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Tawny Kitaen (born '''Julie Kitaen''' August 5, 1961, in San Diego, California ) is an American Actress . Julie Kitaen was born to father Terry Kitaen, who was an employee of a neon sign company, and Linda Taylor Kitaen, a housewife and a former beauty pageant queen. Julie began using the name "Tawny" at the age of 14, on her own initiative. Kitaen attended the Mission Hills High School in San Diego, California, but never graduated. As an adult, Kitaen is 5'7" tall. CAREER Tawny's first significant work away from home was in modeling, particularly in modeling blue jeans. She began her acting career in 1983 with a minor role in a '' (a.k.a. ''Gwendoline''), and she also co-starred in the movie '' Bachelor Party '' as the bride-to-be of a young Tom Hanks . Kitaen soon became associated with the "hair metal" scene. Decked in black leather, she appeared on the cover of the band Ratt 's breakthrough album, '' Out Of The Cellar ''. In 1987, she appeared in the band Whitesnake 's Music-video s "Here I Go Again", in which she did the splits and rolled around on the hood of a Jaguar dressed in little more than a sheer white negligee, and also in the follow-up video "Is This Love." Kitaen married the band's lead singer David Coverdale in 1989, but the two divorced in 1991. Riding the publicity from her music-video appearances, Kitaen took on a number of television roles. She was co-host of ''''. From 1992 until 1996, she provided the voice of "Annabelle" in the animated television show '' Eek! The Cat ''. music video "Here I Go Again"]] After her marriage to Mr. Coverdale ended, Kitaen was romantically linked at varous times to Tommy Lee , O.J. Simpson , Jerry Seinfeld , Chuck Finley , and Jon Stewart . She settled on Major League baseball pitcher Chuck Finley and married him in 1997. She and Mr. Finley produced two daughters together — Wynter Finley in 1993 and Raine Finley in 1996 — and the parents appeared in a feature of professional athletes and their wives in the 1999 '' Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue ''. Tawny is one of the cast of the sixth edition of '' The Surreal Life '', a Reality Television show on VH-1 . The show began airing in March 2006. In an episode of the Surreal Life, Tawny attacked Florence Henderson to the dismay of her fellow castmates and the studio audience watching the debacle. LEGAL TROUBLES On December 13, 2001, Kitaen was arrested in Newport Beach, California , for allegedly vandalizing another woman's automobile. On April 1, 2002, she was arrested again in Newport Beach and then charged with Domestic Abuse and Battery for attacking Mr. Finley while the two were driving home. Kitaen reportedly kicked Finley several times with her high-heeled boots, and severely twisted his ear, leaving visible marks. Finley filed for divorce three days after this incident. Kitaen admitted shortly afterwards in court filings that she had become addicted to prescription medications for Depression and Migraine headaches. Mr. Finley was granted a Temporary Restraining Order against Kitaen and temporary custody of their children, and also as part of a criminal plea agreement, Kitaen was required to undergo Substance Abuse counseling and to make a $500 donation to a battered-women's shelter. The judge also ordered her to issue a written apology, after she asserted on '' The Howard Stern Show '' in September 2003 that she had been forced to plead guilty; that she had never abused drugs; and that she was actually the victim of her allegedly Steroid -using and heavy-drinking husband. Finley's divorce petition against her is still pending. EXTERNAL LINKS
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