Carrie Ann Inaba (born January 5, 1968)[1] is an American television personality, dancer, choreographer, actress, and singer.

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.

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,[6] on the condition she shave her hair.

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 has appeared on The View,[10] the ABC talent competition Dance War: Bruno vs. Carrie Ann,[11] and the Fox special Breaking the Magician's Code: Magic's Biggest Secrets Finally Revealed.

[14] TV Guide Network announced that it had signed Inaba to anchor its live red carpet coverage, beginning with the 2009 Primetime Emmy Awards.

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.

[22] In 2008, Inaba was awarded the Visionary Award by East West Players, the oldest Asian Pacific American theatre company in the United States,[23] for helping to raise "the visibility of the Asian American community through theater, film and television".

With violinists playing in the background, Sloan, bent on one knee, asked for Inaba's hand, to which she responded "Yes!

[28] In September 2012, a representative for Dancing with the Stars announced that Inaba and Sloan had amicably ended their engagement.

[6][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".

[43] In March 2023, Inaba posted on Instagram that she was diagnosed with acute gangrenous appendicitis and was required to undergo an emergency appendectomy.

[44] Inaba has worked with the Entertainment Industry Foundation's iParticipate campaign, an American volunteer advocacy group, and Drea's Dream, a dance therapy initiative for children who have cancer.

[45] She's also a founding member of Nigel Lythgoe's dance education organization, the Dizzy Feet Foundation.