Jenny McCarthy - John Russo photoshoot, October 2000

Jennifer Ann "Jenny" McCarthy (born November 1, 1972) is an American model, television host, comedian, actress, author, and anti-vaccine activist. 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 television and film acting career. She is a former co-host of the ABC talk show The View.

McCarthy has written books about parenting and has become an activist promoting research into environmental causes and alternative medical treatments for autism. She has claimed that vaccines cause autism and that chelation therapy helped cure her son of autism. Both claims are unsupported by medical consensus, and her son's autism diagnosis has been questioned. McCarthy has been described as "the nation's most prominent purveyor of anti-vaxxer ideology", but she has denied the charge, stating: "I am not anti-vaccine".

Refresher: Jenny McCarthy - Playboy Playmate exclusives, October 1993
Jenny McCarthy - Xmas photoshoot for Playboy
Jenny McCarthy - Latest Photoshoot for Playboy, December 2012

Born: November 1, 1972 (age 42) Chicago, Illinois, USA
Years active: 1993-present
Ethnicity: Caucasian
Nationality: American
Body
Measurements: 38-24-34 in
Bra/cup size: D
Boobs: Enhanced
Height: 5 ft 7 in (1.70 m)
Weight: 120 lb (55 kg)
Body type: Average
Eye color: Blue
Hair: Blonde Short, Straight
Pubic hair: Trimmed