Like Jenny McCarthy, Ereka made her way into television stardom after first being spotted within the pages of Playboy. It should be no surprise that the producers of Baywatch were looking in that direction for casting ideas, and in 1989 she was cast as Shauni, a role she held until 1992.
Action movie fans may recognize her as the Playmate who jumped out of a cake and found herself in big trouble with Steven Seagal's blockbuster "Under Siege". A promising career seemed to beckon, but unfortunately Ereka was struggling with personal issues, which manifested themselves as rapid weight gain and loss. Having won the majority of her roles partially because of her looks, it took a while for Ereka to get onto the road to recovery, and since 2010 she's been mostly retired from the world of showbiz. Happy and settled as a mother now, she'll forever be remembered as a sex siren of the 1990s.
Most of your favorite celebrities either studied acting in college or went straight from high school into a life of the arts. But, hey, not all of them. Some celebrities actually have advanced college degrees.
Turns out Mayim Bialik is just as much of a genius as the one she plays on The Big Bang Theory. She earned her Ph.D. in neuroscience from the University of California, Los Angeles, focusing on obsessive compulsive disorder among people with Prader-Willi syndrome, a rare condition in which the hypothalamus malfunctions.
Little known fact: Natalie Portman skipped the premiere of Star Wars: Phantom Menace because she was studying for her high school exams. She had two papers published in scientific journals while she was still in high school, and graduated from Harvard University with a B.A. in Psychology.
Before he was looking for answers on X-Files, David Duchovny was just trying to find the answers for English finals at Princeton University90. David graduated from Princeton in 1982 with a B.A in English. He continued to feed his love of literature by receiving a master’s degree in English Literature at Yale University. David was an excellent writer and poet. His work consistently received praise by his fellow classmates and teachers at Yale. His writing was even nominated for a college prize by the Academy of American Poets.
Sigourney Weaver graduated from Stanford University in 1971 with a bachelor’s in Literature. It was while studying at Stanford that Sigourney realized her true passion in life was to become an actress. Shortly after graduation, she attended Yale for their well-known drama program. She would go on to receive a master’s in Acting from Yale University and become friends with fellow famous actress Meryl Streep.
Meryl Streep is considered one of the most successful actresses of all time. She is also one of the most highly educated. Before collecting an array of Oscars, Meryl collected diplomas. She graduated from Vassar College with a B.A. in 1971. Meryl has a habit of being unsatisfied with impressive accomplishments as her acting career has shown, so she attended Yale University and earned a master’s degree in Acting.