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Tori Spelling

Known For

Acting

Gender

Female

Birthday

May 16, 1973 (53 years old)

Place of Birth

Los Angeles, California, USA

Biography

Tori Spelling (born May 16, 1973) is an American actress and reality television personality. She is the only daughter of famed television mogul Aaron Spelling. Spelling herself came to fame as one of the stars of Beverly Hills 90210, the era-defining teen drama produced by her father, playing the virtuous good-girl Donna Martin. While 90210 was still on the air, Spelling spent her summer hiatuses portraying an array of young-women-in-peril, becoming synonymous with the melodrama and unintentional high-camp of the Lifetime Movie Network and starring in cult guilty pleasures including Death of a Cheerleader and Mother, May I Sleep with Danger? As 90210 came to a close, Spelling stumbled into a surprisingly acclaimed run of feature film work, sending up her own image in a meta cameo in 1997’s Scream 2, and earning plaudits for strong comedic supporting roles in indies including The House of Yes and Trick. She would further lampoon her nepotistic image in her own satirical comedy series So NoTORIous, which debuted in 2006. But in the second half of the aughts, Spelling’s personal life began to overshadow her acting work, with an on-set affair with actor Dean McDermott resulting in both Spelling and McDermott divorcing their respective partners at the time. At the time of their union, the couple’s story proved irresistible to the likes of TMZ and Perez Hilton, both in their fledgling years, leading Spelling to capitalize on her newfound tabloid fame with an array of reality TV projects, including Tori & Dean: Inn Love and True Tori. While she would continue to find acting work that played on nostalgia for her 90s heyday, including appearances in the CW’s 90210 reboot and headlining the sitcom Mystery Girls with her former 90210 costar Jennie Garth, Spelling has in recent years become more famous for her personal woes, from her chronic financial troubles and feuds with mother Candy to her penchant for surreal dramatics, including an incident in which she plunged backwards onto a hibachi grill while eating at Benihana. She and McDermott, who married in 2006 and renewed their wedding vows in 2010, live in Los Angeles with their five children.

Known For

Acting
2025Abducted in the EvergladesBeverly
2023House of VillainsSelf - Special Guest
2022SherriSelf - Guest
2022@Home with ToriSelf - Host
2022Love At First Lie
2022The WheelSelf - Expert
2022Blowing LASelf
2021MessynessSelf
2021Celebrity Wheel of FortuneSelf - Contestant
2021Overserved with Lisa VanderpumpSelf
2020Celebrity Show-OffSelf
2019The Masked SingerUnicorn (archive footage)
2019The Masked SingerSelf - Clue Giver
2019BH90210Tori Spelling
2019The Masked Singer AustraliaPoodle
2019Mask SingerChat
2019The Masked SingerSelf - Unicorn
2018The Last Sharknado: It's About TimeRaye Martin
2018Eli Roth's History of HorrorSelf
2016Izzie's Way HomeApril (voice)
2016Mother, May I Sleep with Danger?Julie
2016Kocktails With KhloéSelf
2016The $100,000 PyramidSelf
2015Celebrity Family FeudSelf
2014Mystery GirlsHolly
2014True ToriHerself
2013Die schlechtesten Filme aller ZeitenRaye Martin (archive Footage)
2012The Mistle-TonesMarci
2011Tori & Dean: sTORIbook Weddings
2011Jake and the Never Land PiratesPirate Princess (voice)
2009RuPaul's Drag RaceSelf - Special Guest
2009Watch What Happens Live with Andy CohenSelf - Guest
2009RuPaul's Drag RaceSelf - Guest Judge
2008Naked MovieIris Pytlak
2008CthulhuSusan
200890210Donna Martin
2007Kiss the BrideAlex Golski
2007The House SitterElise
2007Tori & Dean: Inn Love
2007Yo Gabba Gabba!
2007Rick & Steve: The Happiest Gay Couple in All the WorldGina Michaels (voice)
2007Head CaseSelf
2006Mind Over MurderHolly Winters
2006So NoTORIousTori Spelling
2005Family PlanCharlie
2005HushNina Hamilton
2005Stewie Griffin: The Untold StoryDonna Martin (voice)
2005American Dad!Kim (voice)
2005The Tyra Banks Show
2005The Late Late Show with Craig FergusonSelf
2005Dancing with the StarsSelf - Contestant
2005Dancing with the StarsSelf
200450 Ways to Leave Your LoverStephanie
2004The Tony Danza ShowSelf
2003Sol GoodeTammie
2003A Carol ChristmasCarol
2003Evil Alien ConquerorsJan
2003The Ellen DeGeneres ShowSelf
2003Jimmy Kimmel Live!Self
2003Celebrities UncensoredSelf
2002Less than PerfectRoxanne Fiedler
2002American IdolSelf
2001Scary Movie 2Alex Monday
2001Playboy Mansion Parties UncensoredSelf
2001SmallvilleLinda Lake
2001Good Day LiveSelf
2000Perpetrators of the CrimeLucy
1999TrickKatherine
1999Playmate Pajama PartySelf (archive footage)
1999Playboy: Playmate Pajama Party
1999Family GuyDonna (voice)
1999The Early ShowSelf
1999The Late Late Show with Craig KilbornSelf
1999Teen Choice AwardsSelf - Presenter
1997The House of YesLesly
1997Scream 2Tori Spelling / 'Stab' Sidney
1997AlibiMarti Gerrard
1997The ViewSelf
1996Co-ed Call GirlJoanna
1996Mother, May I Sleep with Danger?Laurel Lewisohn
1996Deadly PursuitsMeredith
1996E! True Hollywood Story
1996Malibu Shores
1996The Rosie O'Donnell ShowSelf
1995Awake to DangerAimee McAdams
1994A Friend to Die ForStacy Lockwood
1994Burke's LawMary McKenna
1993Late Night with Conan O'BrienSelf - Guest
1993Late Night with Conan O'BrienSelf
1992The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
1992Melrose PlaceDonna Martin
1990Beverly Hills, 90210Donna Martin
1990Parker Lewis Can't LoseTori Spelling
1990Blossom
1989Troop Beverly HillsJamie
1989Saved by the BellViolet Bickerstaff
1988Monsters
1987The Three KingsGirl at Falafel Stand
1987Kids' Choice AwardsHerself - Host
1983Shooting StarsJenny O'Keefe
1982T. J. HookerToni Polnoi
1982HotelLisa Walker
1982Matt Houston
1978Vega$
1977The Love Boat
1952TodaySelf
-Mitch and Munch's midnight movieherself
-So DowntownLiz
Production
2025Abducted in the EvergladesExecutive Producer
2019BH90210Executive Producer
2016Mother, May I Sleep with Danger?Co-Executive Producer
2011Tori & Dean: sTORIbook WeddingsProducer
2007Tori & Dean: Inn LoveProducer
2006So NoTORIousProducer
Directing
1990Beverly Hills, 90210Director
Writing
2019BH90210Story