Eleniak was born in Glendale, California. She is the eldest daughter in her family of four girls and one boy whose parents divorced. Her father, who was born in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, is of Ukrainian descent, and her mother is of Estonian and German ancestry. During the late 1970s, Eleniak's father introduced her to her future career in the movie industry when his then girlfriend got Eleniak Read more...

Eleniak went on to have several small roles in television. She played Stephanie Curtis, Scott Baio's on-screen girlfriend in Charles in Charge (and was also his off-screen girlfriend), and Jamie Coburn in Broken Angel. In 1989 Eleniak decided that appearing in Playboy would help boost her career, and Ferguson put her in contact with a Playboy photographer. Playboy featured her on two covers and Read more...

Eleniak has dated some of Hollywood's most famous bachelors, including Scott Baio, and was engaged for a time to William McNamara. In 1997 she met her future husband, Philip Goglia. They were married on May 22, 1998, and she was Erika Eleniak-Goglia during their brief relationship. They resided together in Marina del Rey, California, until their divorce.

After filming Snowbound in 2001 in Read more...