Erika Maya Eleniak was born on September 29, 1969 in Glendale, California. She is an American Playboy Playmate and actress.

While she made her film debut in E.T. The Extraterrestrial (1982), Erika Eleniak became a TV celebrity through rather less G-rated means. An actress since her teens, California girl and 1989 Playboy Playmate Eleniak made her name as one of the babes guarding the beaches on the TV hit Baywatch in 1989.

She starred as Steven Seagal's impromptu helper in his well-received 1992 action hit Under Siege and as one of the upwardly mobile southern transplants in The Beverly Hillbillies (1993).

After the failure of Dennis Hopper's Last Detail (1973) re-tread Chasers (1994) and the romantic fantasy A Pyromaniac's Love Story (1995), the actress worked steadily in B-films and TV movies, playing starring roles in the horror flick Tales From the Crypt Presents Bordello of Blood (1996), TV's Heatwave (1997) and One Hot Summer Night (1998), and action movies The Pandora Project (1998) and Stealth Fighter (1999).

Her last projects include Dracula 3000 (2004), Fatal Reunion (2005) and Absolute Zero (2005).

Eleniak has dated some of Hollywood's most famous bachelors, including Scott Baio, and was engaged for a time to William McNamara. In 1997 she met her future husband, Philip Goglia. They were married on May 22, 1998

Filmography

• Absolute Zero (2005)
• Fatal Reunion (2005)
• Dracula 3000 (2004)
• Fatal Lessons: The Good Teacher (2004)
• Brilliant (2004)
• Caught in the Headlights (2004)
• The Librarians (2003)
• Betrayal (2003)
• Shakedown (2002)
• He Sees You When You're Sleeping (2002)
• Christmas Rush (2002)
• Second to Die (2002)
• Snowbound (2001)
• Vegas, City of Dreams (2001)
• The Opponent (2000)
• Aftershock: Earthquake in New York (1999)
• Final Voyage (1999)
• Stealth Fighter (1999)
• "Fantasy Island" (1 episode, 1999)
• Charades (1998)
• The Pandora Project (1998)
• One Hot Summer Night (1998)
• "Brooklyn South" (3 episodes, 1998)
• Captive (1998)
• Ed McBain's 87th Precinct: Heatwave (1997)
• Bordello of Blood (1996)
• A Pyromaniac's Love Story (1995)
• Girl in the Cadillac (1995)
• Panic in the Park (1995)
• Chasers (1994)
• The Beverly Hillbillies (1993)
• Under Siege (1992)
• "Baywatch" (47 episodes, 1989-1992)
• "Full House" (1 episode, 1990)
• Daughter of the Streets (1990)
• "Charles in Charge" (3 episodes, 1988-1989)
• The Blob (1988)
• Broken Angel (1988)
• "Silver Spoons" (1 episode, 1987)
• E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial (1982)