Former Baywatch babe Nicole Eggert looks unrecognisable since turning her back on her Hollywood career.
Blonde bombshell played Summer Quinn in seasons three and four of the most watched television series in the world.
Originally a child star, she was later became in a bitter war of words with Happy Days star Scott Baio’s career when she accused him of molesting her.
Nicole, now 51, began making a name for herself through various sitcom appearances and television movies, before making her big break on Who’s The Boss in 1985 as Marci.
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She then followed that role up a year later by landed the role of Jamie in Charles in Charge, at the age of 14.
Taking over as a main cast member, Eggert remained in the show until it ended in 1990.
Eggert went on to have a successful career in the 90s, taking a part in the aforementioned beach-based drama alongside David Hasselhoff and Pamela Anderson.
The actress left the show after the fourth season, citing the impact it was having on her reputation, combined with exhaustion from her constant work since the age of seven.
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She then made a few guest appearances on television dramas and sitcoms like the briefly lived Clueless show, Married With Children and Boy Meets World.
In the late 90s and early 2000s, Eggert appeared in multiple made-for-television movies.
She was reunited with her Charles in Charge co-star in 2007, when she appeared on Scott Baio Is 45 … and Single.
Eggert kept up with the made for tv movies and small guest roles into the 2010s while also going all in on a number of celebrity reality television show including I Love the 80s, Celebrity Paranormal Project, and Celebrity Ghost Stories.
In 2013 the actress returned to her aquatic ways, making it to the final two in the celebrity diving competition, Splash.
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She hovered between reality tv and drama until 2018, semi-retiring other than the occasional reality appearance other than her most recent on The Bachelor, presenting a Baywatch-themed challenge.
In the same year she accused Scott Baio, now 62, of sexually harassing and sexually abusing her as a minor, beginning at age 14, which Baio adamantly denied.
Baio said that Eggert had only made the accusations to relaunch her career, and blamed her for destroying his career.
He said: “Do you think anybody wants to hire me? With this hanging over me? It’s crazy”.
In June 2018, the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office declined to press charges against Baio.
Despite the accusation from Baio, Eggert has not appeared in or scheduled to be in anything since a career in Robot Chicken in 2019.
Baio has said that they engaged in a one-time consensual sexual encounter when Eggert was 18, which Eggert initiated.
Eggert has said that she was 17, and that Baio initiated their encounter.
Now semi-retired from acting, Eggert hosts a weekly podcast called Perfectly Twisted, where she “discusses her wild Hollywood upbringing, traveling the world, and her current life as a suburban mom”.
Romantically she was dating Corey Haim in the early 90s, saying that she spent many nights with the actor struggling through his addiction.
She also dated Breaking Bad star Aaron Paul from 2001 to 2003.
Nowadays she is very private with her love life, but will often brag about her two children on her Instagram account.
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