Background:

Kari Whitman is an American model and actress. She is perhaps most known for becoming Playboy Playmate of the Month February 1988. She has appeared in many TV shows such as “Married with Children,” “Baywatch,” “Renegade,” Silk Stalkings,” “Murder, She Wrote,” “NYPD Blue,” “Nash Bridges” and “The X-Files” and in the films “Beverly Hills Cop II” (1987) and “Men at Work” (1990).

Whitman is a steadfast animal rights supporter. In 2004, the brunette actress protested the Annual Hot Dog Lunch on Capitol Hill.Representing PETA, and wearing plastic lettuce-leaf bikinis, she and fellow Playboy Playmate Lauren Anderson (Miss July 2002) sold vegetable hot dogs to members of Congress outside the Rayburn Office Building in Washington D.C.  The 2004 Hot Dog Lunch, which was sponsored by the American Meat Institute and the National Hot Dog and Sausage Council, was located in the courtyard inside the building. The annual luncheon is a celebration of “National Hot Dog Month.”     


Cheerleader

Childhood and Family:

Kari Whitman was born Kari Kennell Whitman on June 21, 1964, in Colorado Springs, Colorado. She was a cheerleader in high school.


Designer To The Stars: Kari Whitman

Career:

Kari Whitman made her first television appearance in “Charley Hannah” (1986), a ABC crime/drama TV movie starring Robert Conrad, Shane Conrad and Christian Conrad. In the following year, she hit the big screen with a bit performance, as Playboy model, in the action/comedy sequel “Beverly Hills Cop II,” which starred Eddie Murphy and directed by Tony Scott. She played the role of Jennifer in “Masterblaster,” a 1987 action/thriller starring Jeff Moldovan, Donna Rosea and Joe Hess.

Credited as Kari Kennell, Whitman was chosen as Playboy's Playmate of the Month in February, 1988, succeeding Kimberley Conrad. She continued to pursue acting with roles on the feature films “Phantom of the Mall: Eric's Revenge” (1989, starred Derek Rydall, Jonathan Goldsmith and Rob Estes) and “Men at Work” (1990, starred Charlie Sheen, Emilio Estevez (also directed and wrote the film) and Leslie Hope) as well as the made for TV films “Camp Cucamonga” (1990) and “ Deadly Medicine” (1991) and guest spots in television series like “Married with Children” (1989, as Muffy),  “They Came from Outer Space” (1990, as Lacey) and “Silk Stalkings” (1992, as Tracy Lynn/Toller).

In 1993, Whitman appeared in “Baywatch” in episode “Island of Romance” as Melinda. The year also found her making guest appearances in “Dangerous Curves” as Jannis Starke, in “Renegade” as Casey and in two episodes of “In Living Color.” Besides, she played the role of Suzanne Morrison in the drama/thriller movie “Chained Heat II” (1993), which starred Brigitte Nielsen, Paul Koslo and Kimberley Kates, and was cast as Heather in “Forced to Kill” (1994), an action/thriller movie directed by Russell Solberg and written by Corey Michael Eubanks, who also starred in the film, opposite  Michael Ironside and Rance Howard.       

Throughout the remainder of the 1990s, Whitman could be seen making guest appearances in television series such as “The Great Defender” (1995, as Melanie), “Charlie Grace” (1995, as Adele), “Murder, She Wrote” (1995, as Marge Deaver), “Mr. & Mrs. Smith” (1996, as Haley Rodgers Johnson), “NYPD Blue” (1998, as Nadine) and “Nash Bridges” (1998, as Sydney Greer). She also portrayed Candace in the PC CD-ROM “Voyeur II” (1996) and appeared in the UK drama film “Something to Believe In” (1998) with William McNamara, Maria Pitillo and Tom Conti.

In 2002, Whitman returned to television when she landed a guest starring role on “The X-Files,” playing Roxanne in the episode “Hellbound.”

In 2004, Whitman, who operates Kari Whitman Interiors, a full service design firm specializing in residential and commercial projects in West Hollywood, CA, appeared in the reality TV show “Dude Room” as designer. Two years later, she was given her own reality television show on the WE (Women's Entertainment) Television Network called “Designer To The Stars: Kari Whitman.” The show, featuring Whitman redesigning rooms within celebrity homes, aired in March 2007.   


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