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Bridget Marquardt
Marquardt in Hollywood on September 7, 2011
Born	Bridget Christina Sandmeier (1973-09-25) September 25, 1973 (age 43) Tillamook, Oregon, U.S.
Residence	Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Alma mater	California State University, Sacramento
Occupation	Television personality, model, actress
Years active	1998–present
Height	5 ft 5 in (1.65 m)
Spouse(s)	Chad Marquardt (m. 1997; div. 2008)
Partner(s)	Hugh Hefner (2002–2009)

Bridget Christina Marquardt (née Sandmeier; born September 25, 1973) is an American television personality, model, and actress, known for her role on the reality television series The Girls Next Door, which depicted her life as one of Playboy magazine publisher Hugh Hefner's girlfriends. Although not a Playboy Playmate, she has appeared in nude pictorials with her Girls Next Door co-stars and fellow Hefner girlfriends Holly Madison and Kendra Wilkinson.

Bridget Marquardt, born Bridget Christina Sandmeier, was born in Tillamook, Oregon. Shortly after her birth, Marquardt's mother moved the family back to California, where Marquardt was raised. Her parents divorced when Marquardt was in the fifth grade. Her mother remarried, and Marquardt and her younger brother Edward moved to their stepfather's ranch, where they later gained a half-sister, Anastasia. Marquardt attended Galt High School for her freshman and sophomore years and then transferred to Lodi High School, from which she graduated in 1990.

Marquardt graduated from San Joaquin Delta College with an associate degree. She matriculated to California State University, Sacramento and graduated in 1998 with a B.A. in communications and an emphasis on public relations. In 2001, she earned her Master's Degree in Communications from the University of the Pacific in .

She later took a graduate level course in broadcast journalism through UCLA Extension, which was depicted on the first season of The Girls Next Door, most notably when she had to be absent from her first Playboy shoot in order to take her final exam.