 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 "answering" a letter asking for advice on how to propose. The lights dimmed just before Inaba's boyfriend, Jesse Sloan, appeared on stage. With violinists playing in the background, Sloan, bent on one knee, asked for Inaba's hand, to which she responded "Yes! I will marry you!"{{cite web |url=http://www.eonline.com/uberblog/b233842_carrie_ann_inaba_gets_engaged_on_live.html |title=Carrie Ann Inaba Gets Engaged On Live Tv So How Did Jake Gyllenhaal Almost Blow It |website=E! Online |date=March 31, 2011 |access-date=September 22, 2012 |archive-date=April 4, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110404122614/http://www.eonline.com/uberblog/b233842_carrie_ann_inaba_gets_engaged_on_live.html |url-status=live }}

Inaba and Jesse met on online dating site eHarmony in 2009.{{cite web |url=https://www.nbcnewyork.com/entertainment/celebrity/Carrie_Ann_Inaba__I_Met_My_Fiance_Online___-_ARTICLE-132638568.html |title=Carrie Ann Inaba: I Met My Fiance Online! |website=Access Online |date=October 26, 2011 |access-date=September 22, 2012 |archive-date=October 3, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191003205753/https://www.nbcnewyork.com/entertainment/celebrity/Carrie_Ann_Inaba__I_Met_My_Fiance_Online___-_ARTICLE-132638568.html |url-status=live }}

In an interview with Us Weekly in 2011, Inaba stated that she and Sloan would marry in the summer of that year.{{cite web |url=http://www.usmagazine.com/celebrity-body/news/dwts-carrie-ann-inaba-im-getting-married-this-summer-201173 |title=DWTS' Carrie Ann Inaba: I'm Getting Married This Summer! |work=Us Weekly |date=March 7, 2011 |access-date=September 22, 2012 |archive-date=October 1, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121001233140/http://www.usmagazine.com/celebrity-body/news/dwts-carrie-ann-inaba-im-getting-married-this-summer-201173 |url-status=live }} In September 2012, a representative for Dancing with the Stars announced that Inaba and Sloan had amicably ended their engagement.{{cite web| url=https://people.com/celebrity/carrie-ann-inaba-engagement-its-off/| title=Carrie Ann Inaba Calls Off Her Engagement| work=People| date=September 9, 2012| access-date=September 10, 2012| archive-date=October 26, 2016| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161026163016/http://people.com/celebrity/carrie-ann-inaba-engagement-its-off/| url-status=live}}

In December 2016, Inaba announced that she and actor Robb Derringer had become engaged after a few months of dating. Derringer proposed on a romantic, secluded beach on the California coastline, which was the site of their first date.{{cite web|title=Carrie Ann Inaba and Robb Derringer Get Engaged After 'Perfect' Proposal|date=December 14, 2016|url=https://www.yahoo.com/celebrity/carrie-ann-inaba-robb-derringer-190030773.html|access-date=December 16, 2016|archive-date=December 21, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161221010914/https://www.yahoo.com/celebrity/carrie-ann-inaba-robb-derringer-190030773.html|url-status=live}} In September 2017, they called off the engagement.{{cite web|url=http://www.eonline.com/ca/news/879689/dancing-with-the-stars-carrie-ann-inaba-and-robb-derringer-call-off-their-engagement|title='Dancing with the Stars' judge Carrie Ann Inaba and Robb Derringer call off engagement|last=Sblendorio|first=Peter|work=New York Daily News|date=September 13, 2017|access-date=September 14, 2017|archive-date=September 13, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170913181528/http://www.eonline.com/ca/news/879689/dancing-with-the-stars-carrie-ann-inaba-and-robb-derringer-call-off-their-engagement|url-status=live}}{{cite web|url=http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/gossip/carrie-ann-inaba-robb-derringer-call-engagement-article-1.3492996|title=Dancing With the Stars' Carrie Ann Inaba and Robb Derringer Call Off Their Engagement|last=Dupre|first=Elyse|work=E!|date=September 13, 2017|access-date=September 14, 2017|archive-date=September 13, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170913195950/http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/gossip/carrie-ann-inaba-robb-derringer-call-engagement-article-1.3492996|url-status=live}}

Inaba has expressed a great love and respect for animals, supporting organizations such as the Humane Society of the United States and PETA, and launching the Carrie Ann Animal Foundation in 2012.{{cite web|url=http://losangeles.cbslocal.com/2012/03/22/carrie-ann-inaba-to-host-the-human-societys-26th-annual-genisis-awards/|title=Carrie Ann Inaba To Host The Humane Society Of The United States' 26th Annual Genesis Awards|publisher=KCBS|date=March 22, 2012|access-date=October 25, 2016|archive-date=October 26, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161026080611/http://losangeles.cbslocal.com/2012/03/22/carrie-ann-inaba-to-host-the-human-societys-26th-annual-genisis-awards/|url-status=live}}{{cite web|url=https://people.com/celebrity/photo-carrie-ann-inabas-peta-ad-campaign/|title=Carrie Ann Inaba's PETA Ad Campaign|website=People|date=August 26, 2009|access-date=October 26, 2016|archive-date=October 26, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161026162907/http://people.com/celebrity/photo-carrie-ann-inabas-peta-ad-campaign/|url-status=live}}{{cite web|url=http://www.peoplepets.com/people/pets/article/0,,20645234,00.html|last=Helin|first=Jung|title=Carrie Ann Inaba Launches Animal Foundation|work=People|date=November 6, 2012|access-date=October 25, 2016|archive-date=March 4, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304062942/http://www.peoplepets.com/people/pets/article/0,,20645234,00.html|url-status=live}} In 2012, Inaba started a new YouTube series about shelter cats, motivated by her love of the creatures.{{cite news|last1=Blas|first1=Lorena|title=The cat's meow is the bee's knees|newspaper=USA Today|date=March 12, 2012|page=10b}} She has had as many as seven rescue animals as pets at the same time.{{cite magazine|title=Carrie Ann Inaba|magazine=People|date=April 21, 2014|volume=81|issue=16|pages=85–86}}

= Health =

In a 2011 interview with Prevention, Inaba stated she has a vision of 20/750; which is corrected with eyeglasses and contact lenses.{{cref|a}} She 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". She also said that she has spinal stenosis,{{cite web |url=http://www.prevention.com/health/healthy-living/carrie-ann-inabas-health-and-fitness-tips |title=Carrie Ann Inaba's Health and Fitness Tips |date=November 3, 2011 |website=Prevention |access-date=September 22, 2012 |archive-date=September 2, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120902044412/http://www.prevention.com/health/healthy-living/carrie-ann-inabas-health-and-fitness-tips |url-status=live }}{{cite web|url=https://www.prevention.com/health/healthy-living/carrie-ann-inaba-exclusive-interview-prevention|title=Carrie Ann Inaba exclusive interview|work=Prevention|date=November 3, 2011|access-date=October 10, 2017|archive-date=October 11, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171011072755/https://www.prevention.com/health/healthy-living/carrie-ann-inaba-exclusive-interview-prevention|url-status=live}} which she thinks began with a neck injury during gymnastics when she was eight years old.

She also has Sjögren syndrome, a chronic autoimmune inflammatory disease that destroys moisture-producing glands. As the Sjögren Syndrome Foundation's National Awareness Ambassador and Spokesperson, she has expressed her commitment to increasing awareness of SS and promoting funding for research, treatment, and a cure.{{Cite web|title=Carrie Ann Inaba doesn't let Sjögren's syndrome stand in her way|url=https://magazine.medlineplus.gov/article/carrie-ann-inaba-doesnt-let-sjogrens-syndrome-stand-in-her-way|access-date=2021-05-16|website=NIH MedlinePlus Magazine|language=en|archive-date=May 16, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210516054102/https://magazine.medlineplus.gov/article/carrie-ann-inaba-doesnt-let-sjogrens-syndrome-stand-in-her-way|url-status=live}}

On September 17, 2019, Inaba stated that she had been recently diagnosed with Lupus.

She also has chronic fatigue syndrome, chronic pain, and fibromyalgia.{{cite news |last=Bloom |first=Mike |title=The Real Reason Why Carrie Ann Inaba Is Wearing Wigs on Dancing With the Stars for Season 29 |url=https://parade.com/1094802/mikebloom/carrie-ann-inaba-wigs/ |website=Parade |date=September 28, 2020 |access-date=October 1, 2020 |archive-date=October 10, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201010194226/https://parade.com/1094802/mikebloom/carrie-ann-inaba-wigs/ |url-status=live }} In 2019 while on The Talk, Inaba also opened up about struggling with Tourette Syndrome as a child.{{Cite web |date=2022-12-10 |title='People laugh at my tics' - These stars have been diagnosed with Tourette's Syndrome |url=https://uk.style.yahoo.com/people-laugh-tics-stars-diagnosed-093000122.html |access-date=2023-05-28 |website=uk.style.yahoo.com |language=en-GB |archive-date=May 28, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230528131831/https://uk.style.yahoo.com/people-laugh-tics-stars-diagnosed-093000122.html |url-status=live }}

On December 10, 2020, it was reported that she tested positive for COVID-19, but later recovered.{{Cite web|url=https://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/carrie-ann-inaba-positive-coronavirus|title='Dancing with the Stars' judge Carrie Ann Inaba tested positive for coronavirus|publisher=Fox News|date=December 10, 2020|access-date=December 10, 2020|archive-date=December 10, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201210224515/https://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/carrie-ann-inaba-positive-coronavirus|url-status=live}}

In March 2023, Inaba posted on Instagram that she was diagnosed with acute gangrenous appendicitis and was required to undergo an emergency appendectomy.{{Cite web|url=https://www.goodmorningamerica.com/culture/story/dwts-judge-carrie-ann-inaba-recovering-emergency-appendectomy-98265094|title=DWTS judge Carrie Ann Inaba recovering from emergency appendectomy|website=Good Morning America|date=March 31, 2023|access-date=April 4, 2023|archive-date=April 4, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230404005221/https://www.goodmorningamerica.com/culture/story/dwts-judge-carrie-ann-inaba-recovering-emergency-appendectomy-98265094|url-status=live}}

=Philanthropy=

Inaba has worked with the Entertainment Industry Foundation's {{Proper name|iParticipate}} campaign, an American volunteer advocacy group, and Drea's Dream, a dance therapy initiative for children who have cancer.{{cite magazine|last1=Rizzo|first1=Monica|title=MY MOTHER'S BREAST CANCER BATTLE|magazine=People|date=October 26, 2009|volume=72|issue=17|page=90|url=http://people.com/archive/dancing-with-the-stars-carrie-ann-inaba-my-mothers-breast-cancer-battle-vol-72-no-17/|access-date=October 10, 2017|archive-date=October 11, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171011130240/http://people.com/archive/dancing-with-the-stars-carrie-ann-inaba-my-mothers-breast-cancer-battle-vol-72-no-17/|url-status=live}} She's also a founding member of Nigel Lythgoe's dance education organization, the Dizzy Feet Foundation.{{cite magazine|last1=Zar|first1=Rachel|title=So You Think You Can Improve Dance Education?|magazine=Dance Magazine|date=November 2009|volume=83|issue=11|page=58}} After her mother's battle with cancer in 2008, both women began to participate in the EIF Revlon Run/Walk for Women.

Reception

Prevention magazine called her judging style "warm, cheerful, and empathetic".{{cite magazine|last1=Hahn|first1=Kate|title=A Perfect Score|magazine=Prevention|date=April 2011|volume=63|issue=4|pages=92–97}}

Filmography

=Film=

Year	Film	Role	Notes
class="wikitable"
1993	Rhythm & Jam	Dancer	TV movie
1995	Lord of Illusions	Dancer
1995	Showgirls	Goddess Dancer
1995	Monster Mash: The Movie	Singer/Dancer #2	Direct to-VHS
1999	Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me	Felicity's Dancer #1
1999	American Virgin	Hiromi	Direct to-DVD
2000	Boys and Girls	Dancer
2002	Austin Powers in Goldmember	Fook Yu

=Television=

Year	Film	Role	Notes
class="wikitable"
1990–1992	In Living Color	Fly Girl	68 episodes
1999	Jack & Jill	Dancer	Episode: Fear and Loathing in Gotham
2000–2001	Nikki	Dancer	4 episodes
2005–present	Dancing with the Stars	Judge
2009	Hannah Montana	Tina	Episode: Papa's Got a Brand New Friend
2010–2011	1 vs. 100	Host
2017–2021	The Talk	Herself (co-host)	co-host; 47 episodes (guest co-host)

Footnotes

=Notes=

{{cnote|a|The American Foundation for the Blind defines legal blindness as vision worse than 20/200 with the best possible correction (even with corrective lenses).{{cite web |url=http://www.afb.org/section.aspx?sectionid=15&documentid=1280 |title=Key Definitions of Statistical Terms |publisher=American Foundation for the Blind |access-date=September 22, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120626175129/http://www.afb.org/section.aspx?SectionID=15&DocumentID=1280 |archive-date=June 26, 2012 |url-status=dead }}}}

=References=

External links

{{Official website|http://www.carrieanninaba.tv/}}
{{IMDb name|id=0408336|name=Carrie Ann Inaba}}
[http://television.aol.com/tv-celebrity-interviews/carrie-ann-inaba Carrie Ann Inaba interview] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180916074554/http://television.aol.com/tv-celebrity-interviews/carrie-ann-inaba |date=September 16, 2018 }}
[http://www.pr.com/article/1120 Carrie Ann Inaba] Interview at PR.com