Tiffani-Amber
Thiessen (born January 23, 1974 in Long Beach,
California) is an American television and film actress.
After many years of going by her full name, she is now
credited as simply Tiffani Thiessen.
Career: She was born in Long Beach, California;
her father, Frank, was a park designer and her mother,
Robyn, was a homemaker. She is of German, Greek, Turkish
and Welsh descent. She told InStyle, "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." She credits her brother,
Todd, as one of her most important inspirations, and
mother and grandmother as her role models.
As a child, she competed in many beauty pageants, and
she won the Miss Junior America pageant in 1987. Her
first big break in show business was her role on the
television program Saved By The Bell, as nice girl Kelly
Kapowski, a role she continued playing in the short
lived Saved by the Bell: The College Years. This was
very different from her next major role, as a
duplicitous vixen, Valerie Malone, on Beverly Hills
90210.
Tiffani-Amber Thiessen rose to fan-magazine fame for her
portrayal of Kelly Kapowski on the teen-soap Saved by
the Bell(1989). Two years before she landed the job she
won Miss Junior America, after a childhood of competing
in several pageants. Born to Frank, a park designer, and
to Robyn, a homemaker, on January 24, 1974. Tiffani got
her start in acting at an early age, and even earlier
she modeled her way through the country.
After hitting it big with her Miss Junior America
accomplishment, she turned to acting. Two years later
she had herself a job. Saved by the Bell(1989) lasted 4
years, after portraying a squeaky teen, Tiffani was in
for a different character. In 1994 a much new Tiffani,
including a different look (shorter hairstyle, breast
implants) went on to play Valerie Malone on the hit
teen-drama Beverly Hills, 90210(1990). Instead of
playing a wholesome teen, she played a blackmailing,
conniving vixen, who ended up sleeping with every male
on the show, and becoming rivals with every female.
During this time, she went through a slew of television
movies, and also a small role alongside Pauly Shore in
the comedy Son in Law(1993). Trying her utmost to
surpass her former role as wholesome Kelly Kapowski,
Tiffani posed nude several times in both 'Veronica' and
'New Look' magazines'. In 1998 she left her role on
90210, to pursue a career in movies. Speedway
Junkie(1999) and Love Stinks(1999) both independent,
followed.
A small break came in late 1999, when her boyfriend
David Strickland committed suicide. His body was found
in a Las Vegas motel room hanging from a bed sheet. In
2000 she tried her comedy side out, starring in both The
Ladies Man(2000) and Shriek if You Know What I Did Last
Summer(2000). With 2 new films coming out, it looks as
though she'll definitely be able to surpass the label
child-actress and grow to become more successful then
she is already.
She later starred in the sitcom Two Guys and a Girl and
the short-lived action show Fastlane, as well as
guest-starring on Just Shoot Me!. Her transition to film
has not gone well so far, as most of her movies,
including Love Stinks, have been critically panned. In
2002, she appeared in the film Hollywood Ending by Woody
Allen. In 2005, she released a short (21 minute) film
she had directed called Just Pray. It placed at several
film festivals and was the first major effort from her
new production company, Tit 4 Tat Productions.
In March of 1999, her then-boyfriend, actor David
Strickland, committed suicide. From October 2001 to
April 2003, she was engaged to actor Richard Ruccolo,
whom she had met during the Two Guys and a Girl run. On
July 9, 2005, she married actor Brady Smith in
Montecito, California.
As of January 2007 Thiessen has joined the cast of ABC's
relationship drama What About Brian. Thiessen plays the
boss of Brian, and a potential love interest for Adam.
Thiessen is a part of the Make-A-Wish Foundation. In
February 2006, she accepted an invitation to serve on
the National Advisory Council for the organization.
ABC officially cancelled What About Brian in May 2007,
but is in talks with Tiffani to guest star in Season 4
of Grey's Anatomy as Derek Shepherd's psychiatrist
sister.
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