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Biography of Jerri Manthey - Actress
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Jerri Lynn Manthey (born September 5, 1970) is an actor|actress who is best known for her appearances on reality television|reality shows. Jerri Manthey's father, Cyril, was a career member of the United States Army and served several years in Germany. Jerri Manthey was born in Stuttgart, Germany and attended both high school and college in Germany. Manthey worked as a bartender in Los Angeles, California|Los Angeles while attempting to build an acting career. In 2001, she appeared on the television reality show Survivor: The Australian Outback. She was seen as a villainess on the show, in part because of her involvement with fellow contestant Kel Gleason's ouster. She was subsequently voted off the show herself. Following her appearance on Survivor, Manthey appeared on the reality shows Blind Date, The Surreal Life and The Joe Schmo Show. She also posed nude in the September 2001 issue of Playboy. Manthey returned in the 2004 series Survivor: All-Stars. She lasted longer than she had in her first appearance on the show but was again voted off. At the reunion show, she attempted to speak about the distorted image that viewers have of reality show contestants but she was booed by the studio audience and left during a commercial break. Manthey's acting debut was in the movie That Championship Season (1999) using the name Jerri Lynn London. She also appeared in the movies The Limited (2000) and Destiny (2002). She is currently working as a sideline reporter on the TV series Extreme Dodgeball. ==Trivia== Before either of the two were famous, she was set up on a blind date with Ryan Seacrest. He broke it off by failing to call her back after their initial date. == External link == * imdb name|id=0544104|name=Jerri Manthey

