Full Name | Jennifer Tilly |
Net Worth | $16 Million |
Date Of Birth | September 16, 1958 |
Place Of Birth | Harbor City, California, USA |
Height | 1.69 m |
Occupation | Actress |
Profession | Screenwriter, Voice Actor, Professional Poker Player |
Education | Belmont Secondary School, Stephens College |
Spouse | Sam Simon |
Parents | Harry Chan, Patricia Tilly |
Siblings | Meg Tilly, Steve Tilly, Rebecca Tilly |
Partner | Phil Laak, Phil Laak |
Nicknames | Jennifer Tilly, Tilly, Jennifer |
Twitter | http://www.twitter.com/jtillathekilla2 |
Instagram | http://www.instagram.com/jennifertilly |
IMDB | http://imdb.com/name/nm0000236 |
Awards | GLAAD Media Golden Gate Award |
Nominations | Academy Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role, MTV Movie Award for Best Kiss, MTV Movie Award for Best Scared-As-Shit Performance, Gemini Award for Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Dramatic Program or Mini-Series, Blockbuster Entertainment Award for Favorite Supporting Act... |
Movies | Bride of Chucky, Seed of Chucky, Bound, Liar Liar, Monsters, Inc., Bullets over Broadway, The Getaway, The Haunted Mansion, Stuart Little, Dancing at the Blue Iguana, Curse of Chucky, The Fabulous Baker Boys, Let It Ride, Jericho Mansions, Home on the Range, Tideland, The Cat's Meow, Fast Sofa, Shad... |
TV Shows | Out of Practice, Gun, Key West, Stir Crazy, Shaping Up, Oh Madeline |
Star Sign | Virgo |
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1 | (1996) The first time I met Quentin Tarantino was so funny. He said, "Jennifer, there's something I've always wanted to ask you." And I'm thinking, "Which of my distinguished movies is he going to ask about?". He goes, "Moving Violations (1985)! How did you do that scene in the anti-gravity chamber?". I thought he was making fun of me, but then I realized he was serious. My friend who was with me said, "How come I've never heard you mention Moving Violations?". So I brushed it off and said, "Well, it was like my first movie." Quentin went, "No, no, no, the first movie you ever did was No Small Affair (1984), with Jon Cryer and Demi Moore." And I'm thinking, "If you weren't Quentin Tarantino, I'd think you were a stalker.". |
2 | (1996) Meg and I didn't have any connections in Hollywood. I think it's amazing that two girls who grew up really poor in rural Canada came to Hollywood and have successful careers and get nominated for Oscars out of nowhere - out of an idea I had. The thing is, we're tremendously aggressive; we say, "This is what I want, why can't that be me?". I just knew I had to be an actress. I had some vision - this was when I was seven or eight - of myself at 40, a housewife with curlers in her hair, watching TV and crying because I had never followed my dream of being an actress. I always remember having that vision. |
3 | That Hollywood thing, where everybody hugs and kisses everybody else - I always stiffen. It's an assumed familiarity. It's phony. |
4 | (on her new poker career while on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno (1992)) Everyone had a nickname. Mine couldn't be Jennifer "the boob" Tilly! |
5 | On Madonna: We went to a club once. The doorman opened the rope for me but closed it on Madonna - he didn't recognize her. She wouldn't have gotten in, but I put in a good word for her. (In Style magazine, September 2006) |
6 | [on Seed of Chucky (2004)] It's really gruesome, but it's a heartwarming story. |
7 | [on her curves and her frequent cleavage baring characters] People are always accusing me of having implants. |
8 | I was the most popular person in my family. I was like a celebrity. All my sisters would fight over who got to sleep with me. I was always thinking up all the games, telling all the stories, and had the best clothes. I was the entertainment. We didn't have television and we didn't have movies, and I was always the boss. I'd write these plays and I'd make everybody be in them. Once, I had this idea that we'd put all the beds on top of one another so there would be only one bed, but it would be a really big, tall bed. Then we'd take turns sleeping on that bed while everybody else slept on the floor. Like for a month. Everyone thought that was a great idea. I don't know why. I guess because we grew up way, way out in the country and we never had any neighbors. |
9 | If I was like some of the characters I played, I'd probably be dead by now. |
10 | I still haven't made a film that defines who I am. |
11 | Spending time with Jim on a stage is an incredibly weird experience! I found myself unable to act seriously! Hard to shoot with the master of comedy! |
12 | A way you can get really good abs in film is you get your makeup artist to paint shadows -- faux washboard. But if you see me in a movie and I have great abs, it means I have a great body double. |
13 | Everyone said that if you want to be a real actor, go to New York. If you want to sell out, go to L.A. And I thought - I want to sell out! |
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1 | Wore the exact same wig in Bullets Over Broadway (1994) and Return to Babylon (2013). |
2 | Her younger sister, Rebecca Tilly, is a post-impressionist painter. |
3 | Ex-sister-in-law of John Calley and Tim Zinnemann. Sister-in-law of Don Calame. |
4 | Formerly engaged to actor Lou Diamond Phillips. |
5 | Her real-life boyfriend is professional poker player Phil Laak (aka "The Unabomber"). They met at a charitable invitational poker tournament. |
6 | Followed up her World Series of Poker win with a victory in the World Poker Tour (2003) Ladies Night, to be broadcast during the fourth season of WPT. |
7 | Initially involved in Los Angeles Equity waiver theater, she was a one-time member for several years with Lonny Chapman's Group Repertory Theatre. |
8 | In 2005, she won the Ladies-Only No Limit Texas Hold 'Em event at the World Series of Poker, becoming the first celebrity to win an open (as opposed to celebrity-only) WSOP tournament and earn a World Series bracelet. She beat out exactly 600 other women to take the championship. |
9 | Her father was of Chinese descent and her mother's ancestry was Irish, Finnish, and First Nations. Jennifer was raised mostly in British Columbia, Canada. |
10 | She has played a ditzy, sexy love interest for Kelsey Grammer's character Frasier Crane when he was trying to get over other women on Cheers (1982) and again on Frasier (1993) (though she was not playing the same character). |
11 | Ranked #23 in Celebrity Sleuth magazine's 25 Sexiest Women of 1995. |
12 | In high school, everyone called Jennifer, Meg, and their younger sister Becky the Three Musketeers. |
13 | Lenny von Dohlen, who co-starred with Jennifer in Bird of Prey (1995) and her sister Meg Tilly in Leaving Normal (1992), said, "They have a fountain of emotion that keeps coming, even after someone yells cut, but the fountain comes from different bodies of water." He adds, "Meg is an ocean, Jennifer is a rushing river.". |
14 | Is an avid lover of fashion and has 400 pairs of shoes. |
15 | She has won a Theater World Award for Most Promising Newcomer for her work in Tina Howe's play, "One Shoe Off", at The Joseph Papp Theater. She also received a Dramalogue Award for her work in the play "Vanities". She won a Gemini Award for Best Actress for her role in Showtime's made-for-TV film Heads (1994), and a nomination for a Cable ACE Award for her work on It's Garry Shandling's Show. (1986). |
16 | Has one cat named Corky. |
17 | Received her Bachelor's degree in Theatre from Stephens College in Columbia, Missouri. |
18 | Older sister of actress Meg Tilly. She also has an older brother named Steve Tilly, and a younger sister named Rebecca Tilly. |
19 | Attended and graduated from Belmont High School in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada. |
Title | Year | Status | Character |
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Curse of Chucky | 2013 | | Tiffany |
Amelia's 25th | 2013 | | Miss Celie |
The Simpsons | 2012 | TV Series | Jennifer Tilly |
30 Beats | 2012 | | The Psychic - Erika |
Drop Dead Diva | 2011 | TV Series | Ginny |
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation | 2010 | TV Series | Terpsie Pratt |
Made in Romania | 2010 | | Jennifer Tilly |
The Making of Plus One | 2010 | | Amber |
The Cleveland Show | 2009 | TV Series | Bonnie Swanson |
Bai yin di guo | 2009 | | Mrs. Landdeck |
An American Girl: Chrissa Stands Strong | 2009 | Video | Mrs. Rundell |
Inconceivable | 2008 | | Salome 'Sally' Marsh |
Bart Got a Room | 2008 | | Melinda |
The Caretaker | 2008/I | | Miss Perry |
Deal | 2008/I | | Karen 'Razor' Jones |
Intervention | 2007/V | | Jane |
The Initiation of Sarah | 2006 | TV Movie | Dr. Eugenia Hunter |
Family Guy | 2006 | Video Game | Bonnie Swanson (voice) |
Out of Practice | 2005-2006 | TV Series | Crystal |
Tideland | 2005 | | Queen Gunhilda |
Bailey's Billion$ | 2005 | | Dolores Pennington |
The Civilization of Maxwell Bright | 2005 | | Dr. O'Shannon |
Lil' Pimp | 2005 | Video | Miss De La Croix (voice) |
Seed of Chucky | 2004 | | Tiffany Jennifer Tilly |
Love on the Side | 2004 | | Alma |
A Dairy Tale | 2004 | Video short | Grace (voice) |
Saint Ralph | 2004 | | Nurse Alice |
El padrino | 2004 | | Sebeva |
Frasier | 2004 | TV Series | Kim |
Home on the Range | 2004 | | Grace (voice) |
Perfect Opposites | 2004 | | Elyse Steinberg |
Second Best | 2004 | | Carole |
Happy End | 2003 | | Edna |
The Haunted Mansion | 2003 | | Madame Leota |
Jericho Mansions | 2003 | | Donna Cherry |
Hollywood North | 2003 | | Gillian Stevens |
Monsters, Inc. Scream Arena | 2002 | Video Game | Celia Mae |
Stage on Screen: The Women | 2002 | TV Movie | Crystal Allen |
The Magnificent Ambersons | 2002 | TV Movie | Fanny Minafer |
The Kid | 2001 | TV Movie | Waitress (voice) |
Monsters, Inc. | 2001 | | Celia (voice) |
Monsters, Inc. | 2001 | Video Game | Celia Mae (voice) |
Ball in the House | 2001 | | Aunt Dot |
The Cat's Meow | 2001 | | Louella Parsons |
Fast Sofa | 2001 | | Ginger Quail |
Sister Mary Explains It All | 2001 | TV Movie | Philomena Rostovich |
Dirt | 2001 | | Hooker |
Dancing at the Blue Iguana | 2000 | | Jo |
Pigs Next Door | 2000 | TV Series voice | |
The Crew | 2000 | | Ferris 'aka Maureen' Lowenstein |
Hey Arnold! | 2000 | TV Series | Lola |
Bruno | 2000 | | Dolores |
Cord | 2000 | Video | Helen |
Play It to the Bone | 1999 | | Ringside Fan |
Stuart Little | 1999 | | Mrs. Stout (voice) |
Do Not Disturb | 1999 | | Cathryn |
Goosed | 1999 | | Charlene |
Bartok the Magnificent | 1999 | Video | Piloff (voice) |
The Muse | 1999 | | Jennifer Tilly |
Bride of Chucky | 1998 | | Tiffany |
Sin City Spectacular | 1998 | TV Series | |
Hoods | 1998 | | Mary Crippa |
Relax... It's Just Sex | 1998 | | Tara Ricotto |
Music from Another Room | 1998 | | Nina |
Bella Mafia | 1997 | TV Movie | Moyra Luciano |
The Wrong Guy | 1997 | | Lynn Holden |
Gun | 1997 | TV Series | Phyllis |
Liar Liar | 1997 | | Samantha Cole |
American Strays | 1996 | | Patty Mae |
Bound | 1996 | | Violet |
House Arrest | 1996 | | Cindy Figler |
Edie & Pen | 1996 | | Edie |
Man with a Gun | 1995 | | Rena Rushton / Kathy Payne |
The Pompatus of Love | 1995 | | Tarzaan |
Bird of Prey | 1995 | | Kily Griffith |
Embrace of the Vampire | 1995 | | Marika |
Bullets Over Broadway | 1994 | | Olive Neal |
Double Cross | 1994 | Video | Melissa |
The Getaway | 1994 | | Fran Carvey |
Heads | 1994 | TV Movie | Tina Abbot |
Key West | 1993 | TV Series | Savannah Sumner |
Made in America | 1993 | | Stacy |
At Home with the Webbers | 1993 | TV Movie | Miranda Webber |
Shadow of the Wolf | 1992 | | Igiyook |
Dream On | 1992 | TV Series | Ryan |
Scorchers | 1991 | | Talbot |
The Doors | 1991 | | Okie Girl (uncredited) |
The Fabulous Baker Boys | 1989 | | Monica Moran |
Let It Ride | 1989 | | Vicki |
Far from Home | 1989 | | Amy |
Moonlighting | 1989 | TV Series | Nurse Saundra |
High Spirits | 1988 | | Miranda |
Rented Lips | 1988 | | Mona Lisa |
Johnny Be Good | 1988 | | Connie Hisler |
Remote Control | 1988 | | Allegra James |
It's Garry Shandling's Show. | 1987 | TV Series | Angelica |
He's My Girl | 1987 | | Lisa |
Inside Out | 1986 | | Amy |
Cheers | 1986 | TV Series | Candi Pearson |
Stir Crazy | 1986 | TV Series | Karen |
Remington Steele | 1985 | TV Series | Eva Wilson / Blitzen |
Moving Violations | 1985 | | Amy Hopkins |
Hill Street Blues | 1984-1985 | TV Series | Gina Srignoli |
No Small Affair | 1984 | | Mona |
Shaping Up | 1984 | TV Series | Shannon Winters |
Boone | 1983 | TV Series | Sonia |
Oh Madeline | 1983 | TV Series | Laurie |
Renaissance Girl | 2017 | pre-production | Martha |
Walk to Vegas | 2017 | post-production | Jennifer |
I'll Be Next Door for Christmas | 2017 | pre-production | Patsy |
Cult of Chucky | 2017 | post-production | Tiffany |
Ray Meets Helen | | post-production | Ginger |
Family Guy | 1999-2017 | TV Series | Bonnie Swanson |
A Cinderella Story: If the Shoe Fits | 2016 | Video | Divine |
Spun Out | 2015 | TV Series | Maggie Felgate |
Family Guy: The Quest for Stuff | 2014 | Video Game | Bonnie Swanson (voice) |
Randy Cunningham: 9th Grade Ninja | 2013-2014 | TV Series | Amanda Levay The Sorcereress |
Modern Family | 2011-2014 | TV Series | Darlene |
The Secret Lives of Dorks | 2013 | | Ms. Stewart |
Return to Babylon | 2013 | | Clara Bow |
Title | Year | Status | Character |
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The Peter Austin Noto Show | 2017 | TV Series | Herself - Guest |
A Wig and a Prayer: The Peaches Christ Story | 2016 | Documentary short | |
Poker Night in America | 2015-2016 | TV Series | Herself |
Crazy About Tiffany's | 2016 | Documentary | Herself |
Unity | 2015 | Documentary | Narrator (voice) |
Post Oak Bluff: The Politics of Poker | 2015 | Documentary | Herself |
Shark Cage | 2014 | TV Series | Herself |
Femme Fatales with Gina Gershon and Jennifer Tilly | 2014 | Video short | Herself |
Bonus Content | 2013 | TV Series documentary | Herself |
Big Morning Buzz Live | 2013 | TV Series | Herself |
Playing with Dolls: The Making of Curse of Chucky | 2013 | Video documentary short | Herself |
Voodoo Doll: The Chucky Legacy | 2013 | Video documentary short | Herself |
The Talk | 2011-2012 | TV Series | Herself - Guest |
D.L. Hughley: The Endangered List | 2012 | TV Special documentary | Herself |
Talk Stoop with Cat Greenleaf | 2012 | TV Series | Herself - Guest |
The Wendy Williams Show | 2012 | TV Series | Herself - Guest |
Watch What Happens: Live | 2012 | TV Series | Herself - Guest |
RuPaul's Drag Race | 2012 | TV Series | Herself - Guest Judge |
The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson | 2005-2011 | TV Series | Herself - Guest |
2010 World Series of Poker | 2010 | TV Series | Herself |
Pass the Sugar | 2009 | Documentary | Herself |
Starz Inside: Sex and the Cinema | 2009 | TV Movie documentary | Herself |
2009 World Series of Poker | 2009 | TV Series | Herself |
Sam's Game | 2009 | TV Series | Herself |
Official Rejection | 2009 | Documentary | Herself |
Poker After Dark | 2007-2008 | TV Series | Herself |
National Heads-Up Poker Championship | 2008 | TV Mini-Series | Herself |
60 Minutes | 2007 | TV Series documentary | Herself - Sam's Ex-Wife (segment "Dog Nut") |
The Making of 'Tideland' | 2007 | Video documentary short | Herself |
The Poker Movie | 2006 | Documentary | Herself |
Jimmy Kimmel Live! | 2003-2006 | TV Series | Herself - Guest |
Celebrity Poker Showdown | 2004-2006 | TV Series | Herself |
National Heads-Up Poker Championship | 2006 | TV Series | Herself |
17th Annual GLAAD Media Awards | 2006 | TV Special | Herself |
Poker Superstars III | 2006 | TV Series | Herself |
The Reichen Show | 2006 | TV Series | Herself - Guest |
High Stakes Poker | 2006 | TV Series | Herself |
Corazón de... | 2005 | TV Series | Herself |
Poker Royale: The James Woods Gang vs. The Unabombers | 2005 | TV Mini-Series | Herself - The Unabombers |
The 2005 World Music Awards | 2005 | TV Special | Herself - Presenter |
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno | 1994-2005 | TV Series | Herself - Guest |
Seed of Chucky: Storyboard to Final Feature Comparison | 2005 | Video short | Herself / Tiffany |
Conceiving the 'Seed of Chucky' | 2005 | Video documentary short | Herself / Tiffany |
The 20th IFP Independent Spirit Awards | 2005 | TV Special documentary | Herself |
Männer im Trenchcoat, Frauen im Pelz | 2004 | TV Movie documentary | Herself |
Howard Stern | 1998-2004 | TV Series | Herself - Guest |
E! True Hollywood Story | 2004 | TV Series documentary | Herself |
Live with Kelly and Ryan | 2004 | TV Series | Herself - Guest |
The Tony Danza Show | 2004 | TV Series | Herself - Guest |
The Graham Norton Effect | 2004 | TV Series | Herself - Guest |
World Poker Tour | 2004 | TV Series | Herself |
Totally Gayer | 2004 | TV Movie documentary | Herself |
The Sharon Osbourne Show | 2003-2004 | TV Series | Herself - Guest Co-Host / Herself - Guest |
The 100 Scariest Movie Moments | 2004 | TV Mini-Series documentary | Herself |
Tussen de sterren | 2003 | TV Series documentary | Herself |
The 2003 IFP Independent Spirit Awards | 2003 | TV Movie documentary | Herself |
V Graham Norton | 2002 | TV Series | Herself - Guest |
Screen Tests of the Stars | 2002 | Documentary | Herself - Interviewee |
The Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn | 2002 | TV Series | Herself - Guest |
The Chris Isaak Show | 2001 | TV Series | Herself - Guest |
The 2001 IFP/West Independent Spirit Awards | 2001 | TV Special | Herself - Presenter (uncredited) |
Celebrity Profile | 2001 | TV Series documentary | Herself |
The 2000 IFP/West Independent Spirit Awards | 2000 | TV Special | Herself - Host |
Liar Liar: Bridging the Comedy Chasm | 1999 | Video documentary short | Herself |
1999 Blockbuster Entertainment Awards | 1999 | TV Special | Herself |
The Howard Stern Radio Show | 1999 | TV Series | Herself - Guest |
1998 VH1 Fashion Awards | 1998 | TV Special | Herself |
The Daily Show | 1996-1998 | TV Series | Herself - Guest |
The Roseanne Show | 1998 | TV Series | Herself - Guest |
1998 Blockbuster Entertainment Awards | 1998 | TV Special | Herself |
Sundance Film Festival Dailies | 1997 | TV Mini-Series documentary | Herself - Host |
The 3th Annual Women in Hollywood Awards | 1996 | TV Special | Herself |
Late Night with Conan O'Brien | 1994-1996 | TV Series | Herself - Guest |
1996 Blockbuster Entertainment Awards | 1996 | TV Special documentary | Herself - Presenter |
The 67th Annual Academy Awards | 1995 | TV Special | Herself - Nominee: Best Actress in a Supporting Role |
The 47th Annual Writers Guild Awards | 1995 | TV Special | Herself - Presenter |
The 52nd Annual Golden Globe Awards | 1995 | TV Special | Herself - Presenter |
The 51st Annual Golden Globe Awards | 1994 | TV Special | Herself - Presenter |
Commitment to Life IV: Los Angeles AIDS Project Benefit | 1990 | TV Movie | Herself |
The Geraldo Rivera Show | 1990 | TV Series | Herself |
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson | 1987-1989 | TV Series | Herself - Guest |
The 10th Annual National CableACE Awards | 1989 | TV Special | Herself |
Year | Award | Ceremony | Nomination | Movie |
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2015 | BTVA Television Voice Acting Award | Behind the Voice Actors Awards | Best Female Vocal Performance in a Television Series in a Guest Role - Action/Drama | Randy Cunningham: 9th Grade Ninja (2012) |
2005 | DVDX Award | DVD Exclusive Awards | Best Actress (in a DVD Premiere Movie) | Ball in the House (2001) |
2005 | MTV Movie Award | MTV Movie Awards | Best Frightened Performance | Seed of Chucky (2004) |
1999 | Saturn Award | Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films, USA | Best Actress | Bride of Chucky (1998) |
1998 | Blockbuster Entertainment Award | Blockbuster Entertainment Awards | Favorite Supporting Actress - Comedy | Liar Liar (1997) |
1997 | Saturn Award | Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films, USA | Best Supporting Actress | Bound (1996) |
1997 | MTV Movie Award | MTV Movie Awards | Best Kiss | Bound (1996) |
1995 | Oscar | Academy Awards, USA | Best Actress in a Supporting Role | Bullets Over Broadway (1994) |
1995 | Gemini | Gemini Awards | Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Dramatic Program or Mini-Series | Heads (1994) |
1994 | ACCA | Awards Circuit Community Awards | Best Cast Ensemble | Bullets Over Broadway (1994) |
1989 | ACE | CableACE Awards | Actress in a Comedy Series | It's Garry Shandling's Show. (1986) |
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