Jennifer Gareis
| Beauty pageant titleholder | |
 Gareis attending the second issue release of "Girls Gone Wild Magazine" Party at Les Deux, Hollywood, June 4, 2008 |
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| Born | Jennifer Lynne Gareis August 1, 1970 Lancaster, Pennsylvania, United States |
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| Title(s) | Miss New York USA 1994 |
| Major competition(s) |
Miss USA 1994 (top six) |
| Spouse | Ghassemieh |
| Children | Gavin Blaze Gareis Ghassemieh (b. June 11, 2010) |
Jennifer Lynne Gareis (born August 1, 1970 in Lancaster, Pennsylvania) is an American actress and former beauty queen.
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[edit] Private life
She is a graduate of Franklin and Marshall College, where she majored in accounting and was an All-American Swimmer, and J.P. McCaskey High School of Lancaster Pa.
She's part Italian,[1] her great grandmother Sebastiana Tringali came from Militello in Val di Catania, and the city gave her the honorary citizenship.[2]
On June 11, 2010 Gareis gave birth to her first child, son Gavin Blaze Gareis Ghassemieh. [3] [4]
In January 2012 it was announced that Gareis was expecting her second child in the upcoming summer.[5]
[edit] Career
Gareis competed in her first beauty pageant in 1992 when she placed second runner-up at Miss Pennsylvania USA. She later competed in New York, winning the Miss New York USA 1994 title, and representing New York in the Miss USA 1994 pageant held in South Padre Island, Texas on February 11, 1994. Gareis placed in the top six of the nationally televised pageant, which was won by Lu Parker of South Carolina.[6]
Gareis later began an acting career and landed the role of Grace Turner on CBS soap opera The Young and the Restless, which she played from 1997 to 2000 and again in 2001, 2002 and 2004. She is best known for her current role as Donna Logan Barber on The Bold and the Beautiful, a role she has held since July 2006. She was ranked #90 on the Maxim Hot 100 Women of 2002.[citation needed]
[edit] Filmography
| Year | Film | Role | Notes |
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| 1996 | The Mirror Has Two Faces | unknown | uncredited |
| 1997–1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2004 | The Young and the Restless | Grace Turner | |
| 1997 | Private Parts | Coed | aka Howard Stern's Private Parts |
| 1997 | Lifebreath | Elevator Woman | aka Last Breath (USA: video title) |
| 1998 | Enough Already | unknown | |
| 2000 | Gangland | Sarah | |
| 2000 | Luckytown | Sugar | |
| 2000 | The 6th Day | Virtual Girlfriend | |
| 2000 | Miss Congeniality | Tina | aka Miss Undercover (Europe: DVD title) |
| 2001 | College Try | Christine | |
| 2001 | Diagnosis: Murder | Thalia Roselawn | Episode:"Less Than Zero" |
| 2001 | Downward Angel | Woman | aka The Guild (DVD title) |
| 2001 | Feather Pimento | Woman in Green | |
| 2001 | What Boys Like | Brooke | |
| 2002 | Air Strike | Charlie | |
| 2002 | Boat Trip | Sheri | |
| 2005 | Veronica Mars | Cheyenne | Episodes:"Leave It to Beaver" and "A Trip to the Dentist" |
| 2005 | Venus on the Halfshell | Honey O'Hara | aka A Little Deception (USA: recut version) |
| 2006–present | The Bold and the Beautiful | Donna Logan | Role From:July 2006 |
| 2006 | Escape | Ecstatic Blonde | |
| 2007 | Panic Button | Susan | aka Point of Entry |
[edit] References
- ^ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EJuQ6w0TN1k
- ^ http://www.canyon-news.com/artman2/publish/On_the_Industry_1168/Bella_Jennifer_Gareis_Honored_In_Italy.php
- ^ http://www.soaps.com/boldandbeautiful/news/id/6564/The_Bold_and_the_Beautifuls_Jennifer_Gareis_Pregna/
- ^ http://celebrity-babies.com/category/expecting/
- ^ http://www.soapoperadigest.com/content/bbs-gareis-expecting
- ^ Lemieux, Josh (1994-02-11). "Miss South Carolina Crowned Miss USA". The Associated Press.
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| Preceded by Wendy Mock |
Miss New York USA 1994 |
Succeeded by Shanna Moakler |
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