Bridget Marquardt

About Bridget Marquardt

Bridget Christina Marquardt (Tillamook, Oregon) is an American television personality, model, and actress. Marquardt is mostly known for starring in the popular Playboy TV show The Girls Next Door, which featured Hugh Hefner's three girlfriends Holly Madison, Kendra Wilkinson and herself.

Bridget was born in the town of Tillamook, Oregon. The Marquardts moved there after living in Lodi, California. Shortly after her birth, Marquardt's mother moved the family back to California. Her parents would eventually divorce, but her mother would get married again. Marquardt lived with her mother and younger brother at their stepfather's ranch.

Marquardt attended Galt High School for her freshman and sophomore years. She then transferred to Lodi High School. Marquardt graduated from high school in 1990, two months after her 17th birthday.

Some of her male friends thought that she should pose for Playboy magazine. Marquardt sent a letter to Playboy inquiring how to become a Playmate.

Then, Marquardt enrolled at San Joaquin Delta Junior College. After graduating with an A.A., Marquardt transferred to CSU Sacramento. In 1998 at the age of 25, Marquardt entered Playboy's Millennium Playmate search. She had a successful photo shoot and was sent to the Playboy Mansion for another test shoot. Later, Marquardt graduated from CSU Sacramento with a B.A. in communications and an emphasis on public relations.

In 2001, Marquardt moved to Los Angeles after earning her Master's Degree in Communications from the University of the Pacific in Stockton, California. She immediately attracted the attention of modeling and acting agents and began appearing in small roles for movies, soap operas and graduate films. She also found herself attending parties at the Playboy Mansion, where she became friends with a number of Hugh Hefner's girlfriends. In March 2002, Bridget moved to the Mansion and became one of Hefner's girlfriends.

Marquardt was featured on the E! TV show The Girls Next Door, and appeared in a pictorial in Playboy magazine's November 2005 issue as well as the September 2006 issue. She has appeared in several films as well including the horror/comedy Kottentail in which she portrays a scientist doing genetic research on rabbits.

She appeared in an episode of Curb Your Enthusiasm as herself along with Holly Madison and Hefner in 2005.

She also appeared in an episode of Celebrity Paranormal Project which aired on November 19, 2006. In the episode, she had the strongest connection with ghosts of anyone else in the group. She also claimed to have taken an online paranormal course because of her interests in paranormal activity.

Before achieving fame, Bridget was named the Playboy Cyber Girl of the Week for 4 November 2002.

She hosts the Girls Next Level podcast with Holly Madison.

As of April 2024, she has amassed 486,000 followers on Instagram and 34,200 subscribers on her YouTube platform.