Jennifer Ann "Jenny" McCarthy (born
November 1, 1972)[1][2]
is an American model, comedian, actress, author, activist, and game show host. She
began her career in 1993 as a nude model for Playboy
magazine and was later named their Playmate of the Year. McCarthy then parlayed
her Playboy fame into a successful television and film acting career.
Recently, she has written books about parenting,
and has become an activist promoting research into environmental causes and
alternative biomedical
treatments for autism.
She has claimed that vaccines cause autism[3]
and that chelation therapy helped cure her son—claims
considered false by the medical community.[4][5
jenny McCarthy grew up in Chicago, the second oldest
daughter of Linda and Dan, a steel mill foreman. She has three sisters.
McCarthy was educated at Mother McAuley Liberal Arts High School, before going
on to the University of Southern Illinois to study nursing and psychology.
However, a lack of funds meant she had to drop out
jenny McCarthy began her career as Playboy's
1994 Playmate of the Year. Since her sexy pictorial, the busty blonde has
hosted MTV's Singled Out and appeared in such comedies as BASEketball
(1998), Scream 3 (2000) and Scary Movie 3 (2003) with Pamela
Anderson. She's also the voice of Agent Tanya in the video game Command
and Conquer: Red Alert 3.
In addition to her celebrity, Jenny McCarthy became the spokesperson for Talk About Curing Autism after learning that her son, Evan, had been diagnosed with the disease in 2005. Her subsequent book, Louder than Words: A Mother's Journey in Healing Autism was published in 2007, despite much controversy regarding her stance on the disease.
In addition to her celebrity, Jenny McCarthy became the spokesperson for Talk About Curing Autism after learning that her son, Evan, had been diagnosed with the disease in 2005. Her subsequent book, Louder than Words: A Mother's Journey in Healing Autism was published in 2007, despite much controversy regarding her stance on the disease.
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