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3	Tiffani Amber Thiessen (born January 23, 1974) is an American actress.
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5	She is best known for starring as Kelly Kapowski on Creator/{{NBC}}'s {{sitcom}} ''Series/SavedByTheBell'', as Valerie Malone on Creator/{{Fox}}'s TeenDrama ''Series/BeverlyHills90210'' and as Elizabeth Burke in Creator/USANetwork's crime drama ''Series/WhiteCollar''.
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7	She's married to fellow actor Creator/BradySmith and they have two children together.
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9	! Filmography
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13	[[folder:Live-Action Films]]
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15	* ''Series/SavedByTheBell: Hawaiian Style'' (1992) as Kelly Kapowski
16	* ''Series/AKillerAmongFriends'' (1992) as Jenny Monroe
17	* ''Film/SonInLaw'' (1993) as Tracy
18	* ''Series/SavedByTheBell: Wedding In Las Vegas'' (1994) as Kelly Kapowski
19	* ''Series/TheStrangerBesideMe'' (1995) as Jennifer Gallagher
20	* ''Film/SheFoughtAlone'' (1995) as Caitlin Rose
21	* ''Film/SweetDreams'' (1996) as Alison Sullivan
22	* ''Film/BuriedSecrets'' (1996) as Annalisse Vellum
23	* ''Film/SpeedwayJunky'' (1999) as Wilma Price
24	* ''Film/FromDuskTillDawn2TexasBloodMoney'' (1999) as Pam
25	* ''Film/LoveStinks'' (1999) as Rebecca Melini / Juliette
26	* ''Film/IvansXTC'' (2000) as Marie Stein
27	* ''Film/TheLadiesMan'' (2000) as Honey [=DeLune=]
28	* ''Film/ShriekIfYouKnowWhatIDidLastFridayTheThirteenth'' (2000) as Hagitha Utslay
29	* ''Film/EverythingButTheGirl'' (2001) as Denise
30	* ''Film/HollywoodEnding'' (2002) as Sharon Bates
31	* ''Film/{{Pandemic}}'' (2007) as Kayla Martin
32	* ''Film/CyborgSoldier'' (2008) as Lindsey Reardon
33	* ''Film/{{Northpole}}'' (2014) as Chelsea Hastings
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35	[[/folder]]
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37	[[folder:Live-Action Series]]
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39	* ''Series/LiveIn'' (1989) as The Girl
40	* ''Series/SavedByTheBell'' (1989 -- 1993) as Kelly Kapowski
41	* ''Series/CharlesInCharge'' (1990) as Jennifer
42	* ''Series/MarriedWithChildren'' (1990) as Heather [=McCoy=]
43	* ''Series/TheHoganFamily'' (1990) as Brooke
44	* ''Series/StepByStep'' (1992) as Tina Gordon
45	* ''Series/{{Blossom}}'' (1992) as Ricki
46	* ''Series/ThePowersThatBe1992'' (1992) as Barbara
47	* ''Series/SavedByTheBellTheCollegeYears'' (1993 -- 1994) as Kelly Kapowski
48	* ''Series/BeverlyHills90210'' (1994 -- 2000) as Valerie Malone
49	* ''Series/{{Cupid}}'' (1999) as Stephanie [=MacGregor=]
50	* ''Series/NewsRadio'' (1999) as Foxy Jackson
51	* ''Series/TwoGuysAndAGirl'' (2000) as Marti
52	* ''Series/JustShootMe'' (2001) as Amy Watson
53	* ''Series/{{Fastlane}}'' (2002 -- 2003) as Wilhelmina 'Billie' Chambers
54	* ''Series/GoodMorningMiami'' (2003 -- 2014) as Victoria Hill
55	* ''Series/StrollerWars'' (2006) as Lainey
56	* ''Series/WhatAboutBrian'' (2007) as Natasha Drew
57	* ''Series/WhiteCollar'' (2009 -- 2014) as Elizabeth Burke
58	* ''Series/HellsKitchen'' (2015) {{as Herself}}
59	* ''Series/TheTonightShowStarringJimmyFallon'' (2015) as Kelly Kapowski
60	* ''Series/DinnerAtTiffanis'' (2015 -- 2017) {{as Herself}} / Hostess
61	* ''Series/AmericanHousewife'' (2017) as Celeste
62	* ''Series/FoodNetworkStar'' (2017) {{as Herself}}
63	* ''Series/AlexaAndKatie'' (2018 -- 2020) as Lori Mendoza
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65	[[/folder]]
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67	[[folder:Voice Acting]]
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69	* ''WesternAnimation/AChristmasAdventureFromABookCalledWiselysTales'' (2001) as Vixen
70	* ''WesternAnimation/JakeAndTheNeverlandPirates'' (2012 -- 2014) as Misty the Wonderful Witch / Mermaid
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75	!Tropes
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77	* ActorAllusion:
78	** In ''Series/AlexaAndKatie'', a party planner asks Thiessen's character if she's an event planner. Thiessen's previous role in ''Series/WhiteCollar'', Elizabeth Burke, was an event player.
79	** Lori's first kiss was with a guy named Zack, an obvious nod to ''Series/SavedByTheBell''.
80	* DawsonCasting:[[invoked]]
81	** Averted on ''Saved By The Bell'', where she was fifteen when cast in the first season and only nineteen by the end, making her just around the same age as Kelly.
82	** She was twenty-one playing seventeen in the Lifetime movie ''She Fought Alone''.
83	* DyeHard: Normally brunette, she dyed her hair blonde in the 2000s and kept it that way for a long time. She has since reverted to brown.
84	* DyeingForYourArt:[[invoked]] She's said that she would lose weight for a part if it was right for the character, but not just for the sake of it.
85	* FriendshipOnTheSet:[[invoked]] She and Jennie Garth became good friends on ''90210'', although they drifted apart in the 2000s and are no longer close.
86	* IWantYouToMeetAnOldFriendOfMine:[[invoked]] In ''She Fought Alone'', the doctor who examines her character Caitlin after her rape is played by John Mansfield, who played her father in ''Series/SavedByTheBell''.
87	* PlayingAgainstType:[[invoked]] Known for her GirlNextDoor roles in the early 90s, she got to play against type as a conniving AlphaBitch in ''90210''. She's said she finds it more interesting to "play the bitch".
88	* RealLifeWritesThePlot:
89	** The introduction of Tori in Season 4 of ''Saved By The Bell'' was influenced by Tiffani declining to re-sign (along with Elizabeth Berkley) when the network ordered more episodes after their contracts had run out.
90	** In ''Series/WhiteCollar'', Thiessen’s character Elizabeth spends a significant portion of the second season working in San Francisco, partially to [[HideYourPregnancy hide]] Thiessen’s [[HideYourPregnancy pregnancy]] & partially to write her off the show during her maternity leave.
91	* RomanceOnTheSet: Had a relationship with Creator/BrianAustinGreen (David) in ''Series/BeverlyHills90210''.
92	* SoMyKidsCanWatch: She played Misty the Wonderful Witch on ''WesternAnimation/JakeAndTheNeverlandPirates'' so her then two-year-old daughter Harper could watch something she was in.
93	* WhatCouldHaveBeen:
94	** Auditioned for the role of Rachel Green on ''Series/{{Friends}}''.
95	** She also auditioned for the role of Christmas Jones in ''Film/TheWorldIsNotEnough''.

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