Jennifer Tilly Biography

Jennifer Tilly (born September 16, 1958 in Harbor City, California) is an American actress who has starred in many major films as well as independent features. She has a younger sister, Meg, who is also an actress (albeit currently retired), another sister, Rebecca and an older brother.

Biography

Jennifer Tilly was born Jennifer E. Chan to a Chinese stockbroker and was raised in rural British Columbia, Canada. ("Tilly" is her mother's maiden name.) She attended Belmont High School along with her two sisters, Margaret and Rebecca. She began her acting career as a teenager, putting herself through the theater program at Stephens College in Missouri.

Her breakthrough film role was as a singing waitress in The Fabulous Baker Boys (1989) in a part that was specially written for her by Steve Kloves. She was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role for her role as a hopelessly bad actress in Woody Allen's Bullets Over Broadway (1994).

Jennifer Tilly gained some additional popularity in recent years for providing voice-over work as killer doll Tiffany for the Child's Play series of movies. In the most recent installment, Seed of Chucky, she plays a dual role, not only providing the voice for Tiffany, but also playing an exaggerated version of herself. She also played the wife of a murdered Italian Mafia son in "Bella Mafia" with Dennis Farina.

Tilly is a semi-regular cast member on Family Guy, voicing the Griffin family's neighbor, Bonnie. She has also done vocal work for the film Monsters, Inc. and the children's series Hey Arnold. She has been active in the theatre, winning a Theater World Award for her performance in the off-Broadway play One Shoe Off.

Jennifer Tilly married The Simpsons producer Sam Simon in 1984, but they divorced in 1991 without children.

Jennifer Tilly is in filming for two new movies for 2006 "The Funny Farm" and "The Poker Movie"

Jennifer Tilly playing in the 2005 World Series of Poker.On June 27, 2005, Tilly won a World Series of Poker bracelet (and $158,625) in the Ladies' No-Limit Texas Hold 'Em event, outlasting 600 other players. She followed up this accomplishment on September 1, 2005 by also winning the third World Poker Tour Ladies Invitational Tournament held at the Bicycle Casino in Los Angeles.

Tilly is currently dating poker professional Phil "Unabomber" Laak and is nicknamed "The Unabombshell" within the poker circuit.

Film List

No Small Affair (1984)
Hill Street Blues (TV-Series 1981 - 1987) Tilly appeared (1984 - 1985)
Moving Violations (1985)
Johnny Be Good (1988)
High Spirits (1988)
Let It Ride (1989)
The Fabulous Baker Boys (1989)
The Doors (1991)
Scorchers (1991)
Shadow of the Wolf (1992)
Made in America (1993)
Bullets Over Broadway (1994)
The Getaway (1994)
Bound (1996)
Liar Liar (1997)
Edie & Pen (1997)
The Wrong Guy (1997)
Bride of Chucky (1998) (voice)
Stuart Little (1999) (voice)
The Crew (2000)
Monsters, Inc. (2001) (voice)
The Cat's Meow (2001)
The Haunted Mansion (2003)
Home on the Range (2004) (voice)
Seed of Chucky (2004)
The Funny Farm (2006) (Post Production)
The Poker Movie (2006) (Filming)