Jennifer Tilly subsequently earned Saturn Award and MTV Award nominations for her performance in the neo-noir thriller Bound.
35 Facts About Jennifer Tilly
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Jennifer Tilly rose to widespread recognition for playing Tiffany Valentine in the slasher film franchise Child's Play, which established her as an icon in popular culture and a scream queen.
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Since 1999, Jennifer Tilly has voiced Bonnie Swanson on the animated comedy series Family Guy.
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Jennifer Tilly was the recipient of a Theatre World Award in 1993 for her performance in the Off-Broadway play One Shoe Off.
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Jennifer Tilly is a World Series of Poker Ladies' Event bracelet winner, the first celebrity to win a World Series tournament.
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Jennifer Tilly was nominated for PokerListing's Spirit of Poker Living Legend Award in 2014, and as of 2019, her live tournament winnings exceeded $1 million.
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Jennifer Tilly is the first daughter of Harry Chan, a used car salesman, and Patricia, a Canadian schoolteacher and former stage actress.
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Jennifer Tilly's father was of Chinese descent and her mother was of Irish and Finnish ancestry.
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Jennifer Tilly has an older brother, Steve, and two younger sisters, Meg and Rebecca.
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The family then moved to Langford, a suburb of Victoria, British Columbia, where Jennifer Tilly attended Belmont Secondary School.
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Jennifer Tilly holds a bachelor's degree in theater from Stephens College in Missouri.
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In 1983, Jennifer Tilly had small roles and had a recurring guest role on Hill Street Blues as Gina Srignoli, a mobster's widow who becomes romantically involved with detective Henry Goldblume.
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Jennifer Tilly played Frasier Crane's seductive-but-ditzy date Candi Pearson on an episode of the fourth season of Cheers and appeared as a similar character on the eleventh season of Frasier.
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Jennifer Tilly appeared as Garry's girlfriend on It's Garry Shandling's Show, which aired on Showtime.
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Jennifer Tilly was cast as a high-end prostitute on the short-lived comedy Key West, alongside Fisher Stevens.
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Jennifer Tilly was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for her role as Olive Neal, a hopelessly bad actress in Woody Allen's Bullets Over Broadway but she lost to her co-star Dianne Wiest.
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Jennifer Tilly starred in Bound, directed by The Wachowskis, which portrays a lesbian relationship her character has with Gina Gershon.
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Jennifer Tilly played Samantha Cole in the Jim Carrey comedy Liar Liar.
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Jennifer Tilly portrayed gossip columnist Louella Parsons in the Peter Bogdanovich historical drama The Cat's Meow.
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Jennifer Tilly gained additional popularity around that time for her portrayal of serial killer Tiffany Valentine in several of the Child's Play horror movie series.
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Jennifer Tilly is a semi-regular cast member on Family Guy, voicing the Griffin family's neighbor, Bonnie Swanson.
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Jennifer Tilly has done voice-over work for the films Monsters, Inc.
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Jennifer Tilly has been active in the theatre, winning a Theater World Award for her performance in the off-Broadway play One Shoe Off.
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Jennifer Tilly had a starring role on the sitcom Out of Practice, which starred Henry Winkler and Stockard Channing.
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About this time, Jennifer Tilly started dividing her time between her film career and professional poker.
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In 2009, Jennifer Tilly made her Chinese film debut in the Christina Yao film Empire of Silver playing Mrs Landdeck.
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Jennifer Tilly regularly appeared in the comedy revue Celebrity Autobiography.
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Jennifer Tilly's father was a gambler and a poker player, and gave her the video game World Series of Poker.
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Jennifer Tilly was taught the real game by her boyfriend when she moved to Hollywood.
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On June 27,2005, Jennifer Tilly won a World Series of Poker bracelet in the Ladies' No-Limit Texas hold 'em event, beating 600 other players.
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Jennifer Tilly followed up this accomplishment on September 1,2005, by winning the third World Poker Tour Ladies Invitational Tournament held at the Bicycle Casino in Bell Gardens, a suburb of Los Angeles.
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Jennifer Tilly played in the Celebrity Poker Showdown which aired June 14,2006, on Bravo.
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Jennifer Tilly came in third place after being beaten by Bravo's online poker champion Ida Siconolfi.
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Jennifer Tilly was married to Sam Simon, developer and producer of The Simpsons, from 1984 until 1991.
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Jennifer Tilly has been in a relationship with professional poker player Phil Laak since 2004.