Gena Lee Nolin

Infobox actor


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name = Gena Lee Nolin
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birthdate = birth date and age|1971|11|29
birthplace = Duluth, Minnesota, United States
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occupation = Actress and model
yearsactive = 1993-present
spouse = David Alan Feiler (1991-1991) Greg Fahlman (1993-2004) Cale Hulse (2004-present)

Gena Lee Nolin (born November 29, 1971) is an American actress and model. She is best known for her television appearances on "The Price Is Right" and "Baywatch" in the 1990s.

Early years

Gena Lee Nolin was born in Duluth, Minnesota. During her childhood, Nolin lived on a farm. An athletic child, she enjoyed ice fishing, mens basketball, volleyball and softball. She moved to Las Vegas, Nevada, where she worked as a waitress. She later entered the Miss Las Vegas beauty pageant--and went on to win the title.

After becoming Miss Las Vegas, Nolin got the attention of several modeling agencies. She then moved to Los Angeles, California, to pursue acting and study interior design at Santa Monica College. Nolin first worked as a waitress in Los Angeles.

Career

In 1993, Gena Lee Nolin received breast implants. A year later, she saw a newspaper ad for the popular, long-running game show, "The Price Is Right". She beat out 1,200 other women to become one of the show's Barker's Beauties. Soon afterward, Nolin appeared in the soap opera, "The Young and the Restless" as a model named Sandy.

In 1995, Nolin starred in her biggest role as Neely Capshaw in the television series "Baywatch" (becoming the second actress to play the controversial character, who was originally created to appear as a one-episode part). In June 1997, her only child with Fahlman, son Spencer, was born. Later in the year, Nolin began modelling, for the first time since her pregnancy, for "Maxim". In 1998, Nolin quit "Baywatch" and started her own show, "Sheena (TV series)", in 2000. In late 2001, Nolin posed nude for "Playboy" magazine, further increasing her fame. In 2002, "Sheena" was cancelled.

She did a music video with Billy Currington called "I Got A Feeling".

Personal life

Gena Lee Nolin's first marriage, to David Alan Feiler in 1991, lasted a month and a day. He would later go on to stalk her, forcing her to get a restraining order.Fact|date=January 2008

In 1993, she met Greg Fahlman at a convention where he was giving out fliers; they married on November 27, 1993.

In 2004, Nolin divorced Fahlman and began dating NHL hockey player Cale Hulse. Around this time, an explicit sex tape of her and Fahlman began to appear on the internet. Her homemade sex video, made by Nolin and her then-husband Greg Fahlman in the 1990s, is reportedly for sale to the first Internet porn site to pony up $1 million without the actress' consent. (April 29, 2004 [http://www.celebritywonder.com/html/genaleenolin.html]

On September 3, 2004, Hulse and Nolin were married at the Royal Palms Resort and Spa in Phoenix, Arizona. Their son, Hudson Lee Hulse, was born on April 15, 2006, in Scottsdale, Arizona.

Filmography

* "Airheads" (1994) (uncredited)
* "The Underground Comedy Movie" (1999) ... as Marylin
* "The Flunky" (2000) ... as Sondra

TV appearances

* "The Price Is Right" (1972) ... Model (1994-1995)
* "Baywatch" ... as Neely Capshaw Buchannon (1995-1998)
* "That's Incredible! (1997) ... Host
* "" (1998) ... as Neely Capshaw
* "Sheena" (2000) ... as Sheena
* "" (2003) ... as Neely Capshaw
* "" (2006)

See also

* Celebrity sex tape

External links

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* [http://www.flickr.com/photos/genaleenolin Gena Lee Nolin] on [http://www.flickr.com/people/genaleenolin flickr]

References

* [http://www.celebritywonder.com/html/genaleenolin.html Video]