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"The Gentlemen" and "Slow Horses" return this fall, while the "Reacher" spin-off series "Neagley" makes its debut. See our guide of the biggest Fall TV and streaming releases.

2026 Fall TV and Streaming Watch Guide

&quot;The Gentlemen&quot; and &quot;Slow Horses&quot; return this fall, while the &quot;Reacher&quot; spin-off series &quot;Neagley&quot; makes its debut. See our guide of the biggest Fall TV and streaming releases.

Get a closer look at these actors from their many TV and streaming series roles.

Streaming Stars, Then and Now

Miss Baker was born on July 15, 1977, in Anaheim, California, and raised in Riverside, California, the younger of two children. Her older brother has been her biggest influence in life, teaching her snowboarding and soccer at a young age, sports she continues to enjoy to this day. She also liked more girly pursuits as well, such as ballet and tap dancing. A good student, she graduated from high school a year early as an A student, then pursued an Associates in Science from a local junior college. Wanting to get into show business, and with a love for performing in front of an audience, Kitana began working as a showgirl in local clubs, eventually winning Local Showgirl of the Year 1998 and National Showgirl of the Year 1999 awards along the way.

She also began modeling, posing for various magazines and web sites, and caught the attention of Playboy magazine in February 2001. Playboy hired Miss Baker to work on a TV show for their network called 'Strip Search' and featured her in 'Playboy's College Girls', 'Playboy's Wet & Wild' and 'Playboy's Book of Lingerie' special edition books, as well as their 'Playboy's College Girls' calendar, where she was Miss December. The producers of the show 'Night Calls 411' took an interest in her, and given that she already worked for Playboy - the channel that airs the 'Night Calls' show - signed her on immediately, and she's been on every episode since. She also continued working on other projects for Playboy, including videos and regularly appearing on other shows on the network.

In the summer of 2002, it was announced that Brooke Burke would be giving up her hostessing duties on the E! show 'Wild On'. Feeling that she would be a perfect fit for the travelogue/bikini-oriented show, Miss Baker tried out for the job and ended up as one of the twelve finalists in the 'Wild On! Wild Off' contest. Though the hostessing role ultimately went to Cindy Taylor, E! was impressed enough with Miss Baker to feature her in segment of the show taped in San Diego, for the episode titled 'Wild on Wants You: The West Coast,' and returned again to take part in 'Wild On! H20.'

Wanting to make her way into a more mainstream acting career, Kitana began taking acting lessons at the South Coast Repertory in Costa Mesa, California, and has landed several roles in both independent feature films and a few major ones. She can be seen in the opening trailer for Auto Focus (2002) a film starring Willem Dafoe and Greg Kinnear, and has a small role in the Universal film _Intolerable (2003)_. Also, Miss Baker has been seen in television shows such as 'Fast Lane', 'Big Shot', 'The Test' and 'The Man Show', where she appeared in two skits ('Bosom Springs' and 'Women in Sports'). She can still be seen live each month on 'Night Calls 411' every second and fourth Wednesday. Other projects she's been involved with include performing in music videos by artists such as Tommy Lee, Sugar Ray, Offspring, Moby, Brian McKnight, Shaggy, Mack 10 and DragPipe. Kitana also plans to continue modeling for the time being.

Is of Irish, German, Hawaiian and Chinese ancestry.

[January 2006] Along with Guy McIntyre and <a class="ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity" href="/name/nm1345563/?ref_=nmtrv_trv">Tanya Ballinger</a>, Kitana visited U.S.
troops in Germany and Bosnia during Super Bowl week.

[January 2003] Caused a stir with her appearence in a Miller Lite beer
commercial, where she wrestled with a girl after arguing over the
beer&#39;s attributes. Many feminist activists were irate over the ad, but
Baker was thrilled with the media exposure it brought her.

Introduced her boyfriend John during an appearance on The Howard Stern
Show on September 15, 2004. During the interview with Stern, John
admitted that he has a $12,000 annual salary and that the most
important thing to do in keeping a girl like Kitana happy is to not be
too clingy and let her do her own thing.

Winner of the 1998 Local Showgirl of the Year and the 1999 National
Showgirl of the Year awards.

(August 30, 2002) Miss Baker is announced as one of the twelve
finalists in E!&#39;s search for a new &#39;Wild On&#39; hostess. She will be flown
to Las Vegas for the &#39;Wild Off,&#39; where the new hostess will be annouced
on September 3, as voted by the viewing audience.

Appeared as a ring girl in King of the Cage, a competition involving
fighters from various martial arts, starting in October, 1999. She has
since appeared in nearly every KOTC event held at the Soboba Casino in
San Jacinto.

Taped a segment for the Travel Channel while appearing at the
McLaughlin River Run 2002 in Nevada with the Girls of Playboy.

Was voted the Playboy 2003 Model of the Year.

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