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Tiffani Thiessen (born
Tiffani-Amber Thiessen; January 23, 1974) is an American actress best
known for her roles as Kelly Kapowski in Saved by the Bell and as
Valerie Malone in Beverly Hills, 90210. She is also known for her role
on Fastlane as Wilhelmina 'Billie' Chambers. As of 2009, she is also
known for her current role of Elizabeth Burke, in USA Network show White
Collar. After many years of going by her full name, Tiffani-Amber
Thiessen, she is now credited as simply Tiffani Thiessen.[1]
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Background Information
Born Tiffani Amber Thiessen
January 23, 1974 (1974-01-23) (age
38)
Long Beach, California,
US
Occupation Actress, producer,
director
Years active 1989–present
Spouse Brady Smith (m.
2005–present)
Children 1
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Early
life
Thiessen was born in Long Beach,
California, the daughter of Robyn Ernest, a homemaker, and Frank Thiessen, a
park designer and landscape architect. She has two siblings; an older brother
named Todd, an actor and avid professional cyclist, and a younger brother named
Schuyler.[2] Her father is of German descent and her mother is of Greek, Turkish
and Welsh descent. Thiessen told InStyle magazine: "I'm a mutt. I have so much
of everything in me, and half of it I don't even know. German on one side,
Greek, Turkish and Welsh on the other. My mom is very olive-skinned; I get my
blue eyes from my dad."[3] She credits her brother, Todd, as one of her most
important sources of inspiration, and her mother and grandmother as role
models.[4] She attended Cubberley Elementary and Marshall Junior High School in
Long Beach. In 1992, Thiessen graduated as valedictorian at Valley Professional
High School in Studio City, Los Angeles, California. Her uncle, Roger Ernest,
attended college with Steven Spielberg and co-wrote one of his student films
called Slipstream. Her uncle also appeared in Close Encounters of the Third Kind
and The Sugarland Express, playing a police officer in both films. Ernest was
the first person to suggest that Thiessen enter show business.
Career
After a childhood of beauty
pageants, Thiessen was crowned Miss Junior America in 1987 and a year later won
Teen magazine's "Great Model Search" in 1988, by gracing the cover of that
issue. At the age of 15, she auditioned for the role of Kelly Kapowski on the
television show Saved by the Bell, which was highly publicized and received a
great deal of fanfare from the same magazine that discovered her.[5] In the end,
Thiessen's publicity from that magazine had landed her the role. She was
nominated for, but did not win, the Young Artist Award for Outstanding Young
Ensemble Cast. She was also nominated in 1989, 1991, and 1992. She continued to
play the role of Kelly in the short-lived spin-off Saved by the Bell: The
College Years. To broaden her visibility on television, Thiessen began making
television appearances with guest starring roles on several television shows and
television movies, as well as in film. Including Saved by the Bell: Hawaiian
Style (1992), A Killer Among Friends (1992), Son in Law (1993), and Saved by the
Bell: Wedding in Las Vegas (1994). During her years while on Saved by the Bell,
Thiessen was seen in guest roles on Charles in Charge (1990), Married... with
Children (1990), The Hogan Family (1990), Step by Step (1992), and The Powers
That Be (1992).
After her tenure on Saved by the
Bell ended in 1994, producer Aaron Spelling then cast Thiessen in the hit
teen-drama Beverly Hills, 90210 playing the bad girl vixen Valerie Malone
(1994–98). Thiessen then began to take on dramatic roles in several
made-for-television movies, including The Stranger Beside Me (1995), She Fought
Alone (1995), Sweet Dreams (1996), and Buried Secrets (1996). Thiessen later
guest-starred on NewsRadio (1999) and the sitcom Two Guys and a Girl and starred
in the short-lived action drama series Fastlane. She also guest-starred on Just
Shoot Me! (2001) playing Amy Watson and the short-lived Good Morning, Miami
(2003–2004) playing Victoria Hill.
In 2002, she appeared in the film
Hollywood Ending, directed by Woody Allen.
In 2005, Thiessen directed a
21-minute short film entitled, "Just Pray". It placed at several film festivals
and was the first major effort from her latest production company, Tit 4 Tat
Productions.
In January 2007, Thiessen joined
the cast of ABC's drama What About Brian, playing the boss of Brian, and a
potential love interest for Adam. In May 2007, ABC canceled the series.
On December 2, 2008, Thiessen was
cast in White Collar, a USA Network television series.[6]
Thiessen appeared as a celebrity
client for Lonni Paul, one of the final three contestants on the season 4 HGTV
interior designing reality series Design Star, on the September 6, 2009 episode.
Interior designer Lonni Paul was given the task of redesigning Thiessen's guest
bedroom with an eco-friendly theme.Tiffani and her husband Brady Smith also
appears in this episode.Tiffani and Lonni now have a nursery furniture line
together called Petit Nest, http://www.petitnest.com/
Personal life
During the early and mid-1990s she
dated Brian Austin Green.[7]
From October 2001 to March 2003,
she was engaged to actor Richard Ruccolo, whom she had met during the Two Guys
and a Girl run.[8]
She married actor Brady Smith on
July 9, 2005. On June 15, 2010, Thiessen gave birth to a daughter named Harper
Renn Smith, who weighed 8 lbs. 3 oz. at birth.[9]
Thiessen served as maid of honor at
90210 co-star and best friend Jennie Garth's wedding to actor Peter Facinelli,
with whom she co-starred on Fastlane.
Filmography
|
Year |
Title |
Role |
Notes |
|
1989–1993 |
Saved by the Bell |
Kelly Kapowski |
TV series; credited as "Tiffani-Amber
Thiessen" |
|
1990 |
Married... with Children |
Heather McCoy |
1 episode |
|
Charles in Charge |
Jennifer |
1 episode |
|
1992 |
Step by Step |
Tina Gordon |
1 episode |
|
Blossom |
Ricki |
|
|
Saved by the Bell:
Hawaiian Style |
Kelly Kapowski |
TV movie; credited as "Tiffani-Amber
Thiessen" |
|
The Powers That Be |
Barbara |
|
|
A Killer Among Friends |
Jenny Monroe |
TV movie |
|
1993 |
Son in Law |
Tracy |
|
|
1993–1994 |
Saved by the Bell: The
College Years |
Kelly Kapowski |
TV series; credited as "Tiffani-Amber
Thiessen" |
|
1994 |
Saved by the Bell:
Wedding in Las Vegas |
Kelly Kapowski |
TV movie; credited as "Tiffani-Amber
Thiessen" |
|
1994–1998 |
Beverly Hills, 90210 |
Valerie Malone |
TV series; credited as "Tiffani-Amber
Thiessen" |
|
1995 |
The Stranger Beside Me |
Jennifer Gallagher |
TV movie |
|
She Fought Alone |
Caitlin Rose |
TV movie |
|
1996 |
Sweet Dreams |
Alison Sullivan |
TV movie |
|
Buried Secrets |
Annalisse Vellum |
TV movie (also co-producer) |
|
1999 |
Speedway Junky |
Wilma Price |
|
|
From Dusk Till Dawn 2:
Texas Blood Money |
Pam |
|
|
Love Stinks |
Rebecca Melini/Juliette |
|
|
NewsRadio |
Foxy Jackson |
TV series |
|
2000 |
Ivans XTC |
Marie Stein |
|
|
The Ladies Man |
Honey DeLune |
|
|
Shriek If You Know What
I Did Last Friday the Thirteenth |
Hagitha Utslay |
|
|
Two Guys and a Girl |
Marti |
TV series |
|
2001 |
Everything But the Girl |
Denise |
TV movie |
|
A Christmas Adventure
from a Book Called Wisely's Tales |
Vixen (voice) |
|
|
Just Shoot Me! |
Amy Watson |
3 episodes |
|
2002 |
Hollywood Ending |
Sharon Bates |
|
|
2002–2003 |
Fastlane |
Wilhelmina 'Billie'
Chambers |
TV series |
|
2005 |
Just Pray |
|
Short film (director) |
|
2006 |
Stroller Wars |
Lainey |
TV series |
|
2007 |
Pandemic |
Kayla Martin |
TV movie |
|
What About Brian |
Natasha Drew |
TV Series |
|
2008 |
Cyborg Soldier |
Lindsey Reardon |
|
|
2009–present |
White Collar |
Elizabeth Burke |
TV series |
|
2012 |
Jake and the Never Land
Pirates |
TBA |
Animated series (recurring
voice role) |
Award
nominations
Teen
Choice Awards
2003 – Choice TV Actress: Drama,
"Fastlane"
Young
Artist Awards
1989 – Outstanding Young Ensemble
Cast, "Saved by the Bell"
1991 – Best Young Actress Starring
in an Off-Prime Time or Cable Series, "Saved by the Bell"
1992 – Best Young Actress in an
Off-Prime Time Series, "Saved by the Bell"
Radio
Recorded a public service
announcement for Deejay Ra's 'Hip-Hop Literacy' campaign
She was featured in the following
music videos:
"You're a God" by Vertical Horizon
"American Television" by Australian
artist Ben Lee.
References
1.^ "TV STUFF: Tiffani Drops
Amber". Hollywood.com. March 29, 2000. http://www.hollywood.com/news/TV_STUFF_Tiffani_Drops_Amber/312130.
Retrieved November 12, 2007. [dead link]
2.^ Tiffani Thiessen Biography
(1974–)
3.^ "Tiffani-Amber Thiessen—Star of
Beverly Hills 90210". Tiffani Thiessen fansite. November 1998. Archived from the
original on October 12, 2007. http://web.archive.org/web/20071012183115/http://tiffanithiessen.org/articles/article031.html.
Retrieved November 14, 2007.
4.^ "Tiffani Thiessen's interview".
Tiffani Thiessen fansite. Archived from the original on November 4, 2007.
http://web.archive.org/web/20071104164035/http://www.tiffanithiessen.org/articles/article003.html.
Retrieved November 14, 2007.
5.^ Making the Connection. "Making
the Connection"]. Juicee News Daily. August 2005. http://www.webcitation.org/query?url=http://www.geocities.com/themaxsbtbsite/Show_History.html&date=2009-10-25+23:00:49
Making the Connection.]. Retrieved August 19, 2005. [dead link]
6.^ Mitovich, Matt. "Exclusive:
Diahann Carroll joins USA Network pilot". TV Guide. December 2, 2008. Retrieved
on December 2, 2008.
7.^ "Interview at people.com".
http://www.people.com/people/archive/article/0,,20105065,00.html.
8.^ "Richard Ruccolo at
Hollywood.com". http://www.hollywood.com/celebrity/Richard_Ruccolo/191142.
9.^
http://celebritybabies.people.com/2010/06/15/tiffani-thiessen-welcomes-daughter-harper-renn/
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