Nikki Ziering

{{Infobox Playboy Playmate

| name = Nikki Ziering

| image = Nikki Ziering.jpg

| imagesize =

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| issue = September 1997

| birth_name = Natalie Schieler

| birth_place = Norwalk, California, U.S.

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|mf=yes|1971|8|9}}

| children = 1

| height = {{height|foot=5|inch=8}}

| preceded = Kalin Olson

| succeeded = Layla Harvest Roberts

}}

Natalie "Nikki" Ziering (née Schieler; born August 9, 1971){{cite web|url=http://wekinglypigs.com/cgi-bin/nand/search/pmstat?browse=%3A%3ACONFIG%3A%3Amodelbrowse&key=schieler%2C+nikki&limit=0|title=Playmate data|access-date=9 March 2009|archive-date=18 April 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120418223103/http://wekinglypigs.com/cgi-bin/nand/search/pmstat?browse=::CONFIG::modelbrowse&key=schieler,+nikki&limit=0|url-status=live}} is an American model and actress. Ziering was Playboy's Playmate of the Month for September 1997.

Early life

Natalie Schieler was born in Norwalk, California. She is of Norwegian and German descent.Pfefferman, Naomi (July 31, 2003). [http://www.jewishjournal.com/home/searchview.php?id=10849 "Ziering Dominates With Blonde Ambition"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120318222430/http://www.jewishjournal.com/home/searchview.php?id=10849 |date=2012-03-18 }}. The Jewish Journal of Greater Los Angeles

Career

Schieler (ex-wife of actor Ian Ziering) was Playboy's Playmate of the Month for September 1997. She appeared on the cover twice, first in August 1997, then in July 2003, along with a feature pictorial. Prior to Playboy, Schieler was a swimwear model usually modeling for Venus Swimwear and Frederick's of Hollywood. She appeared on The Price Is Right as a model from 1999 to 2002.{{cite news|newspaper=Playboy|title=Playmate News|volume=55|date=November 2008|pages=143–144}}

Her television work includes the reality television series Celebrity Love Island, I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here!, Celebrity Boot Camp, Celebrity Paranormal Project, and Hulk Hogan's Celebrity Championship Wrestling; being a sideline reporter for the CBS tournament blackjack series Ultimate Blackjack Tour; and co-hosting the comedy show The Grill with Vernon Kay. She has also appeared on The Howard Stern Show, and she was the team captain of the 2004 Los Angeles Temptation squad for the Lingerie Bowl. Her work in film includes American Wedding, National Lampoon's Spring Break, and National Lampoon's Gold Diggers.

Personal life

Schieler converted to Judaism before marrying actor Ian Ziering on July 4, 1997.{{Cite web|last=Bloom|first=Nate|title=Jewish Stars|publisher=Cleveland Jewish News|date=October 20, 2008|url=https://www.clevelandjewishnews.com/archives/jewish-stars/article_e71d8d7c-c86d-5830-aef0-8caad557a58d.html|access-date=December 24, 2017|archive-date=June 10, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200610212809/https://www.clevelandjewishnews.com/archives/jewish-stars/article_e71d8d7c-c86d-5830-aef0-8caad557a58d.html|url-status=live}} They divorced in 2002.*{{cite web|url=http://www.rottentomatoes.com/celebrity/nikki_ziering/biography.php|title=Nikki Schieler Ziering Biography|website=Rotten Tomatoes|access-date=7 March 2013|archive-date=17 November 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121117042941/http://www.rottentomatoes.com/celebrity/nikki_ziering/biography.php|url-status=live}}

{{cite web|url=http://www.zimbio.com/Nikki+Ziering/articles/k2xZNFShj3Y/Ian+Ziering+Married+Erin+Ludwig|title=Ian Ziering Married Erin Ludwig|work=Zimbio |date=1 June 2010|access-date=7 March 2013|archive-date=4 January 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130104120540/http://www.zimbio.com/Nikki+Ziering/articles/k2xZNFShj3Y/Ian+Ziering+Married+Erin+Ludwig|url-status=live}}
{{cite web|url=http://www.filmbug.com/db/344476|title=Nikki Ziering|access-date=7 March 2013|archive-date=10 April 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230410165006/https://www.filmbug.com/db/344476|url-status=live}}

With then-boyfriend Rick Reynolds, she has a daughter, Tatum Ella Reynolds, (b. March 27, 2009).Wihlborg, Ulrica (March 31, 2009). [http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20269077,00.html "Actress Nikki Ziering Welcomes a Girl"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121001064944/http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20269077,00.html |date=2012-10-01 }}. People.