Acting

Jenny McCarthy

Born: November 1, 1972 (age 53)
Birthplace: Evergreen Park, Illinois, USA
Credits: 101 titles

Biography

Jennifer Ann "Jenny" McCarthy-Wahlberg (born November 1, 1972) is an American comedian, actress, TV personality, radio personality, author, activist, and model. She began her career as a Playboy magazine model in 1993, before launching a television and film acting career. She has written books about parenting, and has become an activist promoting claims—not supported by medical evidence—that vaccines cause autism and chelation therapy helps cure it.

Latest project Best work, ranked IMDb

Signature work

Known For

Scary Movie 3

2003

Scream 3

2000

Two and a Half Men

2003

Charmed

1998

John Tucker Must Die

2006

Chuck

2007

My Name Is Earl

2005

Home Improvement

1991

A Turtle's Tale: Sammy's Adventures

2010

What's New, Scooby-Doo?

2002

BASEketball

1998

Baywatch

1989

Things to Do in Denver When You're Dead

1995

Raw

1993

The Drew Carey Show

1995

Just Shoot Me!

1997

Wings

1990

Python

2000

Acting credits 101

Year	Title	Role
2023	Dick Van Dyke: 98 Years of Magic Film	Self
2023	Jack Osbourne's Night of Terror TV	Self (1 ep)
2022	Sherri TV	Self - Guest (2 ep)
2022	The Jennifer Hudson Show TV	Self (1 ep)
2019	The Kelly Clarkson Show TV	Self (1 ep)
2019	The Masked Singer TV	Self - Panelist (185 ep)
2017	Love, Sweat and Tears Film	Self
2017	Playmate Anthology TV	Self (1 ep)
2015	Tooken Film	Herself
2015	Donnie Loves Jenny TV	Herself (26 ep)
2014	Jenny McCarthy's Dirty Sexy Funny Film	Self
2013	The Jenny McCarthy Show TV	Host (15 ep)
2011	Love in the Wild TV	Host (8 ep)
2010	A Turtle's Tale: Sammy's Adventures Film	Shelly (voice)
2010	The Vaccine War Film	Self
2010	Toxic Soup Film	Self
2009	Santa Baby 2 Film	Mary Class
2009	Hugh Hefner: Playboy, Activist and Rebel Film
2009	WWE Saturday Night's Main Event XXXVI Film	Self
2009	Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen TV	Self - Guest (16 ep)
2009	The Tonight Show with Conan O'Brien TV	Self - Guest (1 ep)
2009	Autism: Made in the U.S.A. Film	Herself at Green Our Vaccines rally (archive footage) (as Jenny McCarthy)
2008	Playboy's Nude Celebrities Film	Self
2008	Wieners Film	Ms. Isaac
2008	Playboy: Celebrity Photographers 2 Film
2008	Tripping the Rift: The Movie Film	Six of Nine (voice)
2008	Witless Protection Film	Connie
2007	Chuck TV	Sylvia Arculin (1 ep)
2007	In the Motherhood TV	Kelly (5 ep)
2006	Santa Baby Film	Mary Class
2006	The Megan Mullally Show TV	Self - Guest (1 ep)
2006	The Greg Behrendt Show TV	(1 ep)
2006	John Tucker Must Die Film	Lori
2006	WWE ECW TV	Self (1 ep)
2006	Playmate of the Year: Collection - The '90s Film	Self (archive footage)
2006	Playboy: Celebrity Centerfolds Film	Self
2005	Dirty Love Film	Rebecca Sommers
2005	My Name Is Earl TV	Wendy (1 ep)
2005	The Tyra Banks Show TV	(1 ep)
2005	Kathy Griffin: My Life on the D-List TV	Self (1 ep)
2005	The Bad Girl's Guide TV	JJ (6 ep)
2005	Stacked TV	(1 ep)
2005	My Crazy Life TV	(1 ep)
2004	The Brady Bunch 35th Anniversary Reunion Special: Still Brady After All These Years Film	Self - Host
2004	The Tony Danza Show TV	Self (3 ep)
2004	Tripping the Rift TV	Six of One (voice) (13 ep)
2003	Scary Movie 3 Film	Kate
2003	Hope & Faith TV	Mandi Radnor (3 ep)
2003	Two and a Half Men TV	Courtney (8 ep)
2003	All About the Andersons TV	(1 ep)
2003	The Ellen DeGeneres Show TV	Self (1 ep)
2003	Playboy's 50th Anniversary Celebration Film
2003	Wanda at Large TV	(2 ep)
2003	Jimmy Kimmel Live! TV	Self (1 ep)
2002	Less than Perfect TV	Dani (3 ep)
2002	What I Like About You TV	Michelle (1 ep)
2002	Fastlane TV	Gretchen Bix (1 ep)
2002	What's New, Scooby-Doo? TV	Marcy (voice) (1 ep)
2002	The Perfect You Film	Whitney
2001	Good Day Live TV	Self (1 ep)

Crew credits 2

Year	Title	Job
2014	Jenny McCarthy's Dirty Sexy Funny Film	Executive Producer
2005	Dirty Love Film	Screenplay, Producer