good looks at age 40 and wanting to be an inspiration to mothers and women her age as the reason she chose to finally pose nude. "It will be fun to go up against the 20-year-olds and show them that they don't have anything on me!" she told the Associated Press. In an interview with EXTRA! magazine she said that the television show Desperate Housewives had been an inspiration for her as it showed that mothers her age could also be fit and sexy. A portion of the proceeds from the issues sold were pledged go to a charity for which Margolis is a spokeswoman, "Resolve". This charity aims to get fertility treatment better covered by insurance companies. Margolis posed for a second Playboy pictorial for the July 2008 issue. A portion of the sales of her issue went to her charity, the Cindy Margolis Get a Download of This Fertility Fund. She was very proud to have posed, stating: In 2006, she was the winner of NBC's Celebrity Cooking Showdown. She teamed up with celebrity chef Wolfgang Puck to win both the first and final rounds. In 2008, she was to perform as a magician on CBS's Secret Talents of the Stars, but didn't get the chance when the show was cancelled after only one episode was made. Later that year, production began on a new Fox Reality Channel original series, Seducing Cindy, a dating reality show in which male contestants, aged 18–49, battled to win the affection of Margolis. The show premiered on January 30, 2010. Poker Margolis played as an amateur in the Pro Am Equalizer poker tournament against fellow amateur Jeremy Sisto and professionals Howard Lederer, Jennifer Harman, Phil Laak and Chris Ferguson. Filmography Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery (1997) .... Fembot Chairman of the Board (1998) .... Tennis Instructor WWE Smackdown (1999) .... Herself The Cindy Margolis Show (2000) TV Series .... Host Ally McBeal (2001) .... Herself MADtv (2001) .... McHooters restaurant hostess (Cameo) Dead Above Ground (2002) .... Kari McClure Mallory Sol Goode (2003) .... Angie Seducing Cindy (2010) .... Reality television show Beverly Hills Nannies (2012) .... Reality television show Bad Publicity (2015)...scripted TV series...Cindy Holiday Isle of Legends (2015) (film)....Cynthia Hale Sharknado 3 (2015) ...Herself References External links Exclusive Cindy Margolis Interview at TrulyHollywood.com 1965 births Actresses from Los Angeles American film actresses American Internet celebrities California State University, Northridge