Playmate of the Month

Background:

“I think a lot of people are miserable because they're not doing what they are supposed to be doing in life. When you start to accomplish your dreams, whether it be acting, singing, engineering, teaching or whatever you're supposed to be doing, that is when you find happiness.” Katie Lohmann

American model and actress Katie Lohmann is most known for being a Playboy Playmate of the Month in April 2001. Previously, she appeared in the Playmate 2000 search pictorial, published in the December 1999 issue, and has since, she has also appeared in its movie productions. As an actress, Lohmann has had bit parts in a number of major motion pictures, including “AI: Artificial Intelligence” (2001), “Auto Focus” (2002) and “The Hot Chick” (2002). She also has roles in “7-10 Split” and “Love Shack” (both 2007). On the small screen, she has guested in such shows as “Nip/Tuck,” “Monk” and “According to Jim.” In an interview with Howard Stern, she declared that she has had breast implants. She stated she was always miserable with her appearance thus her mother paid for them as a gift after high school graduation.

“I can honestly say that I'm still waiting for something that is recognizable enough to take me to the next level. There is only so much that you can do — take your acting classes, you network with people, try to go to a lot of Hollywood events like Oscar parties and movie premieres, so that you can meet people. I'm still waiting and I'm working my butt off for it.” Katie Lohmann

Lohmann now is the resident of Woodland Hills, California.

Supergirl

Childhood and Family:

Katherine “Katie” Lohmann was born on January 29, 1980, in Scottsdale, Arizona. She is the youngest child of Dan, a successful accountant and businessman, and Sharon, the leader of Payroll for Citibank. Her parents divorced in 1992, when she was 12 years old. She has a brother named Michael and a sister named Christine.

After graduating from high school, she left her home for Los Angeles to pursue her career. She is known by the nicknames Supergirl, Mouse Butt and Tinkerbell.

Love Shack

Career:

Arizona native Katie Lohmann found a passion for performing on stage early. At age 8, she made her first public appearance singing a song from the Walt Disney classic “The Little Mermaid” (1989) and won a standing ovation. After the performance, she received a casting call from the new Disney Mickey Mouse show “MMC” (1989) and, although she saw it as a good jump start, she had to decline the offer due to her mother's discouragement. Sharon felt that her daughter was too young and the job would obstruct her studies.

Ten years later, Lohmann graduated from high school and started modeling. She appeared in diverse magazines, calenders and catalogs, but she did not hit the big time until Playboy spotted her and she made her first appearance in the semifinal men's magazine in December of 1999. In the summer of 2000, she made her way to Los Angeles to further chase her dreams and soon found herself gracing on the cover of a number of magazines throughout the world, thank in part to her platinum blonde hair and beautiful hazel eyes.

Lohmann gained additional notice when in April 2001, she became the Playmate of the Month, and later continued to appear in several of the company's publications and videos. The impressed Hugh Hefner commented, “I always knew she would make me proud.”

“I've always loved acting, so I am willing to put the work in. I always give 110 percent. Acting can be tough, but you must make sure to improve with every role you get.” Katie Lohmann

However, Lohmann's real desire was to be an actress. Making her acting debut in the 1999 film “Hot Club California,” she added to her credits as groupie in an episode of the Billie Frank comedy series “Rude Awakening” in 2000 and then landed soft-core roles in movies like “Dead Sexy” (2001), “Sex Court: The Movie” (2001) and “National Lampoon Presents Dorm Daze” (2003), which starred Tatyana Ali and Danielle Fishel. She also was featured in several higher profile films, including the Gregory Poirier-directed “Tomcats” (2001), Steven Spielberg's “AI: Artificial Intelligence” (2001), the Jake Gyllenhaal-Swoosie Kurtz adventure flick “Bubble Boy” (2001), the biopic “Auto Focus” (2002, starred Greg Kinnear and Willem Dafoe as “Hogan's Heroes” star Bob Crane and his friend John Carpenter, respectively), and Tom Brady's comedy “The Hot Chick” (2002).

In 2003, Lohmann appeared as Saphire Girl in an episode of the comedy series “Monk,” starring Tony Shalhoub, and had a small role as Party Girl in an episode of the hit drama “Nip/Tuck.” She reappeared on “Nip/Tuck” in the following year, this time playing supermodel type woman. Other TV credits included “S Club 7 in Hollywood” (2001), “Reno 911!” (2003-2005), “Creating America's Next Hit Television Show” (2004, 2005) and “According to Jim” (2005).

From 2005 to 2007, Lohmann could be seen acting in the films “Halfway Decent” (2005, as a Female Barber), the sport-themed “Lingerie Bowl” (2006, TV), “Room 6” (2006), a horror/thriller directed by Michael Hurst and starring Christine Taylor and Shane Brolly, and the Tommy Reid-helmed comedy “7-10 Split” (2007), which starred Ross Patterson, Tara Reid and Clayne Crawford.

Despite her hectic work as an actress, Lohmann has also continued her modeling career. In November 2006, she joined Tina Marie Jordan and Karen McDougal to be a trio of Playmates that appeared on the “Celebrity Playmate Gift Guide” pictorial of a paintball enthusiasts magazine, Splat. The pictorial displayed new paintball products for the 2006 holiday season. She also has modeled for Wicked Temptations Lingerie and appeared in a number of print ads for clients like Cadillac Ext, Sony, Toyota, Windsor Pilates, among others. Her commercial credits include Body by Jake, Hot Cross Buns, MS Abdominal Trainer and Sealy Mattress. In 2007, she appeared in Girls of Epic Calender and Swimwear Network International Calendar.

Currently, Lohmann has completed filming the comedy film “Love Shack” (2007), playing Veronica Taint. Among her costars in the film, which was jointly directed and written by Gregg Sacon and Michael B. Silver, are Diora Baird, Laura Silverman, Molly Hagan, Ian Gomez and Mark Feuerstein.

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