Erika Eleniak

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Erika Eleniak
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Eleniak in Los Angeles, California
on October 1, 2011
Born
Erika Maya Eleniak

(1969-09-29) September 29, 1969 (age 55)
Occupations
  • Actress
  • model
Years active1982–present
Playboy centerfold appearance
July 1989
Preceded by Tawnni Cable
Succeeded by Gianna Amore
Personal details
Height5 ft 6 in (168 cm)
Spouse
Philip Goglia
(m. 1998;div. 1998)
Partner(s)Roch Daigle
(2001–present)
(married)
Children1
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Eleniak in 2010 Erika Eleniak at the 2010 Sacramento Autorama.jpg
Eleniak in 2010

Erika Eleniak (born September 29, 1969) is an American-Canadian actress, Playboy Playmate, and model known for her role in Baywatch as Shauni McClain. Her film debut was in E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (1982). She starred in the films The Blob (1988), Under Siege (1992), and The Beverly Hillbillies (1993).

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Early life

Erika Eleniak was born in Glendale, California. [1] Her father, Dale Alan Eleniak, is of Ukrainian descent and her mother, Iris Maya (Neggo) Arnold is of Estonian and German descent. Eleniak's paternal great-grandfather, Wasyl Eleniak, was one of the first pioneer Ukrainian immigrants to settle in Canada. [2]

Career

Eleniak's first feature-film role was at age 12, in the 1982 film E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial as the girl kissed by Elliott in the classroom scene. Her 10-year-old costar, Henry Thomas, told People magazine that he disliked filming the scene: “When I had to kiss the girl, I had to do it two times! I don’t like girls." [3]

In 1988 she appeared as Vicki De Soto, a victim of the creature in the horror film The Blob , which was a remake of the 1958 film of the same name.

Eleniak appeared in the July 1989 issue of Playboy in a pictorial with a nautical theme. That same year, she began a recurring role in the TV series Charles in Charge as Charles's girlfriend Stephanie Curtis, and also won a role on Baywatch as female lead Shauni McClain, which she played from 1989 to 1992. She also played Carrie, the high-school girlfriend of Jesse (John Stamos), in "One Last Kiss", the November 16, 1990 episode of Full House .

In 1992, Eleniak returned to film acting, playing a Playboy Playmate hired to perform a striptease for the captain of a U.S. Navy battleship in Under Siege . In the film, she is described as "Miss July 1989"—the month that Eleniak was Playmate of the Month in real life.

She had a starring role as Elly May Clampett in the screen adaptation of The Beverly Hillbillies in 1993. The next year, she starred in the Dennis Hopper-directed romantic comedy film Chasers with William McNamara. Eleniak shot another movie with McNamara, Girl in the Cadillac (1995), and starred as identical twins in the interactive 1995 video game Panic in the Park . She continued to make more independent films until 2003.[ citation needed ]

Eleniak appeared on the reality television series The Real Gilligan's Island in June 2005. [4]

Eleniak has suffered from weight issues. At one point, she was underweight due to an eating disorder and was once hospitalized for laxative abuse. [5] By 2006, she was overweight and participated in the fourth season of VH1's Celebrity Fit Club .

In 2006, she appeared on '80s Movie and Music Fest Cafe, a British comedy podcast on iTunes, in which she discussed her career with presenters Ross Dyer and Julian Bayes. She gave a lighthearted view of Baywatch and her challenge during filming of Celebrity Fit Club. [6]

Personal life

Eleniak was once engaged to her Baywatch co-star Billy Warlock, who had played her love interest on the show, as well. [7] Eleniak married bodybuilder Philip Goglia on May 22, 1998, but after just six months, the marriage ended in divorce. [8] [9] After filming Snowbound in 2001 in Calgary, Alberta, Eleniak became enamored of the city. She began dating Roch Daigle, a key grip who worked on the set. She had wanted to leave Los Angeles as she found commuting to and from Telluride, Colorado, difficult. She purchased a home in Calgary, where Daigle lived. [10] The two eventually married. Eleniak became pregnant in 2005, but six and a half weeks into her term, the pregnancy was discovered to be ectopic, which required emergency surgery, and ended in a miscarriage.[ citation needed ] Eleniak later became pregnant again and gave birth to a daughter. [11]

Filmography

Film

YearTitleRoleNotes
1982 E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial Pretty Girl
1983 Imps* Brooke Shieldsreleased 2009
1988Broken AngelJaime CoburnTV movie
The Blob Vicki De Soto
1989Baywatch: Panic at Malibu PierShauni McClainTV movie
1990Daughter of the StreetsJenniferTV movie
1992 Under Siege Jordan Tate
1993 The Beverly Hillbillies Elly May Clampett
1994 Chasers Seaman Toni Johnson
1995 Girl in the Cadillac Amanda 'Mandy' Baker
A Pyromaniac's Love Story Stephanie Potts
1996 Bordello of Blood Katherine Verdoux
1997Ed McBain's 87th Precinct: HeatwaveDet. Eileen BurkeTV movie
She's So Lovely Playmate
1998 Captive Samantha Hoffman
One Hot Summer Night Kelly Moore BrooksTV movie
The Pandora Project Wendy Lane
Charades Monica
1999 Love Stinks Gina (voice)
Stealth FighterErin Mitchell
Final Voyage Gloria Franklin
2000 The Opponent Patty Sullivan
2001Vegas, City of DreamsKatherine Garrett
Snowbound Barbara Cates
2002 Second to Die Sara Morgan Bratchett Scucello
Christmas RushCatherine 'Cat' MorganTV movie
He Sees You When You're Sleeping Annie CampbellTV movie
Shakedown Julie HayesVideo
2003 Betrayal Emily Shaw
The Librarians Sandi Clark
2004 Brilliant Ricky Smith
Fatal Lessons: The Good TeacherVictoria PaigeTV movie
Dracula 3000 Aurora Ash
2005Caught in the HeadlightsKate Parker
Fatal ReunionJessica Hartley LandersTV movie
2006Absolute ZeroBrynTV movie
2010Changing HandsWoman in the Park
2012Holiday SpinRoxyTV movie
Meant to BeLinda Dickson
Changing Hands Feature-
2017Boone: The Bounty HunterHerself
2019Cor ValuesVeronica MacDougall

Television

YearTitleRoleNotes
1987 Silver Spoons SamanthaEpisode: "Rumors Are Flying"
Still the Beaver LynnEpisode: "I Had It All"
1988 Second Chance MonicaEpisode: "The Front"
1989 Charles in Charge Stephanie CurtisRecurring Cast: Season 4
1989–92 Baywatch Shauni McClain Main Cast: Season 1-3
1990 Full House Carrie FowlerEpisode: "One Last Kiss"
1998 Brooklyn South Officer Christine BannonRecurring Cast
1999 Fantasy Island Sybil HammondEpisode: "Innocent" & "The Real Thing"
Aftershock: Earthquake in New York Jillian ParnellEpisode: "Part 1 & 2"
2005 The Real Gilligan's Island Ginger - Green TeamMain Cast: Season 2
2006 Celebrity Fit Club HerselfMain Cast: Season 4
2008 Germany's Next Topmodel HerselfEpisode: "Episode 10"; Reality
2010 CSI: Miami Claire PetersonEpisode: "See No Evil"
Desperate Housewives Barbara FineEpisode: "A Humiliating Business"
2023 Meet the Richardsons HerselfEpisode: "Episode #4.8"

Video games

YearTitleRole
1995 Panic in the Park Janie/Jamie

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