Kelly Monaco

This is the 137th post in our Celebrity of the Day series.



Kelly Monaco was born in 1976 in Pennsylvania.

She started her career in modeling in the 90s and in April of 1997 she became a Playboy Playmate of the Month. She continued to be featured in Playboy throughout the 90s.

1997 was also the year that she was cast on Susan in the television series Baywatch. In addition to her role on the show she would also work as Carmen Electra's body double because Carmen Electra could not swim.

In 1998 she got her first film role in the movie BASEketball and this was followed up by Idle Hands and Mumford in 1999.

In 1999 she was cast in the supernatural drama Port Charles she was originally cast as Olivia Locke Morley but in 2002 she ended up playing Tess Ramsey as well. She played both characters until the show ended in 2003. In 2003 she won a daytime Emmy award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series for her role in Port Charles.

In 2003 she was also cast as Sam McCall in General Hospital a role she continues to play to this day.

In 2005 she became the season winner on the first season of Dancing with the Stars.

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