bridget marquardt

Early life

Bridget Marquardt was born on September 25, 1973 in the town of Tillamook, Oregon. The Marquardts moved there after living in Lodi, California. Bridget's father Doug is a United States Air Force veteran. Her mother's name is Judy. Shortly after her birth, Judy moved the family back to California. Her parents would eventually divorce, but her mother would get married again. Bridget lived with her mother and younger brother Edward at their stepfather's ranch.

Marquardt attended Galt High School for her freshman and sophomore years. She then transferred to Lodi High School. Some of her male friends thought that she should pose for Playboy Magazine. Marquardt sent a letter to Playboy inquiring how to become a Playmate. Bridget kept searching for ways to graduate early. Bridget got her first real job at a local video store. Bridget gradutated from high school in 1990, two months after her 17th birthday.

College Years and Modeling Career

Then, Bridget enrolled at San Joaquin Delta Junior College. After graduating with an A.A., Bridget transferred to CSU Sacramento. In 1998 at the age of 25, Bridget attended Playboy's Millenium Playmate. She had a successful photo shoot and was sent to the Playboy Mansion for another test shoot. Later, Bridget graduated from CSU Sacramento with a B.A. in communications and an emphasis on public relations. Unfortunately, Bridget didn't become a playmate.

In 2001, Bridget moved to Los Angeles after earning her Master's Degree in Communications from the University of the Pacific in Stockton, CA. She immediately attracted the attention of modeling and acting agents and began appearing in small roles for movies, soap operas and graduate films. She also found herself attending parties at the Playboy Mansion, where she became friends with a number of Hugh Hefner's girlfriends. Bridget also was a stripper (stage name Paris) at Spearmint Rhino Club in Los Angeles. In March 2002, Bridget moved to the Mansion and became one of Hugh Hefner's girlfriends.

Bridget was featured on the 2005 E! TV show The Girls Next Door, and appeared in a pictorial in Playboy magazine's November 2005 issue as well as the September 2006 issue. She has appeared in several films as well including the horror/comedy Kottentail in which she portrays a scientist doing genetic research on rabbits.

She appeared in an episode of Curb Your Enthusiasm as herself along with Holly Madison and Hefner in 2005.

Filmography

Films

• Scary Movie 4 (2006) - Blonde #2
• Tomorrow's Yesterday (2006) - Crystal
• Kottentail (2004) - Scarlet Salenger
• Intolerable Cruelty (2003) - Santa Fe Tart

Television

• Curb Your Enthusiasm - episode: "The Smoking Jacket" (2005) - Bridget
• Entourage - episode: "Aquamansion" (2005) - Playmate

References

External links

• Official site
• Marquardt's page at Playboy.com Warning: Contains nudity
• Bridget Marquardt at the Internet Movie Database