Jenny McCarthy - Fact Sheet

Profession: TV Host

After high school, Jenny attended Southern Illinois University at Carbondale where she was studying nursing. She dropped out of nursing school during her second year to pursue a modeling career. In 1993, Jenny was a struggling model until she appeared as the Playboy Playmate of the Month in October 1993. Then, she became the Playboy Playmate of the Year in 1994, for which she earned $100,000 in cash and prizes. Jenny moved to Hollywood and finally landed the VJ job on MTV's Singled Out. After a while, Jenny wanted to pursue her own ideas, and she came up with The Jenny McCarthy Show. Her first substantial movie role came in The Stupids (1996), opposite Tom Arnold. She later appeared in the movie Basketball (1998), and she actually turned down a role in Scary Movie (2000) to star in Scream 3 (2000). In January 2005, Jenny starred in the independent film Dirty Love. Look for her next star appearance in Rollin (2005), currently in production. 

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Solo + Sexy	2

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Candid	1
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