Actresses

Biography + Filmography

Busty model Anna Nicole Smith, born in 1967, died in 2007, burst to fame as the Playboy Playmate of the Month in May 1992, Playboy's centerfold in June 1992 and Playboy's Playmate of the Year in 1993. A model since age 20, Smith was also widely recognized for replacing Claudia Schiffer as the face of Guess jeans in mid 1990s and became the spokesperson for Trim Spa diet products in late 2003. Smith branched out to acting and is best remembered while starring in her eponymous reality show on E! Entertainment Television, "The Anna Nicole Smith Show" (2002-2004). On the silver screen, she appeared in such films as Naked Gun 33 1/3: The Final Insult (1994), To the Limit (1995), Skyscraper (1997, V) and Wasabi Tuna (2003).

One of the Internet's early pin ups, 5' 11" tall Smith has 36A-25-37 (dancer in Texas 1988), 42DD-26-38 (after implants, early 1990s), 39DD-27-39 (1993 Playmate of the Year), 39D-27-39 (slimmed down after rehab & dieting) measurements. The blonde, whose trademarks are her Texas accent and Marilyn Monroe-style tousled hair, has raised public eyebrows several times. She flashed her breasts and underpants at the audience of Nashville, Tennessee's Grand Ole Opry in April 2005, pulled her dress down to her waist to bare her breasts at the inaugural MTV Australia Video Music Awards (2005) and posed naked for a fashion magazine to prove she did not undergo surgery to lose weight in mid 2004.

Smith drew public attention in 1994 when she married 89-year-old wheelchair-bound oil tycoon J. Howard Marshall (Smith was 26 at that time), who died the following year. She then endured a long court battle with her stepson to gain half of her late husband's $1.6 billion estate. In January 2005, US judges impounded her share of her late husband's money, deciding that Smith is not one of J. Howard Marshall's heirs. A mother of a 19-year-old son, Smith was linked to real-estate developer Jonathan McManus (born in 1968; dated 1998) and doctor Ben Khan ( a.k.a. Ben Biucksson; together 1997).

On February 8, 2007, Smith died at the age of 39 after collapsing at a hotel. She was injured while staying at the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel and Casino and was rushed to a hospital. The cause of her death is now in investigation, and an autopsy was scheduled to be done on February 9, 2007.