Tiffani-Amber Thiessen was born on January 23, 1974, in Long Beach, California, USA, to Frank Thiessen, a park designer, and Robyn Ernest, a homemaker. She grew up in Long Beach with her parents and her brothers, professional cyclist Todd and a son, Holt Fisher Smith.
Became engaged to actor Richard Ruccolo in October 2001.
Broke off engagement with actor Richard Ruccolo in April 2003.
Has four dogs named Buck, Pearl, Bo, and Penny; a cat named Savannah; a hen named Ruby; and four chickens named Anna, Elsa, Mable, and Sugar.
Attended Cubberley Elementary School and Marshall Junior High School in Long Beach, California. She later attended Valley Professional High School, for students in the entertainment business in Studio City, California; She was named class valedictorian in 1992.
Won the Miss Junior America beauty pageant [1987]
Won Teen Magazines Great Model Search [1988]
Made Cover Girl Magazines Model of the Year [1989]
Admitted an ongoing struggle to fit Hollywoods waifish beauty ideal.
Early on into production, was considered for the role of Corley James in her movie Just Pray before becoming director of the film.
Tied with another girl, Tiffany Weber, for the crown of Teen Magazines Great Model Search 1988.
Listed her Studio City home at $2.8 million. The house, built in 1963, has five bedrooms and 5 1/2 bathrooms in slightly less than 5,000 square feet. [2004]
Started her own production company, Tit 4 Tat Productions.
Taking the advice of her uncle, screenwriter/actor Roger Ernest , she began modeling at the age of eight.
Both of her parents have English and German ancestry, and her other roots include Scottish, Scots-Irish (Northern Irish), and Welsh. Tiffanis father was born with the surname "Chadwick", and later took his own stepfathers/adoptive fathers last name, "Thiessen". Tiffanis paternal grandparents were Franklin Arthur Chadwick and Beverly Jean Bondshu, and Tiffanis maternal grandparents were Robert Howell Ernest and Therese Frances Hood.
The guests at her wedding included "Beverly Hills, 90210" co-stars Jason Priestley , Tori Spelling , and Lindsay Price.
Was in a relationship with actor David Strickland at the time of his death in 1999.
Was offered a role on "Charmed" to replace Shannen Doherty , but turned it down. [2001]
Wedding dress was designed by Vera Wang [2005]
Accepted an invitation to serve on the National Advisory Council of the Make-A-Wish Foundation. [2006]
Ranked #43 in "100 Greatest Teen Stars" .
Volunteered at Camp Rainbow Gold, a summer camp for children stricken with cancer, located near Ketchum, Idaho, USA. [2006].
Ranked #95 in Stuff magazines "102 Sexiest Women In The World".
Her middle name Amber, was chosen by her grandmother. She initially dropped it from her name professionally, in order to be taken more seriously as an actress.
Won the CLCA Green Image Award presented by the "Green Expo/Green Image Awards" for her contributions to help residents learn sustainable living techniques and support the California Green Movement [2009].
Made USA network audition casting history, when the role of Elizabeth Burke on "White Collar" took her no more than 3 hours to read for her scene with Tim DeKay before it was finally decided that she was cast.
Middle sister of Todd Tesen and Schyler Thiessen.
Longtime friends with Jennie Garth and Lindsay Price.
Married her boyfriend of 2 years Brady Smith [July 9, 2005].
Expecting her 2nd child, a son, with her husband Brady Smith [January 15, 2015].
Gave birth to her 1st child at age 36, daughter Harper Smith , on June 15, 2010. She weighed in at 8 lbs. 3 oz. Childs father is her husband, Brady Smith.
Her latest home was once owned by Jack L. Warner founder of Warner Bros. Studios, which hosted legendary guests over the years, including Marilyn Monroe.
Gave birth to her 2nd child at age 41, a son Holt Fisher Smith on July 1, 2015. Childs father is her husband, Brady Smith.
Competed with, and eventually beat out, Jennie Garth for the role of Kelly Kapowski on "Saved by the Bell" . Thiessen and Garth would later star together on "Beverly Hills, 90210" and become friends in real life. Garth would later introduce Thiessen to her husband Brady Smith on a blind date. Their friendship has since ended and they are no longer close to one another.
Is portrayed by Alyssa Lynch in the The Unauthorized Saved by the Bell Story and The Unauthorized Beverly Hills, 90210 Story .
Is portrayed as a character in "Family Guy" {Big Man on Hippocampus (#8.10)} where her characters inability to not have children coincided with the year she was pregnant in real life and gave birth to her first child in 2010.
When you interact with someone you always take something from them.
I was never clean, prissy and perfect like Kelly [her character on,"Saved by the Bell" (1989) ], and I was never a pot-smoking slut,like Valerie [her character on "Beverly Hills, 90210" (1990) ].
makes me think I could do anything. I have total respect for him.
[about beauty pageants] I would never do another one but at the time it,was fun.
The winner never loses, and the loser never wins.
I think people in the entertainment field have no privacy. All the,tabloids want to see is a person fail at something.
It was so much fun going from playing a good girl to a bad girl.
I always feel that everything you do in life is a learning experience,and that you become a wiser person for it.
I like a man to be romantic, have a sense of humor, independent,definitely and have definite goals for himself.
What do I wanna do 10 years from now? I love doing TV and I hope I can,do it as long as I can. Some day I want to get married and have a,family. And I would love to travel. I want to go back to Australia -,absolutely.
Since I started out very young, I definitely knew where he was coming,from, and I knew his attention span was probably a lot shorter than us,adults. I had to play with that and work with that, but he really did,give a beautiful performance.
[on filming A Killer Among Friends (1992) (TV) ] We did the,killing scene in one day--I was so drained I got back to the hotel and,went, "Masseuse!".
