Jennifer Tilly
Jennifer Tilly, 2006
Born	Jennifer E. Chan September 16, 1958 (1958-09-16) (age 49) Los Angeles, California, United States
Spouse(s)	Sam Simon (1984–1991, divorced)
Awards won Other Awards Theatre World Award 1993 One Shoe Off

Jennifer Tilly (born September 16, 1958)^[1] is an Academy Award-nominated American actress and a World Series of Poker bracelet winner. Image File history File linksMetadata Jennifer_Tilly1. ... is the 259th day of the year (260th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Jan. ... Los Angeles and L.A. redirect here. ... Sam Simon is an American television producer and writer, most notable as one of the original developers of The Simpsons, along with Matt Groening and James L. Brooks. ... This article is about the year. ... Year 1991 (MCMXCI) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian Calendar. ... The Theatre World Award is an American honor given annually to an actor or an actress in recognition of an outstanding breakout performance in their New York City stage debut. ... is the 259th day of the year (260th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Jan. ... Although he never won an Oscar for any of his movie performances, the comedian Bob Hope received two honorary Oscars for his contributions to cinema. ... Actors in period costume sharing a joke whilst waiting between takes during location filming. ... For details about the current event, see 2008 World Series of Poker. ... The 2007 WSOP Main Event Bracelet A bracelet is awared to each of the winners of the 50+ plus events at the World Series of Poker (WSOP). ...

Biography

Early life

Tilly was born Jennifer E. Chan in Harbor City, Los Angeles, California. She is the second of four children of Harry Chan, a Chinese American used car salesman, and Patricia Tilly, a schoolteacher and former stage actress. Following her parents' divorce when she was five, she was raised by her mother and stepfather, John Ward, on rural Texada Island, British Columbia, Canada. Her mother divorced again when she was a teenager and moved to Victoria, where she attended Belmont High School. Her sister is actress Meg Tilly. Tilly began her acting career in her teenage years through a theater program at Stephens College in Missouri. Harbor City is a community within Los Angeles, California. ... A Chinese American is an American who is of ethnic Chinese descent. ... Texada Island is located about 8 km southwest from the city of Powell River in the Powell River Regional District on British Columbias Sunshine Coast. ... Motto: Splendor sine occasu (Latin: Splendour without diminishment) Capital Victoria Largest city Vancouver Official languages English (de facto) Government Lieutenant-Governor Steven Point Premier Gordon Campbell (BC Liberal) Federal representation in Canadian Parliament House seats 36 Senate seats 6 Confederation July 20, 1871 (6th province) Area  Ranked 5th Total 944... This article is about the city of Victoria. ... Belmont Secondary School is located in Langford, British Columbia, Canada. ... Meg Tilly (born February 14, 1960) is an Academy Award-nominated American actress, Broadway stage dancer and ballerina. ... For other usages see Theatre (disambiguation) Theater (American English) or Theatre (British English and widespread usage among theatre professionals in the US) is that branch of the performing arts concerned with acting out stories in front of an audience using combinations of speech, gesture, music, dance, sound and spectacle — indeed... Stephens College is a liberal arts womens college located in Columbia, Missouri, a city of about 90,000 residents. ... This article is about the U.S. state. ...

Acting

Tilly had small roles in TV shows and movies beginning in 1983. She had a recurring guest role on Hill Street Blues as Gina Srignoli, a mobster's widow who becomes romantically involved with detective Henry Goldblume. Jennifer Tilly also appeared as Garry's girlfriend on It's Garry Shandling's Show, which aired on Showtime in the mid 1980's. Hill Street Blues was a serial police drama that was first aired on NBC in 1981 and ran for 146 episodes on primetime into 1987. ... Its Garry Shandlings Show is one of the first original programs created by the fledgling Showtime network in the mid-80s to compete with original HBO comedies like Not Necessarily the News. ... This article is about the pay TV channel. ...

Tilly's 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. That same year, she played a small part in the cult classic horse racing movie, Let it Ride with Richard Dreyfuss and Teri Garr, that Tilly later said "should have done better." The Fabulous Baker Boys is a 1989 film about two brothers who perform a duo piano show together in small clubs. ... Steven Kloves (born March 18, 1960) is an American screenwriter mainly renowned for his adaptations of novels, especially for the Harry Potter film series and for Wonder Boys, whose screenplay was nominated for a Golden Globe and an Academy Award. ... Let It Ride is a comedy that was made in 1989. ... Richard Stephen Dreyfuss (born October 29, 1947) is an Academy Award-winning American actor. ... Teri Ann Garr (born December 11, 1944)[1] is an American actress and comedienne. ...

Tilly in 2007

She was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for her role as a hopelessly bad actress in Woody Allen's Bullets Over Broadway (1994). In 1994, she also had a small role in the The Getaway with Alec Baldwin and Kim Basinger. Tilly was ranked #23 in Celebrity Sleuth "25 Sexiest Women of 1995." Academy Award The Academy Awards, popularly known as the Oscars, are the most prominent and most watched film awards ceremony in the world. ... Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role is one of the Academy Awards of Merit presented annually by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) to recognize an actress who has delivered an outstanding performance while working within the film industry. ... Woody Allen (born Allen Stewart Konigsberg; December 1, 1935) is a three-time Academy Award-winning American film director, writer, actor, jazz musician, comedian and playwright. ... Poster for the movie Bullets Over Broadway is a 1994 film directed by Woody Allen. ... The Getaway is a 1994 remake of the 1972 classic. ... Alexander Rae Alec Baldwin III (born April 3, 1958) is an Emmy- and Academy Award-nominated, and Golden Globe Award-winning, American actor. ... Kimila Ann Basinger (born December 8, 1953) is an Academy Award-winning American film actress and former fashion model. ...

Tilly appeared in Bound, which revolves around a lesbian relationship her character has with Gina Gershon. She played Samantha Cole in the 1997 Jim Carrey hit, Liar Liar. In 2000, Tilly appeared in the film Dancing at the Blue Iguana in which she played a stripper and part-time dominatrix. Bound is a 1996 neo-noir film about a woman who longs to escape her relationship with a Mafioso; when she meets the alluring drifter hired to renovate the next-door apartment, the two women begin an affair and hatch a scheme to make off with $2 million of Mafia... This article is about same-sex desire and sexuality among women. ... Gina L. Gershon (born June 10, 1962) is an American film and television actress, known for her roles in the films Showgirls (1995) and Bound (1996). ... Liar Liar (1997) is an American comedy film starring Jim Carrey. ...

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. Tiffany is an evil murderous doll featured in the Childs Play series of horror films, famous for featuring the iconic killer doll Chucky, who is instantly recognisible by a majority of horror movie fans. ... For other uses, see Childs Play (disambiguation). ... Seed of Chucky (also known as Childs Play 5: Seed of Chucky) is a 2004 film and the fifth entry in the popular Childs Play series. ...

Tilly is a semi-regular cast member on Family Guy, voicing the Griffin family's permanently pregnant neighbor, Bonnie Swanson. She has also done vocal work for the film Monsters, Inc., the children's series Hey Arnold, Stuart Little and Home on the Range. In Disney's The Haunted Mansion, she does the voiceover for Madame Leota and works from the neck up. She has been active in the theatre, winning a Theater World Award for her performance in the off-Broadway play One Shoe Off. Family Guy is an Emmy Award-winning American animated television series about a dysfunctional family in the fictional town of Quahog, Rhode Island. ... Bonnie Swanson is a fictional character from the animated television series Family Guy. ... Monsters, Inc. ... Hey Arnold! is an American animated television series that aired from October 7, 1996 until June 8, 2004 on Nickelodeon. ... Stuart Little is a 1999 live-action film, very loosely based on the novel of the same name (few of the events in the movie actually occurred in the book). ... Home on the Range is the forty-fourth film in the Disney animated feature canon. ... Disney redirects here. ... The Haunted Mansion is a 2003 fantasy film based loosely on the ride of the same name, directed by Rob Minkoff and starring Eddie Murphy, Terence Stamp, Jennifer Tilly, Marsha Thomason and Nathaniel Parker. ... VoiceOver is a feature built into Apple Computers Mac OS X v10. ...

Tilly has also had a recurring role in the US television comedy Out of Practice starring Henry Winkler and Stockard Channing. But the series was cancelled shortly after. Debuting in September 2005 on CBS, Out of Practice is a sitcom told from the point of view of the familys sole non-medical doctor, a psychologist specializing in marriage counseling who finds his own marriage unexpectedly on the rocks. ... Dr. Henry Franklin Jameson Frederick Winkler (born October 30, 1945) is a Golden Globe Award-winning American actor, director, producer and author. ... Stockard Channing press kit photo Stockard Channing (born Susan Antonia Williams Stockard on February 13, 1944) is an American actress. ...

Poker

Tilly's poker profile
Tilly right after her win at the 2005 World Series of Poker $1,000 Ladies Only Event - No Limit Hold'em.
Nickname(s)	The Unabombshell
Hometown	Texada Island, British Columbia
World Series of Poker
Bracelet(s)	1
Money finishes	4
Highest ITM main event finish	None
World Poker Tour
Titles	0 (+1)
Final tables	0(+2)
Money finishes	3

Jennifer Tilly and Phil Laak at the 2005 WSOP.

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 has appeared in the GSN Poker Royale series. She appeared in the third season of Poker Superstars but was eliminated in the preliminary round. Image File history File links Metadata No higher resolution available. ... The 2005 World Series of Poker opened play on June 2, continuing through the Main Event No Limit World Championship starting on July 7. ... Texada Island is located about 8 km southwest from the city of Powell River in the Powell River Regional District on British Columbias Sunshine Coast. ... For details about the current event, see 2008 World Series of Poker. ... Non-Main Event gold bracelets given to the event winners during the 2005 WSOP The World Series of Poker (WSOP) bracelet is the biggest non-monetary prize a poker player can win. ... For a list of words Poker, see the Poker category of words in Wiktionary, the free dictionary The following is a glossary of poker terms used in Wikipedia poker articles. ... The World Poker Tour (WPT) is a series of poker tournaments featuring most of the worlds professional players. ... Image File history File links Metadata No higher resolution available. ... Image File history File links Metadata No higher resolution available. ... Philip Laak (pronounced lock; born September 8, 1972 in Dublin, Ireland) is a professional poker player, now residing in Los Angeles, California. ... is the 178th day of the year (179th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... For details about the current event, see 2008 World Series of Poker. ... Texas hold em involves community cards available to all players (pictured here on the left). ... is the 244th day of the year (245th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... The World Poker Tour (WPT) is a series of poker tournaments featuring most of the worlds professional players. ... Flag Seal Nickname: City of Angels Location Location within Los Angeles County in the state of California Coordinates , Government State County California Los Angeles County Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa (D) Geographical characteristics Area     City 1,290. ... GSN redirects here. ... Poker Royale is a television series that focuses on No Limit Texas hold em Poker that airs on GSN. The first series began on December 7, 2004. ... // This season commenced on 12 March 2006. ... The Poker Superstars Invitational Tournament is a series of no limit Texas hold em poker tournaments. ...

Tilly played in the Celebrity Poker Showdown which aired June 14, 2006 on Bravo. Tilly was knocked out in third place by Bravo’s internet poker champion Ida Siconolfi (the first non-celebrity to appear on the show) when her A♣ K♥ failed to improve against Ida's starting hand of K♣ K♠. Tilly appears as a celebrity, rather than a poker pro, in ESPN's Pro-Am Poker Equalizer. Celebrity Poker Showdown was a celebrity game show on the cable network Bravo. ... is the 165th day of the year (166th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2006 (MMVI) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... This article is about the U.S. cable network. ... // Online poker adverts on the London Underground Online poker is the game of poker played over the Internet. ... For other uses, see Celebrity (disambiguation). ... In poker, the starting hand is the initial set of cards dealt to each player before any voluntary betting takes place. ... ESPN, formerly an acronym for Entertainment and Sports Programming Network, is an American cable television network dedicated to broadcasting and producing sports-related programming 24 hours a day. ... The Pro-Am Poker Equalizer is a televised poker tournament in which professional poker players play Texas hold em against celebrities which began airing on ESPN in January 2007. ...

In a television interview, Tilly stated that at this point in her career she is more interested in pursuing poker than acting.^[2] As of 2008 her live tournament winnings exceed $450,000.

Tilly also appears in the World Series of Poker Tournament of Champions 2007 Edition video game (along with current boyfriend, Phil Laak) that was released in 2007 by Activision. Philip Laak (pronounced lock; born September 8, 1972 in Dublin, Ireland) is a professional poker player, now residing in Los Angeles, California. ...

Personal life

Tilly married The Simpsons producer Sam Simon in 1984, but they divorced in 1991. She is currently dating poker professional Phil "Unabomber" Laak and is nicknamed "The Unabombshell" within the poker circuit. Laak is 14 years Tilly's junior. Simpsons redirects here. ... Sam Simon is an American television producer and writer, most notable as one of the original developers of The Simpsons, along with Matt Groening and James L. Brooks. ... For the domestic fireplace tool, see fireplace poker. ... Philip Laak (pronounced lock; born September 8, 1972 in Dublin, Ireland) is a professional poker player, now residing in Los Angeles, California. ...

Tilly has two cats, Corky and Violet, and is an avid lover of fashion. She is a supporter of gay and lesbian rights.^[3] For the LGBT rights article for a particular country, see LGBT rights by country. ...

Filmography

No Small Affair is a 1984 movie directed by Jerry Schatzberg. ... Moving Violations is a 1985 comedy film, starring John Murray, Jennifer Tilly, Brian Backer, Sally Kellerman, and Clara Peller, directed by Neal Israel. ... Remote Control (orig. ... Inside Out may be: // Inside-out is an idiom referring to a state where the inside and outside parts of an object have been switched with each other as in My hat is inside-out. ... Johnny Be Good is a 1988 comedy film, directed by Bud Smith. ... Rented Lips is a 1988 feature film majorly starring Martin Mull, Dick Shawn, Jennifer Tilly, Robert Downey Jr. ... High Spirits is an 1988 comedy film directed by Neil Jordan. ... Let It Ride is a comedy that was made in 1989. ... The Fabulous Baker Boys is a 1989 film about two brothers who perform a duo piano show together in small clubs. ... The Doors is a 1991 film about Jim Morrison and The Doors. ... Key West was a short-lived hour long comedy/drama set in Key West, Florida. ... 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Bound is a 1996 neo-noir film about a woman who longs to escape her relationship with a Mafioso; when she meets the alluring drifter hired to renovate the next-door apartment, the two women begin an affair and hatch a scheme to make off with $2 million of Mafia... Liar Liar (1997) is an American comedy film starring Jim Carrey. ... The Wrong Guy is a 1997 Canadian comedy film directed by David Steinberg. ... Bride of Chucky (also known as Childs Play 4: Bride of Chucky) (1998) is the fourth entry in the Childs Play series. ... Music From Another Room was a 1998 Romantic Comedy film starring Jude Law and Gretchen Mol. ... Family Guy is an Emmy Award-winning American animated television series about a dysfunctional family in the fictional town of Quahog, Rhode Island. ... Bonnie Swanson is a fictional character from the animated television series Family Guy. ... The Muse is a 1999 film starring Albert Brooks and Sharon Stone. ... Bartok the Magnificent is a direct-to-video sequel to the 1997 film Anastasia, which features Hank Azaria as the voice of Bartok. ... This article is about the book. ... Cord is a 2000 Thriller film starring Daryl Hannah,Jennifer Tilly,Bruce Greenwood, and Vincent Gallo. ... Dancing at the Blue Iguana is a (2000) film directed by Michael Radford about the lives of strippers in the titular club. ... The Crew is a 2000 film, directed by Michael Dinner and starring Burt Reynolds, Richard Dreyfuss, Dan Hedaya, Jennifer Tilly and Seymour Cassel. ... Monsters, Inc. ... The Kid could mean a number of things: The Kid is a 1921 Charlie Chaplin film. ... The Cats Meow is a 2001 American film released in 2002. ... The Magnificent Ambersons is an American film released in 1942 and directed by Orson Welles, his second film. ... The Haunted Mansion is a 2003 fantasy film based loosely on the ride of the same name, directed by Rob Minkoff and starring Eddie Murphy, Terence Stamp, Jennifer Tilly, Marsha Thomason and Nathaniel Parker. ... Frasier is an American sitcom starring Kelsey Grammer as psychiatrist Dr. Frasier Crane. ... Jericho Mansions is an independent film directed by Alberto Sciamma. ... Second Best is a 1994 film produced by Sarah Radclyffe and directed by Chris Menges. ... Home on the Range is a 2004 animated feature produced by Walt Disney Feature Animation and released by Walt Disney Pictures on April 2, 2004. ... Saint Ralph is a Canadian comedy-drama film, which premiered at the 2004 Toronto International Film Festival and had its general theatrical release in 2005. ... Seed of Chucky (also known as Childs Play 5: Seed of Chucky) is a 2004 film and the fifth entry in the popular Childs Play series. ... Lil Pimp is a 2005 feature length, black comedy animated film. ... Debuting in September 2005 on CBS, Out of Practice is a sitcom told from the point of view of the familys sole non-medical doctor, a psychologist specializing in marriage counseling who finds his own marriage unexpectedly on the rocks. ... Patrick Warburton as he appears in The Civilization of Maxwell Bright. ... Tideland is a 2005 film co-written and directed by Terry Gilliam, an adaptation of Mitch Cullins novel of the same name. ... The Initiation of Sarah is a TV movie produced by ABC Family and MGM, starring Summer Glau, Mika Boorem, Joanna Garcia, Morgan Fairchild, and Jennifer Tilly. ... For other uses, see Childs Play (disambiguation). ...

Awards and nominations

Awards

• Theater World Award, Most Promising Newcomer - One Shoe Off
• Dramalogue Award - Vaniti
• Gemini Award For Best Actress - Heads
• Fanta Festival Best Actress - Bride Of Chucky
• Fantasporto International Fantasy Film Award Best Actress - Bound
• Golden Gate Award - GLAAD Media Award for media professionals who increase the understanding of the GLBT community

Nominations Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation or GLAAD is an organization intended to promote and ensure fair, accurate and inclusive representation of people and events in the media as a means of eliminating homophobia and discrimination based on gender identity and sexual orientation. ... LGBT (or GLBT) is an acronym used as a collective term to refer to lesbians, gays, bisexuals, and transgender people. ...

• MTV Movie Award Best Frightened Performance - Seed of Chucky
• Academy Award for Best Actress In Supporting Role - Bullets Over Broadway
• Academy Of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films USA Best Actress - Bride Of Chucky
• Blockbuster Entertainment Awards, Favourite Supporting Comedy Actress
• Academy Of Science Fiction, Fantasty & Horror Films USA Best Supporting Actress - Bound
• MTV Movie Award Best Kiss (With Gina Gershon) - Bound

References

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External links

• Jennifer Tilly at the Internet Movie Database
• PokerPages.com profile
• World Poker Tour profile
• Hendon Mob poker tournament results
• InsidePoker magazine interview