Tiffani Thiessen
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Born | Tiffani Amber Thiessen January 23, 1974 Long Beach, California, U.S. |
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Years active | 1989–present |
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Children | 2 |
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Tiffani Amber Thiessen (born January 23, 1974)
Thiessen has appeared in several films, such as Son in Law (1993), Speedway Junky (1999), From Dusk Till Dawn 2: Texas Blood Money (1999), Love Stinks (1999), Ivans Xtc (2000), Shriek If You Know What I Did Last Friday the 13th (2000), The Ladies Man (2000), Hollywood Ending (2002) and Cyborg Soldier (2008). She directed the short film Just Pray (2005), for which she earned a nomination from the Tribeca Festival for Best Narrative Short. She hosts the Cooking Channel series Dinner at Tiffani's (2015–2017) and the MTV comedy clip show Deliciousness (2020–present).
Early life
Thiessen was born in
Career
Thiessen participated in beauty pageants during her childhood and was crowned Miss Junior America in 1987. The following year, she appeared on the cover of
In 1994, after her tenure on Saved by the Bell had ended, Thiessen landed the role of Valerie Malone in Fox's Aaron Spelling-produced hit teen-drama Beverly 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 the ninth season of the show. While starring in 90210, Thiessen began to take on continuous dramatic leading roles in television films: The Stranger Beside Me (1995) and She Fought Alone (1995), Sweet Dreams and Buried Secrets in 1996. After her departure from the show, she appeared in a number of films, including Speedway Junky (1999), From Dusk Till Dawn 2: Texas Blood Money (1999), Love Stinks (1999) and The Ladies Man (2000); she also guest-starred on NewsRadio (1999), Two Guys and a Girl (2000), Just Shoot Me! (2001) and Good 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. That year she also dropped her middle name which she had been including professionally for many years and is now credited as simply Tiffani Thiessen.[10] Thiessen was Spelling's first choice to replace Doherty in the series Charmed in 2001, but she refused his offer because she was hoping the NBC pilot for Everything But the Girl would be picked up.[11] The role eventually went to Rose McGowan.
Meanwhile, Thiessen starred in direct-to-video parody film
Later on, she starred in television movies Stroller Wars (2006) and
On February 4, 2015, Thiessen reunited with Saved By the Bell costars Mark-Paul Gosselaar, Elizabeth Berkley, Dennis Haskins and Mario Lopez on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, in which they appeared in a Saved by the Bell sketch with host Jimmy Fallon.[17][18][19] In the same year, Thiessen started hosting her own show on Cooking Channel called Dinner at Tiffani's, which ran until 2017.
On June 7, 2017, Thiessen was cast as Lori Mendoza, mother of the Mendoza family on the multi camera Netflix sitcom Alexa & Katie, which premiered its first two seasons on March 23 and December 26, 2018.[20] In 2021, at the 48th Daytime Creative Arts Emmy Awards, she was nominated in the category of Outstanding Performance by a Supporting Actress in a Daytime Fiction Program.[21]
In March 2020, it was announced that Thiessen would join the cast of the Saved by the Bell sequel series, reprising her role as Kelly Kapowski. She guest-starred in three episodes.[22] The show premiered on NBCUniversal's streaming network Peacock beginning November 2020.[23] In November, it was announced that Thiessen would host the MTV comedy clip show Deliciousness, a spinoff of that network's previous program, Ridiculousness.[24]
Charity work
In April 2013, she participated in the One Bag party as part of Earth Month, in which the Glad company promoted "clean, green living".[25]
Public image
Thiessen was a teen idol during the 1990s, starting from her role as cheerleader Kelly Kapowski on Saved by the Bell and then playing bad girl Valerie Malone on Beverly Hills, 90210. In a much-discussed moment, Justin Bieber appeared wearing a T-shirt with a photo of Thiessen in her Saved by the Bell days at the 2011 MuchMusic Video Awards,[26] admitting his admiration for her. Basketball player Chris Paul also revealed publicly that he was a fan of Thiessen back then, when she sent him an autographed Saved by the Bell-era photograph of herself for his 29th birthday in 2014.[27]
Personal life
Thiessen dated her Saved by the Bell co-star Mark-Paul Gosselaar (who played Zack in the show). She also dated Mario Lopez, who played A.C. Slater, from 1991 to November 1993.[28][29][30][31]
In early 1992, Thiessen started dating her future 90210 co-star Brian Austin Green, introduced by mutual friend David Faustino;[32] they moved in together in July 1994, then broke up the next year.[33] In 1999, she went through a difficult period in her personal life, when David Strickland, also an actor, whom she had begun dating, died by suicide.[34] From 2001 to the spring of 2003, she was engaged to actor Richard Ruccolo, whom she had met during the Two Guys and a Girl run.[35] She married actor Brady Smith on July 9, 2005,[35] and they have two children: a daughter born in 2010,[36] and a son born in 2015.[37]
Thiessen served as
Filmography
Film
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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1993 | Son in Law | Tracy | |
1999 | Speedway Junky | Wilma Price | |
1999 | From Dusk Till Dawn 2: Texas Blood Money | Pam | Direct-to-video film |
1999 | Love Stinks | Rebecca Melini / Juliette | |
2000 | Ivans XTC
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Marie Stein | |
2000 | The Ladies Man | Honey DeLune | |
2000 | Shriek If You Know What I Did Last Friday the Thirteenth
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Hagitha Utslay | Direct-to-video film |
2001 | A Christmas Adventure ...from a Book Called Wisely's Tales | Vixen (voice) | Direct-to-video film |
2002 | Hollywood Ending | Sharon Bates | |
2005 | Just Pray | Short film ; director
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2008 | Cyborg Soldier | Lindsey Reardon |
Television
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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1989 | Live-In | Girl | Episode: "Mommy and Me and Au Pair Make Three" |
1989–93 | Saved by the Bell | Kelly Kapowski
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Main role |
1990 | Charles in Charge | Jennifer | Episode: "There's a Girl in My Ficus" |
1990 | Married... with Children | Heather McCoy | Episode: "What Goes Around Came Around" |
1990 | The Hogan Family | Brooke | Episode: "California Dreamin': Parts 1 & 2" |
1992 | Step by Step | Tina Gordon | Episode: "Daddy's Girl" |
1992 | Blossom | Ricki | Episode: "Driver's Education" |
1992 | Saved by the Bell: Hawaiian Style
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Kelly Kapowski
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Television movie
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1992 | The Powers That Be | Barbara | Episode: "The Intern" |
1992 | A Killer Among Friends | Jenny Monroe | Television movie |
1993–94 | Saved by the Bell: The College Years | Kelly Kapowski
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Main role |
1994 | Saved by the Bell: Wedding in Las Vegas
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Kelly Kapowski
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Television movie |
1994 | Burke's Law | Andrea Pierce | Episode: "Who Killed Romeo?" |
1994–98, 2000 | Beverly Hills, 90210 | Valerie Malone
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Main role |
1995 | The Stranger Beside Me | Jennifer Gallagher | Television movie |
1995 | She Fought Alone | Caitlin Rose | Television movie |
1996 | Sweet Dreams | Alison Sullivan | Television |
1996 | Buried Secrets | Annalisse Vellum | Television movie; also co-producer |
1999 | Cupid | Stephanie MacGregor | Episode: "Children's Hour" |
1999 | NewsRadio | Foxy Jackson | Episode: "Assistant" |
2000 | Two Guys and a Girl | Marti | Recurring role; 8 episodes |
2001 | Everything But the Girl | Denise | Pilot movie |
2001 | Just Shoot Me! | Amy Watson | Recurring role; 3 episodes |
2002–03 | Fastlane | Wilhelmina 'Billie' Chambers | Main role |
2003–04 | Good Morning, Miami | Victoria Hill | Recurring role; 11 episodes |
2006 | Stroller Wars | Lainey | Television movie |
2007 | Pandemic
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Kayla Martin | Miniseries; main role[40] |
2007 | What About Brian | Natasha Drew | Recurring role; 5 episodes[41] |
2009–14 | White Collar | Elizabeth Burke | Main role[42] |
2012–16 | Jake and the Never Land Pirates | Misty the Wonderful Witch / Mermaid | Recurring voice role |
2014 | Northpole | Chelsea Hastings | Television movie |
2015 | Hell's Kitchen
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Herself | Episode: "Winner Chosen" |
2015 | The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon | Kelly Kapowski | Saved by the Bell sketch |
2015–17 | Dinner at Tiffani's | Herself / Hostess | Cooking Channel series; also executive producer |
2017 | American Housewife | Celeste | Episode: "Dude, Where's My Napkin" |
2017 | Food Network Star | Herself | Episode: "Summer Party Playoffs" |
2018–2020 | Alexa & Katie | Lori Mendoza | Main role |
2019 | Sugar Rush Christmas | Herself | Episode: "Here Comes Santa Claus" |
2020–2021 | Saved by the Bell | Kelly Kapowski Morris | Recurring role |
2020–present | Deliciousness | Herself | Clip show; host |
Music videos
Year | Song | Artist | Role | Notes |
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2000 | "You're a God" | Vertical Horizon | Herself | |
2008 | "American Television" | Ben Lee | Herself | |
2020 | "Pick Her Up" | Hot Country Knights | Dierks Bentley's alter ego |
Accolades
Year | Association | Category | Work | Result | Ref. |
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1990 | Young Artist Awards
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Outstanding Young Ensemble Cast | Saved by the Bell | Nominated | [7] |
1991 | Best Young Actress Starring in an Off-Primetime Series | Nominated | [8] | ||
1993 | Best Young Actress Starring in an Off-Primetime Series | Nominated | [9] | ||
2003 | Teen Choice Awards | Choice TV Actress – Drama/Action Adventure | Fastlane | Nominated | [12] |
2005 | Tribeca Festival Awards | Best Narrative Short | Just Pray | Nominated | [14] |
2021 | Daytime Emmy Awards | Outstanding Performance by a Supporting Actress in a Daytime Fiction Program | Alexa & Katie | Nominated | [21] |
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- ^ "Mario Lopez And Tiffani Thiessen Share 'Saved By The Bell' Memories | TODAY All Day". YouTube.
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- ^ "Robin Williams Secures an 'Aladdin' Sequel". Entertainment Weekly. October 9, 1995. Retrieved December 23, 2012.
- ^ "Sudden Tragedy". Entertainment Weekly. April 2, 1999. Retrieved December 23, 2012.
- ^ a b "Tiffani Thiessen Weds Actor Brady Smith". People.com. July 12, 2005. Retrieved June 28, 2012.
- ^ Oh, Eunice (June 15, 2010). "Tiffani Thiessen Welcomes Daughter Harper Renn". People. Retrieved February 1, 2019.
- ^ Stroup, Kate; Leon, Anya (July 2, 2015). "Tiffani Thiessen Welcomes Son Holt Fisher". People.com. Retrieved October 9, 2016.
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- ^ "2007 TV Mini-Series 'Pandemic'…Eerily Looks Familiar". Mercer County Outlook. April 16, 2020. Retrieved February 10, 2022.
- ^ "Tiffani Thiessen joins 'What About Brian'". UPI. Retrieved February 10, 2022.
- ^ "Tiffani Thiessen: 'White Collar' is a Dream Job | Entertainment Tonight". www.etonline.com. January 31, 2012. Retrieved February 10, 2022.
External links
- Official website
- Tiffani Thiessen at IMDb