Carol Alt Biography And Filmography:

Carol Alt, the third of four children, was born in Flushing, Queens, New York, to Muriel Alt, who worked as a print and runway model before her marriage, and Anthony Alt, a New York City Fire Chief. Alt has two sisters, Christine, a model, and Karen; and a brother, Anthony Alt. Carol was raised in East Williston, New York, and attended The Wheatley School and Hofstra University.

Carol Alt's first big career success came from modeling during the 19080's, when she was featured on the cover of Harper's Bazaar magazine, but gained real fame and celebrity status in 1982 when she was featured on the cover of the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue. During the 1980's Alt appeared on over 400 magazine covers worldwide, becoming one the most famous models of her generation. Carol Alt was at one time referred to as "The Face" by Life Magazine. During the height of her fame, she was the face of ad campaigns for Diet Pepsi, General Motors, Cover Girl Cosmetics, Noxema, Hanes and numerous others. Alt was the first model to manufacture her own posters and calendars. During the 1980'2, Alt very publicly fled the fashion and modeling industry in favor of acting, which was her passion.

Alt's first recognized film roles was as an Elite Model in "Portfolio" (1983) where top models star in a drama revealing the guts of the fashion world. Then she appeared in the television series "Capital" (1982-1987), this daytime serial dramatizes the power struggles and personal machinations between two feuding political families the wealthy Cleggs and middle-class McCandlesses. Carol then was hired and cast in the dramatic movie "Bye Bye Baby" (1988) about a married couple from Milan who is tempted into mutual betrayal during a holiday in Mauritius Islands. The actress then took a more adventurous role in the action film "Beyond Justice" (1992) about a woman's ex-husband, who is the son of an Arab chieftain, kidnaps their young teenage son and brings him back to Morocco. Alt then teamed with "Hulk Hogan" in the adventure film "Thunder in Paradise" (1993) where "Hulk Hogan" stars as R. J. "Hurricane" Spencer who is an  Navy S. E. A. L. and confirmed bachelor struggling to make ends meet. The movie franchise was so successful that producers quickly rolled out "Thunder in Paradise II" (1994) and "Thunder in Paradise 3" (1994).

Carol Alt began to grow comfortable in her movie roles, especially the cops and robbers types of roles, and appeared in the David Frost directed action thriller "Ring Of Steel" (1994) about a champion fencer who accidentally kills an opponent in a match. Disgraced, he is blackballed from the fencing community. Carol then appeared as the girlfriend of a bartender on parole who gets re-involved with his previous girlfriend, only to discover he's part of her criminal scheme. More action followed starring alongside Judge Reinhold in "Crackerjack 2" (1996) about a policeman working alone who must rescue his girlfriend and a trainload of other hostages from vicious criminals in a mountain tunnel hideout. Then she took the role of Gloria in the Howard Stern and Robin Quivers comedic biography "Private Parts" (1997), the auto-biographical story of Howard Stern, the radio-rebel who is now also a TV-personality, an author and a movie star. 

After starring in "Storm Trooper" (1998), Alt had a supporting role in "The Protector" about soldier of fortune Ken Conway, who gets a job offer from his former fiancee to look into the whereabouts of a missing scientist. Carol then segued back into television for the movie "Catch Me If You Can" about when a 12 year old boy with an attitude who witnesses a mob killing, the job of protecting him falls to a down-on-his luck cop (Tim Matheson). Returning back to the big screen, this time Alt tried a horror flick in the film "Revelation" (1999). In this movie, a man is  looking for his family. The Christians, whom the rest of the world has started to call The Haters, are being framed for many murders and terrorist acts. The following year marked a milestone for the actress, as she finally ventured into the world of comedy with "My Best Friend's Wife" (2001) starring John Stamos, about two friends who are about to learn that they are "Grownups."

The following year it was back to the dramatic thrillers in "Hitters" (2002) where a respected civic leader is caught between two rival underworld crime families on the verge of war. Another comedy was next with "The Look" (2003) where a Group of young teens come to New York for a modeling competition. Carol Alt then teamed with Bruce Boxleitner for the sci-fi thriller "Snakehead Terror" (2004) set in a small town, desperate to recover from hard economic times and is under threat when a voracious snakehead fish mutates and survives previous lake chemical poisonings. Two back to back films that failed to gain much attention were "Swarmed" (2005 TV),  "The Signs of the Cross" (2005) and "Fatal Trust" (2006).

Alt the joined Orson Bean in the comedy "Mattie Fresno and the Holoflux Universe" (2007) and "Twisted Fortune" (2007) with Dave Attell, about a down-and-out thief who finds he's got a bottle cap worth a million bucks. Unfortunately, he discovers this while robbing a convenience store. In 2008, Carol Alt appeared in her first Western themed film with "The Man Who Came Back" (2008) about prostitution, murder and perjury. 

Alt has also appeared in a number of guest roles on television such as "Houston Knights", "B.L. Stryker", "Baywatch Nights", "Wings", "King of the Hill" and "Diagnosis Murder". For two years she appeared in 23 episodes of the television series "Amazon" (1999-2000)  

Carol Alt was a contestant on NBC's 2008 The Celebrity Apprentice, with Donald Trump, competing for her charity, the Tony Alt Memorial Foundation, which raises funds for scholarships that will allow young adults to continue their studies. She ended up in third place before being fired, but was brought back for the final task of the show and was chosen by finalist Piers Morgan to help him to become the Celebrity Apprentice.

• Born: on 12/01/1960 in Flushing Point, New York
  Job Titles: Actor, Model, Singer, Bakery worker, Waitress
  
  Family
  
  - Brother: Anthony Alt Jr. older; lives in New Zealand
  - Father: Anthony Alt. was in army reserves; born in 1930; died on Christmas day 1983
  - Mother: Muriel Alt. before her marriage, had worked as a print and runway model
  - Sister: Christine Alt. younger
  - Sister: Karen Alt. older
  
  Significant Others
  
  - Companion: Alexei Yashin. born in November 1973 in Sverdlosk, USSR; together from 1998; played hockey with the Ottawa Senators from 1993; did not play during the 1999-2000 season because of a contract dispute; signed 10-year, $87.5 million contract with the New York Islanders in September 2001
  - Companion: Ayrton Senna da Silva. born in March 1960 in Brazil; although close, Alt maintains they were just friends; died in a racing accident on May 1, 1994
  - Companion: Rex Smith. had relatioship in 1982
  
  Education
  
  * Hofstra University, Hempstead, New York
  

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