Jillian Grace Bio
Jillian Grace is an American actress, glamour and nude model. Born Jillian Grace Harper on December 20, 1985, in Berryville, Arkansas, she has also been credited as Jillian Harper. Playboy named her its March 2005 Playmate at 19. Her appearance came in the 2000s, as Playboy's print tradition began to share space with an expanding online presence.
Grace has natural breasts, blue eyes and blond hair. Her measurements are 36-24-36.
Jillian Grace reached Playboy through an unusually public audition. She had wanted to become a Playmate, but it was her mother, Katharine Walter, who took the initiative and sent photographs and a letter about her daughter to Howard Stern. The submission earned Grace an invitation to appear on The Howard Stern Show, turning a family gesture into her first significant opportunity in modeling.
Playboy senior photo editor Kevin Kuster joined Grace during that appearance and considered her a strong prospect for the magazine. Playboy subsequently flew her to Chicago for a test shoot, which led to her centerfold. The route was particularly memorable because Grace had not built a conventional professional modeling career beforehand; national radio effectively became her introduction to Playboy.
Her relationship with the company continued across television and video. Grace appeared in two episodes of Playboy TV’s Hot Babes Doing Stuff Naked and made several appearances on The Girls Next Door. Acting brought additional opportunities, including roles in Epic Movie, The Comebacks and the short film The Agonist.
Grace also appeared in The House Bunny, the 2008 comedy whose fictional Playboy Mansion setting provided a particularly apt connection with her earlier work. Away from acting and modeling, fitness developed into a profession of its own. She became a certified personal trainer, allowing an interest in physical training to provide practical work outside entertainment. Among her more unusual pursuits was studying yodeling.
Motherhood became another important part of Grace’s life when she gave birth to her daughter, Harper, in August 2008. Actor and comedian David Spade was confirmed as Harper’s father. Grace ultimately made her home in Missouri, returning to the region where she had grown up while working as a personal trainer.
