Table of Biography
Carrie Ann Inaba is a successful American dancer, choreographer, television dance competition judge, actress, game show host, and singer. Carrie Ann Inaba is well known for her work on ABC TV’s Dancing with the Stars.
Early Life and Childhood
Carrie Ann Inaba is 56 years old as of 2024. She was born on 5th January 1968 in Honolulu, Hawaii, United States. Whereas, she was born to Patty Inaba(mother) and Rodney Y. Inaba (father).
She was the younger of two children. However, the information regarding her siblings is not revealed. Similarly, Carrie Ann is interested in dancing with many other dance forms.
Therefore, Carrie Ann Inaba also played piano and violin and sang in the choir. Likewise, she belongs to American nationality and belongs to Japanese, Chinese, and Irish mixed ethnicity.
Caption: The old picture of Carrie’s family, Source: Instagram
Education
Talking about Carrie Ann’s educational history, she joined Hanahaouli School and then Punahou School. She attended Sophia University and California University
, Irvine before moving on with a BA from the University of California, Los Angeles. Degree in world expressions and societies.
Carrie Ann Inaba – Body Measurements
Carrie Ann is a beautiful woman. She is a very talented actress as well as a dancer. When talking about her height, she is 5 feet 6 inches tall and her body weight is 55kg.
Her body Measurement is 35-28-37 and her feet size is 6(US). Similarly, her bra size is 32B. Likewise, her hair is black, and dark brown eyes.
Social Media
Carrie Annis is active on social media. She has a huge fan following on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram.
Whereas, she has more than 274k followers on Facebook and over 369k followers on Instagram with 3,164 posts. Similarly, she joined Twitter in July 2009 with 310k followers on it.
Career Life
Opened video production company
Caption: Carrie Ann judging a shown “dancing with the stars” with co-judge, Source: Instagram
Singing
In 1986, an 18-year-old Carrie won a talent show in Hawaii. Carrie Ann Inaba was then prepared to be a pop star in Japan and presented songs to read phonetically in Japanese from a lyric sheet.
Even though her first single made the Top 50, she did not find recognition in her singing career. She lived in Tokyo from 1986 to 1988 and was a popular singer.
Similarly, she released the other three singles, “Party Girl” (backed with “China Blue”), “Be Your Girl” (backed with “6½ Capezio”), and “Yume no Senaka” (backed with “Searching”). Even she hosted weekly radio and television series.
Choreography
Her choreography has appeared in numerous television series, including American Idol, In Search of the Partridge Family (in which she also appeared on-air), Married by America
, American Juniors, All American Girl, He’s a Lady, The Sexiest Bachelor in America Pageant, The Swan, and Who Wants to Marry a Multi-Millionaire?
She even choreographed the Miss America Pageant for five years. Carrie even served as an honorary judge at the 2009 USA Dance National DanceSport Championships.
She made her appearance in the first season of So You Think You Can Dance during the audition stages where she contributed choreography for the “choreography round”.
Theater
Carrie Ann Inaba was a producer for the Broadway show Burn the Floor at New York’s Longacre Theatre.
In 2008, she was awarded the Visionary Award by East West Players, the oldest Asian Pacific American theatre company in the United States,
for promoting to supporting “the visibility of the Asian American community through theater, film, and television.”
Personal Life
Regarding Carrie Ann Inaba’s personal life, she is dating a guy named @offroad_husky at present. Whereas, she dated Artem Chigvintsev who was a Russian dancer.
Carrie Ann Inaba dated him for two years from the year 2006 to 2008. After the separation from Artem Chigvintsev, she met Jesse Sloan at the dating site eHarmony.
Although after a long relationship, Carrie Ann got engaged to Jesse Sloan. However, she ended her engagement due to some reasons with him in September 2012.
Additionally, she was also in a relationship with Robb Derringer in the year 2016. But sadly the relationship ended after one year.
Caption: Carrie Ann Inaba with her ex Robb Derringer, Source: reality world
Health Issue
In a 2011 interview with Prevention, Carrie Ann Inaba stated she was legally blind, having a vision of 20/750 which is improved with eyeglasses and contact lenses.
She also spoke about her spinal stenosis, which she thinks started with a neck injury during gymnastics when she was eight years old.
Further, Carrie Ann Inaba has Sjögren syndrome, a chronic autoimmune inflammatory disease that destroys moisture-producing glands.
She has expressed her commitment to increasing awareness of SS and promoting funding for research, treatment, and a cure as the Sjögren Syndrome Foundation’s National Awareness Ambassador and spokesperson.
On September 17, 2019, she revealed that she was recently diagnosed with Lupus.
Carrie Ann Inaba – Net Worth 2024
Carrie Ann Inaba has estimated a huge amount of income through her professional life as a dancer, actress, and many more. Whereas, she has estimated around $8 million of net worth. Currently, her salary is not disclosed yet.