Kendra Leigh Wilkinson[1] (formerly Baskett; born June 12, 1985)[2] is an American television personality and real estate agent.

Although not a Playboy Playmate, she has appeared in three nude pictorials with her Girls Next Door co-stars Holly Madison and Bridget Marquardt.

Her father, Eric, was raised in Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania and Ocean City, New Jersey, before moving to San Diego at age 15.

He received a degree in biochemistry from the University of California, San Diego, and went on to found several biotechnology companies before retiring at the age of 48.

[10] Wilkinson met Hugh Hefner at his 78th birthday party in April 2004, where she appeared as one of the "painted girls"[11] (women who are nude except for painted-on accessories).

reality television series The Girls Next Door, which followed the lives of Hefner's then-girlfriends: Wilkinson, Holly Madison, and Bridget Marquardt.

She moved out of the Playboy Mansion in 2009 after meeting her future husband, Hank Baskett,[13] and filmed her own spin-off reality show for E!

[16] Wilkinson also showed her creative side as a rapper on MTV's Celebrity Rap Superstar which debuted on August 30, 2007.

[21] On August 13, 2008, the Wall Street Journal reported that Wilkinson was Olive Garden's "Biggest Celebrity Fan".

The newspaper emphasized that her repeated enthusiastic public endorsements of the family restaurant were genuine, personal, and not tied to any payment from Olive Garden.

In fact, the company was reported as viewing Wilkinson's endorsements with "mixed feelings", as well as something on which the restaurant was reluctant to comment, since it emphasizes a family-friendly nature.

[22] On September 22, 2008, the International Business Times reported that Wilkinson was engaged to then-Philadelphia Eagles wide receiver Hank Baskett.

Online announced Wilkinson and Baskett were engaged, after he had proposed the previous Saturday at the Space Needle in Seattle, Washington.

[28] Although it was initially announced that Hugh Hefner would give the bride away, Kendra's brother Colin walked her down the aisle.

Wilkinson's family was in attendance, as well as former Girls Next Door stars Holly Madison and Bridget Marquardt.

[38] Wilkinson starred in a spinoff of Girls Next Door, titled Kendra, which focused on her life after leaving the Playboy Mansion and getting engaged.

with 2.6 million viewers, making it the highest-rated reality debut for the network since 2002's premiere of The Anna Nicole Show.

[43] Wilkinson was a contestant in the twelfth season of Dancing with the Stars, partnered with Louis Van Amstel.

The digital community offers space for Kendra to answer all her fans questions, and connect with each other while talking about family, friends and laughter.

[45][46] RadarOnline reported that in 2008, Wilkinson herself set up a company Home Run Productions LLC, through which she made several attempts to sell sex tapes.

[47][48] Sources have reported that Wilkinson was paid $680,000 for the film that was made by her high school boyfriend Justin Frye when she was 18.

In 2017, Wilkinson portrayed Robyn in a play live on stage, Sex Tips for Straight Women from a Gay Man at Anthony Cools Theatre.

[67][68] On November 17, 2021, Discovery+ premiered her new reality series, Kendra Sells Hollywood, which covered her new career as a real estate agent in Los Angeles.

[73] In a January 2024 interview with People magazine, Wilkinson revealed she has been struggling with depression, saying: "It’s not easy to look back at my 20s.