Trishelle Cannatella

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Trishelle Cannatella
Born November 4, 1979 (1979-11-04) (age 29)
Cut Off, Louisiana

Trishelle Cannatella (born November 4, 1979) is an American actress, reality TV contestant, and Playboy model.[1]

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[edit] Biography

Cannatella was born on November 4, 1979, and raised in Cut Off, Louisiana. She is of French and Italian ancestry.[citation needed] She was raised as a Southern Baptist, and has described herself as a "momma's girl".[2] Her mother, a devout Christian, took her family to church three or four times a week.[citation needed] When she was 14, her mother died from a brain tumor. Cannatella was on several athletic teams throughout her high school career at South Lafourche High School,[citation needed] but after her mother had died, Cannatella began rebelling by associating with an unsavory crowd, acting the part of the "bad girl".

During her senior year of high school, however, she began to associate with a more respectable group of friends who "took her under their wing".[citation needed] After visiting her sister Buffy at The University of Southern Mississippi, Cannatella decided on that college, which she began attending at age 17,[2] majoring in Broadcast Journalism with a minor in English.[citation needed] She was a member of Chi Omega sorority.

[edit] Reality career

[edit] The Real World

Sullen about the impending need to pay back her student loans as her graduation neared in 2002, Cannatella heard a radio ad for a show called Lost in the U.S., which offered a $50,000 prize. She wore a low-cut shirt and boots to the interview in order to gain favor and cut her way through the line to the front, telling those in charge that she was told to do this.[citation needed] Later, she was notified that the show was canceled, but was asked if she wanted to audition for The Real World: Las Vegas, the twelfth season of the long-running reality show, which would later air in 2002-2003. She accepted, but perceived the questions she was asked during the audition process to be part of an attempt by the producers' part to cast her as the stereotypical racist cast member, and later, in light of the questions they asked about her religion, as the "holy roller".[2] Cannatella was selected as a cast member. During her stay, she and her roommates worked in the hotel and clubs. On one of their first few nights in the suite, Cannatella enjoyed a three-way makeout session with castmates Steven Hill and Brynn Smith in the hot tub, which a producer would later cite as a sign that this season would be a successful one. Cannatella and her fellow castmates felt pressure from the producers to act out for the cameras in order to make appealing television, saying that she was asked leading questions by the producers about her plans on certain nights.[citation needed] She also notes that alcohol was made readily available to the cast, which she pointed out in light of the fact that alcoholism runs in her family.[2]

During the season of Road Rules: Campus Crawl, which was filmed at the same time as The Real World: Las Vegas, the cast members from the two shows faced off against each other in a series of challenges.

In May 2007, she appeared on the reunion show, Reunited: The Real World Las Vegas.[3] Cannatella was also a member of the Real World team during the Real World/Road Rules Challenge: The Gauntlet, but was sent home during the tenth episode when she lost a gauntlet to Sarah Greyson. During the show, she had an on-screen romance with Mike Mizanin. Their romance caused tension between Mizanin and his friend Coral Smith, who felt that Mizanin was influenced by his relationship with Cannatella in making tactical decisions during the competition. Their feud culminated in Mizanin voting Coral into the "Gauntlet". Mike and Cannatella would later break up, and after a period of tension, become friends. Another notable moment during The Gauntlet occurred when she fell off of her bicycle and had to be sent to the hospital.

[edit] Other reality

In 2005, Cannatella was a part of the reality show Kill Reality which chronicled the making of the movie The Scorned. She has also appeared in an episode of the reality show that punks celebrities, Punk'd, hosted by Ashton Kutcher.

Cannatella appeared on Fear Factor in a special reality themed episode in 2006. Her partner was former boyfriend Mike Mizanin. The two competed against other teams of former reality contestants including Jonny Fairplay and Victoria Fuller. In the end, Cannatella and Mizanin won the show, taking home the prize money and several other prizes.

Cannatella appeared in the USA Network reality series Dr. Steve-O.[4] She was the first cast member signed to the Country Music Television show Hulk Hogan's Celebrity Championship Wrestling. After intensive training to become a professional wrestler known as "the Red Hot Redneck," she was eliminated at the end of the sixth episode when she failed to give it her all during a hardcore match, where judges expected her to be struck and strike others with a series of foreign objects.

[edit] Other media

Cannatella has posed nude for Playboy magazine and the online Playboy Cyber Club. She also appeared in a Playboy DVD.[2] She played for the New York Euphoria in Lingerie Bowl III.

Cannatella appears in William Hung's music video for his single "She Bangs". During the 2007 Super Bowl, she appeared in a commercial for GoDaddy.com alongside WWE Diva Candice Michelle. Later that year, she also appeared in the May 2007 issue of Stuff and on their website to promote her new television series VIP Passport, where she and several other girls fly to hot-spots around the world.[5]

[edit] Filmography

[edit] Television and videos

[edit] Movies

[edit] References

  1. ^ "Trishelle.org's news page". http://www.trishelle.org/news.html. 
  2. ^ a b c d e The E! True Hollywood Story: Bad Girls of Reality TV; Broadcast January 3, 2008.
  3. ^ Reunited: The Real World Las Vegas at the Internet Movie Database
  4. ^ "Trishelle Talks About New Show 'Dr. Steve-O,' Wearing A Bee-Kini & Why She's A Badass". http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2007/10/01/trishelle_talks_about_new_show_dr_steve_. 
  5. ^ StuffMagazine.com (April 4, 2007). "Passport to Pleasure". http://www.stuffmagazine.com/articles/index.aspx?id=1843. Retrieved on May 1 2007. 

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