Trishelle Cannatella

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Trishelle Cannatella

Born November 4, 1979 (1979-11-04) (age 28)
Cut Off, Louisiana

Trishelle Cannatella (born November 4, 1979) is an American actress, reality TV contestant, and Playboy model.[1]

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[edit] Biography

Cannatella was born on November 4, 1979 and raised in Cut Off, Louisiana. She is of French Cajun ancestry.[citation needed] She was raised as a Southern Baptist, and has described herself as a "momma's girl".[2]

Her mother, a devout Christian, took her family to church three or four times a week.[citation needed] When she was 14, her mother died from a brain tumor. Prior to her passing, Trishelle's mother instructed Trishelle's older sister Nikki to look after Trishelle, which Nikki would eventually do. Cannatella was on several athletic teams throughout her high school career at South Lafourche High School,[citation needed] but after her mother had died, Cannatella began rebelling by associating with an unsavory crowd, acting the part of the "bad girl" , and eventually began doing drugs. She began smoking, and eventually began regularly taking Valium Xanax, quaaludes, and ecstasy, which her friends would mule in from Mexico.[2]

During her senior year of high school, however, she began to associate with a more respectable group of friends who "took her under their wing", and got her to abstain from drugs. After visiting her sister Nikki at The University of Southern Mississippi, Cannatella decided on that college, which she began attending at age 18,[2] majoring in Broadcast Journalism with a minor in English.[citation needed]

[edit] Reality career

[edit] The Real World: Las Vegas

Sullen about the impending need to pay back her student loans as her graduation neared in 2002, Cannatella heard a radio ad for a show called Lost in the U.S., which offered a $50,000 prize. She wore a low-cut shirt and boots to the interview in order to gain favor, and cut her way through the line to the front, telling those in charge that she was told to do this. A couple of [days, weeks?] later, she was notified that the show was canceled, but was asked if she wanted to audition for The Real World: Las Vegas, the twelfth season of the long-running reality show, which would later air in 2002-2003. She accepted, but perceived the questions she was asked during the audition process to be part of an attempt by the producers' part to cast her as the stereotypical racist cast member, and later, in light of the questions they asked about her religion, as the "holy roller".[2]

Cannatella was selected as a cast member. During her stay, she and her roommates worked in the hotel and clubs. On their first night in the suite, Cannatella enjoyed a three-way makeout session with castmates Steven Hill and Brynn Smith in the hot tub, which a producer would later cite as a sign that this season would be a successful one. Cannatella had a sexual relationship with housemate Steven Hill which culminated in a pregnancy scare. Cannatella and her fellow castmates felt pressure from the producers to act out for the cameras in order to make appealing television, saying that she was asked leading questions by the producers about her plans on certain nights. She also notes that alcohol was made readily available to the cast, which she pointed out in light of the fact that alcoholism runs in her family. Cannatella feels that she was depicted as a promiscuous alcoholic party girl through the use of manipulative editing, but she and Hill assert that they were the least promiscuous of the cast, precisely because they were in a monogamous relationship with each other. Cannatella would later complain of this depiction with regard to her appearance on The Surreal Life.[2]

During her time on the show, Cannatella developed an eating disorder. Speaking of it on The E! True Hollywood Story: Bad Girls of Reality TV, she said that watching that episode was "embarrassing".[2]

During the season of Road Rules: Campus Crawl, which was filmed at the same time as The Real World: Las Vegas, the cast members from the two shows faced off against each other in a series of challenges. During this competition, she began a relationship with Road Rules cast member Eric Jones.

In May 2007, she appeared on the reunion show, Reunited: The Real World Las Vegas.[3]

[edit] The Surreal Life

In 2004, Cannatella was a member of The Surreal Life along with Traci Bingham, Erik Estrada, Tammy Faye Messner, Ron Jeremy, and Vanilla Ice. She developed a crush on Vanilla Ice, but he was married and refused to act on it. However, she did hook up with Andy Dick when he paid a surprise visit to the Surreal Life house. During the Dirty Laundry segment hosted at the end of the season by Sally Jesse Raphael, Raphael made unflattering remarks about Cannatella, insinuating that she had a drinking problem and gave the impression that she was promiscuous.

[edit] The Real World/Road Rules Challenge: The Gauntlet

Cannatella was a member of the Real World team during the Real World/Road Rules Challenge: The Gauntlet, but was sent home during the tenth episode when she lost a gauntlet to Sarah Greyson. During the show, she had an on-screen romance with Mike Mizanin. Their romance caused tension between Mizanin and his friend Coral Smith, who felt that Mizanin was influenced by his relationship with Cannatella in making tactical decisions during the competition. Their feud culminated in Mizanin voting Coral into the "Gauntlet". Mike and Cannatella would later breakup, and after a period of tension, become friends. Another notable moment during The Gauntlet occurred when she fell off of her bicycle and had to be sent to the hospital.

[edit] Kill Reality

In 2005, Cannatella was a part of the reality show Kill Reality which chronicled the making of the movie The Scorned. During the making of the movie, she alluded to having a past sexual relationship with Jon "Johnny Fairplay" Dalton. At the time of filming, the two were just friends, but their sexual history upset Fairplay's newest "fling" Tonya Cooley.

[edit] Fear Factor

In 2006, Cannatella appeared on Fear Factor in a special reality themed episode. Her partner was former boyfriend Mike Mizanin. The two competed against other teams of former reality contestants including Jonny Fairplay and Victoria Fuller. In the end, Cannatella and Mizanin won the show, taking home the prize money and several other prizes.

[edit] Dr. Steve-O

Cannatella appears in the USA Network reality series Dr. Steve-O.[4]

[edit] Punk'd

She has also appeared in a episode of the reality show that punks celebrities (Punk'd) hosted by Ashton Kutcher.

[edit] Other appearances

Trishelle has posed nude for Playboy magazine and the online Playboy Cyber Club. She also appeared in a Playboy DVD.[2]

Cannatella appears in William Hung's music video for his single She Bangs. During the 2007 Super Bowl, she appeared in a commercial for GoDaddy.com alongside WWE Diva Candice Michelle. Later that year, Trishelle also appeared in the May 2007 issue of Stuff and on their website to promote her new television series VIP Passport, where she and several other girls fly to hot-spots around the world. [5]

According to Prowrestling.net, Trishelle has signed as the first celebrity contestant for Hulk Hogan's Celebrity Championship Wrestling.

[edit] Filmography

[edit] TV Appearances and Videos

[edit] Movies

[edit] References

  1. ^ Trishelle.org's news page
  2. ^ a b c d e f g The E! True Hollywood Story: Bad Girls of Reality TV; Broadcast January 3, 2008.
  3. ^ Reunited: The Real World Las Vegas at the Internet Movie Database
  4. ^ Trishelle Talks About New Show 'Dr. Steve-O,' Wearing A Bee-Kini & Why She's A Badass
  5. ^ StuffMagazine.com (April 4, 2007). Passport to Pleasure. Retrieved on May 1, 2007.

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