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Gena Lee Biography |
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| Gena Lee Nolin was born in Duluth, Minnesota. She grew up on her family's farm and as a tomboy. Her diet was that of fatty foods. As an athletic child she enjoyed skating, basketball, playing volleyball and softball. She went up for every team in school. When Gena was a little girl, she used to have a little blanket that she would play with as she sucked her thumb. Gena had her share of problems with jealous girls in High School. Once, she got into a fistfight when a girl accused her of stealing her boyfriend even though she had never met him! The girl got so jealous, that she came at Gena and started throwing punches. Defending herself, Gena just swung and knocked her out cold. The girl was unconscious. Neely's family moved to Las Vegas while she was a senior in High School. Friends kept suggesting that she enter the 'Miss Las Vegas' contest. She won the title! She gained the attention of several Modeling Agencies, winning the 'Ford Agency' and 'Elite Agency' regional 'Look of the Year' contest and the 'Miss Barbizon USA' national title. In 1994, Gena saw an ad in the paper for a popular, long running game show, 'The Price is right.' In the 'cattle call' audition, she beat out 1,200 other women to become one of the game show's showcase models. For Gena, this was the perfect job. They worked three days a week, filming two shows a day with a ten-day break every two weeks. It allowed her time to continue with her studies and auditions. In that same year, she appeared on the CBS' daytime soap, 'The Young and the Restless.' Gena portrayed a young model named Sandy. Gena went on an audition for 'Baywatch.' She read for the producers and had to swim. She hadn't had swimming lessons since she was a child, but she did fine. When she had to read again for them, David Hasselhoff held up a message. It said that she got the part! Not believing it, she kept on reading. It didn't hit her until later that she actually got the part. She was a perfect overwhelming success in the role of the scheming and deceitful Neely Capshaw for 'Baywatch's 6th season/1995-1996. Gena replaced the actress Heather Campbell who originated the role in 'Wet 'N'Wild'/5th season 1994-1995). Gena has been featured on the cover of 'Maxim' magazine (1997 November/December issue). As the cover model, she also gives an interview here, and the magazine carried an article about 'Baywatch' women. During her pregnancy, Gena looked absolutely radiant on the cover of 'Shape Pregnancy' (Fall 1997/Special issue) for an interview. She was also featured along with cast mate Donna D'Errico in the 1997 December issue of 'Shape' magazine. Both gave interviews and demonstrated their exercises as to how they stay in shape. Both Gena and Donna have exercise videos out as part of the 'Baywatch' video collection. The big cover story is 'Porthole' travel magazine where she appears with cast mates David Hasselhoff, Jeremy Jackson, David Chokachi, Donna D'Errico and Carmen Electra. This 1997 November/December issue covers the last episode of the year. Neely and Captain Mitch Buchannon's (David Hasselhoff) 2-part wedding episode set in Alaska. | |||||||||||||
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