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November 1, 1972

Jennifer Ann McCarthy

John Mallory Asher (1999–2005; 1 child)

Dated Jim Carrey 2005-2010

Actress

Sammy's Adventures: The Secret Passage (voice) (2010)

Around the World in 50 Years 3D (2009) (voice)

Santa Baby 2 (2009) (TV)

Chuck (1 episode, 2009)

Wieners (2008)

Two and a Half Men (3 episodes, 2007-2011)

"In the Motherhood" (5 episodes, 2008)

Tripping the Rift: The Movie (2008) (voice)

Witless Protection (2008)

"Tripping the Rift" (13 episodes, 2007)

Santa Baby (2006) (TV)

My Name Is Earl (1 episode, 2006)

John Tucker Must Die (2006)

Untitled Patricia Heaton Project (2006) (TV)

Stacked (1 episode, 2005)

"The Bad Girl's Guide" (6 episodes, 2005)

What I Like About You (1 episode, 2005)

Dirty Love (2005)

"Hope & Faith" (3 episodes, 2004)

"One on One" (4 episodes, 2003-2004)

"All About the Andersons" (1 episode, 2004)

"Wild Card" (2 episodes, 2004)

"Less Than Perfect" (3 episodes, 2003)

"Wanda at Large" (1 episode, 2003)

Scary Movie 3 (2003)

Charmed (1 episode, 2003)

"Just Shoot Me!" (3 episodes, 2000-2003)

"Fastlane" (1 episode, 2003)

Untitled Jenny McCarthy Project (2003) (TV)

The Perfect You (2002)

"The Drew Carey Show" (3 episodes, 2001-2002)

"Going to California" (1 episode, 2001)

Thank Heaven (2001)

Honey Vicarro (2001) (TV)

Python (2000) (TV)

Scream 3 (2000)

Live Girls (2000) (TV)

Diamonds (1999)

Home Improvement (1 episode, 1999)

BASEketball (1998)

"Jenny" (1997) TV series (unknown episodes)

Wings (1 episode, 1996)

The Stupids (1996)

Baywatch (1 episode, 1996)

Mr. Show with Bob and David (1 episode, 1995)

Things to Do in Denver When You're Dead (1995)

"Silk Stalkings" (1 episode, 1994)

Writer

Dirty Love (2005) (writer)

Producer

Dirty Love (2005) (producer)

Appearances

The Wendy Williams Show (TV series) (2010)

Frontline (TV series documentary) (2010)

A Night of 140 Tweets: A Celebrity Tweet-A-Thon for Haiti (2010)

Dick Clark's New Year's Rockin' Eve with Ryan Secrest 2011 (TV special) (2010)

2010 American Music Awards (TV special) (2010)

Toxic Soup (2009)

Entertainment Tonight (9 episodes, 2006-2010)

Hugh Hefner: Playboy, Activist and Rebel (2010)

"Chelsea Lately" (1 episode, 2009)

"The Tonight Show with Conan O'Brien" (1 episode, 2009)

Ellen: The Ellen DeGeneres Show (7 episodes, 2005-2009)

Live with Regis and Kelly (4 episodes, 2005-2009)

Rachael Ray (3 episodes, 2006-2009)

"The Bonnie Hunt Show" (1 episode, 2009)

A-List Awards (2009) (TV)

"Larry King Live" (7 episodes, 2007-2010)

The Oprah Winfrey Show (2009-2011)

Sesame Street (1 episode, 2008)

"WWE Saturday Night's Main Event" (1 episode, 2008)

Access Hollywood (2 episodes, 2006-2008)

A Cast of Critters (2008)

Making Witless: The Cast on the Cast (2008)

"Last Call with Carson Daly" (5 episodes, 2005-2008)

"The Hour" (1 episode, 2008)

Super Bowl XLII (2008) (TV)

The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson (3 episodes, 2006-2007)

The View (4 episodes, 2004-2007)

"Close-Up" (1 episode, 2007)

Lipshitz Saves the World (2007) (TV)

The 100 Greatest Sex Symbols (2007) (TV)

Kodiak Yearbook (2006)

"Bo! in the USA" (1 episode, 2006)

"The Megan Mullally Show" (1 episode, 2006)

SoapTalk (1 episode, 2006)

"Howard Stern on Demand" (3 episodes, 2006)

The Tonight Show with Jay Leno (3 episodes, 1998-2006)

Playboy: Celebrity Centerfolds (2006) (TV)

Lingerie Bowl (2006) (TV)

Playboy Playmate of the Year DVD Collection: The '90s (2006)

"Queer Edge with Jack E. Jett & Sandra Bernhard" (1 episode, 2005)

2005 American Music Awards (2005) (TV)

101 Craziest TV Moments (2005) (TV)

"The Tony Danza Show" (2 episodes, 2005)

The 2005 World Music Awards (2005) (TV)

"Kathy Griffin: My Life on the D-List" (1 episode, 2005)

"Party @ the Palms" (12 episodes, 2005)

What Hollywood Taught Us About Sex (2005) (TV)

"My Crazy Life" (1 episode, 2005)

"Extreme Makeover" (1 episode, 2005)

Playboy: Hef's Halloween Spooktacular (2005)

VH1 Big in 05 (2005) (TV)

Playboy: The Ultimate Jenny McCarthy (2005)

Jimmy Kimmel Live! (2004-2010)

VH1 Big in 04 (2004) (TV)

The Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn (1 episode, 2004)

"Good Day Live" (1 episode, 2004)

The Brady Bunch 35th Anniversary Reunion Special: Still Brady After All These Years (2004) (TV)

Making 'Scary Movie 3' (2004)

"Howard Stern" (5 episodes, 1997-2004)

"On-Air with Ryan Seacrest" (1 episode, 2004)

"Hannity & Colmes" (1 episode, 2004)

"The Sharon Osbourne Show" (1 episode, 2004)

"Tinseltown TV" (1 episode, 2004)

"Bruce W. Cook: Interviews" (1 episode, 2004)

DVD Exclusive Awards (2003) (TV)

Playboy's 50th Anniversary Celebration (2003) (TV)

25 Greatest Power Ballads (2003) (TV)

"World's Best Beaches" (2002) TV series

The 29th Annual American Music Awards (2002) (TV)

"America's Best Beaches" (2002) TV series

MTV 20: Live & Almost Legal (2001) (TV)

Rock & Roll Back to School Special (2001) (TV)

Playboy Exposed: Playboy Mansion Parties Uncensored (2001)

MADtv (1 episode, 2000)

Behind the 'Scream' (2000)

The Life and Times of Kirk Douglas (2000)

"The Howard Stern Radio Show" (1 episode, 2000)

Late Night with Conan O'Brien (1 episode, 2000)

The Daily Show (1 episode, 2000)

MTV Uncensored (1999) (TV)

Playboy Playmates of the Year: The 90's (1999)

MTV Europe Music Awards 1998 (1998) (TV)

Playboy: Blondes, Brunettes, Redheads (1998)

A Taste of Playboy: Personalities Volume 1 (1998)

Playboy: Celebrities (1998)

"The Big Breakfast" (1992) TV series (unknown episodes, 1997)

The Rosie O'Donnell Show (2 episodes, 1996-1997)

"The Jenny McCarthy Show" (1997) TV series

Playboy: Jenny McCarthy, the Playboy Years (1997)

A Day in the Life of Jenny McCarthy (1997) (TV)

"The Rodman World Tour" (1 episode, 1996)

Baywatch (1 episode, 1996)

MTV Spring Break: Panama City Beach (1996) (TV)

MTV's Singled Out: Dirt on the Dates (1996)

Playboy: The Best of Jenny McCarthy (1996)

Playboy: Playmate Profile Video Collection Featuring Miss October 1996, 1993, 1990, 1987 (1996) (Miss October 1993)

"Singled Out" (130 episodes, 1995-1997)

WrestleMania XI (1995) (TV)

MTV Spring Break: Lake Havasu (1995) (TV)

Playboy Video Playmate Calendar 1995 (1994)

Playboy Wet & Wild: The Locker Room (1994)

Playboy Video Centerfold: Playmate of the Year Jenny McCarthy (1994)

Playboy: College Girls (1994)

Belly Laughs: The Naked Truth about Pregnancy and Childbirth

Baby Laughs: The Naked Truth about the First Year of Mommyhood

Life Laughs: The Naked Truth about Motherhood, Marriage, and Moving On

Louder than Words: A Mother's Journey in Healing Autism

Mother Warriors: A Nation of Parents Healing Autism Against All Odds

Healing and Preventing Autism Co-written with Dr. Jerry Kartzinel. Dutton Adult, March 31, 2009.

Daytime Emmy Awards

2005 Nominated Daytime Emmy Outstanding Special Class Special for: The Brady Bunch 35th Anniversary Reunion Special: Still Brady After All These Years (2004) (TV) Shared with:Sherwood Schwartz (executive producer),Lloyd J. Schwartz (executive producer),Sal Maniaci (executive producer),Robin Weiner (co-producer),Michael Petok (producer),Hope Juber (producer)

Golden Apple Awards

1997 Won Golden Apple Female Star of the Year

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Jennifer Ann "Jenny" McCarthy (born November 1, 1972) is an American model, comedian, actress, author, activist, and game show host. She began her career in 1993 as a nude model for Playboy magazine and was later named their Playmate of the Year. McCarthy then parlayed her Playboy fame into a successful television and film acting career. Most recently, she has written books about parenting, and has become an activist promoting the controversial claims that vaccines cause autism and that chelation therapy helps cure it—both claims which are widely unrecognized or disputed by the medical community.

McCarthy was born in Evergreen Park, Illinois to a middle-class Catholic family of Polish and Irish descent. She lived in the West Elsdon neighborhood of Chicago. She is the second of four daughters; her sisters are named Lynette, Joanne and Amy. Her cousin is actress Melissa McCarthy of Bridesmaids and Mike and Molly fame. McCarthy's mother, Linda, was a housewife and courtroom custodian, and her father, Dan McCarthy, was a steel mill foreman. She attended St. Turibius Grade School on Chicago's South Side. As a teenager, McCarthy attended Mother McAuley Liberal Arts High School (whose school sweater she donned in the pages of Playboy) and was a cheerleader at both Brother Rice High School and St. Laurence High Schools, although she has referred to herself as an "outcast" at her school and has described how she was repeatedly bullied by classmates. After McCarthy graduated from high school, she attended Southern Illinois University Carbondale to study nursing. She needed money to pay for college, so she decided to submit her picture to Playboy magazine to make money. She was accepted and became a model.

Auditioned for the lead female role in Showgirls (1995).

Auditioned for the role of Natalie in Charlie's Angels (2000).

Auditioned for the role of Ellie Arroway in Contact (1997) that was played by Jodie Foster.