Tiffani Thiessen

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Biography

Recent Role:
Elizabeth Burke on White Collar
Gender:
Female
Born:
1-23-1974
Birthplace:
Long Beach, California, USA
Birth Name:
Tiffani-Amber Thiessen
AKA:
Tiffani-Amber Theissen, Tiffani Thiessen, Tiffani-Amber Thisen, Tiffany-Amber Thiessen

Tiffani-Amber Thiessen was born on January 23, 1974 in Long Beach, California. Her father, Frank, was a park designer and her mother, Robyn, was a homemaker. Tiffani grew up in Long Beach with her parents as the middle sister to her two brothers, Todd and Schuyler. She is of Welsh, German, Greek and Turkish descent, and goes by the nickname Tiff.

Tiffani was eight when her screenwriter/actor uncle, Roger Ernest, convinced her to try modeling. Tiffani went on to win several beauty pageants. After hitting it

More big in 1987 with her being crowned 'Miss Junior America', she also turned to acting. In 1988 she tied with another girl, Tiffany Weber, for the crown of Teen Magazine's 'Great Model Search'. Then the next year in 1989, Tiffani was named Cover Girl Magazine's 'Model of the Year'.


Tiffani first appeared in a TV commercial for the Peaches and Cream Barbie Doll. She got her acting break in 1989 when she landed the role of 'Kelly Kapowski' on Saved by the Bell. This role as the squeaky clean popular cheerleader lasted 5 years. Tiffani attended Valley Professional High School, and was crowned Valedictorian in 1992.


After Saved by the Bell Tiffani was looking for a different kind of character. In 1994 a new Tiffani arrived on the scene. She had a whole new look, including shorter hair and breast implants. Tiffani then landed the role as the sexy vixen 'Valerie Malone', on Beverly Hills, 90210. This time instead of the preppy and cheerful cheerleader, Tiffani played a blackmailing and corrupt vixen that knew what she wanted and would stop at nothing to get it. Tiffani's character ended up sleeping with every male on the show, and becoming rivals with every female. During the time of this show, Tiffani also acted in many television movies, and also a small role alongside Pauly Shore in the 1993 comedy Son in Law. Still trying to surpass her former role as wholesome Kelly on Saved by the Bell, Tiffani posed nude several times in both Veronica and New Look magazines.


In 1998 Tiffani left her role on Beverly Hills, 90210, to pursue a career in movies. Two independent 1999 films, Speedway Junky and Love Stinks followed. Then she tried her comedy skills alongside Woody Allen in his 2002 movie Hollywood Ending. Tiffani was offered a role on Charmed to replace her former Beverly Hills, 90210 colleague Shannen Doherty, but turned it down. In 2000 Tiffani featured in the music video You're a God by Vertical Horizon and in 2003 she featured in a McDonald's commercial that aired during the Academy Awards. In between TV-movies Tiffani had recurring roles in Two Guys and a Girl, Good Morning, Miami and What About Brian. When Tiffani starred on Fastlane, she acted along side her best friend, Jennie Garth's real life husband Peter Facinelli. Tiffani was one of the former teen stars seen on Child Star Confidential: TV Princesses: 2006 and she was also #43 on VH1's 100 Greatest Teen Stars countdown the same year. In 2009 she landed the role of 'Elizabeth Burke' on White Collar.



In reality, Tiffani thought that her Saved by the Bell co-star Mark-Paul Gosselaar was very annoying and immature. They dated once, but soon split up. He was also the one that taught her how to smoke at the age of 16. In addition to Mark-Paul Gosselaar, Tiffani also briefly dated her other Saved by the Bell co-star, Mario Lopez, during production. She lived with Beverly Hills, 90210 co-star, Brian Austin Green, for several years. The two were also romantically linked together at one time. Tiffani was also romantically linked to David Strickland at the time of his death. Tiffani became engaged to actor Richard Ruccolo in October 2001, but broke off the engagement in April of 2003.

Tiffani married actor Brady Smith on Saturday, July 9th 2005, at a private estate in Montecito, California. Three of her former Beverly Hills, 90210 co-stars attended her wedding; Jason Priestley, Tori Spelling and Lindsay Price. Vera Wang designed her wedding dress.

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    TV.com has set a ceiling on the number of quotes that can be submitted to an editorless guide to ten (10). I've set mine to about fifteen (15). The reason being the blurb page for a person shouldn't feature everything a person says, but quotes likely to be interesting for people who doesn'tMore know the person that well when they visit the page. While the blurb page become very hard to navigate with 50ish quotes and equally many trivias, everyone with a special interest in that many quotes shouldn't mind taking a detour into this forum. If you think your potential quote submission is more interesting and/or more up-to-date than those on the blurb page, just go ahead and submit it. If I'm still editor and don't agree, it just might end up here instead. I've transferred some of the excess quotes from the Quotes Section of the guide. Please feel free to add on quotes to this thread, but keep out discussions and opinions. Start a new tread if you'd like to comment on or discuss Tiffani's quotes. Tiffani : I have more zits now than I did as a teenager. Stress zits. Tiffani : Quitting just never seems to be an option. Tiffani : (On Saved by the Bell fan reaction at an appearance) All these kids were just lovin' what we did and screamin' and yellin' out our names and throwing things at us and wanting to cut our hair off and things like that. Tiffani : I've collected pigs since I was really little, miniature pigs and stuff like that. Tiffani : I get my blue eyes from my dad.

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    Pick which role you think Tiffani was best in. I love all three characters, but my favorite was Valerie Malone.

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    Tiffani Thiessen:From Teen Queen to Talented Actress hide show

    I have watched Tiffani since we were both 15.She was my favorite character on Saved By The Bell and Beverly Hills 90210 but she showed an amazing actress she had grown into on the FOX show Fastlane.I loved that show but it only lasted a season.I am loving her on White Collar although she is not on nearly enough.I have watched Tiffani for over 20 years and she is a beautiful and very talented actress.I always love to see what part she will play next.The way she went from perky Kelly Kapowski to the vixen Valerie Malone was great and then to the undercover cop Billie Chambers on Fastlane to now the wife of an FBI agent on White Collar she is so diverse.

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    Has had starring roles in several life time movies, as well as playing Kelly Kapowski in Saved by the Bell and as Valerie Malone in Beverly Hills, 90210 hide show

    A very talented actress who played the super nice girl in almost every role that you see her in, and than she debuted on Beverly Hills, 90210 in which she played Valerie, and she was the meanest something that came to Beverly Hills and yet she did a fantastic job playing her nice and sincere, than going to be the you know. I loved her on Beverly Hills and i can't believe the performance that this girl actually turned in. It was completely unbelievable, and she definetly is an actress that, i believe, took their good girl or good boy image, and kept it, but flipped that. She did great, and here is hoping that she returns to the new 90210.

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    Maybe the most adorable body in TV's history. hide show

    At first I saw Tiffani in "Beverly Hills 90210". Then I saw her movies "Son in law", "She fought alone", "Hollywood ending", "Shriek if you know what I did last friday the thirteenth", "Speedway junkie" and "The ladies man". I also saw her show "Fastlane" and as a guest star in various other TV -shows. To me the best of her was her role in "Beverly hills 90210" and guest starring in "Two guys, and a girl". Her role in "90210" was very intresting and Tiffani as a firefighter in "Two guys and a girl" was just superb.

    It was her perfect body, her attractive sex appeal and her nice smile that first called my attention. Based on what I've so far seen I think Tiffani is somewhat more talented than average actress. I find her physically very attractive and I'm looking forward to see Tiffani in her new show "What about Brian".

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    10 Perfect
    Tiffani-Amber Thiessen hide show

    I love Tiffani as a actress, and plus she is very hot. I loved her the most on Beverly Hills 90210 as Valerie Malone. I'm sad she had to go. I hope she appeares on popular shows that is shown here in Iceland. She played the manipulated and medling girl on Beverly Hills 90210, and that is why i love her. Beverly Hills 90210 is showing again here in Iceland.
    It is my 2nd favourite show because of Tiffani.
    I really want to see What About Brian, because she is acting in that show as Natasha. She is just a great actress.

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    I love Tiffani hide show

    Tiffani (Amber) Thiessen is in a class by itself. Not only I've been a fan of her, I also madly in love with her. I can't help it. she is turly a beautiful angel . I worte a few letters to her and I think she may have answer some. Last year I was heartbroken by her marriage. but that doesn't keep me down. She's an orginal and a womnder woman. I collect some picture on her and put them in my file. I might be crazy in love, but I don't care. I love Tiffani (Amber) Thiessen. she's one beautiful woman.

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