Nikki Schieler Bio
Nikki Schieler is an American glamour model, producer, and actress. Born Natalie Jo Schieler on August 9, 1971, in Norwalk, California, she has also been credited as Natalie Schieler, Nikki Schieler Ziering, and Nikki Ziering. Playboy named her its September 1997 Playmate at 26. Her appearance came during Playboy's 1990s print era, a period increasingly shaped by entertainment and celebrity culture.
Schieler has enhanced breasts, green eyes and blond hair. Her measurements are 36-23-35.
Before she ever posed for glossy catalogs or centerfolds, Nikki Schieler was scrubbing plaque rather than posing for photographers: a stint as a dental hygienist ended the day a scout suggested she try swimsuit work. That nudge led quickly to pages for Venus Swimwear and Frederick’s of Hollywood and the tidy, athletic look magazines favored in the late 1990s — a catalog resume that read like a fast track out of the dental office and into professional glamour.
Her magazine work moved beyond catalogs in ways that are immediately visible on camera. The centerfold that followed was shot by Arny Freytag, and she went on to appear in numerous Playboy videos and Special Editions, expanding the photographic storylines that first brought her wider exposure.
Television proved an especially visible lane. From 1999 to 2002 she was a regular on The Price Is Right as one of the show’s roster of models, and she took a decidedly different turn in 2004 when she served as Team Dream captain for the Los Angeles Temptation at the inaugural Lingerie Bowl. Those appearances showed a willingness to trade still frames for staged moments and live audiences, an adaptability that kept her from being typecast as only a print model.
That screen work extended into reality television and small-film roles: she turned up on programs like Celebrity Love Island, I’m a Celebrity…Get Me Out of Here!, Celebrity Boot Camp, Celebrity Paranormal Project and Hulk Hogan’s Celebrity Championship Wrestling, and she had bit parts in mainstream comedies including American Wedding and Austin Powers in Goldmember. Off-camera she tried hosting and reporting—co-hosting The Grill and working as a sideline reporter for CBS’s Ultimate Blackjack Tour—while a high-profile marriage to actor Ian Ziering from 1997 to 2002 kept her name in entertainment circles beyond the pages and the credits.
