Christy Shae Marks (born June 1, 1972) is an American model and actress. She is the

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Playmate of the Month for May 1994.

Career

Shae Marks was discovered by a ''

'' photographer when she was 20 years old when she was asked to pose for an advertisement for

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. One month later, in October 1993, she flew to

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(meeting her future husband on the flight), did a test shoot for a centerfold and was accepted as

Playmate A Playmate is a female model featured in the centerfold/gatefold of ''Playboy'' magazine as Playmate of the Month (PMOTM). The PMOTM's pictorial includes nude photographs and a centerfold poster, along with a pictorial biography and the "Playm ...

of the Month for May 1994. During her stint with ''Playboy'', Marks was a traveling representative for the company, visiting such ports of call as

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and Denmark. After her Playmate appearance, Marks went on to appear in several Playboy Special Editions including ''Book of Lingerie'', ''Girls of Summer'', and ''Voluptuous Vixens''. Later she entered the acting arena, appearing on television shows such as '' Married... with Children'', ''

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'', ''

Viper The Viperidae (vipers) are a family of snakes found in most parts of the world, except for Antarctica, Australia, Hawaii, Madagascar, and various other isolated islands. They are venomous and have long (relative to non-vipers), hinged fangs tha ...

'', and ''

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''. Marks was also featured in advertisements for Molson Beer, as well as modeling for

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, and other catalogs. Marks had a thirteen episode role on the television super hero action series Black Scorpion as the character of ''Babette''. She has also had roles in movies such as ''Day of the Warrior'' (1996), ''L.E.T.H.A.L. Ladies: Return to Savage Beach'' (1998), and the

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comedy '' Love Stinks''. Marks made an appearance on the live January 22, 1996, episode of '' WWF Monday Night Raw'' as

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's valet during his match against

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Personal life

Shae Marks was born in

New Orleans, Louisiana New Orleans ( , ,New Orleans
Merriam-Webster. ; french: La Nouvelle-Orléans , es, Nuev ...

, where she spent most of childhood. According to her Playmate Profile, she was a tomboy growing up. Soon after her tenth birthday, Marks's family moved to

Peachtree City, Georgia Peachtree City is the largest city in Fayette County, Georgia, Fayette County, Georgia (U.S. state), Georgia, United States. As of the 2010 United States Census, it had a population of 34,364. Peachtree City is located in South Metro Atlanta. P ...

, a suburb of Atlanta. While in high school she played

soccer Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played between two teams of 11 players who primarily use their feet to propel the ball around a rectangular field called a pitch. The objective of the game is ...

and

tennis Tennis is a racket sport that is played either individually against a single opponent ( singles) or between two teams of two players each ( doubles). Each player uses a tennis racket that is strung with cord to strike a hollow rubber ball ...

and was involved in swimming and cheerleading. After graduating from

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, she briefly majored in

journalism Journalism is the production and distribution of reports on the interaction of events, facts, ideas, and people that are the "news of the day" and that informs society to at least some degree. The word, a noun, applies to the occupation (profes ...

at the

University of West Georgia The University of West Georgia is a public university in Carrollton, Georgia. The university offers a satellite campus in Newnan, Georgia, select classes at its Douglasville Center, and off-campus Museum Studies classes at the Atlanta History Ce ...

, but later dropped out and moved back to New Orleans. Marks was married in 1998.

Filmography

*''Cover Me'' (1995), Candy Jefferson *''Scoring'' (1995), Phyllis *''

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'' (1996), Tiger *'' Blue Heat: The Case of the Cover Girl Murders'' (1997), Candy *''Playboy Real Couples Sex in Dangerous Places'' (1995), Herself *''Playboy Voluptuous Vixens'' (1997), Herself *''Playboy Gen-X Girls'' (1998), Herself *''Playboy Blondes, Brunettes, Redheads'' (1991), Herself *'' L.E.T.H.A.L. Ladies: Return to Savage Beach'' (1998), Tiger *''Love Stinks'' (1999), Jasmine *''Sting of the Black Scorpion'' (2001), Babette

Selected TV appearances

*''

'', Girl in Logan's Tower - in the episode ''"Sweet Dreams"'' (1995) *''

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'' - in the episode ''"Thank Heaven for Little Girls"'' (1995) *'' Married... with Children'', Colleen - in the episode ''"Pump Fiction"'' (1995) *'' Married... with Children'', Inga - in the episode ''"The Two That Got Away"'' (1995) *'' WWF Monday Night Raw'' - ring escort of Hunter Hearst Helmsley (1996) *''

Silk Stalkings ''Silk Stalkings'' is an American crime drama television series that premiered on CBS on November 7, 1991, as part of the network's late-night ''Crimetime After Primetime'' programming package. Broadcast for two seasons until CBS ended the ''Crim ...

'', Marla Hess - in the episode ''"Playing Doctor"'' (1996) *''Viper'', Connie Matuszak - in the episode ''"First Mob Wives Club"'' (1997) *''

'', Michelle - in the episode ''"Sex, Lies and Activewear"'' (1997)

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Marks, Shae 1972 births Living people Actresses from New Orleans 1990s Playboy Playmates American television actresses People from Peachtree City, Georgia 21st-century American women