Today we offer a closer look atAmerican theater and film actress, Academy Award nominee Jennifer Tilly. For most domestic viewers, she is known for her roles in such films as “Bride of Chucky”, “Liar, Liar”, “Communication”, “Unlucky”, “Restless Witness”, “Chain” and others.
Biography of the actress
Future Hollywood celebrity appeared onthe light of the sixteenth of September 1958 in Harbor City - a suburb of the American Los Angeles. Her father, Harry Chen, was a Chinese-American who made a living selling cars, and her mother, Patricia Tilly, was a theater actress and had Indian and Irish roots. The Jennifer family had many children: she had three more 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 her mother took all four children to Canada, where they lived with her grandmother.
Спустя несколько лет Патриция вышла замуж за John Ward, father of five children and a former hippie. The newlyweds with many children decided with all their large families to move to the island of Texad, whose main occupation of the inhabitants was logging. However, John Ward did not plan to engage in physical labor, considering himself a writer. As a result, the large family barely made ends meet. The main entertainment of little Jennifer was improvised performances, which she regularly and with great pleasure arranged for her both her siblings and stepbrothers. We can say that it was then that her artistic talent first made itself felt.
The beginning of the theatrical career
Когда юная Дженифер училась в старших классах 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 was determined to become an actress. Thanks to her talent and efforts in the late eighties, she began performing on the stage of the theater center in Los Angeles, where she played in such plays as “The Life of This Guy” and “Tartuffe”. She also participated in the Broadway productions "Vanity" and "One Shot Shot."
Jennifer Tilly: Filmography, the first steps in the film career
The actress’s debut on the big screen was to participate inthe film directed by David Baird "Southerners." Jennifer was so convincing even against the background of such stars as Faye Dunaway and James Earl Jones that many film critics agreed on the great talent of young Tilly. In 1982, the actress was shot in another tape called "Hi." Then came the turn of secondary roles in television series, among which are the "Detective Agency" Moonlight "and" Blues Hill Street. " A few years later, in 1988, Jennifer reappears on the big screen in the films “Rewind,” “He's My Girl,” and “Johnny, Be Good.” This was followed by Tilly’s small but bright roles in such films as Hire Hire and Famous Baker Brothers.
In 1992, Jennifer starred in the film “Made inAmerica ", where the main character played Whoopi Goldberg. Despite the fact that the picture did not have much success, thanks to her, Tillie greatly added fans, among whom were such celebrities as Quentin Tarantino. Two years later, the actress was nominated for the prestigious Oscar film award for roles in the film “Bullets over Broadway” by Woody Allen and “Escape” by Roger Donaldson.
Continuation of career
В 1996 году очередным успехом актрисы стала роль in the film of the Wachowski brothers called “Connection”. Jennifer Tilly played a girl named Violet in it, and Joe Pantoliano and Gina Gershon became her casting partners. This was followed by the participation of the actress in such films as “House arrest”, “American tramps”, “Fads of love”, “Liar, Liar”, “Unlucky”, “Shot” and “The Godmother”.
Tilly acquired special popularity after the mainroles in the horror film of 1998 called The Bride of Chucky, which tells the story of the killer doll. The picture was a great success, and Jennifer perfectly played her character named Tiffany. As a result, in 2004 it was decided to make a sequel to the film. A new horror movie called "Offspring Chucky."
2000s
Фильмы с Дженифер Тилли продолжали активно go out on screens and with the beginning of the new millennium. So, in 2000, she starred in two fairly strong films: "The Chain" and "Dancing in the" Blue Iguana ". The following year, the actress shone in the films “Love on the Run”, “Death in Hollywood”, “Sister Mary Explains Everything” and “Dirt”.
In 2003, Jennifer played for Audrey Tatuand Justin Thera co-star in a happy comedy melodrama directed by Amos Kollek. For the next five years, Tillie's works in such films as “House with Gags”, “Pension Jericho”, “Young Father”, “Saint Ralph”, “Love on the Side”, “Land of Tides”, “Sex and Violence”, “Out of practice”, “Sarah's dedication”.
2008 for Jennifer was marked brilliantworks in the films "Watchman", "Made in Romania", "Hotel Babylon". In the same year, the actress starred in the comedy "The Players", directed by Gil Gates. The film tells the story of a young man who recently just started learning the basics of poker, and today is already participating in a professional tournament. Jennifer's partners in this project were Burt Reynolds, Shannon Elizabeth, and Bret Harrison.
In 2013, another part of the film about the killer doll named Chucky, directed and written by Don Mancini’s The Curse of Chucky, was released. Jennifer Tilly in him appeared in the usual role of Tiffany.
Jennifer Tilly: personal life
The actress does not like publicity when it comes toComes in about her relationship with men. Very little information can be found on Jennifer’s personal life. We only know that in 1984 she married Sam Simon, one of the producers and screenwriters of the popular cartoon series "The Simpsons". However, in 1991, the couple divorced.
Tilly is also known to be a professional poker player. So, in 2005, at one of the championships, she even won the grand prize.
