Gena Lee Nolin

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Gena Lee Nolin
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Nolin in 2018
Born (1971-11-29) November 29, 1971 (age 53)
Occupations
  • Actress
  • model
  • television personality
Years active1987–present
Spouses
Greg Fahlman
(m. 1993;div. 2001)
(m. 2004)
Children3

Gena Lee Nolin (born November 29, 1971) [1] is an American actress. She is known for her television appearances on The Price Is Right and Baywatch in the 1990s. During the early 2000s she played the lead role in Sheena .

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Early life

Nolin and her family moved to Las Vegas, Nevada in her senior year of high school.

Career

In Las Vegas, she won numerous beauty contests, including Ford Models and Elite Model Management's regional "Look of the Year" contests, and the Miss Barbizon USA national title. She appeared in commercials for The Home Depot, Starburst and Hyundai. She has been the spokesperson for Sasson Jeans, Clothestime, Maui & Sons, Levi's and Swatch. [2] In 1994, she became one of the models on the game show The Price Is Right . Soon afterward Nolin appeared in the soap opera The Young and the Restless as a model named Sandy.

In 1995, Nolin starred as Neely Capshaw in the television series Baywatch . Later in the year Nolin began modelling for the first time since her pregnancy for Maxim . In 1998, Nolin quit Baywatch and starred in her own TV show, Sheena , from 2000 to 2002. In 2001, Nolin posed nude for the Christmas edition of Playboy after turning the magazine down several times. [3]

She was in a music video with Billy Currington called "I Got a Feelin'"; it received a CMT Flame Worthy Award nomination for Best Celebrity Cameo.[ citation needed ]

Magazine appearances

She has appeared in men's magazines such as Maxim , Stuff , Playboy , and FHM . In 2001, she was listed as one of FHM 's sexiest women in the world.[ citation needed ]

Books

Nolin released her first book with Simon & Schuster titled Beautiful Inside and Out, Conquering Thyroid Disease with a Healthy, Happy, "Thyroid Sexy" Life, in October 2013. [4] [5] The book landed at No. 1 on Amazon and Barnes & Noble Top 5 Health Books.

Personal life

She married Greg Fahlman on November 27, 1993. They have a son. In 2001, Nolin divorced Fahlman and married former NHL hockey player Cale Hulse in 2004. Nolin and Hulse have two children. [6]

Filmography

As actress

YearTitleRoleNotes
1996Zig and Zag's Dirty DeedsGena Lee NolinEpisode: "Still Desperately Seeking Swimming Trunks"
1995–1998 Baywatch Neely Capshaw 64 episodes
1996 The Young and the Restless Sandy
1998 Baywatch: White Thunder at Glacier Bay Neely CapshawFilm
1999 The Underground Comedy Movie MarylinFilm
2000The FlunkySondra
2000–2002 Sheena Sheena 35 episodes; Also as performer: "FSU Fight Song"
2003 Baywatch: Hawaiian Wedding Neely Capshaw Television film
2016 Sharknado: The 4th Awakens
2017 Killing Hasselhoff Gena Lee NolinFilm

As herself

YearTitleRoleNotes
1994–

1995

The Price Is Right Model214 episodes
1996Real Men Don't Watch Pre-GameHostess Television special
1996 MTV Rock N' Jock Basketball VI
1996The 50th Anniversary of the BikiniHost
1996–

1999

TFI Friday Herself3 episodes
1997 MTV Europe Music Awards 1997 PresenterTelevision special
1998That's Incredible!HostessTelevision film
2001–

2004

Hollywood Squares Panelist40 episodes
2002–

2003

Pet StarCelebrity Judge4 episodes
2002 Miss Universe 2002 JudgeTelevision special
2002 Fear Factor HerselfEpisode: "Celebrity Fear Factor 3"
2003 The 17th Annual Genesis Awards HostTelevision special
2004 The Sharon Osbourne Show Guest Co-HostEpisode: "Episode dated 13 February 2004"
2004 ElimiDate HostessEpisode: "Episode dated 27 February 2004"
2010 Celebrity Ghost Stories HerselfEpisode: "Don Most/Gena Lee Nolin/Fred Willard/Lolita Davidovich"
2010 Comedy Central Roast HerselfEpisode: "Roast – David Hasselhoff"
2014 Hell's Kitchen Restaurant PatronEpisode: "11 Chefs Compete, Part 2"
2015 Oprah: Where Are They Now? HerselfEpisode: "Baywatch"
2017 Battle of the Network Stars ContestantEpisode: "TV Lifeguards vs. Trouble Makers"
2022 The Doctors HerselfEpisode: "Baywatch Beauty Opens Up about Eating Disorder

and Aging in Hollywood"

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References

  1. "Gena Lee Nolin". Gale Biography Online Collection (Collection). Gale. 2006. Retrieved 27 January 2023.
  2. "Gena Lee Nolin - Filmbug". www.filmbug.com. Retrieved 2023-08-11.
  3. Chelsea (November 5, 2009), Actress Gena Lee Nolin Opens Up On Postpartum Depression, Explaining Her Past Playboy Pics
  4. "Gena Lee Nolin on Creating 'Thyroid Sexy,' Her Upcoming Book And Possible 'Baywatch' Kickstarter". Starpulse.com. Archived from the original on 2014-02-01. Retrieved 2014-01-20.
  5. Beautiful Inside and Out | Book by Gena Lee Nolin, Mary Shomon – Simon & Schuster. Books.simonandschuster.com. 8 October 2013. ISBN   9781451687224 . Retrieved 2014-01-20.
  6. Wihlborg, Ulrica (December 3, 2008). "Baywatch's Gena Lee Nolin Has a Girl" Archived 2016-03-03 at the Wayback Machine . People