The Tiffani Thiessen Handbook - Everything you need to know about Tiffani Thiessen

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Tiffani Amber Thiessen (born 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 starring in Fastlane as Wilhelmina 'Billie' Chambers, as well as for her current role of Elizabeth Burke in the USA Network television series White Collar. After many years of going by her full name, she dropped her middle name and is now credited as simply Tiffani Thiessen.

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In easy to read chapters, with extensive references and links to get you to know all there is to know about Tiffani Thiessen's Early life, Career and Personal life right away. A quick look inside: Tiffani Thiessen, A Killer Among Friends, Beverly Hills, 90210, Brady Smith (actor), Brian Austin Green, Buried Secrets (film), Charmed, Cyborg Soldier, Fastlane (TV series), From Dusk Till Dawn 2: Texas Blood Money, Good Morning, Miami, Hollywood Ending, Jake and the Never Land Pirates, Just Shoot Me!, Love Stinks (film), NewsRadio, Pandemic (TV miniseries), Richard Ruccolo, Saved by the Bell, Saved by the Bell: Hawaiian Style, Saved by the Bell: The College Years, Saved by the Bell: Wedding in Las Vegas, Shannen Doherty, She Fought Alone, Shriek If You Know What I Did Last Friday the Thirteenth, Son in Law, Speedway Junky, Sweet Dreams (1996 film), The Stranger Beside Me (film), Two Guys and a Girl, What About Brian, White Collar (TV series), You're a God…and more pages!

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• Publié par: Emereo Publishing
• Date de parution: 31 mai 2013
• Nombre de lectures: 0
• EAN13: 9781488507601
• Langue: English
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Contents

Articles Tiffani Thiessen A Killer Among Friends Beverly Hills, 90210 Brady Smith (actor) Brian Austin Green Buried Secrets (film) Charmed Cyborg Soldier Fastlane (TV series) From Dusk Till Dawn 2: Texas Blood Money Good Morning, Miami Hollywood Ending Jake and the Never Land Pirates Just Shoot Me! Love Stinks (film) NewsRadio Pandemic (TV miniseries) Richard Ruccolo Saved by the Bell Saved by the Bell: Hawaiian Style Saved by the Bell: The College Years Saved by the Bell: Wedding in Las Vegas Shannen Doherty She Fought Alone Shriek If You Know What I Did Last Friday the Thirteenth Son in Law Speedway Junky Sweet Dreams (1996 film) The Stranger Beside Me (film) Two Guys and a Girl What About Brian White Collar (TV series) You're a God

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References Article Sources and Contributors

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Tiffani Thiessen

Tiffani Thiessen

Born

Occupation

Years active

Spouse(s)

Children

Tiffani Thiessen

Thiessen in 2010

Tiffani Amber Thiessen January 23, 1974 Long Beach, California, U.S.

Actress, producer, director

1989–present

Brady Smith (2005–present)

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Tiffani Amber Thiessen(born January 23, 1974) is an American actress, best known for her roles as Kelly Kapowski inSaved by the Belland as Valerie Malone inBeverly Hills, 90210. She is also known for starring in Fastlaneas Wilhelmina 'Billie' Chambers, as well as for her current role of Elizabeth Burke in the USA Network television seriesWhite Collar. After many years of going by her full name, she dropped her middle name and is now [1] credited as simplyTiffani Thiessen.

Early life Thiessen was born in Long Beach, California, the daughter of Robyn (n e Ernest), a homemaker, and Frank [2] Thiessen, a park designer and landscape architect. She has two siblings; an older brother named Todd, an actor and avid cyclist, and a younger brother named Schuyler. Her father is of German descent and her mother is a mix of [3] Greek, Turkish and Welsh descent. She credits her brother, Todd, as one of her most important sources of [4] inspiration, and her mother and grandmother as role models. 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. Her uncle, Roger Ernest, was the first person to suggest that Thiessen enter show business; he attended college with Steven Spielberg, co-writing and starring in one of his student films called Slipstream, and later appeared in Spielberg'sThe Sugarland ExpressandClose Encounters of the Third Kind.

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Tiffani Thiessen

Career After a childhood of beauty pageants, Thiessen was crowned Miss Junior America in 1987, and the following year, she wonTeenmagazine's "Great Model Search", gracing the cover. In 1989, she was named Cover Girl magazine's "Model of the Year", and landed her first role of Kelly Kapowski on television sitcomSaved by the Bell, starring until its end in 1993. The success of the show gave her career a boost and Thiessen received Young Artist Award nominations for Outstanding Young Ensemble Cast in 1990 and Best Young Actress in an Off-Primetime Series in 1992 and 1993. Simultaneously, Thiessen guest starred on series such asMarried... with Children,Charles in ChargeandStep by Step. In 1992, she starred in her first television moviesSaved by the Bell: Hawaiian StyleandA Killer Among Friends, making her film debut inSon in Lawin 1993. She then continued with starring in spin-off Saved by the Bell: The College Yearsin its single season (1993–94) and in television movieSaved by the Bell: Wedding in Las Vegas(1994), which marked the end of the originalSaved by the Bellseries. In 1994, after her tenure onSaved by the Bellhad ended, Thiessen landed the role of Valerie Malone in Aaron Spelling-produced hit teen-dramaBeverly Hills, 90210, to fill the void after Shannen Doherty's departure. She was the first actress to join directly the main cast of the show and portrayed Valerie until 1998, when she left in the early episodes of her fifth season in the show. While starring in90210, Thiessen began to take on continuous dramatic leading roles in television films:The Stranger Beside MeandShe Fought Alonein 1995,Sweet DreamsandBuried Secretsin 1996. After her departure from the show, she appeared on a number of films, includingSpeedway Junky (1999),From Dusk Till Dawn 2: Texas Blood Money(1999),Love Stinks(1999) andThe Ladies Man(2000); she also guest-starred onNewsRadio(1999),Two Guys and a Girl(2000),Just Shoot Me!(2001) andGood Morning, Miami(2003–04). In 2000, she was featured in the music video for "You're a God" by Vertical Horizon, portraying a beauty pageant contestant, in her first music video appearance. Thiessen was Spelling's first choice to replace [5] Doherty in popular seriesCharmedin 2001, but she refused his offer. Meanwhile, Thiessen starred in direct-to-video parody filmShriek If You Know What I Did Last Friday the Thirteenth(2000) and in television movieEverything But the Girl(2001), before appearing in Woody Allen-directed filmHollywood Ending(2002) and starring in action drama seriesFastlane(2002–03) as Wilhelmina 'Billie' Chambers, for which she received a Teen Choice Award nomination for Choice TV Actress in Drama/Action Adventure. In 2003, she launched her production company Tit 4 Tat Productions, producing and directing short film [6] Just Prayin 2005, which earned distinctions is several film festivals. Later on, she starred in television movies Stroller Wars(2006) andPandemic(2007), she joined the cast of ABC's dramaWhat About Brian(2007) for its last five episodes and starred in science fiction filmCyborg Soldier(2008). In 2008, she made her second music video appearance, this time for Ben Lee's "American Television". Thiessen appeared with her husband Brady Smith on the September 6, 2009 episode of season four of the reality showHGTV Design Star. Interior designer Lonni Paul, one of the final three contestants of the season, was given the task of redesigning Thiessen's guest bedroom with an [7] eco-friendly theme; Thiessen and Paul now have a nursery furniture line called PetitNest. Since 2009, Thiessen stars in the USA Network crime seriesWhite Collaras Elizabeth Burke.

Personal life [8] In early 1993, Thiessen started dating Brian Austin Green, introduced by mutual friend David Faustino in 1988; [9] they moved in together in July 1994, but they broke up in the fall of the next year. In 1999, she went through a difficult period in her personal life, when David Strickland, whom she had recently begun dating, committed [10] suicide. From 2001 to the spring of 2003, she was engaged to actor Richard Ruccolo, whom she had met during [11] [11] theTwo Guys and a Girlmarried actor Brady Smith on July 9, 2005, run. She and gave birth to their daughter [12] named Harper Renn Smith on June 15, 2010. Thiessen served as maid of honor at90210co-star and best friend Jennie Garth's wedding to actor Peter Facinelli, [13] with whom she co-starred onFastlaneThiessen's friendship with fellow, but their friendship has come to an end. [14] 90210star Tori Spelling also broke up, after Spelling's split from her first husband.

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Marie Stein

Honey DeLune

TV series

Rebecca Melini/Juliette

Foxy Jackson

Beverly Hills, 90210

She Fought Alone

Denise

1994–98

Amy Watson

3 episodes

Sharon Bates

Short film (director)

Wilhelmina 'Billie' Chambers

Hagitha Utslay

Marti

Pam

Wilma Price

Vixen (voice)

Annalisse Vellum

Notes

TV movie

Lainey

Natasha Drew

Kayla Martin

Title

Role

Heather McCoy

Jennifer

Kelly Kapowski

Year

Tiffani Thiessen

TV movie

TV movie

3

TV series; credited as Tiffani-Amber Thiessen

TV movie; as Tiffani-Amber Thiessen

TV series; as Tiffani-Amber Thiessen

TV movie; as Tiffani-Amber Thiessen

Blossom

Charles in Charge

Step by Step

Valerie Malone

Jenny Monroe

Kelly Kapowski

1992

1990

Direct to video

TV movie (also co-producer)

TV series

TV Series

TV series

TV movie

Episode: "There's a Girl in My Ficus"

Jennifer Gallagher

TV series

TV movie

Direct to video

Direct to video

Episode: "What Goes Around Came Around"

TV series; as Tiffani-Amber Thiessen

Episode: "Daddy's Girl"

Caitlin Rose

Alison Sullivan

Barbara

Ricki

Tracy

Kelly Kapowski

Film and television roles

TV movie

Tina Gordon

Sweet Dreams

1996

2001

Saved by the Bell

Filmography

Married... with Children

Saved by the Bell: Hawaiian Style

1989–93

NewsRadio

Ivans XTC

2000

Everything But the Girl

The Ladies Man

1999

From Dusk Till Dawn 2: Texas Blood Money

Speedway Junky

Two Guys and a Girl

Love Stinks

A Christmas Adventure ...from a Book Called Wisely's Tales

2002–03

Hollywood Ending

Just Shoot Me!

2002

Shriek If You Know What I Did Last Friday the Thirteenth

Buried Secrets

2005

Just Pray

Stroller Wars

2006

Fastlane

Kelly Kapowski

Saved by the Bell: The College Years

Pandemic

2007

What About Brian

Saved by the Bell: Wedding in Las Vegas

A Killer Among Friends

1994

The Powers That Be

The Stranger Beside Me

1995

1993

Son in Law

1993–94

Nominated

Nominated

White Collar

Cyborg Soldier

Jake and the Never Land Pirates

TV series

Work

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Best Young Actress Starring in an Off-Prime-time or Cable Series

Saved by the Bell

Saved by the Bell

Fastlane

Result

Lindsey Reardon

Misty the Mystical Witch

Vertical Horizon

Elizabeth Burke

"You're a God"

Song

References

Best Young Actress in an Off-Prime-time Series

Young Artist Award

Choice TV Actress–Drama/Action Adventure

Teen Choice Award

Year

Award

1993

1992

Young Artist Award

Young Artist Award

2003

1990

Category

Outstanding Young Ensemble Cast

"American Television"

Artist

Year

2008

2000

2012

Music videos

2005

Jury Award

Animated series (recurring voice role)

Award nominations

Best Live Action Over 15 Minutes (as producer and director)

Just Pray

Saved by the Bell

2008

Tiffani Thiessen

2009– present

Ben Lee

[1] "TV STUFF: Tiffani Drops Amber" (http:/ /www.hollywood.com/news/TV_STUFF_Tiffani_Drops_Amber/312130). Hollywood.com. March 29, 2000. . Retrieved November 12, 2007. [2] "Tiffani Thiessen Biography (1974-)" (http:/ /www.filmreference.com/film/65/Tiffani-Thiessen.html). Filmreference.com. . Retrieved December 23, 2012. [3] Paterakis, Milaine (November 10, 2011). "Celebrities You Didn’t Know Were Greek" (http://ryanseacrest.com/2011/11/10/ celebrities-you-didnt-know-were-greek-list/). Ryanseacrest.com. . Retrieved August 4, 2012. [4] "Tiffani Thiessen's interview" (http:/ /web.archive.org/web/20071104164035/http://www.tiffanithiessen.org/articles/article003.html). Tiffani Thiessen fansite. Archived from the original (http:/ /www.tiffanithiessen.org/articles/article003.html) on November 4, 2007. . Retrieved November 14, 2007. [5] "Charm's Way" (http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,129489,00.html). Entertainment Weekly. June 12, 2001. . Retrieved December 25, 2012. [6] "News" (http://www.tit4tatproductions.com/news.asp). Tit4tatproductions.com. . Retrieved December 23, 2012. [7] "About us" (http://www.petitnest.com/store/pages/about-us.html). Petitnest.com. . Retrieved December 23, 2012. [8] "Brian Austin Green & Tiffani-Amber Thiessen" (http:/ /www.people.com/people/archive/article/0,,20105065,00.html). People.com. February 13, 1995. . Retrieved June 28, 2012. [9] "Robin Williams Secures an 'Aladdin' Sequel" (http:/ /www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,299087,00.html). Entertainment Weekly. October 9, 1995. . Retrieved December 23, 2012. [10] "Sudden Tragedy" (http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,272971,00.html). Entertainment Weekly. April 2, 1999. . Retrieved December 23, 2012. [11] "Tiffani Thiessen Weds Actor Brady Smith" (http:/ /www.people.com/people/article/0,,1081763,00.html). People.com. July 12, 2005. . Retrieved June 28, 2012. [12] Eunice Oh (June 15, 2010). "Tiffani Thiessen Welcomes Daughter Harper Renn" (http:/ /celebritybabies.people.com/2010/06/15/ tiffani-thiessen-welcomes-daughter-harper-renn). People.com. . Retrieved June 28, 2012. [13] "Jennie Garth, Tiffani Thiessen Still Not Speaking" (http:/ /www.usmagazine.com/celebrity-news/news/ jennie-garth-tiffani-thiessen-still-not-speaking-2012155). US Weekly. May 15, 2012. . Retrieved June 28, 2012. [14] "Tiffani Amber Thiessen Discusses Co-Star Feuds" (http:/ /www.inquisitr.com/289646/tiffani-amber-thiessen-discusses-co-star-feuds/). The inquisitr. July 31, 2012. . Retrieved December 23, 2012.

Runner-up

Nominated

Nominated

Tiffani Thiessen

External links a Official website (http://www.tiffanithiessen.com/) Tiffani Thiessen (http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0005485/) at the Internet Movie Database

A Killer Among Friends

A Killer Among Friends Directed byCharles Robert Carner

Written by

Starring

Country

Language

Christopher Lofton John Miglis

Patty Duke Tiffani-Amber Thiessen Margaret Welsh Chad Todhunter

United States

English

Original channelCBS

Original airing

Running time

Decemberb8,b1992

96 min

A Killer Among Friendsis a 1992 made-for-television movie that aired on CBS on December 8, 1992. Based on a true story, the film stars Patty Duke as a mother grieving for her murdered daughter (Tiffani Amber Thiessen) and sets out to find the killer. The film is based on the real life murder of Michele Avila.

Plot Jenny Monroe (Tiffani-Amber Thiessen) is a typical all American teenage girl, who has a falling out with her best friend Ellen Holloway (Margaret Welsh) and doesn't return home. Jenny's mother, Jean (Patty Duke), is worried for her daughter, and three days later, Jenny's body is discovered in a creek with a 100 pound log across her back. Furious about the murder, Ellen and Jean both try and track down the killer. Ellen and her daughter, Celeste, move into Jean's house. Ellen had wanted Jenny's room, but Jean had Ellen sleeping in her bedroom, as Jenny's room was later turned into a nursery for when her grandchild would visit. Three years later with the police still unable to solve Jenny's murder, Kathy Pearl, another friend of Jenny, comes forward out of guilt. Kathy tells the police she was brought along with the girls (Jenny, Ellen, and Carla) when they attacked Jenny by slapping her, chopping off pieces of her hair, and then finally drowning her. Kathy claims they did it because they believed Jenny had slept with their boyfriends, but during the trial it was revealed that the plain and overweight Ellen was jealous of Jenny's popularity and beauty and wanted "to be her". Kathy told the police she fled town because Ellen threatened her if she talked.

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A Killer Among Friends

Cast a Patty Duke as Jean Monroe a Tiffani-Amber Thiessen as Jennifer Anne "Jenny" Monroe aMargaret Welsh as Ellen Holloway aAngie Rae McKinney as Carla Lewis aDavid Cubitt as Greg Monroe aJanne Mortil as Kathy Pearl a Loretta Swit as Detective Patricia Staley aDebra Sharkey as Sheryl Monroe a Chad Todhunter as Adam Monroe aBen Bass as Steve a William S. Taylor as Detective Mike Collins aBabs Chula as Diane a Matthew Bennett as Dan aHeather and Shannon Beaty as Celeste a Barry Pepper as Mickey Turner a Lisa Vultaggio as Susan

External links [1] aA Killer Among Friends at the Internet Movie Database

References [1] http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0104612/

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Beverly Hills, 90210

Beverly Hills, 90210

Genre

Created by

Starring

Beverly Hills, 90210

Theme music composer

Country of origin

Original language(s)

No. of seasons

No. of episodes

Executive producer(s)

Camera setup

Running time

Production company(s)

Season 9 inter-title

Teen drama Soap opera

Darren Star Aaron Spelling E. Duke Vincent

Jason Priestley Shannen Doherty Jennie Garth Ian Ziering Gabrielle Carteris Luke Perry Brian Austin Green Tori Spelling Douglas Emerson Carol Potter James Eckhouse Mark Damon Espinoza Tiffani Amber Thiessen Joe E. Tata Jamie Walters Kathleen Robertson Hilary Swank Vincent Young Vanessa Marcil Lindsay Price Daniel Cosgrove

John E. Davis

United States

English

10

296 (List of episodes)

Production

Aaron Spelling E. Duke Vincent Charles Rosin Darren Star Steve Wasserman Jessica Klein

Single-camera

45–48 minutes

90210 Productions Propaganda Films Spelling Television Torand Productions

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