Charisma Lee Carpenter was born on July 23, 1970, in Las Vegas, Nevada, USA. She was interested in performing art from her childhood. Her family decided to move to Mexico from Las Vegas at the age of fifteen. After completing her high school studies, she had decided to tour Europe. She had realize at one turn of her life that how she passionate she was about acting, Charisma remained in San Diego for 18 months to study techniques and drama. She had got a real acting brake in Baywatch in 1994.