Jennifer Tilly Trivia

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  • Measurements: 36C-24-34 (Source: Celebrity Sleuth magazine)
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  • She has won a Theater World Award for Most Promising Newcomer for her work in Tina Howe's play "One Shoe Off" at The Joseph Papp Theater. She also received a Dramalogue Award for her work in the play "Vanities". She won a Gemini Award for Best Actress for her role in Showtime's made-for-TV film Heads (1993) (TV) and a nomination for a Cable ACE Award for her work on "It's Garry Shandling's Show." (1986).
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  • Lenny von Dohlen, who co-starred with Jennifer in Bird of Prey (1995) and her sister Meg Tilly in Leaving Normal (1992), said, "They have a fountain of emotion that keeps coming, even after someone yells cut, but the fountain comes from different bodies of water," he adds. "Meg is an ocean, Jennifer is a rushing river."
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  • She ranked #23 in Celebrity Sleuth 25 Sexiest Women of 1995
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  • Formerly engaged to actor Lou Diamond Phillips.
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  • Her real-life boyfriend is professional poker player Phil Laak (aka "The Unabomber"). They met at a charitable invitational poker tournament.
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  • Followed up her World Series of Poker win with a victory in the "World Poker Tour" (2003) Ladies Night, to be broadcast during the fourth season of WPT.
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  • Initially involved in Los Angeles Equity waiver theater, she was a one-time member for several years with Lonny Chapman`s Group Repertory Theatre.
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  • In 2005, won the Ladies-Only No Limit Texas Hold `Em event at the World Series of Poker, becoming the first celebrity to win an open (as opposed to celebrity-only) WSOP tournament and earn a World Series bracelet. She beat out exactly 600 other women to take the championship.
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  • Is 1/2 Caucasian and 1/2 Chinese
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  • She has played a hot, ditzy, sexy love interest for Kelsey Grammer`s Frasier Crane character when he was trying to get over other women on "Cheers" (1982) and again on "Frasier" (1993) (though she was not playing the same character).
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  • She ranked #23 in Celebrity Sleuth 25 Sexiest Women of 1995. Measurements: 36C-24-34 (Source: Celebrity Sleuth magazine)
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  • In high school, everyone called Jennifer, Meg, and their younger sister Becky the Three Musketeers.
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  • Avid lover of fashion and has 400 pairs of shoes.
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  • Has one cat, Corky.
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  • Attended Stephens College, in Columbia, Missouri (majored in drama)
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  • Sister of actress Meg Tilly. She also has an older brother and a younger sister named Rebecca Tilly.
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  • Went to high school at Belmont High School, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada.
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  • Spouse: Sam Simon (1984 - 1991) (divorced)
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