{{short description|American glamour model and actress (born 1977)}} {{BLP primary sources|date=July 2011}} thumb|Jen head shot '''Jennifer Walcott''' (born May 8, 1977)<ref name=augkingly>{{cite web|url=http://wekinglypigs.com/cgi-bin/nand/search/pmstat?browse=%3A%3ACONFIG%3A%3Amodelbrowse&key=walcott%2C+jennifer&limit=0|title=Playmate data|accessdate=7 July 2010}}</ref> is an American glamour model and actress best known as ''Playboy'' magazine's Playmate of the Month for August 2001.
== Early life == Walcott was born to a family of four children. Her childhood was spent in Youngstown, Ohio. She was a cheerleader and a dancer growing up. In 1995, she graduated from Lowellville High School.<ref name=pbstory>[http://www.playboy.com/girls/playmates/personal/jenniferwalcott/story/3.html Jennifer Walcott's] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090614220440/http://www.playboy.com/girls/playmates/personal/jenniferwalcott/story/3.html |date=2009-06-14 }} story at Playboy.com</ref> Walcott wanted to be a veterinarian, mostly because she had many pets at her house.<ref name="pbstory"/>
In October 1996, at the age of nineteen, Walcott visited Los Angeles and decided to move there. The first few years in L.A. were rough, as she worked two jobs while taking business classes at Santa Monica College.<ref name=resume>[http://www.jenniferwalcott.com/MyResume.html Jennifer Walcott's] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100306041302/http://www.jenniferwalcott.com/MyResume.html |date=2010-03-06 }} Official Resume</ref> In 2000, Walcott temporarily moved to Chicago to be close to her grandmother, who was very ill. When her grandmother died, Walcott decided to move back to Los Angeles.<ref name="pbstory"/><ref name="resume"/>
==Career== After her move back to Los Angeles, Walcott decided to become a model. In late 2000 and early 2001, she attended a ''Playboy'' party as a makeup artist working an event, and was taken notice of by accident; she was scheduled to shoot in mid-2001. She was chosen as the Playmate of the Month for August 2001.<ref name="playboy">{{playmate|2001|8}}</ref> She subsequently launched her own website, and appeared in many ''Playboy'' magazines. She was chosen by Carmen Electra to model for her celebrity guest photographer photo shoot on playboy.com.
She has appeared in several music videos, including videos for Justin Timberlake, Stereophonics,{{citation needed|date=July 2011}} and Marc Anthony.
Walcott was on the Playboy Xtreme team.<ref name=ask/>
During her first pregnancy, she appeared on the cover of ''Holistic Health Magazine'', explaining to the magazine that she chose to maintain her pregnancy and birth organically, without the use of drugs.<ref name=Holistic>''Playboy'' magazine; February 2009; Page 112.</ref>
Walcott has posed in and for the covers of ''Moves'', ''American Curves'', ''Muscle & Fitness'', ''Hers'', ''Physical'', ''Iron Man'', ''VP Racing Fuel'', ''Playboy''{{'}}s swimsuit calendar, ''Performance Audio and Sound'', ''AtoZ'', Playboy Catalog, ''Planet Muscle'', ''944'', ''Stun'', Matco calendar, Flirt catalog, ''People'' (Australian magazine) and many ''Playboy Special Editions''.<ref name="resume"/><ref name=ask>[http://www.askmen.com/women/models_200/233_jennifer_walcott.html Jennifer Walcott] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070612061732/http://www.askmen.com/women/models_200/233_jennifer_walcott.html |date=2007-06-12 }} at AskMen.com</ref>
In 2005, Walcott, Scarlett Keegan and Destiny Davis were given keys to Las Vegas by the mayor in appreciation for posing for a calendar promoting the city.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.upi.com/Entertainment_News/2005/01/29/Trio-of-Playmates-get-keys-to-Las-Vegas/UPI-71481106980048/tab-listen/ |title=Listen - Trio of Playmates get keys to Las Vegas - UPI.com |publisher=upi.com |accessdate=2010-01-22|date= 2005-01-29 }}</ref>
In 2005, Walcott appeared in ''American Pie: Band Camp''. In 2008, she was in the movie ''The Pool Boys''. She is now the spokesperson for Ciclon rum and Bally's slot machine.<ref name="resume"/> She is also the new Mickey's girl.<ref name="resume"/><ref name=mickeysblog>[http://www.jenniferwalcott.com/Profile/RecentUpdates.html?id=712&page=40 Jen's official blog about Mickeys] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120301073851/http://www.jenniferwalcott.com/Profile/RecentUpdates.html?id=712&page=40 |date=2012-03-01 }}</ref>
She has been featured on many television shows such as ''Weakest Link'', ''Street Smarts'', ''Dog Eat Dog'', ''Wild On!'', ''Russian Roulette'', ''Howard Stern'', ''MTV Cribs'', ''Entertainment Tonight'', ''Best Damn Sports Show Period'', ''Ripley's Believe It or Not'', ''The Other Half'', and has been featured on ''E! True Hollywood Story'' (football wives) and ''Mom Time''.<ref name="resume"/>
Walcott was chosen as a finalist to compete in the 2006 WWE Diva Search, but dropped out due to conflicts with other projects.<ref name=spin>[http://www.cbssports.com/spin/story/9237404 Jennifer Walcott] at SPiN</ref> She also won SPiN's Hottest Significant other.<ref name="spin"/>
As of late 2009, Walcott co-hosted a local advice show in Arizona called ''Mom Time TV''.<ref>{{cite journal|periodical=Playboy|publisher=Playboy Inc.|title=Playmate News|volume=56|date=November 2009|pages=122–123}}</ref>
Walcott has appeared several times as a "Postal Babe" on Running with Scissors' official website.<ref>[http://www.runningwithscissors.com/babes/postal-babe-jennifer-walcott POSTAL Babe Jennifer Walcott] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101005034029/http://www.runningwithscissors.com/babes/postal-babe-jennifer-walcott |date=2010-10-05 }} at Running with Scissors' official website.</ref> She appeared as herself in the ''Postal III'' video game.<ref>[http://www.runningwithscissors.com/postal3/postal-3-characters POSTAL 3 Characters] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120215065620/http://www.runningwithscissors.com/postal3/postal-3-characters |date=2012-02-15 }} at Running with Scissors' official website.</ref> The drawn artwork of her from ''Postal III'' was reused in ''Postal 2: Paradise Lost'' and she also appeared on the photo-poster inside a church location.
==Personal life== Walcott is married to former NFL safety Adam Archuleta.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.eastvalleytribune.com/story/108844 |title=Playmate's Chihuahuas poisoned in Chandler |author=Sheryl Bushaw |publisher=East Valley Tribune |date=2008-02-13 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080418183011/http://www.eastvalleytribune.com/story/108844 |archive-date=2008-04-18 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web| url = http://sports.aol.com/fanhouse/2007/08/30/myspace-creep-busted-for-stalking-adam-archuletas-girlfriend-j/| title = Myspace Creep Busted for Stalking Adam Archuleta's Girlfriend, Jennifer Walcott| author = Larry Brown| date = 2007-08-30| publisher = AOL Sports Blog}}</ref> They live in L.A. and had their first child on April 10, 2008.
Walcott volunteers at the Ronald McDonald House in Washington, DC.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.jenniferwalcott.com/AboutJennifer.html |title=Official site bio |access-date=2008-06-28 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080310183203/http://www.jenniferwalcott.com/AboutJennifer.html |archive-date=2008-03-10 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
Walcott is also a poet. One of her poems won a statewide ''Reader's Digest'' contest.<ref name="ask"/>
Cofounded the Foverangles charity with a Friend
Currently working on the Film/Moive Beyond the velvet ropes.
Has a TDI dog that works for Hospice Patients
currently the host of the unfiltered podcast
==Filmography== * ''American Pie Presents: Band Camp'' (2005) * ''The Pool Boys'' (2008)
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==External links== {{Sister project links |wikt=no |commons=Jennifer Walcott |b=no |n=no |q=no |s=no |v=no |species=no |display=Jennifer Walcott}} * {{official website|http://www.jenniferwalcott.com}} * [https://www.facebook.com/pages/Jennifer-Walcott/291951984166448 Jennifer Walcott] at Facebook * {{IMDb name|1320403|Jennifer Walcott}}
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