Background
Ethnicity:
Her father is of Irish English descent and her mother is of Mexican Spanish descent with roots in Chihuahua, Mexico
Lynda speaks fluent Spanish. Carter grew up an avid reader of the Wonder Woman comic books.
Education
She went to Arcadia High School in Phoenix and Kachina Elementary School in Glendale, Arizona.
During high school, Carter performed in a band called Just Us, consisting of a marimba, a conga drum, an acoustic guitar, and a stand-up bass played by another girl. When she was 17, Lynda joined two of her cousins in another band called The Relatives. Actor Gary Burghoff was the drummer. The group opened at the Sahara Hotel and Casino lounge in Las Vegas, Nevada, for three months; and, because Lynda was under 21, she had to enter through the kitchen. She attended Arizona State University and was a member of Alpha Xi Delta. After being voted "Most Talented," she dropped out to pursue a career in music. In 1970, Carter sang with The Garfin Gathering with Lynda Carter.
Career
In 1972, Carter entered a local beauty contest and gained national attention in the United States by winning Miss World USA, representing Arizona; in the international 1972 Miss World pageant, representing the U.S., she reached the semi-finals. After taking acting classes at several New York acting schools, she began making appearances in TV shows .Carter's acting career took off when she landed the starring role in The New Adventures of Wonder Woman as Wonder Woman and her alter ego Diana Prince.She has played engagements at such venues as Feinstein's At Loews Regency in New York, Jazz at Lincoln Center, The Kennedy Center in Washington, DC, the Plush Room in San Francisco, and The Catalina Jazz Club in Los Angeles. In June 2009, her second album, "At Last", was released and reached #10 on Billboard's Jazz Albums Chart.In June 2011, Carter released her third album, "Crazy Little Things", which she describes as a delightful mix of standards, country, and pop tunes.
Filmography:
1976 Bobbie Jo and the Outlaw
1993 Lightning in a Bottle
2001 Super Troopers
2002 The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind
2004 The Creature of the Sunny Side Up Trailer Park
2005 Sky High
2006 Tempbot
2007 Tattered Angel
2011 The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim
1974 Nakia
1975 Matt Helm
1976 A Matter of Wife... And Death
1975-79 Wonder Woman
1980 The Last Song
1981 Born to Be Sold
1982 Hotline
1984 Rita Hayworth: The Love Goddess
1987 Stillwatch
1989 Mike Hammer: Murder Takes All
1991 Daddy
1994-95 Hawkeye
1996 When Friendship Kills
1997 A Prayer in the Dark
1998 Someone to Love Me
1999 Family Blessings
2003 Terror Peak
2005 Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
2006 Slayer
2007 Smallville