
Tori Spelling
Department: Acting
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

Trick
1999

Scary Movie 2
2001

Sol Goode
2003

The House of Yes
1997

A Friend to Die For
1994

Kiss the Bride
2007

Co-ed Call Girl
1996

A Carol Christmas
2003

Mind Over Murder
2006

Playmate Pajama Party
1999

The House Sitter
2007

Mother, May I Sleep with Danger?
1996

The Mistle-Tones
2012

Family Plan
2005

Hush
2005

Awake to Danger
1995

Naked Movie
2008

Shooting Stars
1983

Scream 2
1997

Izzie's Way Home
2016

Mother, May I Sleep with Danger?
2016

Mitch and Munch's midnight movie
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Cthulhu
2008

Alibi
1997

Playboy Mansion Parties Uncensored
2001

50 Ways to Leave Your Lover
2004

Troop Beverly Hills
1989

Perpetrators of the Crime
2000

Deadly Pursuits
1996

Evil Alien Conquerors
2003

The Last Sharknado: It's About Time
2018

Stewie Griffin: The Untold Story
2005

The Three Kings
1987

Abducted in the Everglades
2025

Playboy: Playmate Pajama Party
1999

Less than Perfect
2002

The Ellen DeGeneres Show
2003

The Tony Danza Show
2004

American Dad!
2005

Family Guy
1999

T. J. Hooker
1982

Jimmy Kimmel Live!
2003

The Love Boat
1977

Beverly Hills, 90210
1990

Today
1952

The Tyra Banks Show
2005

The View
1997

The Early Show
1999

E! True Hollywood Story
1996

The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
1992

Hotel
1982

Parker Lewis Can't Lose
1990

American Idol
2002

Smallville
2001

Saved by the Bell
1989

Melrose Place
1992

Blossom
1990

Tori & Dean: Inn Love
2007

90210
2008

Monsters
1988

Late Night with Conan O'Brien
1993

So NoTORIous
2006

Celebrities Uncensored
2003

Vega$
1978

Matt Houston
1982

Malibu Shores
1996

The Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn
1999

Good Day Live
2001

So Downtown
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The Masked Singer
2019

Messyness
2021

Tori & Dean: sTORIbook Weddings
2011

Mystery Girls
2014

The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson
2005

Eli Roth's History of Horror
2018

True Tori
2014

Yo Gabba Gabba!
2007

RuPaul's Drag Race
2009

Jake and the Never Land Pirates
2011

Rick & Steve: The Happiest Gay Couple in All the World
2007

Sherri
2022

Celebrity Family Feud
2015

Head Case
2007

The Rosie O'Donnell Show
1996

Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
2009

@Home with Tori
2022

RuPaul's Drag Race
2009

Burke's Law
1994

Love At First Lie
2022

The Masked Singer
2019

BH90210
2019

The Masked Singer Australia
2019

Kocktails With Khloé
2016

The Wheel
2022

Mask Singer
2019

Kids' Choice Awards
1987

Celebrity Wheel of Fortune
2021

Late Night with Conan O'Brien
1993

Dancing with the Stars
2005

Die schlechtesten Filme aller Zeiten
2013

The $100,000 Pyramid
2016

Blowing LA
2022

Dancing with the Stars
2005

Celebrity Show-Off
2020

Overserved with Lisa Vanderpump
2021

Teen Choice Awards
1999

The Masked Singer
2019

House of Villains
2023