Neriah Davis
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Neriah Davis is an American
United States
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 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....

 and actress. She was Playboy
Playboy
Playboy is an American men's magazine that features photographs of nude women as well as journalism and fiction. It was founded in Chicago in 1953 by Hugh Hefner and his associates, and funded in part by a $1,000 loan from Hefner's mother. The magazine has grown into Playboy Enterprises, Inc., with...

magazine's Playmate of the Month for its March 1994 issue.

Early life and career

Davis was born in Van Nuys, California and grew up in a commune with no electricity in Northern California's Sierra Nevada mountains. She has two sisters and a brother; she described her parents as well-meaning hippies. She graduated from Bret Harte High School in Angels Camp, where she was an accomplished runner. After high school, she moved to Santa Rosa, California
Santa Rosa, California
Santa Rosa is the county seat of Sonoma County, California, United States. The 2010 census reported a population of 167,815. Santa Rosa is the largest city in California's Wine Country and fifth largest city in the San Francisco Bay Area, after San Jose, San Francisco, Oakland, and Fremont and 26th...

 and attended a junior college. When she was 17, she left the commune and went to live in Los Angeles
Los Ángeles
Los Ángeles is the capital of the province of Biobío, in the commune of the same name, in Region VIII , in the center-south of Chile. It is located between the Laja and Biobío rivers. The population is 123,445 inhabitants...

. She quickly found modeling and acting work, including several swim-wear magazines. The second week that Davis was in L.A., she landed her first acting role as "Rita" in The Bikini Carwash Company
The Bikini Carwash Company
The Bikini Carwash Company is a 1992 comedy film directed by Ed Hansen. It featured Joe Dusic, Kristi Ducati, and Ricki Brando. The sequel, The Bikini Carwash Company II, was released in 1993...

, in which she was credited as Neriah Napaul. This led to a small part in Meatballs IV. While working on a photo shoot with Dominic Petruzzi, he asked if he could send some of her shots to Playboy. Davis immediately agreed, and shortly thereafter, she was a Playmate.

Since being in Playboy, Davis has been very busy with modeling and acting projects, including roles on Baywatch
Baywatch
Baywatch is an American action drama series about the Los Angeles County Lifeguards who patrol the beaches of Los Angeles County, California, starring David Hasselhoff. The show ran in its original title and format from 1989 to 1999, sans the 1990-1991 season, of which it was not in production...

, Married... with Children
Married... with Children
Married... with Children is an American surrealistic sitcom that aired for 11 seasons that featured a dysfunctional family living in Chicago, Illinois. The show, notable for being the first prime time television series to air on Fox, ran from April 5, 1987, to June 9, 1997. The series was created...

, and Suddenly Susan
Suddenly Susan
Suddenly Susan is an American sitcom that was broadcast on NBC from 1996 to 2000. The show takes place at The Gate, a fictitious magazine which is based in San Francisco. Among the magazine's employees is Susan Keane , who always has been cared for by someone else...

. She modeled for lingerie
Lingerie
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 company Frederick's of Hollywood
Frederick's of Hollywood
Frederick's of Hollywood is a well-known retailer of women's lingerie in the United States, with stores in many modern shopping malls across the USA....

, along with fellow Playboy Playmate Nikki Schieler. She also maintains her official website and lives in Santa Monica, California
Santa Monica, California
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. Davis was the St. Pauli Girl
St. Pauli Girl
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 for 2001.

Personal life

Davis is good friends with fellow model Brooke Burke
Brooke Burke
Brooke Burke Charvet , better known by her maiden name, Brooke Burke, is an actress, dancer, model and television personality...

. Burke not only had Davis make numerous guest appearances on her show Wild On, she even named her daughter Neriah after her.

Filmography

Film
Year Film Role Notes
1992 The Bikini Carwash Company
The Bikini Carwash Company
The Bikini Carwash Company is a 1992 comedy film directed by Ed Hansen. It featured Joe Dusic, Kristi Ducati, and Ricki Brando. The sequel, The Bikini Carwash Company II, was released in 1993...

Rita Credited as Neriah Napaul
Meatballs 4
Meatballs 4
Meatballs 4 is a 1992 film that was the fourth and final installment to the Meatballs franchise. It was shot in its entirety at Bass Lake, California in the late summer of 1991.-Synopsis:...

Neriah
1993 The Bikini Carwash Company II Rita
Last Action Hero
Last Action Hero
Last Action Hero is a 1993 American action-comedy-fantasy film directed and produced by John McTiernan. It is a satire of the action genre and its clichés, containing several parodies of action films in the form of films within the film....

Uncredited
2000 Whipped
Whipped (film)
-Plot:Three single men gather at a local restaurant every Sunday so they can discuss each other's sex lives; however, when each one of them falls for the beautiful Mia , their weekly ritual becomes something of a trial, and their once strong friendships are put at risk.-Cast:* Amanda Peet as Mia*...

Plan Girl
Citizen Toxie: The Toxic Avenger IV
Citizen Toxie: The Toxic Avenger IV
Citizen Toxie: The Toxic Avenger Part IV is a 2000 American superhero comedy film released by Troma Entertainment, directed by Lloyd Kaufman...

Glamorous Gyno-American
Television
Year Title Role Notes
1993 Marilyn & Bobby: Her Final Affair Kimmie Television movie
1995 Married... with Children
Married... with Children
Married... with Children is an American surrealistic sitcom that aired for 11 seasons that featured a dysfunctional family living in Chicago, Illinois. The show, notable for being the first prime time television series to air on Fox, ran from April 5, 1987, to June 9, 1997. The series was created...

Anytime 1 episode
1996 Baywatch
Baywatch
Baywatch is an American action drama series about the Los Angeles County Lifeguards who patrol the beaches of Los Angeles County, California, starring David Hasselhoff. The show ran in its original title and format from 1989 to 1999, sans the 1990-1991 season, of which it was not in production...

Julie, a lifeguard 1 episode
1998 Suddenly Susan
Suddenly Susan
Suddenly Susan is an American sitcom that was broadcast on NBC from 1996 to 2000. The show takes place at The Gate, a fictitious magazine which is based in San Francisco. Among the magazine's employees is Susan Keane , who always has been cared for by someone else...

Amy 1 episode
2000 Thunderbox Manager Unknown episodes

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