Kelly Marie Monaco (born May 23, 1976) is an American model, actress, and reality television personality. She is the Playboy Playmate for the April 1997 issue of Playboy magazine. She later gained fame among soap opera viewers in 2003 when she originated the role of Sam McCall on the soap opera General Hospital, in which she has appeared until the present. In 2005, she was a contestant on and the winner of the first season of the reality TV competition series Dancing with the Stars.