April Scott
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April Scott is an American
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...

 actress and model
Model (person)
A model , sometimes called a mannequin, is a person who is employed to display, advertise and promote commercial products or to serve as a subject of works of art....

. She has appeared on television programs such as Deal or No Deal
Deal or No Deal
Deal or No Deal is the name of several closely related television game shows, the first of which was the Dutch Miljoenenjacht produced by Dutch producer Endemol. It is played with up to 26 cases with certain sums of money...

and CSI: Miami
CSI: Miami
CSI: Miami is an American police procedural television series, which premiered on September 23, 2002 on CBS. The series is a spin-off of CSI: Crime Scene Investigation....

, she also starred in the direct-to-video prequel
The Dukes of Hazzard: The Beginning
The Dukes of Hazzard: The Beginning is a prequel to the 2005 theatrical-release film The Dukes of Hazzard. An edited version of the film debuted on the ABC Family cable television channel on March 4, 2007. 'R'-rated and unrated versions were released on DVD March 13.- Plot :Bo Duke is arrested for...

 to the Dukes of Hazzard
The Dukes of Hazzard (film)
The Dukes of Hazzard is a 2005 comedy film based on the American television series of the same name. The film was directed by Jay Chandrasekhar and released on August 5, 2005 by Warner Bros. Pictures...

 movie, and the films, Living Will, The Penthouse, I Do...I Did, Coma, Nitetales: The Movie, and Nitetales 2.

Early life

Scott was born April Ann McIntosh in Campbell, Missouri
Campbell, Missouri
Campbell is a city in Dunklin County, Missouri, United States. The population was 1,883 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Campbell is located at .According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of , all land....

. She is of French
French people
The French are a nation that share a common French culture and speak the French language as a mother tongue. Historically, the French population are descended from peoples of Celtic, Latin and Germanic origin, and are today a mixture of several ethnic groups...

, Spanish
Spanish people
The Spanish are citizens of the Kingdom of Spain. Within Spain, there are also a number of vigorous nationalisms and regionalisms, reflecting the country's complex history....

, and Native American
Native Americans in the United States
Native Americans in the United States are the indigenous peoples in North America within the boundaries of the present-day continental United States, parts of Alaska, and the island state of Hawaii. They are composed of numerous, distinct tribes, states, and ethnic groups, many of which survive as...

 ancestry. During high school, she was a frequent sight at beauty pageants winning 45 titles. Upon graduating from Campbell High School in 1997 as April McIntosh, she enrolled in College of the Ozarks
College of the Ozarks
College of the Ozarks is a private, Christian liberal-arts college, with its campus at Point Lookout near Branson and Hollister, Missouri, United States. It is south of Springfield on a campus, overlooking Lake Taneycomo...

, a Christian college in Point Lookout, Missouri. She concentrated on her studies, graduating valedictorian of her class (4.083 GPA) with a degree in Theater and a minor in rhetoric. Soon after graduating from college, Scott moved to Los Angeles to begin an acting career.

July 2006 she was cast as Daisy Duke in the film, "The Dukes of Hazzard: The Beginning." (previously portrayed by Jessica Simpson
Jessica Simpson
Jessica Ann Simpson is an American recording artist, actress, television personality, and fashion designer whose rise to fame began in 1999. Since that time, Simpson has achieved many recording milestones, starred in several television shows, movies, and commercials, launched a line of hair and...

.) The film was released in March 2007.

Modeling career

In Scott's modeling career, she is the face of Merle Norman Cosmetics and as a result has appeared in all of Norman's ads and commercials. She also appears in campaigns for Dreamgirl Lingerie. She was also named 2006's Girl to Watch in the December 2005 issue of Maxim
Maxim (magazine)
Maxim is an international men's magazine based in the United Kingdom and known for its pictorials featuring popular actresses, singers, and female models, sometimes pictured dressed, often pictured scantily dressed but not fully nude....

. Her credits also include the covers of numerous magazines, "Maxim Magazine" (Dec 2007) "People Magazine" (April 2008) "Rounder" (March 2008) "Breed" (Feb 2008) "Sense" (Dec 2007) "944" (Dec 2006) Fitness RX (September 2006 issue) Import Tuner (October 2006 issue), "Knockout Magazine" (2008) "Image Magazine" (May 2009) "Warning Magazine" (Jan/Feb2009) "Women's World Magazine" (March 2011)
Glam Couture Magazine (April 2011) Temptations Magazine (Aug 2011).

Acting career

Scott's acting career includes shows such as Entourage
Entourage (TV series)
Entourage is an American comedy-drama television series that premiered on HBO on July 18, 2004 and concluded on September 11, 2011, after eight seasons...

, The Shield
The Shield
The Shield is an American television drama series starring Michael Chiklis which premiered on March 12, 2002 on FX in the United States and concluded on November 25, 2008 after seven seasons...

, Ripley's Believe It or Not!
Ripley's Believe It or Not!
Ripley's Believe It or Not! is a franchise, founded by Robert Ripley, which deals in bizarre events and items so strange and unusual that readers might question the claims...

, and CSI: Miami
CSI: Miami
CSI: Miami is an American police procedural television series, which premiered on September 23, 2002 on CBS. The series is a spin-off of CSI: Crime Scene Investigation....

. She also hosted Ripe TV
Ripe TV
RipeTV was the first Television On Demand network to offer programming over multiple platforms . The network, which launched in 2002 by Ryan Magnussen, targeted an audience of 18-34 males, with mostly short-form content...

, Octane TV, and ESPN2
ESPN2
ESPN2 is an American sports cable television network owned by ESPN. The channel debuted on October 1, 1993.Originally nicknamed "the deuce," ESPN2 was initially branded as a network for a younger generation of sports fans featuring edgier graphics as well as extreme sports like motocross,...

's new show, The Hook
The Hook
The Hook is a classic example of an urban legend. The basic premise involves a young couple parked at a dark lovers' lane. The radio plays music as the couple make out. The music is interrupted by an announcer who reports that a serial killer has just escaped an institution which is nearby. The...

, where she interviews extreme sports athletes. In 2006, she became a model for NBC
NBC
The National Broadcasting Company is an American commercial broadcasting television network and former radio network headquartered in the GE Building in New York City's Rockefeller Center with additional major offices near Los Angeles and in Chicago...

's hit game show, Deal or No Deal
Deal or No Deal (US game show)
Deal or No Deal is the American version of the international game show of Dutch origin of the same name. The show was hosted by Howie Mandel, and premiered on December 19, 2005, on National Broadcasting Company . The hour-long show typically aired at least twice a week during its run, and included...

. After 19, she always held case #14, then left after Season 2 premiere week. She also starred in the direct-to-video prequel
The Dukes of Hazzard: The Beginning
The Dukes of Hazzard: The Beginning is a prequel to the 2005 theatrical-release film The Dukes of Hazzard. An edited version of the film debuted on the ABC Family cable television channel on March 4, 2007. 'R'-rated and unrated versions were released on DVD March 13.- Plot :Bo Duke is arrested for...

 to the Dukes of Hazzard
The Dukes of Hazzard (film)
The Dukes of Hazzard is a 2005 comedy film based on the American television series of the same name. The film was directed by Jay Chandrasekhar and released on August 5, 2005 by Warner Bros. Pictures...

 movie, and the films, Living Will, The Penthouse, I Do...I Did, Coma, Nitetales: The Movie, and Nitetales 2.

Scott was also cast as the sole female in Mötley Crüe
Mötley Crüe
Mötley Crüe is an American heavy metal band formed in Los Angeles, California in 1981. The group was founded by bass guitarist Nikki Sixx and drummer Tommy Lee, who were later joined by lead guitarist Mick Mars and lead singer Vince Neil...

's video If I Die Tomorrow. She has appeared in several billboards for Coors Light
Coors Light
Coors Light is a light beer produced by the Coors Brewing Company. It was first produced in 1978.The beer has a "Cold Certified" label which turns the mountains on the label from white to blue when the beer's temperature is lowered to 4 degrees Celsius .- Promotions :In 2008, Coors Light became...

, Bud Light, and David Spade
David Spade
David Wayne Spade is an American actor, comedian and television personality who first became famous in the 1990s as a cast member on Saturday Night Live, and from 1997 until 2003 when he starred as Dennis Finch on Just Shoot Me!. He also starred as C.J...

's Comedy Central
Comedy Central
Comedy Central is an American cable television and satellite television channel that carries comedy programming, both original and syndicated....

 show and The Showbiz Show with David Spade
The Showbiz Show with David Spade
The Showbiz Show with David Spade was a weekly television program on Comedy Central that starred comedian David Spade. It is a comedic parody of celebrity news programs such as Entertainment Tonight and Access Hollywood...

.

Awards

April was listed in People magazine's 100 Most Beautiful People of 2006, ranked #76 on the Maxim
Maxim (magazine)
Maxim is an international men's magazine based in the United Kingdom and known for its pictorials featuring popular actresses, singers, and female models, sometimes pictured dressed, often pictured scantily dressed but not fully nude....

Hot 100 list of 2006, #63 on Maxim's Hot 100 list of 2007, #62 in Stuff Magazine's Sexiest 100 Celebrities of 2007 and #75 in AskMen.com Top 99 Women of 2008. She appeared on the cover of Maxim's 2008 Celebrity Calendar, and is on FHM's 2008 list of 100 Sexiest Women in the World.

Filmography

  • Living Will (2010) ... Krista
  • Nite Tales 2: (2010) ... Brenda (completed)
  • The Penthouse (2010) ... Trista
  • Coma (2008) ... Cherry (post-production)
  • Nite Tales: The Movie (2008) ... Model (completed)
  • I Do... I Did (2008) ... Jenny (post-production)
  • Waylaid (2007) ... Jesse
  • The Dukes of Hazzard: The Beginning
    The Dukes of Hazzard: The Beginning
    The Dukes of Hazzard: The Beginning is a prequel to the 2005 theatrical-release film The Dukes of Hazzard. An edited version of the film debuted on the ABC Family cable television channel on March 4, 2007. 'R'-rated and unrated versions were released on DVD March 13.- Plot :Bo Duke is arrested for...

    (2007) (TV) ... Daisy Duke
  • Deal or No Deal (2006) (VG) ... Model
  • Deal or No Deal
    Deal or No Deal (US game show)
    Deal or No Deal is the American version of the international game show of Dutch origin of the same name. The show was hosted by Howie Mandel, and premiered on December 19, 2005, on National Broadcasting Company . The hour-long show typically aired at least twice a week during its run, and included...

    (38 episodes, 2007) ... Model #14
  • Extra (TV)
    Extra (TV series)
    Extra is an American entertainment television news program covering events and celebrities which debuted on September 5, 1994 in syndication. It is produced at Victory Studios in Glendale, California by Telepictures Productions in association with Warner Bros. Television Distribution...

    (March 2008) ... Herself
  • RIPE (TV)
    Ripe TV
    RipeTV was the first Television On Demand network to offer programming over multiple platforms . The network, which launched in 2002 by Ryan Magnussen, targeted an audience of 18-34 males, with mostly short-form content...

    (November 2007) ... Herself
  • Octane (TV)
    Octane TV
    The second network launched by Ripe Digital Entertainment, Octane TV in August 2006, provided motor sports entertainment. Like Ripe Digital Entertainment’s other networks, Octane TV utilized short-form programming with embedded advertising. Octane TV's programming ended in June 2009.- Programming...

    (April 2008) ... Herself
  • In the Mix
    In the Mix (TV series)
    In the Mix is an award-winning television program for teenagers that has been airing on PBS since 1992.-Format and themes:In the Mix is a news magazine program geared toward a teenage audience. Each half-hour episode typically includes several segments devoted to serious issues facing youth,...

    (1 episode, 2006) ... Herself
  • The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson
    The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson
    The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson is a Peabody Award-winning American late-night talk show hosted by Scottish American comedian Craig Ferguson. Ferguson, the third regular host of the Late Late Show franchise, follows Late Show with David Letterman in the CBS late-night lineup...

    (2 episodes, 2005) ... Mandy
  • Octane (TV) (July 2007) ... Herself
  • SoapTalk (7 episodes, 2004–2005) ... Runway Model
  • Entourage
    Entourage (TV series)
    Entourage is an American comedy-drama television series that premiered on HBO on July 18, 2004 and concluded on September 11, 2011, after eight seasons...

    (2 episodes, 2004) ... Girl in Bikini / Model
  • The Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn (1 episode, 2004) ... Karla
  • CSI: Miami
    CSI: Miami (computer game)
    CSI: Miami is a video game based on the CSI: Miami television series. The game was developed by 369 Interactive, published by Ubisoft, and was released for the Microsoft Windows on April 24, 2004...

    (2004) (VG) .... Trish Kimball
  • Ripley's Believe It or Not (TV) (six episodes 2005) ... Herself
  • The Palms Girl Search (2004) (TV) ...
  • CSI: Miami
    CSI: Miami
    CSI: Miami is an American police procedural television series, which premiered on September 23, 2002 on CBS. The series is a spin-off of CSI: Crime Scene Investigation....

    (1 episode, 2003) ... Tess Kimball
  • The Shield
    The Shield
    The Shield is an American television drama series starring Michael Chiklis which premiered on March 12, 2002 on FX in the United States and concluded on November 25, 2008 after seven seasons...

    (1 episode, 2003) ... Trish

Theater

  • Passing Through
    Passing Through
    Passing Through is the name of two different albums:*Passing Through *Passing Through...

    (2001) ... Susan
  • The Office
    The Office
    The Office is a popular mockumentary/situation comedy TV show that was first made in the UK and has now been re-made in many other countries, with overall viewership in the hundreds of millions worldwide. The original version of The Office was created by Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant. It...

    (2001) ... Fran
  • Trapped
    Trapped
    -Film:* Trapped , a crime drama short starring Lina Basquette* Trapped , a semidocumentary film noir directed by Richard Fleischer* Trapped , a television film starring James Brolin and Susan Clark...

    (2001) ... Ruak
  • Cosmic Christmas (2000) ... Aegus
  • You Can't Take it With You
    You Can't Take It with You
    You Can't Take It with You is a comedic play in three acts by George S. Kaufman and Moss Hart. The original production of the play opened at the Booth Theater on December 14, 1936, and played for 837 performances...

    (2000) ... Essie
  • Graceland
    Graceland
    Graceland is a large white-columned mansion and estate that was home to Elvis Presley in Memphis, Tennessee. It is located at 3764 Elvis Presley Boulevard in the vast Whitehaven community about 9 miles from Downtown and less than four miles north of the Mississippi border. It currently serves as...

    (2000) ... Bev
  • Greenwillow
    Greenwillow
    Greenwillow is a musical with a book by Lesser Samuels and Frank Loesser and music and lyrics by Loesser.Based on the novel by B. J. Chute, the fantasy is set in the magical town of Greenwillow, where the eldest in each generation of Briggs men must obey the "call to wander," while the women they...

    (2000) ... Maidy
  • Children of Eden
    Children of Eden
    Children of Eden is a two-act musical play with music and lyrics by Stephen Schwartz and a book by John Caird. The musical is based on the Book of Genesis. Act I tells the story of Adam and Eve, Cain, and Abel, and Act II deals with Noah and the Flood...

    (2000) ... Mary
  • Quiet in the Land (1999) ... Nancy
  • Girl Crazy
    Girl Crazy
    Girl Crazy is a 1930 musical with music by George Gershwin, lyrics by Ira Gershwin and book by Guy Bolton and John McGowan. Ethel Merman made her stage debut in this musical production....

    (1998) ... Babs
  • Last Night at Ballyhoo (1998) ... Sunny
  • Ghosts
    Ghosts (play)
    Ghosts is a play by the Norwegian playwright Henrik Ibsen. It was written in 1881 and first staged in 1882.Like many of Ibsen's better-known plays, Ghosts is a scathing commentary on 19th century morality....

    (1998) ... Mrs. Alving

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