What happened to Yasmine Bleeth, Caroline from 'Baywatch'?

From 1993 to 1997, Yasmine Bleeth dressed in the role (or, rather, the costume) of the beautiful and popular lifeguard Caroline Holden. She was the best friend of C.J. Parker, played by Pamela Anderson, in the 1990s cult TV series 'Baywatch'.

With her deep blue eyes and long brown hair, Yasmine Bleeth remains probably one of the most iconic and memorable figures ever to appear on television.

After the years of great media success due to the famous TV series, Yasmine Bleeth's life, both professionally and personally, began to take a completely unexpected turn. This led her to step out of the spotlight almost for good.

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According to the actress's filmography on the IMDb website, the last film she starred in was 'Beautiful Evil', a 2014 horror film. In reality, there is very little official information about the last years of her career. We look to find out what happened to her by retracing the most significant moments of her career as an actress.

Born in New York on 14 June 1968, before becoming a famous 'lifeguard' Yasmine Bleeth worked in many other TV projects between the 1980s and 1990s.

In this photo we see her posing with actor Michael Levin, her colleague on the set of the soap opera 'I Ryan', staring from 1985 to 1989. But her first ever acting experience came a few years earlier, in 1983, for the musical 'Hey Babe!'

In the soap 'I Ryan', she starred alongside another TV star of the 1990s, Grant Show, who later became more famous through his role as Jake Hanson in 'Melrose Place'.

Even before landing on the beaches of Malibu in 1991, the New York actress was part of the cast of another US soap opera, 'One Life to Live', which aired on ABC from 15 July 1968 to 13 January 2012, for two years.

In 1993, however, the big chance of a lifetime knocked on Yasmine Bleeth's door: she was chosen to be part of the cast of lifeguards and lifeguards in what would become the most important TV series of her later years.

Caroline Holden and C.J. Parker, formed the most famous lifeguard couple on television, gaining popularity with fans around the world, rescue after rescue.

'Baywatch' helped make her a worldwide celebrity in the 1990s, so much so that she also landed several roles outside the series, again for the small screen

Projects from those years include the dramatic thrillers 'A Face to Die for', 'Talk to Me' and 'Heaven or Vegas', all released in 1996. In 1997, she starred in the TV film 'Crowned and Dangerous.

After leaving 'Baywatch' in 1997, she starred in other television films, including 'The Lake' (1998), 'BASEketball' (1998), 'It Came from the Sky' (1999), 'Road rage' (1999) and 'Goodbye Casanova ' (2000).

In the same years she took part in a few episodes of several TV series: 'Veronica's Closet' (1998), 'Nash Bridges' (1998 to 2000) and 'Titans' (2000 - pictured). Yasmine Bleeth's last appearance in a series was in 2003 in an episode of 'V.I.P.'.

Those last appearances came at a difficult period for the actress. Her career slowed down considerably due to personal problems, including legal troubles related to her addictions.

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In 2001, she was also convicted and imprisoned for possession of illegal substances. These problems certainly influenced her lack of screen presence in the following years.

As for her private life in 1996, during her peak years, there were rumours about her alleged love affair with actor Matthew Perry, who suddenly passed away in October 2023. Their brief affair was confirmed by several magazines including Page Six.

More well-known, however, is her relationship with another actor from a famous series of the time, Luke Perry, who also tragically and prematurely passed away in March 2019, and with whom Bleeth, according to the website whosdatedwho.com, appears to have dated from 1987 to 1988.

Subsequently, she married Paul Cerrito (pictured), owner of a s t r i p club, in 2003. The actress has always been very closed about her private life since the legal problems, so there is no information about any children.

According to the IMDb website, in addition to taking part in 'Beautiful Evil' in 2014, Yasmine Bleeth also took part in the filming of the movie 'Kill with Me' directed by Cristian Toledo and opposite Tori Spelling (pictured), but, at the moment, the film does not appear to have been released.

In both 2016 and 2023, the actress was focus of attention, appearing in various magazines looking very different from what fans remember - as is only to be expected, given that a good thirty years have passed since the legendary beach rescues!

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