Jennifer McCarthy Wahlberg (' Jennifer Ann McCarthy'"; born November 1, 1972) is an American actress, model, activist, media personality, and author. She began her career in 1993 as a nude model for "Playboy" magazine and was later named their Playmate of the Year. McCarthy then had a television and film acting career, starting as a co-host on the MTV game show "Singled Out" (1995–1997), then some eponymous sitcoms including "Jenny" (1997–1998) and "Donnie Loves Jenny" (2015–2016), as well as films, such as "BASEketball" (1998), "Scream 3" (2000), "Dirty Love" (2005), "John Tucker Must Die" (2006), and "Santa Baby" (2006). In 2013, she hosted her own television talk show "The Jenny McCarthy Show", and became a co-host of the ABC talk show "The View," appearing until 2014. Since 2019, McCarthy has been a judge on the Fox musical competition show "The Masked Singer".