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Jenny McCarthy

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Jennifer Ann McCarthy-Wahlberg (née McCarthy; born November 1, 1972) is an American actress, model, television personality, and anti-vaccine activist. She began her career in 1993 as a nude model for Playboy magazine and was later named their Playmate of the Year. McCarthy then had a television and film acting career, beginning as a co-host on the MTV game show Singled Out (1995–1997) and afterwards starring in the eponymous sitcom Jenny (1997–1998), as well as films including BASEketball (1998), Scream 3 (2000), Dirty Love (2005), John Tucker Must Die (2006), and Santa Baby (2006). In 2013, she hosted her own television talk show The Jenny McCarthy Show, and became a co-host of the ABC talk show The View, appearing on the program until 2014. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in 39 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 38 in 2024). Jenny McCarthy is the 4,733rd most popular actor (up from 4,917th in 2024), the 7,497th most popular biography from United States (down from 7,194th in 2019) and the 2,171st most popular American Actor.

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Among actors, Jenny McCarthy ranks 4,733 out of 13,578. Before her are Estelle Taylor, Mary Wickes, Michael Learned, Charley Chase, Teresa Stratas, and Leslie Odom Jr.. After her are Craig Parker, Rinko Kikuchi, Bethany Joy Lenz, Kane Hodder, Ford Sterling, and Lindsay Crouse.

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Among people born in 1972, Jenny McCarthy ranks 183. Before her are Gurban Gurbanov, Judith Godrèche, Stephen Marley, Drea de Matteo, Taeko Kawasumi, and Lawrence Wong. After her are Justine Musk, Bang Si-hyuk, Jang Dong-gun, Abdeljalil Hadda, Fernando Picun, and Masaru Hirayama.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Jenny McCarthy ranks 7,498 out of 20,380. Before her are Irwin Winkler (1931), Tyrus (1973), Charley Chase (1893), Leslie Odom Jr. (1981), and Eugene Sledge (1923). After her are Karol J. Bobko (1937), Bethany Joy Lenz (1981), Kane Hodder (1955), Danger Mouse (1977), Ford Sterling (1883), Lindsay Crouse (1948), and Louis McLane (1786).

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Among ACTORS In United States

Among actors born in United States, Jenny McCarthy ranks 2,172. Before her are Lili Reinhart (1996), Estelle Taylor (1894), Mary Wickes (1910), Michael Learned (1939), Charley Chase (1893), and Leslie Odom Jr. (1981). After her are Bethany Joy Lenz (1981), Kane Hodder (1955), Ford Sterling (1883), Lindsay Crouse (1948), Slim Pickens (1919), and Brock Peters (1927).

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