Carolina Gynning Biography

Carolina Gynning Nilsson (born 6 October 1978 in Helsingborg, Sweden) is a Swedish model, actress and television presenter. Gynning became especially well-known to the public after winning Big Brother 2004, and has since become a television host for shows such as Dagens man, Idol 2007 and Förkväll.

Early life

Gynning was born in Malmö but grew up Falsterbo. She attended Spyken School where she studied art and began modeling. Her love of art comes from her mother Agneta Gynning, who is a painter.

Career

Modeling

Gynning began modeling at the age of 13. In later years she underwent breast augmentation which propelled her career into glamour modeling. Gynning was a Playmate for German Playboy, and has also appeared in the men's magazines Moore Magazine, Slitz, and Café.

Television

Gynning was a relatively unknown model until her appearance in the Swedish version of Big Brother in 2004. She had sex in front of live tv cameras during the show. She was also intensely fingered by Olivier de Paris live on the show. She became a household name in Sweden in 2004 when she won the television game show Big Brother.

On 4 April it was revealed that Gynning along with Carina Berg would host the fourth season of Idol 2007 in Sweden. Gynning and Berg have worked together on Förkväll. Idol 2007 was broadcast on TV4. Peter Jihde was then host the top 10 final shows.

In 2008 Gynning and Carina Berg hosted the first season of the Swedish version of Stars on Ice.

Film

Prior to Big Brother Gynning appeared in the French film Happily Ever After which starred Johnny Depp. She played the character Zoe.

Author

In 2005 Gynning wrote the book Ego Girl in which she described how she tried to be a model at 17. In 2008 it was reported that Gynning would write a continuation to Ego Girl called Ego Woman

Image

In January 2007 Gynning announced she was tired of her breast implants and was selling them on eBay for charity.

On 16 February 2007 Gynning returned to her job as a host on the TV talk show Förkväll and showed her removed breast implants. As a symbol of her past, she will symbolically bury the implants in a plexiglass box before auctioning them off.

Work

Bibliography

Year	Program	Notes
2005	Ego girl
2007	Privat : mejlkorrespondens	Tillsammans med Alex Schulman
2009	Ego Women	Fortsättning av Ego Girl

Television Filmography

Year	Program	Notes
2006	Studio F1	Reporter
2006	Förkväll
2007	Idol 2007	Presenter with Carina Berg
2008	I huvudet på Gynning
2008	Hitmakers
2008	Stars on Ice
2009	I Survived a Japanese Game Show

TV Presenter Filmography

Years	Program	Notes
2004	Big Brother	Participants
2005	Fångarna på fortet	Participants
2006	Let's Dance (TV-program)	Participants
2006	45 Minuter	Guest
2006	Studio Virtanen	Guest
2007	Klick	Gäst
2007	Roomservice (TV-program)	Guest
2007	Fråga Olle	Guest
2008	Vakna med The Voice	Recurring Guest
2008	Lilla Al-Fadji & Co	Guest
2008	Robins	Gäst
2008	Videokväll hos Luuk	Guest
2008	Efter tio	Guest
2008	Kobra (TV-program)	Guest
2008	Idol 2008
2009	Nyhetsmorgon
2009	Årets tv-tittare
2009	Grammisgalan
2009	Hjälp! (TV-serie)

Discography

Years	Title
-	"I Will Never Give It Up"
2008	"Allt jag tar på blir till guld"

Film

Year	Film	Role	Notes
2004	Happily Ever After	Zoe