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{{Infobox Playboy Playmate
| name=Jenny McCarthy
| image-name=Jenny McCarthy at E3 2006.jpg
| month=October 1993
| birthplace=[[Chicago]], [[Illinois]]
| birthdate={{birth date and age|1972|11|1}}
| bust=38 |waist=24 |hips=34
| height={{Height|ft=5|in=7}}
| weight={{Weight|lb=121}}
| preceded=[[Carrie Westcott]]
| succeeded=[[Julianna Young]]
| pmoy-year=1994
| pmoy-preceded=[[Anna Nicole Smith]]
| pmoy-succeeded=[[Julie Lynn Cialini]]
}}
'''Jennifer McCarthy''' (born [[November 1]], [[1972]]) is an [[United States|American]] [[model (person)|model]], [[comedian]], [[actor|actress]] and [[author]]. She first appeared in ''[[Playboy]]'' magazine in October 1993 and was named [[List of Playmates of the Year|Playmate of the Year]] in its June 1994 issue. She later began a career in television and film and has recently started writing books. She and fellow model and actress [[Pamela Anderson]] are generally considered the most recognizable Playboy Playmates.
== Biography ==
=== Early life ===
She was cool. And it was good.
McCarthy was born in [[Chicago, Illinois]], to a middle-class [[Irish American]] [[Catholic]] family that lived in Southwest Chicago in the [[West Elsdon, Chicago|West Elsdon]] neighborhood. She is the second of four daughters; her sisters are named [[Joanne McCarthy|Joanne]], [[Amy McCarthy|Amy]] and Lynette. Her mother, Linda, was a housewife, and her father, Dan McCarthy, was a steel mill foreman.<ref>http://www.nytimes.com/specials/magazine4/articles/mccarthy.html</ref> 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 cheerleader at both [[Brother Rice High School]] and [[St. Laurence High School]]s,<ref>Austin, Michael and Jennifer Wehunt, "Before They Were Famous," ''[[Chicago (magazine)|Chicago]]'', pg. 76, February 2007, Volume 56, number 2.</ref><!-- no citation for status as cheerleading captain--> although she has referred to herself as an "outcast" at her school.<ref>http://www.usaweekend.com/98_issues/980719/980719talk_mccarthy.html</ref> 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.
=== Modeling and acting career ===
After getting accepted by ''Playboy'' in 1993, the magazine wanted her to pose for the October issue. McCarthy was paid $30,000 for the photo shoot. McCarthy became the Playmate of the Month and later the Playmate of the Year. With this, McCarthy gained attention and popularity. In [[1994]], McCarthy moved to [[Los Angeles, California|Los Angeles]]. For a time, she hosted ''Hot Rocks'', a [[Playboy TV]] show featuring uncensored [[music video]]s.
In [[1995]], [[MTV]] chose McCarthy to be the host of a new dating show called ''[[Singled Out]]'', for which she left ''Hot Rocks''. Her job as a host was a success, and Playboy wanted her to model more. In [[1996]], McCarthy landed a small part in the comedy ''[[The Stupids]]''. In [[1997]] McCarthy launched two shows. The first one was an MTV sketch comedy show called ''The Jenny McCarthy Show'', which was popular enough that NBC signed her to do a sitcom later that year called ''Jenny'', generally considered a disappointment and was quickly canceled. Also in [[1997]], she appeared on one of two covers for the September issue of ''Playboy'', the other cover had [[Pamela Anderson]] on the cover. McCarthy also released an autobiography: ''Jen-X''. McCarthy once modeled for Candies, a shoe company. In one advertisement, McCarthy posed naked wearing only shoes and having her panties off while sitting on a toilet seat. This stirred a controversy.
In [[1998]], McCarthy starred in ''[[BASEketball]]''. In [[1999]], she starred in ''[[Diamonds (1999 film)|Diamonds]]'', a movie which was directed by her husband [[John Mallory Asher]]. The next year, she appeared in the popular horror movie ''[[Scream 3]]''. Since [[2001]], McCarthy has guest-starred in many shows as ''[[Stacked]]'', ''[[Charmed]]'', ''[[The Drew Carey Show]]'', ''[[Fastlane (TV series)|Fastlane]]'' and ''[[Just Shoot Me!]]''.
In [[2003]], McCarthy appeared in ''[[Scary Movie 3]]'' along with model and actress [[Pamela Anderson]]. In [[2005]], McCarthy produced, wrote and starred in ''[[Dirty Love]]'' along with [[Carmen Electra]]. The same year, McCarthy hosted a new show on [[E!]] called ''Party at the Palms''. The reality show, which is filmed at [[The Palms]] Hotel in [[Las Vegas, Nevada|Las Vegas]], features hotel guests, party goers and celebrities acting outrageously with McCarthy. In March 2006, she was given [[2005 Golden Raspberry Awards|Razzie Awards]] for "Worst Actress," "Worst Screenplay," and "Worst Picture" for her work on ''Dirty Love'', which also netted her then-husband, [[John Mallory Asher|John Asher]], a Razzie for "Worst Director."
=== Public persona ===
Though McCarthy initially rose to fame because of her sexual image, a frequent source of her celebrity derives from [[toilet humor]], particularly the shock of seeing a beautiful woman urinate, vomit, pass gas, or pick her nose.
Another Candies ad, which did not cause as much controversy, found McCarthy passing gas in a crowded elevator. A sketch on her MTV show centered around her character, a well-coifed business woman, answering the question of "What did you have for lunch?" by forcing herself to vomit all over a table (which she then ate on-screen). The direct contrast of McCarthy's reputation as a sex symbol and this often grotesque humor is closely associated with her image. This image was taken to a new extreme in her film ''Dirty Love'', which featured McCarthy's character sitting in a massive pool of her own [[menstrual blood]].[http://www.hecklerspray.com/glory-at-the-razzies-for-tom-cruise-nicole-kidman/20062393.php]
McCarthy has authored a series of three books about her experience with pregnancy and raising her son, Evan.
* ''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''.[http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_ss_b/105-8650915-7462816?url=search-alias%3Dstripbooks&field-keywords=+%22jenny+mccarthy%22+&Go.x=0&Go.y=0&Go=Go]
McCarthy is also an occasional columnist for ''[[FHM]]'' magazine and is currently a spokesperson for [[Weight Watchers]].
=== Personal life ===
In [[1993]], McCarthy underwent [[breast augmentation]] to enhance her look as a model for ''[[Playboy]]''. Borrowing a page from fellow [[Playmate]] [[Pamela Anderson]]'s publicity playbook, McCarthy took them out in 1998.
McCarthy dated her manager Ray Manzella for a short time in 1998. After breaking up with Manzella, McCarthy began dating actor/director [[John Mallory Asher|John Asher]]. The couple got engaged in [[January]] [[1999]], and married that year on [[September 11]]. They have a son, Evan Joseph, born on [[May 18]], [[2002]]. In [[August]] [[2005]], McCarthy and Asher filed for [[divorce]].
In a February [[2006]] interview with [[Howard Stern]], [[pornography|adult]] actress [[Jenna Jameson]] said she had two sexual encounters with McCarthy.<ref>http://www.marksfriggin.com/news06/1-30.htm#wed</ref> When McCarthy visited Stern's show in April 2006, she denied having sex with Jameson, but said she "made out" with her during the two encounters. McCarthy also took a [[polygraph|lie detector]] test and passed the questions regarding Jameson. During the appearance, McCarthy also admitted to having performed [[oral sex]] on women and that she cheated on her ex-husband with both men and women.<ref>http://marksfriggin.com/news06/4-24.htm#tue</ref> However, in a later appearance on ''[[Jimmy Kimmel Live]]'', she claimed they didn't cheat on each other because it was totally agreed upon.
In December [[2005]], McCarthy began dating actor [[Jim Carrey]]. They did not make their relationship public until June 2006.
In May [[2007]], McCarthy announced that her son was diagnosed with autism and would be coming out with a book on the subject shortly. ''Louder Than Words: A Mother's Journey in Healing Autism'' is due out in September of 2007.
She lives in [[Sherman Oaks, California]], next to heiress [[Margo Wilson]]. Her cousin is [[Melissa McCarthy]] of the [[Gilmore Girls]].
== Appearances in ''Playboy'' special editions ==
* ''Playboy's Playmate Review'' Vol. 10 May 1994 - front & back covers, pages 82-91.
* ''Playboy's Girls of Summer '94'' June 1994.
* ''Playboy's Book of Lingerie'' Vol. 38 July 1994.
* ''Playboy's Playmates at Play'' July 1994 - pages 6-7.
* ''Playboy's Book of Lingerie'' Vol. 39 September 1994 - page 25.
* ''Playboy's Wet & Wild Playmates'' September 1994 - page 73.
* ''Playboy's Book of Lingerie'' Vol. 40 November 1994.
* ''Playboy's Nudes'' November 1994 - cover.
* ''Playboy's Playmates in Bed'' Vol. 1 January 1995.
* ''Playboy's Supermodels'' February 1995.
* ''Playboy's Book of Lingerie'' Vol. 44 July 1995 - cover.
* ''Playboy's Nudes'' October 1995.
* ''Playboy's Winter Girls'' February 1996.
* ''Playboy's Celebrating Centerfolds'' Vol. 1 December 1998 - pages 6-7.
== Filmography ==
* ''[[Things to Do in Denver When You're Dead]]'' ([[1995]])
* ''[[The Stupids (film)|The Stupids]]'' ([[1996]])
* ''[[BASEketball]]'' ([[1998]])
* ''[[Diamonds (1999 film)|Diamonds]]'' ([[1999]])
* ''[[Python (film)|Python]]'' ([[2000]])
* ''[[Scream 3]]'' ([[2000]])
* ''[[Thank Heaven]]'' ([[2001]])
* ''[[Crazy Little Thing]]'' ([[2002]])
* ''[[Scary Movie 3]]'' ([[2003]])
* ''[[Dirty Love]]'' ([[2005]]) (also producer and writer)
* ''[[John Tucker Must Die]]'' ([[2006]])
* ''[[Wieners (film)|Wieners]]'' ([[2007]])
=== Television work ===
* ''[[Singled Out]]'' (host from [[1995]]-[[1997]])
* ''The Jenny McCarthy Show'' (1997-[[1998]])
* ''[[Jenny (TV series)|Jenny]]'' (1997-1998)
* ''[[The Big Breakfast]]'' (1998)
* ''[[Honey Vicarro]]'' ([[2001]]) (unsold pilot)
* ''Untitled Jenny McCarthy Project'' ([[2003]]) (unsold pilot)
* ''[[The Bad Girl's Guide]]'' ([[2005]]) (canceled after 6 episodes)
* ''Party @ the Palms'' ([[2005]]-[[2006]])
* ''[[Hope & Faith]]'' ([[2005]]) as Mandy
* ''[[Santa Baby]]'' ([[2006]])
* ''[[Bo! in the USA]]'' ([[2006]]) as Herself (Guest)
* ''[[The View]]'' ([[2006]]) as Herself (Guest Host)
* "Home Improvement" as Alex the Mechanic
== Pro-wrestling ==
McCarthy made an appearance at the [[World Wrestling Entertainment|World Wrestling Federation's]] [[WrestleMania XI]] on [[April 2]], [[1995]] as a guest valet for [[Shawn Michaels]]. She left after the match with the victor, [[WWE Championship|WWF Heavyweight Champion]] [[Kevin Nash|Diesel]].
== Books ==
* ''Belly Laughs, The Naked Truth about Pregnancy and Childbirth'' (ISBN 978-0-7382-0949-4)
* ''Baby Laughs, The Naked Truth about the First Year of Mommyhood'' (ISBN 978-0-525-94883-4)
* ''Life Laughs, The Naked Truth about Motherhood, Marriage, and Moving On'' (ISBN 978-0-525-94947-3)
== See also ==
* [[List of people in Playboy 1990-1999]]
== Footnotes ==
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== External links ==
* {{playmate|1993|10}}
* {{ymovies name|1800020490}}
* {{imdb name|0000189|Jenny McCarthy}}
*{{tvtome person|id=26294|name=Jenny McCarthy}}
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