After appearing in the 1991 action films "Harley Davidson and the Marlboro Man" and "Showdown in Little Tokyo", she emerged into the public spotlight when cast as Cassandra, a rock singer and love interest of Mike Myers's character, Wayne Campbell, in "Wayne's World" (1992), a role she reprised the next year in "Wayne's World 2." A trained singer, Carrere performed all of her own songs in the first film, and the "Wayne's World" soundtrack features her vocals. She turned down a role in "Baywatch" to audition for "Wayne's World." In 1992, "People" named her to its annual "50 most beautiful people" list. Other roles in prominent films include the parts of wealthy smuggler Juno Skinner in "True Lies," a 1994 Arnold Schwarzenegger action film; a mixed African-Japanese computer expert in "Rising Sun," a thriller co-written for the screen by Michael Crichton and based on his novel, starring Sean Connery and Wesley Snipes; robber Gina Walker in "The Immortals" in 1995; and secretary Victoria Chappell in "High School High," a 1996 parody. She also starred as Ari, a space marine turned pirate, in the 1995 adventure/puzzle game "The Daedalus Encounter." She also starred as the evil witch/queen in the 1997 Universal Films picture "Kull the Conqueror," co-starring versus Kevin Sorbo, and starred in late-'90s M&M's commercials as herself. At the end of the decade, she was cast as Ana Ishikawa in the motion picture of the comic book character "Shi", but the film wasn't concreted. From 1999 to 2002, Carrere starred as archeology professor Sydney Fox in "Relic Hunter," a syndicated action-adventure series strongly reminiscent of the Indiana Jones and "Tomb Raider" films and video games. At this time, Carrere was featured in the men's magazine "Maxim." "Relic Hunter" lasted for a total of three contracted television seasons. Carrere then provided the voice of Lilo's sister Nani in the animated film "Lilo & Stitch" (2002) and its spinoffs, as well as the voice of Queen Tyr'ahnee from the 2003 "Duck Dodgers" animated series. She also provided the voice of Snookie in the 2005 animated film "Aloha, Scooby-Doo!" She participated as a contestant on the popular reality show "Dancing with the Stars", and eventually placed sixth overall.