April Margera

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{{short description|American reality television personality (born 1956)}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=July 2021}}
{{Use American English|date=May 2022}}
{{BLP sources|date=May 2022}}
{{Infobox person
|name = April Margera
|image = April Margera.png
|caption = Margera in 2022
|birthname =
|birth_date = {{birth date and age|1956|03|28}}
|birth_place =
|known_for = Cast member of ''[[Viva La Bam]]''
|occupation = Television personality
|years_active = 1999–present
|spouse = {{marriage|[[Phil Margera]]|1976}}<ref>{{cite web |last=Raab |first=Chris |title=Bathroom Break Podcast #48 - April and Phil Margera |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5nWh5IogAw4&t |website=[[YouTube]] |time=10:03 |access-date=January 2, 2023 |date=August 15, 2019}}</ref>
|children = {{ubl|[[Jess Margera]]|[[Bam Margera]]}}
|relatives = [[Vincent Margera]] (brother-in-law)}}

'''April Margera''' (born March 28, 1956)<ref name=":0">{{cite news |last=Moran |first=Robert |date=2001-07-15 |title=MTV Daredevil's Life Is a Flying Leap |work=[[The Philadelphia Inquirer]] |page= B4 |quote='It's unbelievable, and then it's unbelivable,' said his mother, April Margera, 45, a hairdresser.}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last=Margera |first=April |title=Today I am officially a Medicare/ social security princess!! Haha! Thank you truly for all the sweet birthday wishes!! |url=https://www.instagram.com/p/CM-vBuZnNeY/ |website=[[Instagram]] |access-date=July 13, 2022 |date=March 28, 2021}}</ref> is an American [[reality television]] personality who has appeared on [[MTV]]'s ''[[Viva La Bam]]'' and ''[[Jackass (franchise)|Jackass]]'', as well as the [[CKY (video series)|''CKY'' videos]], ''[[Haggard: The Movie|Haggard]]'', ''[[Minghags]]'' and ''[[Bam's Unholy Union]]''.

==Biography==
April Margera is married to [[Phil Margera]] and together they are the parents of skateboarder and former ''Jackass'' star [[Bam Margera]] and [[CKY (band)|CKY]] drummer [[Jess Margera]]. [[Jeff Tremaine]], producer of ''Jackass'', once referred to her as "everyone's mom", telling how she cooked dinner for the entire ''Jackass'' crew on their first trip to [[West Chester, Pennsylvania|West Chester]], [[Pennsylvania]]. She is a trained hairdresser.<ref name=":0" />

In 2006, she published a cookbook called ''April Cooks: There's an Alligator in My Kitchen'', which is a play on the fact that Bam put an alligator in her kitchen as part of a skit on ''[[Jackass: The Movie]]'' (he was trying to make her swear because the movie would be uncensored).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.aprilcooks.com|title=April Cooks: There's An Alligator In My Kitchen|access-date=October 28, 2014|archive-date=December 16, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141216193457/http://aprilcooks.com/|url-status=dead}}</ref> This was achieved in the film and in ''[[Jackass Number Two]]''.

In October 2007, she testified on behalf of the defense for her brother-in-law [[Vincent Margera]]'s trial.

In December 2011, it was announced that Margera had opened The Rose Hip Barn, along with her mother Velma and her daughter-in-law Kelly. The store, located in [[Thornton, Pennsylvania]], sells refurbished furniture as well as homemade purses and accessories for the home.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.dickhouse.tv/dickhouse/2011/12/aprils-new-store-the-rose-hip-barn.html|title=april's new store: the rose hip barn — dickhouse|access-date=October 28, 2014|archive-date=October 28, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141028202139/http://www.dickhouse.tv/dickhouse/2011/12/aprils-new-store-the-rose-hip-barn.html|url-status=dead}}</ref>

In March 2016, April and Bam Margera appeared on the [[VH1]] reality television show ''[[Family Therapy with Dr. Jenn]]'' to work on their relationship and confront Bam's [[alcoholism]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.vh1.com/shows/family-therapy-with-dr-jenn/cast#april-bam-margera|title=Family Therapy With Dr. Jenn TV Series Cast Members – VH1|website=VH1|access-date=September 25, 2016|archive-date=October 5, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161005043911/http://www.vh1.com/shows/family-therapy-with-dr-jenn/cast#april-bam-margera|url-status=dead}}</ref>

== Filmography ==
===Film===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Year
! Film
! Role
! Notes
|-
|1999
|''[[Landspeed: CKY]]''
|Herself
|[[Direct-to-video]]
|-
|2000
|''[[CKY2K]]''
|Herself
|Direct-to-video
|-
|2001
|''[[CKY 3]]''
|Herself
|Direct-to-video
|-
|2001
|''[[CKY (video series)|CKY Documentary]]''
|Herself
|Direct-to-video
|-
|2002
|''[[Jackass: The Movie]]''
|Herself
|Guest appearances
|-
|2002
|''[[CKY4: The Latest & Greatest]]''
|Herself
|Direct-to-video
|-
|2003
|''[[Haggard: The Movie]]''
|Lady in coffee shop
|Uncredited
|-
|2005
|''[[The Dudesons Movie]]''
|Herself
|Guest appearances
|-
|2006
|''[[Jackass Number Two]]''
|Herself
|Guest appearances
|-
|2007
|''[[Jackass 2.5]]''
|Herself
|Guest appearances
|-
|2008
|''Bam Margera Presents: Where the #$&% Is Santa?''
|Herself
|Direct-to-video
|-
|2009
|''[[Minghags: The Movie|Minghags]]''
|Libby's mom
|Also makeup artist
|-
|2010
|''[[Jackass 3D]]''
|Herself
|Guest appearances
|-
|2011
|''[[Jackass 3.5]]''
|Herself
|Guest appearances
|-
|2011
|''Skittin Across America: Skit-A-Palooza''
|Herself
|
|-
|2017
|''The Fast Food King''
|Herself
|Documentary Unreleased
|-
|2022
|''Humanity Stoked''
|Herself
|Documentary
|-
|TBA
|''The [[Brandon Novak]] Story''
|Herself
|Documentary
|}

=== Television ===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Year
! Film
! Role
! Notes
|-
|2000-2001
|''[[Jackass (franchise)|Jackass]]''
|Herself
|10 episodes Guest appearances
|-
|2002
|''[[MTV Cribs]]''
|Herself
|1 episode
|-
|2002
|''[[Jackass (franchise)|Jackass Backyard BBQ]]''
|Herself
|TV special Guest appearance
|-
|2003-2006
|''[[Viva La Bam]]''
|Herself
|42 episodes
|-
|2005
|''[[Celebrity Fit Club]]''
|Herself
|2 episodes Guest appearances
|-
|2005
|''[[2005 MTV Video Music Awards]]''
|Herself
|Guest appearance
|-
|2006
|''[[The Dudesons]]''
|Herself
|2 episodes Guest appearances
|-
|2007
|''[[Bam's Unholy Union]]''
|Herself
|9 episodes
|-
|2008
|''[[Jackassworld.com: 24 Hour Takeover]]''
|Herself
|TV special Guest appearances
|-
|2008
|''Bamimation''
|Herself (voice)
|TV short
|-
|2009
|''[[Steve-O]]: Demise and Rise''
|Herself
|TV documentary
|-
|2011
|''A Tribute to [[Ryan Dunn]]''
|Herself
|TV documentary
|-
|2014
|''[[CKY: The Greatest Hits]]''
|Herself
|TV special
|-
|2016
|''[[Family Therapy with Dr. Jenn]]''
|Herself
|2 episodes
|-
|2017
|''Epicly Later'd: [[Bam Margera]]''
|Herself
|TV documentary
|-
|2018
|''[[Drunk History]]'': Germany
|Herself
|TV special
|-
|2019
|''[[Dr. Phil (talk show)|Dr. Phil]]''
|Herself
|Episode 18.1
|}

== References ==
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== External links ==
*{{IMDb name|1269354}}

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[[Category:1956 births]]
[[Category:American hairdressers]]
[[Category:American television personalities]]
[[Category:American women television personalities]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:People from Delaware County, Pennsylvania]]
[[Category:American cookbook writers]]
[[Category:American women food writers]]
[[Category:CKY crew]]
[[Category:21st-century American businesspeople]]

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