Elizabeth Berkley

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Biography

After four years of watching Berkley's caricatured portrayal of a high school feminist, no one could guess that the buxom blonde would, with one role, be the one to immediately re-define herself as a garish stripper in one of the most-ridiculed - yet secretly adored - movies ever made. Since careers have ended over less, Berkley's patient rehabilitation of her image thereafter was only slightly less surprising, but admirable, at the same …

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Job Title

Actor

Born

July 28, 1972

Career Milestones

2011

Penned the self-esteem handbook Ask Elizabeth, which is based on her website of the same name

2009

Had a recurring role on the sixth and final season of Showtime's "The L Word," playing Kelly Wentworth, the straight girl that got away from Jennifer Beals' character Bette Porter

2008

Hosted Bravo's reality series, "Step It Up and Dance"

2008

Had a recurring role on "CSI: Miami" (CBS) as Horatio Caine's (David Caruso) ex-lover and the mother of his recently discovered son

2005

Replaced Catherine Kellner as Bonnie in the off-Broadway production of David Rabe's "Hurlyburly"

2004

Made her Broadway debut in "Sly Fox," opposite Richard Dreyfuss

2003

Starred in the Lifetime movie "Student Seduction" as a high school teacher wrongfully accused of sexual harassment

2002

Appeared in the film "Roger Dodger," alongside Campbell Scott, Jesse Eisenberg and Isabella Rossellini

2002

Had recurring role in the third season of the Fox sitcom "Titus," as the title character's stepsister

2001

Acted in Woody Allen's "The Curse of the Jade Scorpion"

1999

Had a small supporting role as a high-class call girl in Oliver Stone's "Any Given Sunday"

1998

Played a Madonna body double named Tina in "The Real Blonde"

1996

Had small supporting role in "The First Wives Club" as a vacuous actress

1995

First feature film released, the universally panned "Showgirls"; played the lead role of Nomi Malone

1995

Feature acting debut, "White Wolves II: Legend of the Wild" (released direct to video after the theatrical run of "Showgirls")

1994

Reprised role of Jessie Spano for "Saved by the Bell: Wedding in Las Vegas" (NBC)

1989

Appeared as regular Jessica 'Jessie' Spano on "Saved by the Bell" (NBC)

1988

TV debut in "Frog" (PBS)

Worked as a teen model for Elite

1987

Began studying acting, singing and dancing in Los Angeles when she was 13; family eventually relocated two years later

1979

Started dancing when she was 5 years old

Born in Michigan