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Yasmine Bleeth was born in New York City, New York. Her New York native Father Philip was of Russian, German and Jewish decent. He made his living as a businessman. Her Mother Corina was French North African (Algerian) and was a Catholic. Corina was a former fashion model. Yasmine has said that her Mother was a beauty, but she wasn't a beauty queen. She was noted as a beauty that not only gave Yasmine her looks, but also gave her lessons and skill in how to handle life. She insisted that her daughter do well in school. Her parents did not emphasize on her looks. Although she was a star at an early age, Yasmine had to learn how to cook and do housework. She got her early start in show business at just 6 months old. She appeared as the Johnson & Johnson baby.

Growing up bilingual, Yasmine spoke French because of her Mother's background and the fact that she went to a private school as well as her native English. Yasmine went to the United Nations International School in New York. She used to travel to Paris because her Mother was French and she had family there. Like many other attractive girls, she has had her problems with jealous students. One group of girls wanted to beat her up simply because they said that she 'flipped' her hair too much. Now Yasmine admits that she actually did 'flip' her hair too much. Girls also claimed that she was 'stealing' their boyfriends. What must they think of her now?

Yasmine managed to survive her parent's divorce as a teenager, and the death of her Mother from breast cancer in 1982 before she was 21 years old. Her Mother was misdiagnosed. The doctor thought that she was going through an early menopause. The doctor told her Mother to come back in a month if the inflammation in her breast did not go away. But she did not go back to the doctor even though the symptoms persisted. She was 43 when finally diagnosed with breast cancer, which had spread tremendously, and 44 when she died. It was about six months. She never thought that she'd lose her Mother to the disease. Yasmine had never discussed it with her. She didn't ask her why she didn't go back when she realized that something was wrong. Yasmine figures that it must have been denial or fear. Later she realized that even though she and her Mother had fought a lot, that she had been her best friend. The loss still hurts her deeply and admits that she has never completely gotten over the loss.

At age six, she appeared in a Max Factor campaign with Christina Ferrara. Her work in this campaign caught the eye of fashion photographer Francesco Scavullo, who subsequently included her in his self-titled book 'Scavullo's Women.' Yasmine continued her career modeling and acting.

Yasmine made her stage debut in the off-Broadway production of the one-act plays, 'Welcome to My Life' and 'Looking for It.'

Yasmine left High School at 16 years old to take the part of Ryan Fenelli on the then popular ABC daytime soap, 'Ryan's Hope.' She thought that this saved her from going to College. She had never wanted to go away to College. She had a huge following on 'Ryan's Hope.' In 1991 when the show was cancelled, she stayed in the ABC family creating the role as the sultry, misunderstood Lee Anne Demerest on the highly acclaimed Soap, 'One Life to Live.'

She was cast in the role of Lieutenant Stephanie Holden's (Alexandra Paul) younger sister Caroline Holden in a guest appearance on 'Baywatch' before she left daytime TV and signed a three year contract to portray the role as a regular cast member starting in the show's 5th season (1994-1995).

Yasmine was voted as one of 'People Magazine's' '50 Most Beautiful People' of 1995. 'Baywatch' has launched her career as an international star and she has become a multi-media presence with success in television, feature films, CD-ROM, a music video, and her own poster.

Her credits include the 1996 NBC movie-of-the-week 'A Face to Die For.' She portrayed a naive young woman with one half of her face disfigured. She falls for the first man to give her attention and he uses her to rob her employer. She has to take the rap for the crime. A plastic surgeon fixes her face and falls for his own work. The movie generated high ratings for the network. Yasmine also starred in the ABC TV movie, 'Talk to Me,' where she portrayed a naive but ambitious young producer in this behind-the-scenes story of a fictional talk show. In 1997, she got to portray the bad girl in the ABC movie 'Crowned and Dangerous,' the comedy about the vicious competition between beauty contestants.

Yasmine has appeared on numerous magazine covers. Her most publicized one being 'Details' in 1997 where she was featured as one of three stars modeling very sexy underwear. Yasmine also gave an explicit interview for the magazine. She is also one of the numerous popular stars that endorse the 'MILK' campaign, wearing that famous milk mustache. Her 'MILK' magazine ad looks great!

With the help of the 'Baywatch' producers, Yasmine has developed her own swimwear line called 'Yazwear.' She wanted to sell quality swimwear that wasn't too expensive for the average person to afford. The line is sold exclusively in the 'Newport News' fashion catalog. She models the swimwear line herself.

During her hiatus from 'Baywatch' in 1997, she completed the feature film, 'Heaven or Vegas' (Cineville Pictures). The movie is slated for 1998.

Yasmine starred in a full-motion live entertainment CD-ROM entitled, 'Maximum Surge' (Digital Pictures), directed by award-winning special effects genius, William Mesa (Oscar nominated for 'The Fugitive'). Yasmine portrayed Jo, an ace computer engineer who is responsible for providing game players with the guidance and technical know-how to help defeat the evil dictator, Drexel. 'Maximum Surge' is available on PC, Mac and Sega Saturn.

Yasmine also shot the video 'This House is not a Home,' the follow up to 'The Rembrandt's' number one single, 'I'll Be There For You.'

Yasmine had signed a three-year contract with the show and after fulfilling her obligation, decided not to renew it. She wanted to move on to other projects. She did decide however, to return in four guest appearances so that her character could move on as well. Yasmine closes out her fourth season with the show (Baywatch's 8th season/1997-1998). She was originally slated to shoot five episodes, but the Executive Producers decided on just four. In those four episodes, her character Caroline found love with fellow Lifeguard Jack 'J.D.' Darius (Michael Bergin), as well as stardom on the Soap, 'Shannon's Hope.'

During this 4th season, Yasmine noticeably had put a bit of weight without the swim training. She had now stopped exercising. More recently toward Summer, in 1998 Yasmine had started working out again. She admits to not working out for about a year. She had concerns about her 30th birthday, which was coming up on July 14th. Yasmine doesn't enjoy exercise, but thinks that it is important to be active and healthy. She knows that gravity won't always be on her side. She tries to eat reasonably and not deny anything that she loves. She eats them in modest proportions.

One of the things that earned great disapproval was that Yasmine had such a serious problem with the show, that she later constantly said to the press that she hated it. As a regular cast member, 'Baywatch' gave Yasmine international fame and enabled her to receive tremendous offers upon completing her first season. It was such a shame that she couldn't keep her personal disappointments to herself and exit 'Baywatch' with grace. She was totally unprofessional and didn't show any class with her whining display to the press and through the eyes of many of the show's fans. In one of her first TV guide interviews (1996), her only complaint was the cold, dirty Pacific stretch of water that was a part of her job. She said that she hated it, but had a beautiful beach to come to work to every day. Yasmine said that she was proud to be on the show. She got to do projects during her hiatus.

She suddenly changed her tune when she became overwhelmed with the movie, TV, endorsement and magazine offers. Yasmine constantly said in interviews that she hated the show, even though no one told her that she had to take the role that was offered in the first place. She really had nothing to complain about because appearing on the show has opened up a lot of doors that wouldn't have been opened to her otherwise. Most of us hadn't even heard of Yasmine until she appeared on 'Baywatch.' She should have been more grateful for the tremendous boost it gave to her career.

Another remark that Yasmine told the press was that she was 'so sick and tired of Pamela Lee talking about her baby.' She could have told Pamela that in private in a graceful way than to go to the press with such pettiness. What else does a new parent talk about? Brandon was her first child.

Officially off 'Baywatch,' Yasmine appeared in 'The Lake,' a 1998 TV movie for ABC (February 1). She portrays a small town girl who returns home to find that strange things are happening. Further investigation reveals that something at the local lake that transforms people's personalities.

Yasmine has a big ambition to get off TV altogether and to make it onto the big screen. She wants to do films because of the flexibility to portray different character types. Her Father is now her manager and she now has a new agent, 'The Gersh Agency,' and a full slate of new films including, 'It Came from the Sky,' with John Ritter ('Three's Company,' ABC/'Hooperman,' ABC) and JoBeth Williams. She also has 'Basketball' (comedy from David Zucker/'Airplane'). She was on the cover of TV GUIDE with a story entitled, 'Yasmine Bleeth: Beyond the Bay.' The article catches up on her life after 'Baywatch.'

Yasmine has stated that she will not accept any nude offers. She has turned down offers from 'Playboy' magazine, stating that the only reason that they are interested is because she does not pose nude. Yasmine says that she is a 'clotheshorse' and likes for people to see her with her clothes on. She has also turned down offers from 'Wonderbra' (who wanted her to be their next spokeswoman). She was featured on the February cover of 'Women's Own' magazine. There was no feature article or interview. Yasmine appeared on 'Keenan Ivory Wayans' (FOX), and 'Veronica's Closet' (an NBC sitcom starring Kirstie Alley) as a model.

She has recently gotten back with her old boyfriend Richard Grieco after not dating for a long period of time and concentrating on her career goals after breaking off her engagement to hunky soap star Ricky Paull Goldin after a five year relationship. They had a wedding date that was cancelled so that she could film the ABC movie 'A Face to Die For.' The wedding was put 'on hold.' But Yasmine never set another date and when she broke off the relationship, everyone wondered what went wrong. Nothing was wrong with her old boyfriends and they didn't do anything to provoke the breakups. Yasmine felt that she needed to work on herself, and admits that it was a lonely time for her.

Yasmine loves to cook. It brings her pleasure. She says that it is a Creative outlet for her. She gets such a wonderful feeling when she cooks. She compares it to the feeling that a sculptor or painter gets when they create. Her boyfriend Richard Grieco has an incredible sweet tooth and she bakes for him three times a week. She believes that life is what you make it. Life is not predetermined. You make your own luck. Her heroes are her Mother and her Grandmother.