Elizabeth Berkley was born in 1972. When she was 5 her parents
enrolled her at Detroit Dance Company. Loving dance, young
Elizabeth began to take part in several ballets, including "Swan
Lake," and in 1983 she starred in some musicals (sometimes singing
in Italian). Her screen debut was a role in the TV movie "Frog" in
1987. She then got work as an extra in some TV series: "TV 101",
"Day by Day", etc. In the summer of 1989 she was in L.A. and
auditioned for a role on "Saved by the Bell". She got the role and
became a TV star. After 4 seasons she left the show to try to break
into cinema. In 1994 she filmed 4 movies, including Showgirls, and
continued to guest star in very popular TV shows, like "Diagnosis
Murder". After Showgirls, she got a degree in English Literature
from UCLA and signed with United Talent Agency. She then filmed
some Hollywood films with small roles (The First Wives Club, 1996
and Any Given Sunday, 1999) and starred in some indies (The Taxman
and Last Call, 1999, The Real Blonde, 1997). In 1999, Elizabeth
performed onstage in London as Honey in "Lenny".
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– Berkley, at the Venice Film Festival to promote her new picture, ROGER DODGER, said that after her 1995 movie about Las Vegas strippers she had some tough times ? above all creatively.
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– In SAVED BY THE BELL (1989), she originally auditioned for the role of Kelly Kapowski and was turned down in favor of Tiffani-Amber Thiessen, but the producers liked Elizabeth so much that they created the Jessica Spano character especially for her to play.
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– Once she sat next to a man on an international flight who watched SHOWGIRLS (1995) on his in-seat video screen and never recognized her.
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– Sometimes Credited As: Elizabeth Berkley-Brown
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– Has different color eyes: right eye is half green and half brown and left eye is green.
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– Donned a $600 formfitting gown made entirely of collard greens for the Lettuce Be Lean campaign sponsored by People for Ethical Treatment of Animals. According to People Weekly, a source claims she had to be misted every 20 minutes, like a produce section. (1997)
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– Is a vegetarian.
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– Auditioned for the film ANNIE (1982), but was turned down because she was too tall.
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