Nicole Eggert

American actress (born 1972)

Nicole Eggert

Eggert in 2017

Born|

Nicole Elizabeth Eggert

(1972-01-13) January 13, 1972 (age 53)

Glendale, California, U.S.

Occupation| Actor
Years active| 1977–present
Known for|

* Charles in Charge
* Baywatch
* Who's the Boss?

Children| 2[1]

Nicole Elizabeth Eggert[2] (born January 13, 1972)[3] is an American actor. Her notable roles include Jamie Powell on the situation comedy Charles in Charge and Summer Quinn on the television series Baywatch. She guest-starred in The Super Mario Bros. Super Show! and Boy Meets World. She made several Christmas films that premiered on Lifetime. Eggert was a 2010 contestant on the VH1 reality show Celebrity Fit Club[4] and came in second in 2013 on ABC's celebrity diving show Splash.[5]

## Early life

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Eggert was born in Glendale, California. Her mother, Gina Duncan, was a British-born talent agent, and her father, Rolf Eggert, was a German-born canning-company executive.[6] Eggert's quest for stardom started when her mother entered her in beauty contests. At age five, Eggert was Miss Universe in the petite division.[5] An agent saw her and offered her parents a role for her in a Johnson's baby shampoo commercial.[5]

## Career

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In 1979, Eggert starred in ‘When She Was Bad’, opposite Cheryl Ladd and Robert Urich. In 1980, at age eight, Eggert landed a role in the film Rich and Famous, opposite Jacqueline Bisset and Candice Bergen, playing Bergen's character's young daughter.

Also in 1980, Eggert provided the voice of Dennis's snobby archrival Margaret Wade in Dennis the Menace in Mayday for Mother, which was the first animated adaptation in the Dennis the Menace trilogy.

Eggert had a recurring role on Who's the Boss? from 1985 to 1986 as Marci Ferguson, a friend of Samantha Micelli (Alyssa Milano). In January 1987, she starred on the situation comedy Charles in Charge as Jamie Powell. In 1989, she hosted the Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards with Wil Wheaton.[7] That same year, she was the first guest star to appear on The Super Mario Bros. Super Show!.[8] She starred as Alexa Adams in the TV film adaptation of Danielle Steel's Secrets, released in 1992. She was featured as one of the many lifeguards on seasons three and four on the syndicated series Baywatch.[9] She appeared on the series from 1992 to 1994 and was originally supposed to be on a Baywatch spin-off (she returned to Baywatch for the reunion film Baywatch: Hawaiian Wedding (2003)).[5] She appeared on Married... with Children season 10 in an episode titled "Enemies" as Shannon (1996), intended to be a backdoor pilot for a spin-off that was not picked up.[10]

Eggert appears on the cover of rock band Sugar Ray's debut album, Lemonade and Brownies.[11]

In 2004, Eggert played the role of Ginger in the first edition of the TBS network's The Real Gilligan's Island reality show.[12] She appeared on Scott Baio Is 45...and Single (featuring her Charles in Charge co-star) in 2007.

On September 23, 2009, VH1 announced Eggert's participation in the winter 2010 season of Celebrity Fit Club.[13]

In 2010, Eggert appeared on the Comedy Central Roast of David Hasselhoff.[14]

Eggert at the Chiller Theatre Expo 2014

In 2013, Eggert was added to the cast of Splash, the celebrity diving show on ABC. In April, it was reported she was injured during the taping of an episode.[15] In the days following, she denied sustaining any serious injury.

In 2014, Eggert began a new career as the owner-operator of an ice-cream truck.[16]

In 2019, she appeared on the fourth episode of Back in the Game.[17][18]

In 2024, Eggert was a producer and cast member of After Baywatch: Moment in the Sun an original docuseries in collaboration with ABC News studios that streamed on Hulu.[19][20][21]

She is the host of the Perfectly Twisted with Nicole Eggert podcast.[22][23][24][25][26][27]

## Personal life

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Eggert has two daughters – one born in 1998, and another born in 2011.[28] Her first daughter's father is actor Justin Herwick; despite numerous rumours and claims to the contrary, Eggert and Herwick were never a married couple.[29] Eggert has never been married, though she was previously engaged to actor Corey Haim, with whom she starred in Blown Away (1992), The Double 0 Kid (1992) and Anything for Love (1993). She is credited with helping to save Haim's life at least once by taking him to the hospital to detox during a 'narcotic rush',[30] although she has said: "I spent a lot of nights in emergency rooms with him. I don't think that I saved his life, I just think that I was there for him."[31]

In 2015, she appeared on the television series Botched for a breast reduction.[32]

On January 29, 2018, sexual misconduct allegations made by Eggert against Scott Baio surfaced. In 2013, Eggert stated on the Nik Richie Radio show that she and Baio had a one-time encounter "years" after Charles in Charge ended, which would have been after 1990. In the more elaborated account, discussed on The Dr. Oz Show and Megyn Kelly Today, Eggert claimed that Baio molested her beginning in 1986 when she was 14, and that when she was 17, she had intercourse with him. Baio contends that he had sexual relations with Eggert only once, and that the encounter occurred after she had turned 18. Baio explained that Eggert's own words to Richie proved he did not have intercourse with Eggert while she was a minor, since the final episode of Charles in Charge aired in November 1990, ten months after Eggert turned 18.[33][34][35]

In December 2023, Eggert was diagnosed with stage 2 invasive cribriform carcinoma of the breast. She initially thought the symptoms were menopause-related, after gaining 25 lbs (11 kg) and experienced "terrible pain" in her left breast.[36] She subsequently underwent a mastectomy, chemotherapy, and radiation. As of May 2025, she was receiving targeted therapy.[37]

## Filmography

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### Film

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Year  | Title  | Role  | Notes

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1981  | Rich and Famous | Debbie, at 8 years old  |
1983  | Hambone and Hillie | Marci  |
1986  | The Clan of the Cave Bear | Middle Ayla |
1986  | Omega Syndrome | Jessie Corbett  |
1989  | Kinjite: Forbidden Subjects | DeeDee  |
1990  | The Haunting of Morella | Morella / Lenora  |
1990  | Grandpa | Young woman  |
1992  | The Double 0 Kid | Melinda  | Direct-to-video film
1992  | Blown Away | Megan Bower  | Direct-to-video film
1993  | Just One of the Girls | Marie Stark  | Direct-to-video film aka Anything for Love
1995  | The Demolitionist | Alyssa Lloyd  |
1995  | Walking Away (aka Secret Sins)  | Melissa Anderson  |
1995  | Amanda and the Alien | Amanda  |
1997  | The Price of Kissing | Annette  |
1997  | Bartender | Marcia  |
1997  | Pink as the Day She Was Born | Tiffany  |
1998  | Siberia | Kristy  |
1998  | Triangle Square | Julie  |
1999  | Sleeping Beauties | Sno Blo Band  | Short film
2000  | Submerged | Tiffany Stevens  |
2001  | Thank You, Good Night | Janine  |
2004  | Decoys | Detective Amanda Watts  |
2004  | What Lies Above (Snowman's Pass)  | Diana Pennington  |
2006  | Cattle Call | Laurel Canyon  |
2006  | Dead Lenny | Sally Long  | Direct-to-video film
2008  | Loaded | Allison Ryan  |
2009  | Nicole Eggert Is Back in Baywatch | Herself  | Direct-to-video film
2014  | The Dog Who Saved Easter | Gabrielle (voice)  |
2014  | F.L.U.I.D. | Herself  | Direct-to-video film

### Television

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Year  | Title  | Role  | Notes

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1976  | Miss Universe Pageant | Herself (Contestant)  | crowned — Little Miss California Universe
1979  | When Hell Was in Session | Mary Beth Denton #2  | Television film
1979  | When She Was Bad... | Robbie Morgan  | Television film
1981  | Today's F.B.I. | unknown role  | unknown episode
1981  | Someday You'll Find Her, Charlie Brown | Loretta (voice)  | Television film
1981  | Dennis the Menace in Mayday for Mother | Margaret Wade (voice)  | Television short
1981–82  | Fantasy Island | Amy Watkins / Nancy Warner  | 2 episodes
— "Chorus Girl/Surrogate Father" (1981)
— "The Cast Against Mr. Roarke/Save Sherlock Homes" (1982)
1982–83  | T.J. Hooker | Chrissie Hooker  | recurring role (5 episodes)
— "The Protectors" (1982)
— "God Bless the Child" (1982)
— "Terror at the Academy" (1982)
— "Sweet Sixteen and Dead" (1983)
— "Payday Pirates" (1983)
1984  | Rose Petal Place | The Girl in the Garden  | Television short, live-action sequence only
1984–1990  | CBS Schoolbreak Special | Heidi  | 2 episodes
— "Dead Wrong: "The John Evans Story" (1984)
— "The Fourth Man" (1990)
1985  | Rose Petal Place: Real Friends | The Girl in the Garden  | Television film, live-action sequence only
1985  | I Dream of Jeannie...Fifteen Years Later | Melissa  | Television film
1985–86  | Who's the Boss? | Marci Ferguson  | Recurring role (7 episodes)
— "Keeping Up with Marci" (1985)
— "Ad Man Micelli" (1985)
— "Junior Executive" (1986)
— "The Babysitter" (1986)
— "Daddy's Little Montague Girl" (1986)
— "The Hickey" (1986)
— "Wedding Bells?" (1986)
1985–89  | The New Leave It to Beaver | Charlene Maitland  | 2 episodes
— "Dear Pen Pal" (1985)
— "What If?" (1989)
1986  | Annihilator | Elyse Jeffries  | Television film
1987–1990  | Charles in Charge | Jamie Powell  | Regular role (104 episodes)
1989  | 1989 Kids' Choice Awards | Herself (Host)  | Award ceremony
1989  | The Super Mario Bros. Super Show! | Herself  | Episode: "Neatness Counts"
1991  | What a Dummy | unknown role  | Episode: "Bringing Up Baby"
1992  | Secrets | Alexa Adams  | Television film
1992  | Home Fires[38] | Libby Kramer  | Recurring role (6 episodes)
— "Trojan Horse"
— "Madonna and Child Reunion"
— "Marriage by the Book"
— "Fathers and Sons"
— "A Bench Too Far"
— "Sibling Revelry"
1992–94  | Baywatch | Roberta "Summer" Quinn  | Series regular (seasons 3–4, 44 episodes)
1993  | Family Feud | Herself (Contestant)  | Episode: "Baywatch Week"
1994  | Heaven Help Us | Natalie  | Episode: "The Temptress"
1995  | Burke's Law | Chelsea Rudd  | Episode: "Who Killed the Gadget Man?"
1995  | Amanda & the Alien | Amanda Patterson  | Television film
1996  | Frequent Flyer | Miriam Rawlings  | Television film
1996  | Married with Children | Shannon  | Episode: "Enemies"
1996  | Clueless | Summer Bonet  | Episode: "Kiss Me Kip"
1997  | Duckman | unknown role (voice)  | Episode: "Vuuck, as in Duck"
1997  | The Big Easy | Laurel Attery  | Episode: "A Streetcar with Desire"
1999  | Boy Meets World | Bridget  | Episode: "Pickett Fences"
2000  | The Outer Limits | Sarah Burnham  | Episode: "Revival"
2000  | Murder Seen | Zoey Drayden  | Television film
2000  | Sexiest Bachelor in America Pageant | Herself (Judge)  | Television Special
2001  | Gilmore Girls | Aubrey  | Episode: "Like Mother, Like Daughter"
2001  | The Test | Herself (Panelist)  | Episode: "The Matrimony Test"
2003  | Baywatch: Hawaiian Wedding | Roberta "Summer" Quinn  | Television film
2003  | Wall of Secrets | Paige Emerson  | Television film
2003  | Devil Winds | Julia Merrow  | Television film
2006  | Lightspeed | Beth Baker  | Television film
2006  | Celebrity Paranormal Project | Herself  | 7 episodes
2007  | Holiday Switch | Paula Ferguson  | Television film
2008  | A Christmas Proposal | Lisa  | Television film
2008  | Past Lies | Kim Furs  | Television film
2009  | Phantom Racer | Tammy  | Television film
2010  | Turbulent Skies | Samantha Woodard  | Television film
2010  | Keeping Up with the Kardashians | Herself  | Episode: "Blame It on the Alcohol"
2010  | Celebrity Fit Club | Herself (Contestant)  | series regular — Season 7 (5 episodes)
2010  | Comedy Central Roast | Herself  | Episode: "David Hasselhoff"
2011  | Celebrity Ghost Stories | Herself  | Episode: "Valerie Harper/Mindy Cohn/Mathew Gray/Nicole Eggert"
2013  | Splash | Herself (Contestant)  | 8 episodes
2014  | Where's the Love? | Paige  | Television film
2014  | Heartbreakers | unknown role  | Television Miniseries

Episode: "Tainted Love"

2014  | Tattoo Nightmares | Herself  | Episode: "Baywatch Bimbo!"
2015  | Oprah: Where Are They Now? | Herself  | 2 episodes
— "Baywatch"
— "Brittany Maynard's Husband/Baywatch Stars/KC & the Sunshine Band"
2015  | Botched | Herself (Patient)  | Episode: "Boob-Watch"
2017  | Battle of the Network Stars | Herself (Contestant)  | Episode: "TV Lifeguards vs. Trouble Makers"
2019  | Back in the Game | Herself  | "Nicole Eggert"
2019  | Robot Chicken | Marion Ravenwood, Ilsa Haupstein  | Voice, episode: "Musya Shakhtyorov in: Honeyboogers"

## Awards and nominations

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Association  | Year  | Category  | Nominated Work  | Result

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Young Artist Awards | 1983  | Best Young Actress, Guest on a Series | Fantasy Island | Nominated
1987  | Exceptional Performance by a Young Actress, Guest Starring in a Television, Comedy or Drama Series | Who's the Boss? | Nominated
1988  | Exceptional Performance by a Young Actress in a Television Comedy Series | Charles in Charge | Won
1989  | Best Young Actress in a Family Syndicated Show | Charles in Charge | Nominated
1990  | Best Young Actress in an Off-Primetime Family Series | Charles in Charge | Nominated
1993  | Best Young Actress Starring in a Television Series | Baywatch | Nominated
1994  | Youth Actress Leading Role in a Television Series | Baywatch | Nominated

## References

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## External links

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