Tiffani Amber Thiessen (born January 23, 1974) is an American actress.
She is best known for starring as Kelly Kapowski on NBC's sitcom Saved by the Bell, as Valerie Malone on Fox's Teen Drama Beverly Hills, 90210 and as Elizabeth Burke in USA Network's crime drama White Collar.
She's married to fellow actor Brady Smith and they have two children together.
Filmography
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Live-Action Films
- Saved by the Bell: Hawaiian Style (1992) as Kelly Kapowski
- A Killer Among Friends (1992) as Jenny Monroe
- Son in Law (1993) as Tracy
- Saved by the Bell: Wedding In Las Vegas (1994) as Kelly Kapowski
- The Stranger Beside Me (1995) as Jennifer Gallagher
- She Fought Alone (1995) as Caitlin Rose
- Sweet Dreams (1996) as Alison Sullivan
- Buried Secrets (1996) as Annalisse Vellum
- Speedway Junky (1999) as Wilma Price
- From Dusk Till Dawn 2: Texas Blood Money (1999) as Pam
- Love Stinks (1999) as Rebecca Melini / Juliette
- Ivans XTC (2000) as Marie Stein
- The Ladies Man (2000) as Honey DeLune
- Shriek If You Know What I Did Last Friday the 13th (2000) as Hagitha Utslay
- Everything But The Girl (2001) as Denise
- Hollywood Ending (2002) as Sharon Bates
- Pandemic (2007) as Kayla Martin
- Cyborg Soldier (2008) as Lindsey Reardon
- Northpole (2014) as Chelsea Hastings
Live-Action Series
- Live In (1989) as The Girl
- Saved by the Bell (1989 — 1993) as Kelly Kapowski
- Charles in Charge (1990) as Jennifer
- Married... with Children (1990) as Heather McCoy
- The Hogan Family (1990) as Brooke
- Step by Step (1992) as Tina Gordon
- Blossom (1992) as Ricki
- The Powers That Be (1992) as Barbara
- Saved by the Bell: The College Years (1993 — 1994) as Kelly Kapowski
- Beverly Hills, 90210 (1994 — 2000) as Valerie Malone
- Cupid (1999) as Stephanie MacGregor
- NewsRadio (1999) as Foxy Jackson
- Two Guys and a Girl (2000) as Marti
- Just Shoot Me! (2001) as Amy Watson
- Fastlane (2002 — 2003) as Wilhelmina 'Billie' Chambers
- Good Morning Miami (2003 — 2014) as Victoria Hill
- Stroller Wars (2006) as Lainey
- What About Brian (2007) as Natasha Drew
- White Collar (2009 — 2014) as Elizabeth Burke
- Hell's Kitchen (2015) as Herself
- The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon (2015) as Kelly Kapowski
- Dinner At Tiffanis (2015 — 2017) as Herself / Hostess
- American Housewife (2017) as Celeste
- Food Network Star (2017) as Herself
- Alexa & Katie (2018 — 2020) as Lori Mendoza
Voice Acting
- A Christmas Adventure From A Book Called Wiselys Tales (2001) as Vixen
- Jake And The Neverland Pirates (2012 — 2014) as Misty the Wonderful Witch / Mermaid
Tropes
- Actor Allusion: In Alexa & Katie, a party planner asks Thiessen's character if she's an event planner. Thiessen's previous role in White Collar, Elizabeth Burke, was an event player.
- Lori's first kiss was with a guy named Zack "Saved by the Bell"
- Real Life Writes the Plot: In White Collar, Thiessen’s character Elizabeth spends a significant portion of the second season working in San Francisco, partially to hide Thiessen’s pregnancy & partially to write her off the show during her maternity leave.
- Romance on the Set: Had a relationship with Brian Austin Green (David) in Beverly Hills, 90210.
- So My Kids Can Watch: She played Misty the Wonderful Witch on Jake And The Neverland Pirates so her then two-year-old daughter Harper could watch something she was in.
- What Could Have Been:
- Auditioned for the role of Rachel Green on Friends.
- She also auditioned for the role of Christmas Jones in The World Is Not Enough.
