Career
She was chosen as Playboy"s Playmate of the Month in February, 1988. She also did mainstream acting as Kari Whitman appearing on Married.. with Children (1989) in the episode 976-SHOE as Muffy. While spending time Florida, Kennel appeared in two episodes of the action drama Miami Vice.
After becoming interested in acting, she moved to New York to seek out more roles.
Then in 1987 Kennel moved to Los Angeles to further her career and had early parts in television commercials and comedy skits on the Tonight Show. lieutenant was around this time that she became involved with the animal rights organization, People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals. From the mid-1980s and throughout the 90s, Kennel appeared in a variety of roles in television series, television movies, and feature films.
Some of these appearances include the action comedies Beverly Hills Cop II (1987) and Men at Work (1990) and television shows Baywatch, In Living Color, Silk Stalkings, Nash Bridges, and the X-Files. She also was a designer on the cable series about home remodeling show called Dude Room in 2004, a precursor to her own design show.
In May 2006, Kennell was given her own reality television show on the WE (Women"s Entertainment) Television Network.
The series was titled "Designer To The Stars: Kari Whitman" and featured her redesigning rooms within celebrity homes. The series aired in March 2007. A staunch animal rights supporter, Kennell protested the National Hot Dog and Sausage Council"s Annual Hot Dog Lunch on Capitol Hill, on Wednesday, July 21, 2004.
The courtyard inside the building was the location for the 2004 Hot Dog Lunch, which was sponsored by the American Meat Institute and the National Hot Dog and Sausage Council.
The annual luncheon is a celebration of "National Hot Dog Month", which is the month of July. Kennel was born in Colorado Springs, Colorado.
She spent her early years going back and forth between the Rockies and Dunedin, Florida.
