Cindy Margolis

Cynthia Dawn Margolis (born October 1, 1965)

Margolis was raised Jewish. She was married to restaurateur Guy Starkman. Following in-vitro fertility treatment, she gave birth to son Nicholas Isaac in 2002. Twin daughters Sabrina and Sierra were born in 2005 with the incubation of a surrogate mother. Margolis and her husband separated in 2008.

Career

Margolis’ modeling career took off when agents started asking about the woman on the cards. She has modeled in advertising for companies such as Reebok, Vidal Sassoon, Coors, Frederick's of Hollywood, Hanes, and Sunkist. She was Miss Makita Power Tools 1986 and did appearances at woodworking trade shows.

Among late night television viewers, she is best known as an infomercial co-presenter including work with Tony Robbins and Don Lapre. Margolis also appeared briefly as one of Barker's Beauties in 1995 on the game show The Price Is Right. She also appeared as a fembot in the movie Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery. On September 16, 1999, she appeared on an episode of WWE Smackdown in a segment where she received a figure-four leglock from Jeff Jarrett. She had a late night Saturday talk show in 2000 called The Cindy Margolis Show, which was filmed in Miami Beach, Florida.

Margolis emerged as a star in the early days of the internet. She was named Yahoo! Internet Life magazine's "Queen of the Internet" from 1996 to 1999. She also found her way into the 2000 Guinness Book of World Records as a result of being the "most downloaded" person in 1999. At the peak of her popularity, images of Margolis were downloaded 70,000 times in a span of 24 hours.

In November 2005, Margolis teamed up with the World Poker Tour to become the new hostess for Chipleaders. In an April 2006 interview with The Washington Post, Margolis discussed her nude photo session for the December 2006 issue of Playboy, saying that she had posed for Playboy many times in the past, but never completely nude. She cited her good looks at age 40 and wanting to be an inspiration to mothers and women her age as the reason she chose to finally pose nude. "It will be fun to go up against the 20-year-olds and show them that they don't have anything on me!" she told the Associated Press. In an interview with EXTRA! magazine she said that the television show Desperate Housewives had been an inspiration for her as it showed that mothers her age could also be fit and sexy. A portion of the proceeds from the issues sold were pledged go to a charity for which Margolis is a spokeswoman, "Resolve". This charity aims to get fertility treatment better covered by insurance companies. The show premiered on January 30, 2010.

Poker Margolis played as an amateur in the Pro Am Equalizer poker tournament against fellow amateur Jeremy Sisto and professionals Howard Lederer, Jennifer Harman, Phil Laak and Chris Ferguson.

Cindy Margolis manager/publicist since 1992 is Neil Cirucci

Filmography

Film Year Title Role Notes 1997 Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery Fembot Earth Minus Zero Pizza Girl 1998 Chairman of the Board Tennis Instructor 2002 Dead Above Ground Kari McClure Mallory 2003 Sol Goode Angie 2007 The Bros. Herself 2015 Sharknado 3: Oh Hell No! Herself

Television Year Title Role Notes 1992 Married... with Children Beer Girl #1 Episode: "The Chicago Wine Party" 1993 Baywatch Girl #1 Episode: "Sky Rider" 1993-96 The Price Is Right Try-Out Model Guest: Season 22, Recurring Cast: Season 24 1996 Baywatch Nights Katy Calder Episode: "Circle of Fear" 1997 Conan the Adventurer Hissah Zul's Serving Girl Episode: "The Heart of the Elephant: Part 1 & 2" 1998 Penn & Teller's Sin City Spectacular Herself Episode: "Episode #1.22" 1999 WWE SmackDown Herself Recurring Cast: Season 1 Pensacola: Wings of Gold Holly Episode: "Fox Two" Suddenly Susan Herself Episode: "The New Gate" Shasta McNasty Our Girl Recurring Cast 2000 Hollywood Squares Herself/Panelist Recurring Panelist The Cindy Margolis Show Herself/Host Main Host The Hughleys Heather Episode: "She's a Brickhouse" 2000-02 The Price Is Right Herself/Panelist Guest Panelist: Season 1-2 2001 The Test Herself/Panelist Episode: "The Risk Test" Mad TV Herself Episode: "Episode #6.24" Ally McBeal Herself Episode: "Cloudy Skies, Chance of Parade" 2002 E! True Hollywood Story Herself Episode: "The Price Is Right" 2003 Music Mania Herself/Bikini Contest Judge Main Judge 2004 I Love the '90s Herself Episode: "1992" 2005 Steve Harvey's Big Time Challenge Herself Episode: "Episode #2.16" Game Show Moments Gone Bananas Herself Episode: "Episode #1.5" Joey Herself Episode: "Joey and the Poker" 2005-06 My Fair Brady Herself Recurring Cast 2006 Biker Mice from Mars Twinkle (voice) Episode: "It's the Pits" 2007 Identity Herself Episode: "Episode #1.8" 2008 Head Case Herself Episode: "Dreading Bells" 2010 Cubed Herself Episode: "Episode #1.32" The Virtual Revolution Herself Episode: "The Cost of Free" Seducing Cindy Herself Main Cast 2012 Beverly Hills Nannies Herself Main Cast