Most Famous 'Playboy' Bunnies

While there have been many celebrities to appear on Playboy's cover, the magazine has launched several careers as well. Here are some of the most famous women who worked for Playboy before making it big.

The Oregon native moved into the Playboy mansion in 2001. She soon became one of Hugh Hefner's girlfriends, but their relationship ended seven years later. During their time together, Madison was prominently featured on the reality show The Girls Next Door, which focused on life at the mansion. She gave a more detailed account of her time as a Playboy bunny in her 2015 memoir, Down the Rabbit Hole: Curious Adventures and Cautionary Tales of a Former Playboy Bunny. Today, Madison resides in Las Vegas with her husband, Pasquale Rotella, and their two children.

Wilkinson first met Hugh Hefner at his 78th birthday party in 2004, where she was hired as one of the painted girls. Shortly thereafter, Hefner asked her to be one of his girlfriends and she moved into the mansion. During her time at the mansion, Wilkinson became a crowd favorite on the reality show The Girls Next Door, and launched her own spinoff, titled Kendra. In 2009, Wilkinson married former NFL wide receiver, Hank Baskett. They share two children together.

The model was invited to move into the mansion in 2002 after unsuccessfully testing for Playboy twice. Soon after taking up residence, she became one of Hugh Hefner's girlfriends and also starred in the reality show The Girls Next Door, alongside Holly Madison and Kendra Wilkinson. After leaving Playboy in 2009, she hosted the Travel Channel series, Bridget's Sexiest Beaches.

Hugh Hefner's third wife first appeared on Playboy.com in 2008 under the name Crystal Carter. She began dating Hefner in 2009 and the two announced their engagement in 2010. Crystal called off the wedding five days before the ceremony, but they later reconciled. The couple wed on Dec. 31, 2012 at the Playboy Mansion when Hefner was 86 and she was 26.

Harry was a Playboy bunny in the '60s prior to making it big as the lead singer of Blondie.

Prior to landing her iconic role as Magenta in The Rocky Horror Picture Show, Quinn worked as a blackjack-dealing bunny at the Mayfair Playboy Club in London.

In 1972, Zeman worked as a Playboy bunny before embodying her iconic General Hospital character, Bobbie Spencer, a role for which she was nominated for four Emmys.

Stratten worked for Playboy before tragically being killed in 1980 at the age of 20 in a murder-suicide. After being cast in Peter Bogdanovich's They All Laughed, Stratten began having an affair with the director, which drove her husband, Paul Snider, to become increasingly resentful. The couple separated in 1980, but Snider shot her to death when she visited his home on Aug. 14, 1980, before turning the gun on himself.

Barbi found herself at the center of the Playboy enterprise after she began dating Hugh Hefner in the late '60s. She appeared on the cover of Playboy four times and turned her modeling career into acting gigs, including stints on The Love Boat and Fantasy Island.