Jennifer Tilly - filmography and personal life

Today we offer a closer look to the American actress of theater and cinema, nominee for the Oscar prize Jennifer Tilly. For most domestic audiences she is known for her roles in such films as "The Bride of Chaki", "The Liar, the Liar", "The Communication", "Unlucky", "The Restless Witness", "Chain" and others.

Biography of the actress

The future Hollywood celebrity appeared on the sixteenth of September 1958 in Harbor City - a suburb of American Los Angeles. Her father, Harry Chen, was an American of Chinese descent and earned a living by selling cars, and her mother, Patricia Tilly, was a theater actress who had Indian and Irish roots. The Jennifer family had many children: she had three brothers and sisters. Interestingly, one of them - Meg Tilly - also became a real Hollywood star and was nominated for several prestigious film awards. When Jennifer was five years old, her parents divorced, and mom took all four children to Canada, where they lived with her grandmother.

A few years later, Patricia married John Ward, the father of five children and a former hippie. Many-children newlyweds decided to move to the island of Texada with their large family, whose main occupation was logging work. However, John Ward absolutely did not plan to engage in physical labor, considering himself a writer. As a result, a large family barely made ends meet. The main entertainment of the little Jennifer was improvised performances, which she regularly and with great pleasure arranged for her own as well as stepbrothers and sisters. You can say that it was then that her artistic talent first made itself felt.

The beginning of the theatrical career

When young Jennifer was in high school, her mother decided to divorce John Wardon. As a result, the family moved to the big city of Victoria. Here Jennifer literally plunged into theatrical life. The girl firmly decided to become an actress. Thanks to her talent and efforts in the late eighties, she began performing at the theater center in Los Angeles, where she played in such plays as "The Life of this guy" and "Tartuffe." She also took part in the Broadway productions "Vanity" and "One Shooted Boot."

Jennifer Tilly: filmography, the first steps in film career

The debut of the actress on the big screen was the participation in the film directed by David Baird "Southerners". Jennifer was so convincing even against the background of stars such as Faye Dunaway and Jam Earl Jones that many film critics agreed on the great talent of young Tilly. In 1982, the actress was shot in another tape called "Hello". Then followed a series of secondary roles in the television series, among which can be identified "Detective Agency" Moonlight "and" Blues Hill Street. " A few years later, in 1988, Jennifer again appears on the big screen in the films "Rewind," "He's My Girl" and "Johnny, Be Good." Then came the small but bright roles of Tilly in such films as "Lips Hire" and "The Famous Brethren of Baker."

In 1992, Jennifer starred in the movie "Made in America", where the main character was played by Whoopi Goldberg. Despite the fact that the picture was not a great success, thanks to her, Tilly had significantly increased admirers, among whom were such celebrities as Quentin Tarantino. Two years later, the actress was nominated for the prestigious Oskar Film Award for her role in Woody Allen's Bullets over Broadway and Roger Donaldson's Escape.

Continuation of career

In 1996, another success for the actress was the role in the film brothers Wachowski called "Communication". Jennifer Tilly in it has played the girl by name of Violet, and its partners on a set became Joe Pantoliano and Gina Gershon. Then came the participation of the actress in such films as "Home Arrest", "American Vagrants", "Fads of Love", "Liar, Liar", "Unlucky", "Shot" and "Godmother".

Tilly became particularly famous after her starring role in the 1998 horror film The Bride of Chuckie, which tells the story of a killer doll. The picture was a great success, and Jennifer perfectly played her heroine named Tiffany. As a result, in 2004 it was decided to withdraw the continuation of the film. The new horror film was called "The Chucky Progeny".

2000s

Movies with Jennifer Tilly continued to actively appear on the screens and with the beginning of the new millennium. So, in 2000 she starred in two strong enough pictures: "Chain" and "Dancing in the Blue Iguana." The following year, the actress shone in the films "Love on the Run," "Death in Hollywood", "Everything will be explained by Sister Mary" and "Dirt".

In 2003, Jennifer played a leading role in the comedy melodrama "Happy End" directed by Amos Kollek in the company of Audrey Tatu and Justin Tera. For the next five years, Tilly's works are in such films as "The House with Funnies," "Jericho's Guesthouse," "Young Father," "Saint Ralph," "Love on the Side," "The Land of Tides," "Sex and Violence, "Out of practice," "Dedication to Sarah."

2008 for Jennifer was marked by brilliant works in the paintings "Watchman", "Made in Romania", "Hotel Babylon". In the same year, the actress starred in the comedy "Players" directed by Gil Gates. The film tells about the history of the young man, who just recently began to learn the basics of poker, and today he is already participating in a professional tournament. Jennifer's partners in the shootings in this project were Burt Reynolds, Shannon Elizabeth and Bret Harrison.

In 2013, the screen came the next part of the film about the killer doll named Chucky director and screenwriter Don Mancini's "The Curse of Chucky." Jennifer Tilly in it appeared in the familiar role of Tiffany.

Jennifer Tilly: personal life

The actress does not really like publicity when it comes to her relationship with men. About the personal life of Jennifer you can find very little information. It is only known that in 1984 she married Sam Simon, one of the producers and screenwriters of the popular animated television series The Simpsons. However, in 1991 the couple divorced.

It is also known that Tilly is a professional poker player. So, in 2005, at one of the championships, she even won the main prize.