Jennifer Tilly
Highest Rated: 97% The Fabulous Baker Boys (1989)
Lowest Rated: 3% Deal (2008)
Birthday: Sep 16, 1958
Birthplace: Harbor City, California, USA
Jennifer Tilly's statuesque figure and breathless falsetto often obscured her gifted talent in both comedic and dramatic fare, as evidenced by her Oscar-nominated turn in "Bullets Over Broadway" (1994) and memorable appearances in films like "Bound" (1996) and "Bride of Chucky" (1998). Born Jennifer Ellen Chan on September 16, 1958 in Harbor City, Los Angeles, she and her siblings - which included sister and fellow actress Meg Tilly - hailed from an ethnically diverse background, with a Chinese father and a mother with Irish, Finnish and First Nations heritage. Tilly's parents split when she was five years of age, and her mother relocated the children to Texada Island, the largest of the Northern Gulf Islands off the coast of British Columbia, Canada. Tilly later attended Belmont High School in Victoria, BC, before heading to Missouri to earn a theater degree from Stephens College. Her screen-acting career began on television, where she established her talent for both comedies and dramatic fare like "Hill Street Blues" (NBC, 1981-1987), where she won notices as a mobster's widow who became romantically involved with Joe Spano's detective. Tilly soon settled into steady work as a character actress, playing an array of ditzy bombshells on series like "It's Garry Shandling's Show" (Showtime, 1986-1990) and features like "Johnny Be Good" (1988) and "Let It Ride" (1989). But a turn as a hopelessly tone-deaf singer in "The Fabulous Baker Boys" (1989) alerted critics and viewers to her comic gifts, which she followed with an Oscar-nominated turn as a gangster's moll with acting aspirations in Woody Allen's "Bullets Over Broadway." Two years later, Tilly found a solid showcase for her dramatic talents in the Wachowskis' neo-noir "Bound," for which she again played a gangster's paramour, albeit one with plans to steal her boyfriend's fortune with the help of an ex-con (Gina Gershon) with whom she has become romantically involved. By the mid-1990s, Tilly was working steadily across a wide variety of projects, from mainstream comedies like "Liar Liar" (1997) and indie fare like Albert Brooks' "The Muse" (1999) and Peter Bogdanovich's "The Cat's Meow" (2001). Her unique voice also helped her move successfully into animation projects like "Family Guy" (Fox, 1999- ) and "Monsters, Inc." (2001), though her most memorable turn in this capacity was as Tiffany Valentine who, like her boyfriend, serial killer Charles Lee Ray (Brad Dourif), has her soul transferred to a malevolent doll in Ronny Yu's "Bride of Chucky." Tilly would reprise the role in three sequels, including 2017's "Cult of Chucky," and would maintain a steady presence in features and on television into the new millennium while also honing a new and wildly successful second career on the professional poker circuit, where she captured sizable windfalls on the World Poker Tour and other professional competitions. She would briefly retire from poker in the mid-2000s to refocus on acting, which included a starring role in the 2001 Broadway revival of "The Women."
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Jennifer Tilly
Filmography
Movies
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No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Doc of Chucky | Self | - | 2024 |
74% |
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Living with Chucky | Self | - | 2022 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | High Holiday | Stephanie Corskey (Character) | - | 2021 |
No Score Yet |
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7 Days to Vegas | Jennifer (Character) | - | 2019 |
43% |
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Ray Meets Helen | Ginger (Character) | - | 2017 |
81% |
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Cult of Chucky | Tiffany (Character) | - | 2017 |
No Score Yet |
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A Cinderella Story: If the Shoe Fits | Divine (Character) | - | 2016 |
25% |
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Crazy About Tiffany's | Unknown (Character) | - | 2016 |
No Score Yet |
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Unity | Narrator | - | 2015 |
11% |
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The Secret Lives of Dorks | Ms. Stewart (Character) | - | 2013 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Amelia's 25th | Miss Celie (Character) | - | 2012 |
5% |
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30 Beats | Erika (Character) | $14.7K | 2012 |
No Score Yet |
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Made in Romania | Self | - | 2010 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Making of Plus One | Amber (Character) | - | 2010 |
No Score Yet |
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Imps | Joni (Segment "Sale on Professional Men") (Character) | - | 2009 |
59% |
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Empire of Silver | Missionary (Character) | - | 2009 |
No Score Yet |
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An American Girl: Chrissa Stands Strong | Mrs. Rundell (Character) | - | 2009 |
No Score Yet |
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Inconceivable | Salome "Sally" Marsh (Character) | - | 2008 |
No Score Yet |
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The Caretaker | Unknown (Character) | - | 2008 |
70% |
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Bart Got a Room | Melinda (Character) | $53.8K | 2008 |
3% |
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Deal | Karen 'Razor' Jones (Character) | $57.2K | 2008 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Return to Babylon | Clara Bow (Character) | - | 2008 |
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Intervention | Jane (Character) | - | 2007 |
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The Initiation of Sarah | Dr. Eugenia Hunter (Character) | - | 2006 |
No Score Yet |
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The Civilization of Maxwell Bright | Dr. O'Shannon (Character) | - | 2005 |
31% |
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Tideland | Queen Gunhilda (Character) | $61.2K | 2005 |
20% |
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Bailey's Billions | Dolores Pennington (Character) | - | 2005 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Deluxe Combo Platter | Alma Kerns (Character) | - | 2004 |
44% |
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Second Best | Carole (Character) | - | 2004 |
No Score Yet |
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El Padrino: The Latin Godfather | Sebeva (Character) | - | 2004 |
65% |
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Saint Ralph | Nurse Alice (Character) | $795.1K | 2004 |
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Lil' Pimp | Miss De La Croix (Voice) | - | 2004 |
No Score Yet |
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A Piece of My Heart | Elyse Steinberg (Character) | - | 2004 |
35% |
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Seed of Chucky | Herself, Voice of Tiffany (Character) | $17.0M | 2004 |
52% |
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Home on the Range | Grace (Voice) | - | 2004 |
No Score Yet |
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Jericho Mansions | Donna Cherry (Character) | - | 2003 |
13% |
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The Haunted Mansion | Madame Leota (Character) | $75.8M | 2003 |
44% |
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Hollywood North | Gillian Stevens (Character) | - | 2003 |
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Nowhere To Go but Up | Edna (Character) | - | 2003 |
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The Magnificent Ambersons | Fanny Minafer (Character) | - | 2002 |
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Sister Mary Explains It All | Philomena Rostovich (Character) | - | 2001 |
No Score Yet |
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Ball in the House | Aunt Dot (Character) | - | 2001 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Dirt | The Hooker (Character) | - | 2001 |
76% |
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The Cat's Meow | Louella Parsons (Character) | $3.2M | 2001 |
No Score Yet |
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Fast Sofa | Ginger Quail (Character) | - | 2001 |
96% |
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Monsters, Inc. | Celia (Voice) | $494.0K | 2001 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Gahan Wilson's The Kid | Waitress (Voice) | - | 2000 |
20% |
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Bruno | Dolores (Character) | - | 2000 |
22% |
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Dancing at the Blue Iguana | Jo (Character) | $61.1K | 2000 |
20% |
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The Crew | Ferris 'aka Maureen' Lowenstein (Character) | $13.0M | 2000 |
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Hide and Seek | Helen (Character) | - | 2000 |
No Score Yet |
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Goosed | Charlene (Character) | - | 1999 |
53% |
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The Muse | Self | $11.6M | 1999 |
No Score Yet |
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Bartok the Magnificent | Piloff (Voice) | - | 1999 |
No Score Yet |
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Do Not Disturb | Cathryn Richmond (Character) | - | 1999 |
67% |
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Stuart Little | Mr. Stout (Voice) | $140.0M | 1999 |
43% |
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Music From Another Room | Nina Swan (Character) | $63.0K | 1998 |
No Score Yet |
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Hoods | Mary Crippa (Character) | - | 1998 |
56% |
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Relax... It's Just Sex! | Tara Ricotto (Character) | $452.7K | 1998 |
45% |
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Bride of Chucky | Tiffany (Character) | $32.4M | 1998 |
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The Wrong Guy | Lynn Holden (Character) | - | 1997 |
83% |
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Liar Liar | Samantha Cole (Character) | $181.4M | 1997 |
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Edie & Pen | Edie Piper (Character) | - | 1996 |
10% |
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House Arrest | Cindy Figler (Character) | $7.0M | 1996 |
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Man With a Gun |
Rena Rushton/ |
- | 1996 |
87% |
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Bound | Violet (Character) | $3.8M | 1996 |
No Score Yet |
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American Strays | Patty Mae (Character) | - | 1996 |
No Score Yet |
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Embrace of the Vampire | Marika (Character) | - | 1995 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Bird of Prey | Kily Griffith (Character) | - | 1995 |
17% |
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The Pompatus of Love | Tarzaan (Character) | $37.6K | 1995 |
95% |
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Bullets Over Broadway | Olive Neal (Character) | $11.4M | 1994 |
33% |
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The Getaway | Fran Carvey (Character) | $15.5M | 1994 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Double Cross | Melissa (Character) | - | 1994 |
No Score Yet |
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Heads | Tina Abbot (Character) | - | 1994 |
No Score Yet |
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Shadow of the Wolf | Igiyook (Character) | $1.2M | 1993 |
No Score Yet |
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At Home With the Webbers | Miranda Webber (Character) | - | 1993 |
32% |
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Made in America | Stacy (Character) | $41.8M | 1993 |
No Score Yet |
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Scorchers | Talbot (Character) | - | 1992 |
27% |
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Let It Ride | Vicki (Character) | $5.0M | 1989 |
97% |
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The Fabulous Baker Boys | Blanche 'Monica' Moran (Character) | $18.1M | 1989 |
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Far From Home | Amy (Character) | - | 1989 |
31% |
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High Spirits | Miranda (Character) | $7.9M | 1988 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Rented Lips | Mona Lisa (Character) | - | 1988 |
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He's My Girl | Lisa (Character) | $284.0K | 1987 |
No Score Yet |
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Remote Control | Allegra James (Character) | - | 1987 |
No Score Yet |
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Inside Out | Amy (Character) | $5.4K | 1986 |
No Score Yet |
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Moving Violations | Amy Hopkins (Character) | - | 1985 |
57% |
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No Small Affair | Mona (Character) | - | 1984 |
TV
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65% | 80% | Monsters at Work | Celia Mae (Voice) | 2021 2024 |
93% | 84% | Chucky | Tiffany Valentine (Character) | 2021-2024 |
No Score Yet | 64% | Family Guy | Bonnie (Guest Voice) | 1999-2001 2005-2018 2020-2021 2023 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Rachael Ray | Guest | 2021-2022 |
No Score Yet | 62% | The Kelly Clarkson Show | Guest | 2021-2022 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Talk | Guest | 2011-2012 2021-2022 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Watch What Happens Live With Andy Cohen |
Guest, Self |
2012 2017 2021-2022 |
95% | 86% | Calls | Mother (Voice) | 2021 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Larry King Now | Guest | 2019 |
No Score Yet | 86% | SuperMansion | Unknown (Guest Voice) | 2018 |
85% | 90% | Modern Family | Darlene (Guest Star) | 2011 2014 |
85% | 76% | The Simpsons | Herself (Guest Voice) | 2012 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Wendy Williams Show | Guest | 2012 |
78% | 60% | Drop Dead Diva | Ginny (Guest Star) | 2011 |
No Score Yet | 80% | CSI: Crime Scene Investigation | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2010 |
No Score Yet | 64% | The Cleveland Show | Bonnie Swanson (Guest Voice) | 2009 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Out of Practice | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2005-2006 |
95% | 94% | Frasier | Kim (Guest Star) | 2004 |
No Score Yet | 95% | Hey Arnold! | Unknown (Guest Voice) | 2000 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Bella Mafia | Unknown (Character) | 1997 |
57% | No Score Yet | Gun | Unknown (Character) | 1997 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Key West | Savannah Sumner (Character) | 1993 |
89% | 89% | Moonlighting | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1989 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Mary | Writer | 1986 |
87% | 95% | Cheers | Candi Pearson (Guest Star) | 1986 |
97% | 82% | Hill Street Blues | Gina Srignoli (Guest Star) | 1984-1985 |