Je activist

Written several books about parenting and has promoted research into environmental causes and alternative medical treatments for autism

Promoted the disproven idea that vaccines cause autism, and said that chelation therapy, a quack remedy, helped cure her son of autism

Described by journalists as "the nation's most prominent purveyor of anti-vaxxer ideology" and "the face of the anti-vaxx movement"

Disputes the anti-vaccine label, saying she prefers the term "pro-safe-vaccine-schedule," a term that has met strong criticism

Host of The Jenny McCarthy Show, in 1997, and again, in 2013

Began her career in 1993 as a nude model for Playboy magazine and was later named their Playmate of the Year

Also known as Jennifer Wahlberg