Nicole Eggert

Nicole Elizabeth Eggert (born January 13, 1972) is an American actress. Her notable roles include Jamie Powell on the situation comedy Charles in Charge and Summer Quinn on the television series Baywatch. She guest-starred in The Super Mario Bros. Super Show! and Boy Meets World. She appeared in several Christmas movies that premiered on Lifetime. Eggert was also a contestant on the VH1 reality show Celebrity Fit Club in 2010 and came second in 2013 on ABC's celebrity diving show Splash.

Early life Eggert was born in Glendale, California. Her mother, Gina Duncan, was a British-born talent agent, and her father, Rolf Eggert, was a German-born canning-company executive. Eggert's quest for stardom started when her mother entered her in beauty contests. At age five, Eggert was Miss Universe in the petite division. That same year, she was the first guest star to appear on The Super Mario Bros. Super Show!. She starred as Alexa Adams in the TV adaptation of Danielle Steel's Secrets, released in 1992.

Eggert was featured as one of the many lifeguards on seasons three and four on the syndicated series Baywatch, playing the role of Summer Quinn. She appeared on the series from 1992 to 1994 and was originally supposed to be on a Baywatch spin-off. She returned for the reunion film Baywatch: Hawaiian Wedding (2003). Eggert also appears on the cover of rock band Sugar Ray's debut album, Lemonade and Brownies.

In 2004, Eggert played the role of Ginger in the first edition of the TBS network's The Real Gilligan's Island reality show. She also appeared on Scott Baio Is 45...and Single (featuring her Charles in Charge co-star Scott Baio) in 2007. On September 23, 2009, VH1 announced Eggert's participation in the winter 2010 season of Celebrity Fit Club. In 2010, Eggert appeared on the Comedy Central Roast of David Hasselhoff.

In 2013, Eggert was added to the cast of Splash, the celebrity diving show on ABC. In April, it was reported she was injured during the taping of an episode. In the days following, she denied sustaining any serious injury. In 2014, Eggert began a new career as the owner-operator of an ice-cream truck. In 2019, she appeared on the fourth episode of Back in the Game. She is also the host of the Perfectly Twisted with Nicole Eggert podcast.

In 2024, Eggert was a producer and cast member of After Baywatch: Moment in the Sun, an original docuseries in collaboration with ABC News studios that streamed on Hulu.

Personal life Eggert has two daughters. Her first daughter's father is actor Justin Herwick; despite numerous rumours and claims to the contrary, Eggert and Herwick were never a married couple. Eggert has never been married, though she was previously engaged to actor Corey Haim, with whom she starred in Blown Away, The Double 0 Kid, and Anything for Love (all were released in 1993). She is credited with helping to save Haim's life at least once by taking him to the hospital to detox during a 'narcotic rush', although she has said: "I spent a lot of nights in emergency rooms with him. I don't think that I saved his life, I just think that I was there for him."

In 2015, she appeared on the television series Botched for a breast reduction.

On January 29, 2018, sexual misconduct allegations made by Eggert against Scott Baio surfaced. In 2013, Eggert stated on the Nik Richie radio show that she and Baio had a one-time encounter "years" after Charles in Charge ended, which would have been after 1990. In the more elaborated account, discussed on The Dr. Oz Show and Megyn Kelly Today, Eggert claimed that Baio molested her beginning in 1986 when she was 14, and that when she was 17, she had intercourse with him. Baio contends that he had sexual relations with Eggert only once, and that the encounter occurred after she had turned 18. Baio explained that Eggert's own words to Richie proved he did not have intercourse with Eggert while she was a minor, since the final episode of Charles in Charge aired in November 1990, ten months after Eggert turned 18.

In December 2023, Eggert was diagnosed with stage 2 invasive cribriform carcinoma of the breast. She initially thought the symptoms were menopause-related, after gaining 25 lbs (11 kg) and experienced "terrible pain" in her left breast. She subsequently underwent a mastectomy, chemotherapy, and radiation. As of May 2025, she was receiving targeted therapy.

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