Elizabeth Berkley

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Elizabeth Berkley (2008)

Elizabeth Berkley (born July 28, 1972 in Farmington Hills , Michigan ) is an American television , film and stage actress .

life and career

Berkley grew up in an affluent part of Michigan and attended Cranbrook Kingswood School in Bloomfield Hills . At the age of four she took part in dance courses. In the late 1980s, her parents moved her to the Los Angeles area . Shortly thereafter, her fame rose as Jessica "Jessie" Myrtle Spano on the sitcom California High School , in which she starred from 1989-1993. In 1992, Berkley was also featured in two episodes of Baywatch - The Lifeguards of Malibu .

Aside from her role in California High School , Berkley was best known for starring Nomi Malone in the controversial sexploitation film Showgirls, which appeared in 1995 . The film received in the US, a Certificate of NC-17 and played at the American box office, less than half of its 45 million US dollars estimated budget one. He brought Berkley the Golden Raspberry in 1995 as worst actress and is considered Berkley's career low point , despite later success in the video market. As a result, she initially played mostly smaller roles, around 1997 in Real Blond and 2001 in Woody Allen's Im Bann des Jade Scorpions . They also had some involvement in theater productions as 1999 in the role of Honey Bruce in the London theatrical version of the movie Lenny and 2005 as Bonnie in the Off-Broadway -Theaterstück Hurlyburly alongside Eddie Izzard .

From 2008 to 2009 Berkley played in several episodes of the series CSI: Miami, the recurring role of Julia Winston ; she also appeared in several episodes of the sixth season of The L Word in 2009 as Kelly Wentworth .

On 1 November 2003 Berkley married the artist and actor Greg Lauren , nephew of Ralph Lauren in Cabo San Lucas . In mid-July 2012 they became parents of a son.

Filmography (selection)

Web links

Commons : Elizabeth Berkley  - Collection of Images

Individual evidence

  1. ^ A b Margy Rochlin: Step by Step, the Showgirl Must Go On ; New York Times, May 25, 2008
  2. ↑ Showgirls at boxofficemojo.com
  3. ↑ Elizabeth Berkley: 'Saving' one teen girl at a time  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as broken. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , miamiherald.com, April 19, 2011@1@ 2Template: Dead Link / www.miamiherald.com  
  4. ↑ Lenka Hladikova: CSI: Miami: Elizabeth Berkley became a mother . Serienjunkies.de . July 31, 2012. Retrieved July 31, 2012.
personal data
SURNAME Berkley, Elizabeth
BRIEF DESCRIPTION US-american actress
DATE OF BIRTH July 28, 1972
PLACE OF BIRTH Farmington Hills , Michigan , USA