Marla Ann Maples is an American actress and television personality, best known for her six-year marriage to celebrity businessman and 2016 presidential candidate Donald Trump.

Maples appeared in "Maximum Overdrive" and "Executive Decision." She followed these films with roles in the award-winning Todd Solondz movie "Happiness," and was part of the cast in the movie "Black and White." Other films include "A Christmas Too Many," "Loving Annabelle," "Two of Hearts," "Richie Rich's A Christmas Wish," "For Richer or Poorer," "A Sight for Sore Eyes," and "Something Wilder." Since then, she has had a part as an actress in "Switching Lanes," directed by Thomas Mikal Ford, which won the Feature Film Silver Award in October 2015 at the Kingdomwood Christian Film Festival.

n 1991, Maples appeared as a celebrity guest at WWF WrestleMania VII, where she served as special guest timekeeper in the main event match between Hulk Hogan and defending WWF Champion Sgt. Slaughter. Maples co-hosted the 1996 and 1997 Miss Universe Pageant, and the 1997 Miss USA Pageant. She guest-starred in Spin City in 1997 and on The Nanny in May 1998. In 2013, Maples was featured on Oprah: Where Are They Now? In June 2014, she was a guest star on the Disney show Liv and Maddie.

On March 8, 2016, Maples was announced as one of the celebrities who will compete on season 22 of Dancing with the Stars along side her "Switching Lanes" co-star, Kim Fields. She is partnered with professional dancer Tony Dovolani. Maples also recently joined the ladies of ABC's morning talk show, The View, as a guest co-host on March 11, 2016.

In August 1992, Maples starred as "Ziegfeld's favorite" in the Tony Award winning production, The Will Rogers Follies on Broadway. She returned to New York in 2011 for Love, Loss and What I Wore, an off-Broadway production.

Maples has always been committed to supporting charities and non-profit organizations, and has been a long time and vocal advocate of Kids Creating Peace, an organization that unites Israeli and Palestinian children. She has also been known to share proceeds of sales with those in need, as she shared sales proceeds of her "One World of Love" album with Success for Kids, and proceeds from her auction with Linda's Stuff with Spirituality for Kids.

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