In 2013, she hosted her own television talk show The Jenny McCarthy Show, and became a co-host of the ABC talk show The View, appearing until 2014. McCarthy then had a television and film acting career, beginning as a co-host on the MTV game show Singled Out (1995–1997) and afterwards starring in the eponymous sitcom Jenny (1997–1998), as well as films, such as BASEketball (1998), Scream 3 (2000), Dirty Love (2005), John Tucker Must Die (2006), and Santa Baby (2006). She began her career in 1993 as a nude model for Playboy magazine and was later named their Playmate of the Year. Jennifer McCarthy Wahlberg ( née Jennifer Ann McCarthy born November 1, 1972) is an American actress, model, activist, television personality, and author.