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| name = Erika Eleniak
| name = Erika Eleniak
| image = Erika_Eleniak_2011.jpg
| image = Erika Eleniak 2011.jpg
| caption = Eleniak in [[Los Angeles, California]]<br>on October 1, 2011
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| birth_name = Erika Maya Eleniak
| caption = Eleniak in [[Los Angeles, California]] on October 1, 2011.
| birth_place = [[Glendale, California]], U.S.
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| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1969|09|29|mf=y}}
| birth_place = [[Glendale, California]], U.S.
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* Actress
| nationality = American, Canadian
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| occupation = Actress
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| children = Indyanna
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* {{marriage|Roch Daigle|2005|2007|end=divorced}}
| years_active = 1982, 1988–present
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| issue = July 1989
| issue = July 1989
| preceded = [[Tawnni Cable]]
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[[File:Erika Eleniak at the 2010 Sacramento Autorama.jpg|right|thumb|{{center|Eleniak in 2010}}]]

'''Erika Eleniak''' (born September 29, 1969) is an American-Canadian actress, ''[[Playboy]]'' [[Playboy Playmate|Playmate]], and former model best known for her role in ''[[Baywatch]]'' as [[Shauni McClain]]. Her film debut was a small part in ''[[E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial]]'' (1982). She later starred in the films ''[[The Blob (1988 film)|The Blob]]'', ''[[Under Siege]]'' and ''[[The Beverly Hillbillies (film)|The Beverly Hillbillies]]''.
'''Erika Eleniak''' (born September 29, 1969) is an American-Canadian actress, ''[[Playboy]]'' [[Playboy Playmate|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 film)|The Blob]]'' (1988), ''[[Under Siege]]'' (1992), and ''[[The Beverly Hillbillies (film)|The Beverly Hillbillies]]'' (1993).


==Early life==
==Early life==
Eleniak was born in [[Glendale, California]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.erikaeleniaksofficialsite.com/bio.html |title=Erika Eleniak's Official Bio (archived) |publisher=Erika Eleniak's Official Site/archive.org |accessdate=March 20, 2012 |deadurl=bot: unknown |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120320225458/http://www.erikaeleniaksofficialsite.com/bio.html |archivedate=March 20, 2012 |df= }}</ref> She is the eldest daughter in a family of four girls and one boy. Her father, who was born in [[Edmonton]], [[Alberta]], is of [[Ukrainians|Ukrainian]] descent and her mother is of [[Estonians|Estonia]]n and [[German people|German]] ancestry.{{fact|date=October 2017}} Eleniak's parents are divorced.<ref name=FAQ>{{cite web|url=http://www.erikaeleniaksofficialsite.com/faq.html |title=Official FAQ (2013 archive) |publisher=Erika Eleniak's Official Site/archive.org |accessdate=April 20, 2013 |deadurl=bot: unknown |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130420230809/http://www.erikaeleniaksofficialsite.com/faq.html |archivedate=April 20, 2013 |df= }}</ref>
Erika Eleniak was born in [[Glendale, California]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.erikaeleniaksofficialsite.com/bio.html |title=Erika Eleniak's Official Bio (archived) |access-date=March 20, 2012 |url-status=usurped |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120320225458/http://www.erikaeleniaksofficialsite.com/bio.html |archive-date=March 20, 2012 }}</ref> Her father, Dale Alan Eleniak, is of [[Ukrainians|Ukrainian]] descent and her mother, Iris Maya (Neggo) Arnold is of [[Estonia]]n and [[Germans|German]] descent. Eleniak's paternal great-grandfather, Wasyl Eleniak, was one of the first pioneer Ukrainian immigrants to settle in Canada.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/eppp-archive/100/200/301/ic/can_digital_collections/pasttopresent/settlement/aa_Wasyl_Eleniak.html#:~:text=WASYL%20ELENIAK%2C%20one%20of%20the,district%20Kalush%20in%20Western%20Ukraine.&text=At%20the%20end%20of%20the,ship%20and%20sail%20to%20Canada.|publisher=Government of Canada|title = Wasyl Eleniak|series = Alberta Settlement| access-date = December 25, 2021|url-status=live |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20170518201907/https://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/eppp-archive/100/200/301/ic/can_digital_collections/pasttopresent/settlement/aa_Wasyl_Eleniak.html|archive-date = May 18, 2017}}</ref>

Eleniak attended Robert Fulton Junior High in [[Van Nuys, Los Angeles]] and graduated from [[Van Nuys High School]].


==Career==
==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 Taylor|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."<ref>{{Cite web | url=https://people.com/archive/cover-story-revealing-his-secrets-at-last-vol-18-no-8/ | title=Revealing His Secrets at Last}}</ref>


In 1988 she appeared as Vicki De Soto, a victim of the creature in the horror film ''[[The Blob (1988 film)|The Blob]]'', which was a remake of [[The Blob|the 1958 film of the same name]].
===Modeling===
In 1989 when she was 19, Eleniak appeared in the July 1989 issue of [[Playboy magazine]] in a pictorial with a nautical theme.


Eleniak appeared in the July 1989 issue of [[Playboy magazine|''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]]''.
===Television===
In 1989, Eleniak had a recurring role on the TV series ''[[Charles in Charge]]'' as Charles's girlfriend, Stephanie Curtis. That same year, she won a role on ''[[Baywatch]]'' as female lead [[Shauni McClain]], which she played from 1989 to 1992, leaving after the second episode of Season 3. She also played Carrie, the high-school girlfriend of Jesse ([[John Stamos]]), in "One Last Kiss", the November 16, 1990 episode of ''[[Full House]]''.

===Film===
Eleniak's first feature film role was in the 1982 film ''[[E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial]]'' as the girl kissed by Elliott in the classroom scene. Her first film role as an adult was as Vicki De Soto, a victim of the creature in the 1988 horror remake ''[[The Blob (1988 film)|The Blob]]''.


In 1992, Eleniak returned to film acting, playing Jordan Tate, a Playboy Playmate hired to do a striptease for the captain of the U.S. Navy battleship, [[USS Missouri (BB-63)|USS ''Missouri'']], in ''[[Under Siege]]''. In the film, she is described as "Jordan Tate, Miss July 1989"—which is the month that Eleniak was Playmate of the Month in real life.
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 (film)|The Beverly Hillbillies]]'' in 1993. The next year, she starred in the [[Dennis Hopper]]-directed [[romantic comedy film]] ''[[Chasers]]''. [[William McNamara]], one of her co-stars in this film, also became her fiancé for a brief period. Eleniak went on to shoot another movie with McNamara, ''[[Girl in the Cadillac]]'' (1995). Eleniak also starred in an interactive game during 1995; she played identical twins in the 1995 video game ''[[Panic in the Park]]''. She continued to make more independent films including ''[[A Pyromaniac's Love Story]]'' (1995), ''[[Bordello of Blood]]'' (1996) and [[Ed McBain]]'s ''87th Precinct: Heatwave'' (1997), ''[[The Pandora Project]]'' (1998) with [[Daniel Baldwin]], ''[[One Hot Summer Night]]'' (1998) with [[Barry Bostwick]], ''[[Final Voyage]]'' (1999) with [[Ice-T]], ''[[Stealth Fighter]]'' (1999), ''[[The Opponent (2000 film)|The Opponent]]'' (2000), ''[[Vegas, City of Dreams]]'' (2001) with [[Angelica Bridges]], ''[[Second to Die]]'' (2002), ''Shakedown'' (2002), ''[[Snowbound (2001 film)|Snowbound]]'' (2001), ''[[Betrayal (2003 film)|Betrayal]]'' (2003) and ''Strike Force'' (2003).
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.{{fact|date=May 2021}}


Eleniak appeared on the [[reality television]] series ''[[The Real Gilligan's Island]]'' in June 2005.<ref>Wheat, Alynda (June 6, 2005). [http://edition.cnn.com/2005/SHOWBIZ/TV/06/06/ew.best.wed/index.html?iref=allsearch "Tonight's Best TV"]. [[CNN]].</ref>
===Reality television===
Eleniak appeared as one of the cast members of the [[reality television]] series ''[[The Real Gilligan's Island]]'' for its second season, which started in June 2005.<ref>Wheat, Alynda (June 6, 2005). [http://edition.cnn.com/2005/SHOWBIZ/TV/06/06/ew.best.wed/index.html?iref=allsearch "Tonight's Best TV"]. [[CNN]].</ref>


Eleniak suffered from weight issues throughout her life. At one point, she was underweight due to an [[eating disorder]] and was once hospitalized because of [[laxative]] abuse.<ref>''[[Entertainment Tonight]]'', May 24, 2006</ref> By 2006, she was overweight, and became a participant on the fourth season of [[VH1]]'s reality television series ''[[Celebrity Fit Club (U.S. TV series)|Celebrity Fit Club]]'', on which two teams of celebrities compete to lose weight.
Eleniak has suffered from weight issues. At one point, she was underweight due to an [[eating disorder]] and was once hospitalized for [[laxative]] abuse.<ref>''[[Entertainment Tonight]]'', May 24, 2006</ref> By 2006, she was overweight and participated in the fourth season of [[VH1]]'s ''[[Celebrity Fit Club (U.S. TV series)|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''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://phobos.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewPodcast?id=100527110 |title=80's Movie and Music Fest Cafe podcast |publisher=[[iTunes]] |access-date=June 6, 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120211101942/http://phobos.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewPodcast?id=100527110 |archive-date=February 11, 2012 }}</ref>
===Other appearances===
In 2006, she appeared on ''80's 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''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://phobos.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewPodcast?id=100527110 |title=80's Movie and Music Fest Cafe podcast |publisher=[[iTunes]] |date= |accessdate=June 6, 2012 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120211101942/http://phobos.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewPodcast?id=100527110 |archivedate=February 11, 2012 |df= }}</ref>


==Personal life==
==Personal life==
Eleniak was once engaged to her ''Baywatch'' co-star [[Billy Warlock]], who had played her love interest on the show as well.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,1352365_1154833,00.html|title=Days of Our Lives Stars Get Married|access-date=2016-07-19}}</ref> Eleniak married Philip Goglia on May 22, 1998, but after just six months that marriage ended in divorce.<ref>[http://www.gettyimages.com/detail/news-photo/philip-goglia-and-wife-actress-erika-eleniak-news-photo/50737903 "Erika Eleniak;Philip Goglia (& Wife)"]. [[Getty Images]]. August 11, 1999. Retrieved August 2, 2012.</ref><ref>[http://www.filmreference.com/film/58/Erika-Eleniak.html "Erika Eleniak Biography (1969-)"]. Film Reference. Retrieved August 2, 2012.</ref> After filming ''[[Snowbound (2001 film)|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 wanted to leave [[Los Angeles]] for years and found commuting to and from [[Telluride, Colorado]], difficult. She purchased a home in Calgary, where Daigle lived.<ref name=FAQ/> Eleniak became pregnant in 2005, but six and a half weeks into her term, the pregnancy was discovered to be [[ectopic pregnancy|ectopic]], which required emergency surgery days later. It ended in miscarriage. Eleniak soon became pregnant again with her daughter Indyanna born in January 2006.<ref name=FitClub>{{cite episode|title=What the Hell Did I Get Into|series=[[Celebrity Fit Club]]|season=4|episode=1|network=[[Vh1]]|airdate=August 6, 2006}}</ref>
Eleniak was once engaged to her ''Baywatch'' co-star [[Billy Warlock]], who had played her love interest on the show, as well.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,1352365_1154833,00.html|title=Days of Our Lives Stars Get Married|access-date=July 19, 2016|archive-date=October 13, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121013081801/http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,1352365_1154833,00.html|url-status=dead}}</ref> Eleniak married bodybuilder Philip Goglia on May 22, 1998, but after just six months, the marriage ended in divorce.<ref>[http://www.gettyimages.com/detail/news-photo/philip-goglia-and-wife-actress-erika-eleniak-news-photo/50737903 "Erika Eleniak;Philip Goglia (& Wife)"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150725231507/http://www.gettyimages.com/detail/news-photo/philip-goglia-and-wife-actress-erika-eleniak-news-photo/50737903 |date=2015-07-25 }}. [[Getty Images]]. August 11, 1999. Retrieved August 2, 2012.</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.erikaeleniak.info/index/module/181/type/17/Erika_is_married!.html|title=Erika is married!|publisher=ErikaEleniak.info|access-date=November 9, 2020}}</ref> After filming ''[[Snowbound (2001 film)|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.<ref name=FAQ>{{cite web|url=http://www.erikaeleniaksofficialsite.com/faq.html |title=Official FAQ (2013 archive) |access-date=April 20, 2013 |url-status=usurped |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130420230809/http://www.erikaeleniaksofficialsite.com/faq.html |archive-date=April 20, 2013 }}</ref> 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 pregnancy|ectopic]], which required emergency surgery, and ended in a miscarriage.{{citation needed|date=May 2023}} Eleniak later became pregnant again and gave birth to a daughter.<ref>{{cite episode|title=What the Hell Did I Get Into|series=[[Celebrity Fit Club]]|season=4|number=1|network=[[Vh1]]|airdate=August 6, 2006}}</ref>


==Filmography==
==Filmography==

{| class="wikitable" width="100%"
===Film===
|- style="text-align:center;"
{| class="wikitable sortable"
! colspan=4 style="background:#B0C4DE;" | Film
|+
|- style="text-align:center;"
! Year
! style="background:#ccc;"| Year
! Title
! style="background:#ccc;"| Film
! Role
! style="background:#ccc;"| Notes
! class="unsortable" | Notes
|-
|-
| 1982 ||''[[E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial]]''||
| 1982
| ''[[E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial]]''
| Pretty Girl
|
|-
|-
| 1983
|rowspan="2"| 1988 ||''Broken Angel''||TV film
| ''[[Imps*]]''
| Brooke Shields
| released 2009
|-
|-
|rowspan="2"| 1988
|''[[The Blob (1988 film)|The Blob]]''||
| ''Broken Angel''
| Jaime Coburn
| TV movie
|-
|-
| data-sort-value="Blob, The" | [[The Blob (1988 film)|''The Blob'']]
| 1990 ||''Daughter of the Streets''||TV film
| Vicki De Soto
|
|-
|-
| 1989
| 1992 ||''[[Under Siege]]''||
| ''Baywatch: Panic at Malibu Pier''
| Shauni McClain
| TV movie
|-
|-
| 1990
| 1993 || ''[[The Beverly Hillbillies (film)|The Beverly Hillbillies]]''||
| ''Daughter of the Streets''
| Jennifer
| TV movie
|-
|-
| 1992
| 1994 || ''[[Chasers]]''||
| ''[[Under Siege]]''
| Jordan Tate
|
|-
|-
| 1993
|rowspan="2"| 1995 ||''[[Girl in the Cadillac]]''||
| data-sort-value="Beverly Hillbillies, The" | [[The Beverly Hillbillies (film)|''The Beverly Hillbillies'']]
| Elly May Clampett
|
|-
|-
| 1994
|''[[A Pyromaniac's Love Story]]''||
| ''[[Chasers]]''
| Seaman Toni Johnson
|
|-
|-
|rowspan="2"| 1995
| 1996 || ''[[Bordello of Blood]]''||
| ''[[Girl in the Cadillac]]''
| Amanda 'Mandy' Baker
|
|-
|-
| data-sort-value="Pyromaniac's Love Story, A" | ''[[A Pyromaniac's Love Story]]''
| 1997 || ''Ed McBain's 87th Precinct: Heatwave''||TV film
| Stephanie Potts
|
|-
|-
| 1996
|rowspan="4"| 1998 || ''[[Captive (1998 film)|Captive]]''||
| ''[[Bordello of Blood]]''
| Katherine Verdoux
|
|-
|-
|rowspan="2"| 1997
|''[[One Hot Summer Night]]''||TV film
| ''Ed McBain's 87th Precinct: Heatwave''
| Det. Eileen Burke
| TV movie
|-
|-
|''[[The Pandora Project]]''||
| ''[[She's So Lovely]]''
| Playmate
|
|-
|-
|rowspan="4"| 1998
|''[[Charades (film)|Charades]]''||
| [[Captive (1998 film)|''Captive'']]
| Samantha Hoffman
|
|-
|-
|rowspan="3"| 1999 || ''[[Stealth Fighter]]''||
| ''[[One Hot Summer Night]]''
| Kelly Moore Brooks
| TV movie
|-
|-
| data-sort-value="Pandora Project, The" | ''[[The Pandora Project]]''
|''[[Final Voyage]]''||
| Wendy Lane
|
|-
|-
| [[Charades (film)|''Charades'']]
|''[[Aftershock: Earthquake in New York]]''||TV film
| Monica
|
|-
|-
|rowspan="3"| 1999
| 2000 || ''[[The Opponent (2000 film)|The Opponent]]''||
| [[Love Stinks (film)|''Love Stinks'']]
| Gina (voice)
|
|-
|-
| ''Stealth Fighter''
|rowspan="2"| 2001 || ''[[Vegas, City of Dreams]]''||
| Erin Mitchell
|
|-
|-
|''[[Snowbound (2001 film)|Snowbound]]''||
| ''[[Final Voyage]]''
| Gloria Franklin
|
|-
|-
| 2000
|rowspan="4"| 2002 || ''[[Second to Die]]''||
| data-sort-value="Opponent, The" | [[The Opponent (2000 film)|''The Opponent'']]
| Patty Sullivan
|
|-
|-
|rowspan="2"| 2001
|''Christmas Rush''||TV film
| ''Vegas, City of Dreams''
| Katherine Garrett
|
|-
|-
| [[Snowbound (2001 film)|''Snowbound'']]
|''[[He Sees You When You're Sleeping]]''||TV film
| Barbara Cates
|
|-
|-
|rowspan="4"| 2002
|''Shakedown''||direct-to-video film
| ''[[Second to Die]]''
| Sara Morgan Bratchett Scucello
|
|-
|-
| ''Christmas Rush''
|rowspan="2"| 2003 ||''[[Betrayal (2003 film)|Betrayal]]''||
| Catherine 'Cat' Morgan
| TV movie
|-
|-
| ''[[The Librarians (film)|The Librarians]]''||
| ''[[He Sees You When You're Sleeping]]''
| Annie Campbell
| TV movie
|-
|-
| ''[[Shakedown (2002 film)|Shakedown]]''
|rowspan="4"| 2004 || ''[[Caught in the Headlights]]''||
| Julie Hayes
| Video
|-
|-
|rowspan="2"| 2003
|''[[Brilliant (film)|Brilliant]]''||
| [[Betrayal (2003 film)|''Betrayal'']]
| Emily Shaw
|
|-
|-
| data-sort-value="Librarians, The" | [[The Librarians (film)|''The Librarians'']]
|''Fatal Lessons: The Good Teacher''||TV film
| Sandi Clark
|
|-
|-
|rowspan="3"| 2004
|''[[Dracula 3000]]''||TV film
| [[Brilliant (film)|''Brilliant'']]
| Ricky Smith
|
|-
|-
| ''Fatal Lessons: The Good Teacher''
|rowspan="2"| 2005 || ''[[Absolute Zero (film)|Absolute Zero]]''||TV film
| Victoria Paige
| TV movie
|-
|-
| ''[[Dracula 3000]]''
|''Fatal Reunion''||direct-to-video film
| Aurora Ash
|
|-
|-
|rowspan="2"| 2009 || ''[[Imps*]]''||
|rowspan="2"| 2005
| ''Caught in the Headlights''
| Kate Parker
|
|-
|-
|''Just a Story''||
| ''Fatal Reunion''
| Jessica Hartley Landers
| TV movie
|-
|-
| 2006
|rowspan="1"| 2010 || ''[[Desperate Housewives]]''||
| ''Absolute Zero''
| Bryn
| TV movie
|-
|-
| 2010
|rowspan="1"| 2012 || ''Holiday Spin''||TV film
| ''Changing Hands''
| Woman in the Park
|
|-
|-
|rowspan="1"| 2012 || ''Meant to Be''||
|rowspan="3"| 2012
| ''Holiday Spin''
| Roxy
| TV movie
|-
|-
| ''Meant to Be''
|rowspan="1"| 2018 || ''Marilyn Monroe Back?''||pre-production
| Linda Dickson
|
|-
| ''Changing Hands Feature''
| -
|
|-
| 2017
| ''Boone: The Bounty Hunter''
| Herself
|
|-
| 2019
| ''Cor Values''
| Veronica MacDougall
|
|}

===Television===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|+
! Year
! Title
! Role
! class="unsortable" | Notes
|-
|rowspan="2"| 1987
| ''[[Silver Spoons]]''
| Samantha
| Episode: "Rumors Are Flying"
|-
| ''[[Still the Beaver]]''
| Lynn
| Episode: "I Had It All"
|-
| 1988
| ''[[Second Chance (1987 TV series)|Second Chance]]''
| Monica
| Episode: "The Front"
|-
| 1989
| ''[[Charles in Charge]]''
| Stephanie Curtis
| Recurring Cast: Season 4
|-
| 1989–92
| ''[[Baywatch]]''
| [[Shauni McClain]]
| Main Cast: Season 1-3
|-
| 1990
| ''[[Full House]]''
| Carrie Fowler
| Episode: "One Last Kiss"
|-
| 1998
| ''[[Brooklyn South]]''
| Officer Christine Bannon
| Recurring Cast
|-
|rowspan="2"| 1999
| ''[[Fantasy Island (1998 TV series)|Fantasy Island]]''
| Sybil Hammond
| Episode: "Innocent" & "The Real Thing"
|-
| ''[[Aftershock: Earthquake in New York]]''
| Jillian Parnell
| Episode: "Part 1 & 2"
|-
| 2005
| data-sort-value="Real Gilligan's Island, The" | ''[[The Real Gilligan's Island]]''
| Ginger - Green Team
| Main Cast: Season 2
|-
| 2006
| [[Celebrity Fit Club (American TV series)|''Celebrity Fit Club'']]
| Herself
| Main Cast: Season 4
|-
| 2008
| ''[[Germany's Next Topmodel]]''
| Herself
| Episode: "Episode 10"; Reality
|-
|rowspan="2"| 2010
| ''[[CSI: Miami]]''
| Claire Peterson
| Episode: "See No Evil"
|-
| ''[[Desperate Housewives]]''
| Barbara Fine
| Episode: "[[A Humiliating Business]]"
|-
| 2023
| ''[[Meet the Richardsons]]''
| Herself
| Episode: "Episode #4.8"
|}

===Video games===
{| class="wikitable"
|+
! Year
! Title
! Role
|-
| 1995
| ''[[Panic in the Park]]''
| Janie/Jamie
|}
|}


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

(1969-09-29) September 29, 1969 (age 55)
Glendale, California, U.S.
Occupations
  • Actress
  • model
Years active1982–present
Playboy centerfold appearance
July 1989
Preceded byTawnni Cable
Succeeded byGianna Amore
Personal details
Height5 ft 6 in (168 cm)
Spouses
Philip Goglia
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(m. 1998; div. 1998)​
Roch Daigle
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(m. 2005; div. 2007)​
Children1
Signature
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).

Early life

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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

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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

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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

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Film

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Year Title Role Notes
1982 E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial Pretty Girl
1983 Imps* Brooke Shields released 2009
1988 Broken Angel Jaime Coburn TV movie
The Blob Vicki De Soto
1989 Baywatch: Panic at Malibu Pier Shauni McClain TV movie
1990 Daughter of the Streets Jennifer TV 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
1997 Ed McBain's 87th Precinct: Heatwave Det. Eileen Burke TV movie
She's So Lovely Playmate
1998 Captive Samantha Hoffman
One Hot Summer Night Kelly Moore Brooks TV movie
The Pandora Project Wendy Lane
Charades Monica
1999 Love Stinks Gina (voice)
Stealth Fighter Erin Mitchell
Final Voyage Gloria Franklin
2000 The Opponent Patty Sullivan
2001 Vegas, City of Dreams Katherine Garrett
Snowbound Barbara Cates
2002 Second to Die Sara Morgan Bratchett Scucello
Christmas Rush Catherine 'Cat' Morgan TV movie
He Sees You When You're Sleeping Annie Campbell TV movie
Shakedown Julie Hayes Video
2003 Betrayal Emily Shaw
The Librarians Sandi Clark
2004 Brilliant Ricky Smith
Fatal Lessons: The Good Teacher Victoria Paige TV movie
Dracula 3000 Aurora Ash
2005 Caught in the Headlights Kate Parker
Fatal Reunion Jessica Hartley Landers TV movie
2006 Absolute Zero Bryn TV movie
2010 Changing Hands Woman in the Park
2012 Holiday Spin Roxy TV movie
Meant to Be Linda Dickson
Changing Hands Feature -
2017 Boone: The Bounty Hunter Herself
2019 Cor Values Veronica MacDougall

Television

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Year Title Role Notes
1987 Silver Spoons Samantha Episode: "Rumors Are Flying"
Still the Beaver Lynn Episode: "I Had It All"
1988 Second Chance Monica Episode: "The Front"
1989 Charles in Charge Stephanie Curtis Recurring Cast: Season 4
1989–92 Baywatch Shauni McClain Main Cast: Season 1-3
1990 Full House Carrie Fowler Episode: "One Last Kiss"
1998 Brooklyn South Officer Christine Bannon Recurring Cast
1999 Fantasy Island Sybil Hammond Episode: "Innocent" & "The Real Thing"
Aftershock: Earthquake in New York Jillian Parnell Episode: "Part 1 & 2"
2005 The Real Gilligan's Island Ginger - Green Team Main Cast: Season 2
2006 Celebrity Fit Club Herself Main Cast: Season 4
2008 Germany's Next Topmodel Herself Episode: "Episode 10"; Reality
2010 CSI: Miami Claire Peterson Episode: "See No Evil"
Desperate Housewives Barbara Fine Episode: "A Humiliating Business"
2023 Meet the Richardsons Herself Episode: "Episode #4.8"

Video games

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Year Title Role
1995 Panic in the Park Janie/Jamie

References

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  1. ^ "Erika Eleniak's Official Bio (archived)". Archived from the original on March 20, 2012. Retrieved March 20, 2012.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  2. ^ "Wasyl Eleniak". Alberta Settlement. Government of Canada. Archived from the original on May 18, 2017. Retrieved December 25, 2021.
  3. ^ "Revealing His Secrets at Last".
  4. ^ Wheat, Alynda (June 6, 2005). "Tonight's Best TV". CNN.
  5. ^ Entertainment Tonight, May 24, 2006
  6. ^ "80's Movie and Music Fest Cafe podcast". iTunes. Archived from the original on February 11, 2012. Retrieved June 6, 2012.
  7. ^ "Days of Our Lives Stars Get Married". Archived from the original on October 13, 2012. Retrieved July 19, 2016.
  8. ^ "Erika Eleniak;Philip Goglia (& Wife)" Archived 2015-07-25 at the Wayback Machine. Getty Images. August 11, 1999. Retrieved August 2, 2012.
  9. ^ "Erika is married!". ErikaEleniak.info. Retrieved November 9, 2020.
  10. ^ "Official FAQ (2013 archive)". Archived from the original on April 20, 2013. Retrieved April 20, 2013.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  11. ^ "What the Hell Did I Get Into". Celebrity Fit Club. Season 4. Episode 1. August 6, 2006. Vh1.
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