Jennifer Tilly

Jennifer Tilly (born September 16, 1958 in Harbor City, California) is an American actress who has starred in many major films as well as independent features.

Biography

Tilly was born Jennifer E Chan and was raised in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada. She attended Belmont High School along with her two sisters, one of whom, Meg Tilly, is also an actress. She began her acting career as a teenager, putting herself through the theater program at Stephens College in Missouri.

Her breakthrough film role was in The Fabulous Baker Boys (1989) and she was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role for Bullets Over Broadway (1994).

Jennifer married Simpsons producer Sam Simon in 1984 but they divorced in 1991.

Tilly gained some additional popularity in recent years for providing voice-over work for the Child's Play series of movies. In the most recent installment, Seed of Chucky, she plays a dual role, not only providing a voice for one of the killer dolls, but also playing a parody of herself.

Selected filmography

  • No Small Affair (1984)
  • Hill Street Blues (TV-Series 1981 - 1987) Tilly appeared (1984 - 1985)
  • Moving Violations (1985)
  • Johnny Be Good (1988)
  • High Spirits (1988)
  • Let It Ride (1989)
  • The Fabulous Baker Boys (1989)
  • The Doors (1991)
  • Scorchers (1991)
  • Shadow of the Wolf (1992)
  • Made in America (1993)
  • Bullets Over Broadway (1994)
  • The Getaway (1994)
  • Bound (1996)
  • Liar Liar (1997)
  • Edie & Pen (1997)
  • The Wrong Guy (1997)
  • Bride of Chucky (1998) (voice)
  • Stuart Little (1999) (voice)
  • The Crew (2000)
  • Monsters, Inc. (2001) (voice)
  • The Cat's Meow (2001)
  • The Haunted Mansion (2003)
  • Home on the Range (2004) (voice)
  • Seed of Chucky (2004)

External Links

  • Jennifer Tilly at IMDB (http://www.imdb.com/Name?Tilly,+Jennifer)

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In the most recent installment, Seed of Chucky, she plays a dual role, not only providing a voice for one of the killer dolls, but also playing a parody of herself. Marie Trintignant is interred in the Père Lachaise Cemetery, in Paris, France. Tilly gained some additional popularity in recent years for providing voice-over work for the Child's Play series of movies. She also appeared in the film noir Série noire of 1979. Jennifer married Simpsons producer Sam Simon in 1984 but they divorced in 1991. She was nominated five times for France's most prestigious acting honor, the Cesar Award for her roles in :. Her breakthrough film role was in The Fabulous Baker Boys (1989) and she was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role for Bullets Over Broadway (1994). The mother of four, her death caused considerable emotion in France.

She began her acting career as a teenager, putting herself through the theater program at Stephens College in Missouri. Marie Trintignant died of a cerebral edema on August 1, 2003 while on a film location in Vilnius, Lithuania after being beaten up by her boyfriend Bertrand Cantat, lead singer for the French rock group Noir Désir. She attended Belmont High School along with her two sisters, one of whom, Meg Tilly, is also an actress. Throughout her early life she was afflicted by severe shyness, but despite this, by her mid-teens she had decided to become an actress. Tilly was born Jennifer E Chan and was raised in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada. When her younger sister died at the age of nine, Marie Trintignant became withdrawn and virtually stopped speaking. Jennifer Tilly (born September 16, 1958 in Harbor City, California) is an American actress who has starred in many major films as well as independent features. She was born in Boulogne-Billancourt the daughter of actor Jean-Louis Trintignant and his second wife Nadine Marquand.

Jennifer Tilly at IMDB (http://www.imdb.com/Name?Tilly,+Jennifer). Marie Trintignant (January 21, 1962 - August 1, 2003) was a French actress. Seed of Chucky (2004). Une affaire de femmes - 1989, (best supporting actress). Home on the Range (2004) (voice). Les Marmottes - 1994, (best supporting actress). The Haunted Mansion (2003). Le cri de la soie - 1997, (best actress).

The Cat's Meow (2001). Le cousin - 1998, (best supporting actress). Monsters, Inc. (2001) (voice). Comme elle respire - 1999, (best actress). The Crew (2000). Stuart Little (1999) (voice).

Bride of Chucky (1998) (voice). The Wrong Guy (1997). Edie & Pen (1997). Liar Liar (1997).

Bound (1996). The Getaway (1994). Bullets Over Broadway (1994). Made in America (1993).

Shadow of the Wolf (1992). Scorchers (1991). The Doors (1991). The Fabulous Baker Boys (1989).

Let It Ride (1989). High Spirits (1988). Johnny Be Good (1988). Moving Violations (1985).

Hill Street Blues (TV-Series 1981 - 1987) Tilly appeared (1984 - 1985). No Small Affair (1984).