Elke Jeinsen Bio
Elke Jeinsen is a German glamour model, actress, and personal trainer. Born Elke Erika Weintrab Jeinsen on July 25, 1966, in Hanover, Germany, she has also been credited as Erika Weintraub. Playboy named her its May 1993 Playmate at 26. Her appearance came during Playboy's 1990s print era, a period increasingly shaped by entertainment and celebrity culture.
Jeinsen has natural breasts, blue eyes and blond hair. Her measurements are 34-24-34.
Jeinsen’s public life began in the pageant ring: she won Miss Hannover in 1985 and placed second in the Miss Germany contest the following year, a run that quickly led to national exposure and to Playboy Germany’s Playmate of the Month for October 1986. That early visibility opened doors in commercial modeling and European television, not merely magazine spreads.
A year in Milan followed, where she worked as part of the Cin Cin dance troupe and appeared on the Italian program Colpo Grosso, while assignments sent her to Mexico, the Maldives, Spain, Greece, Canada and the United States. Fashion and swimwear clients filled her portfolio; she even worked in Calgary during the 1988 Winter Olympics, a sign of the itinerant life many international models keep.
Screen work supplemented the pages. Jeinsen turned up in a string of small parts and background roles—credits that include Wayne’s World 2, Charlie’s Angels, Crocodile Dundee in Los Angeles and Rock Star—while American television watchers would have spotted her in Baywatch and the reunion film Baywatch: Hawaiian Wedding. She also appeared in the Joe Cocker video for “Night Calls” and in genre fare such as Citizen Toxie: The Toxic Avenger IV, a selection of appearances that kept her visible across formats.
Her association with Playboy extended beyond single issues into numerous international editions and home-video projects, including the Playboy Video Playmate Calendar 1995 and a Playmate Profile collection. In later years Jeinsen translated an active lifestyle into a second profession: she earned NASM certification as a personal trainer and has worked in senior fitness, group classes and boxing-based training. A black belt in karate and a long residence in Los Angeles round out a career that moved between pageants, European television and American screens with a steady focus on movement as much as image.
