As a founding member of the original Pussycat Dolls cabaret show which began in Los Angeles’ famed club venues The Viper Room and The Roxy, Carmit performed as a singer and dancer alongside many guest stars including Carmen Electra, Charlize Theron, Paris Hilton, Christina Aguilera, Nikka Costa, Pamela Anderson, and Gwen Stefani. Carmit graced covers of Maxim Magazine, Interview Magazine, and Blender Magazine. She also appeared with the original group in numerous film and television projects including Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle, NBC’s Las Vegas, Jimmy Kimmel Live, The Tonight Show with Jay Leno, The Late Show with David Letterman, and Last Call with Carson Daly. Prior to the release of The Pussycat Dolls first album, Carmit also worked as one of the top professional dancers and choreographers in the business and gained attention touring with Ricky Martin as the “La Vida Loca girl.â€
Carmit, born and raised in Los Angeles, is of Israeli, Dutch, Indonesian, and Chinese descent and comes from a family of entertainers. She competed internationally as a rhythmic gymnast for 10 years, and placed 5th in the Olympic trials in 1992. During her career competing on the National Team, she attended Los Angeles’ renowned performing arts high school Hamilton Academy of Music, excelling in her training in music, dance, piano and viola.
Carmit’s creativity and passion for dance, music, performing and true artistry led her to another venture in 2001 called The Freedom Party, an underground live performance event that Carmit co-founded as an outlet for established and new singers, dancers, rappers, aerialists, poets, and every other kind of professional performing artist to come together on stage to display their true passion with the highest level of skill. Later known as “The Zodiac Show,†Carmit has hosted, performed in and co-produced this refreshingly unique event for six years at Hollywood’s biggest venues, gaining the respect and admiration of many celebrities and creatives in the entertainment industry
Most recently, Carmit has been named a Smile Ambassador for worldwide philanthropic organization Operation Smile and participated in a hands-on mission trip in Bolivia with plans to visit again in May 2008. She has also teamed up with the organization to further her own charity “Project Smile With Me†to benefit children born with cleft lip/cleft palate, as she was, by offering arts education and inspiration for children to live their dreams. The multi-talented Carmit is embarking on a solo music project and has co-created a reality show centered around “The Zodiac Show†which she will be producing via her production company The Freedom Party and another major production company planned for release in 2008.
