Former Baywatch bombshell Yasmine Bleeth gets all dolled up for a sushi date with friends

Former Baywatch bombshell Yasmine Bleeth cut a glamorous figure for an outing with friends just days before her 55th birthday. 

DailyMail.com spotted the famously reclusive actress heading out for a sushi lunch in California’s San Fernando Valley this week. 

She wore a black top, tan skirt and fashionable wedges as she chatted on the phone. Her balayage locks appeared teased and she accessorized with large dangling earrings and a black leather handbag. 

Bleeth was far more dolled up than the last time the low-key actress was spotted out. In October, DailyMail.com saw Bleeth go make-up free to walk her dog while wearing pajamas. 

In October, DailyMail.com saw Bleeth go make-up free to walk her dog while wearing pajamas 

Bleeth played the glamorous lifeguard Caroline Holden on 72 episodes of Baywatch

Later that day, Bleeth was seen heading to a friend’s house wearing a white cardigan and carrying what appeared to be a bag of wool

Later that day, Bleeth was seen heading to a friend’s house wearing a white cardigan and carrying what appeared to be a bag of wool. 

Perhaps the gathering was to celebrate the former model’s birthday – she turns 55 on June 14.

There was no sign of her husband of 20 years, strip club owner Paul Cerrito.

Bleeth played the glamorous lifeguard Caroline Holden on 72 episodes of Baywatch, which made her and her co-stars household names, including Pamela Anderson, David Hasselhoff, Carmen Elektra, Nicole Eggert and Michael Newman. 

But she battled personal demons off camera, including a cocaine addiction that landed her in rehab in 2000.

Nearly one year later, she was arrested after driving into the median of a highway in Michigan. Authorities found syringes with injectable cocaine in her car. 

A search of her nearby hotel room led police to find even more cocaine and drug paraphernalia. 

She’s been candid about her battle with drugs and in a 2003 article for Glamour wrote that ‘consciously trying to stay off drugs is now part of my life and always will be.’

Bleeth was far more dolled up than the last time the low-key actress was spotted out

The former actress’ balayage locks appeared teased as she walked while chatting on the phone 

She met her current husband, strip club owner Paul Cerrito, in rehab and the pair celebrated their 20th wedding anniversary in August

The former model played the glamorous lifeguard on 72 episodes of the hit show, which made her and her co-stars household names

While in rehab, she met her current husband Paul Cerrito. 

She said of her relationship, ‘They say you shouldn’t get into any relationship in the first year of sobriety – especially with someone in the program, but Paul and I fell in love immediately.’

The pair do not have children and celebrated their 20th wedding anniversary in August. 

She has also been romantically linked to former Friends star Matthew Perry, Police Academy actor Steve Guttenberg and her Baywatch colleague David Charvet. 

Before quitting acting, she starred in a host of television movies in the late ’90s and later took her talents to the silver screen with roles in Heaven or Vegas, Coming Soon and Undercover Angel.