Bridget Marquardt

Here’s a biographical sketch of Bridget Marquardt (citing sources):

Bridget Marquardt – Biography & Career

Early Life & Education

• Bridget Christina Sandmeier (later known as Bridget Marquardt) was born September 25, 1973 in Tillamook, Oregon.

• Shortly after her birth, her family moved to California, where she was raised.

• Her parents divorced when she was in fifth grade. Her mother remarried, and she lived with her mother, brother (Edward), and later gained a half-sister, Anastasia.

• She attended Galt High School for freshman and sophomore years, then transferred to Lodi High School, graduating in 1990.

• Education: she earned an Associate degree from San Joaquin Delta College; then a B.A. in Communications (with emphasis in Public Relations) from California State University, Sacramento; and later a master’s degree from University of the Pacific in Stockton, California.

Career & Public Life

• Bridget first became involved with Playboy after writing a letter to inquire how to become a Playmate while still in college.

• She competed in Playboy’s Millennium Playmate search in 1998.

• In 2001, she moved to Los Angeles to pursue modeling and acting.

• Over time, she became a regular at the Playboy Mansion. In October 2002, she was invited to move in and became one of Hugh Hefner’s girlfriends.

• She rose to fame through the reality TV series The Girls Next Door (2005–2009), which documented life in the Playboy Mansion with Hefner and his girlfriends Holly Madison and Kendra Wilkinson.

• She appeared in Playboy pictorials with her Girls Next Door co-stars (November 2005, September 2006, March 2008)

• She branched into TV hosting: she hosted Bridget’s Sexiest Beaches on the Travel Channel (debuting March 12, 2009).

• In recent years, she co-hosts the paranormal podcast Ghost Magnet with Bridget Marquardt, and (with Holly Madison) Girls Next Level.

Personal Life & Relationships

• She was married to Chad Christopher Marquardt (August 2, 1997 – 2008).

• In 2008, she began a relationship with Nicholas Carpenter (son of astronaut Scott Carpenter). They became engaged in fall 2015.

• Pets: she has (or had) a Pekingese dog named Wednesday (or “Winnie”) and a Persian cat named Gizmo.

Film / TV Appearances

• Films: Intolerable Cruelty (2003), Kottentail (2004), Scary Movie 4 (2006), The House Bunny (2008), The Telling (2009), among others.

• TV: The Girls Next Door (Seasons 1–5, 79 episodes), guest appearances on Curb Your Enthusiasm, Entourage, Celebrity Paranormal Project, Celebrity Family Feud, The Search for the Next Elvira, among others.