Tia Carrere is an American actress and singer, born and raised in Honolulu, Hawaii. She is a two-time Grammy Award-winning music artist.

She was discovered in a grocery store for her first movie role in "Aloha Summer". She also voiced the character of Nani in Disney's classic animated film and TV series "Lilo & Stitch" and played Mrs. Kekoa in Disney's live-action animated remake of "Lilo & Stitch (2025)".

In television, she launched her acting career in Los Angeles with a regular role on the daytime drama "General Hospital".

She and her long-time friend, artist/producer Daniel Ho, share four nominations and two Grammy awards for their acclaimed CDs consisting of all original Hawaiian language compositions. Their record, ‘hawaiiana’, reached #10 on Billboard’s World Music Chart. She also performed on the double-platinum movie soundtrack for "Wayne’s World", had the end title song on "Batman: Mask of the Phantasm", as well releasing her Warner Bros. record "Dream".

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