Patricia Kara

Millions of viewers around the world have noticed Patricia Kara starring as NBC's "Deal or No Deal" Case Model #9 since the show debuted in 2005. Having been voted, along with her costars, one of People magazine's 100 Most Beautiful People, Kara (a.k.a. Trisha Kara) is looking forward to another life-changing season this year.

In addition to "Deal or No Deal," Patricia has worked as a correspondent on Fox Movie Channel, Extra, Celebtv and the TV Guide Channel. She reported from the red carpet at the Catherine Zeta-Jones Benefit for the Motion Picture and Television Fund and has hosted E! Entertainment's "Wild On: Kentucky Derby," the U.S. Surf Open, and "Your L.A."

Theatrically, Kara has guest starred in hit shows such as NBC's "Las Vegas," "All of Us," "Passions," "Mad TV," and "The Young and the Restless," and in the upcoming feature films "Two-Eleven" and "The Box," which are currently entered in film festivals around the world. She has also appeared in commercials for companies like Coors Light, Old Navy, Bally's Fitness, Kohls, Ericsson Mobile, V8, Pala Casino and Edison Power.

Kara's modeling portfolio includes print ads for AT&T, Suave, Swiffer, Venus Swimwear, 24-Hour Fitness, Mitsubishi, Lexus, Nesquik, Disney, Reebok and Snickers. Her images have adorned the covers and pages of Cosmopolitan, Glamour, Redbook, Shape, Fitness Magazine, Forbes, Sports Illustrated, Bride, Day Spa, Women's Fitness, Muscle and Fitness, Fitness RX, Let's Live, Endless Vacation, Stuff, Maxim, and the book Sculpting Her Body Perfect.

She is involved with charitable organizations as well: the Make a Wish Foundation, the Elizabeth Glazer Pediatric Aids Foundation, the Salvation Army, the American Heart Assoiciation, Read Across America, Misericordia, the Tiger Woods Foundation and the Dennis Quaid Foundation.

Born and raised in Chicago, Illinois, she was attracted to the entertainment industry when she was a teenager. Since then, her career has allowed her to live and travel all over the world. Besides visiting family and her native Greece, Kara uses her time away from work and charity to expand her horizons. The performing arts, outdoor action sports, world travel, photography, and exercise are just a few of the additional interests that round out this free-spirited beauty.