Victoria Davey "Tori" Spelling (born May 16, 1973) is an American actress. She is best known for being Aaron Spelling's daughter and for her role as Donna Martin in the 1990s teen soap opera Beverly Hills, 90210.
Biography
Early life
Spelling was born in Los Angeles, California, the daughter of Candy Spelling (née Marer) and famed TV producer Aaron Spelling.[1] Both of Spelling's parents were Jewish,[2] though her family celebrated both Christmas and Hanukkah while she was growing up.[3] She attended Beverly Hills High School in Beverly Hills, California but graduated from Harvard-Westlake School. Her brother, Randy Spelling, is also an actor.
Career
Guest roles include such shows as: The Love Boat, T.J. Hooker, Hotel, Fantasy Island, Vega$, and Saved by the Bell before landing a regular part in Beverly Hills 90210, a series co-produced by her father, Darren Star and Spelling Television.
Since 90210 went off the air, Spelling has worked primarily on independent films including Trick and The House of Yes. She also has appeared in small roles in big budget films, including Scream 2 and Scary Movie 2, and in TV shows, including Smallville.
More recently, Spelling has been the star of two reality-based shows. In 2006, she starred in the VH1 celebreality sitcom So NoTORIous, which parodied her public image. In January 2007, she and her second husband, the actor Dean McDermott, leased a bed & breakfast in Fallbrook, California (a rural community about 100 miles (160 km) from Los Angeles, just south of Temecula wine country). This became the basis of a new reality show, Tori & Dean: Inn Love, which premiered on the Oxygen network on March 20, 2007.[4]
It was announced in May 2008 that Spelling would reprise her role as Donna Martin on the new CW show 90210. It was later announced, however, that Spelling had dropped out due to issues with her salary.[5]
Aside from her acting career, Spelling designs and markets her own line of fashion jewelry on HSN. She is currently writing a book on motherhood.
Personal life
On July 3, 2004, Spelling married Charlie Shanian. They separated in December 2005 after Spelling fell in love with Dean McDermott, and were legally divorced on April 20, 2006. Spelling married McDermott less than a month later, on May 7, 2006, in a private, barefoot ceremony in Wakaya, Fiji. The two met when they co-starred in the TV movie Mind Over Murder. McDermott was married at the time to Mary Jo Eustace, whom he divorced to marry Spelling. Eustace has since written about the experience as part of the anthology The Other Woman[6] McDermott and Eustace have one child together : Jack Montgomery (b. October 10, 1998.) Due to Dean's infidelity he removed himself from finalizing an adoption for a baby girl that would have been his and Eustace's second child.
During an appearance at the 2006 MuchMusic Video Awards in Toronto on June 18th, Spelling was asked if she found it better dating a Canadian. Spelling replied "...they are much nicer, and don't have nasty ex-wives who write tell-all books".
After her father's death on June 23, 2006, Spelling was anticipated to inherit a sizable portion of her father's $500 million estate. The estate was to be divided primarily between Spelling, her brother Randy and her mother Candy. Spelling's mother was the estate executor. At the time, Spelling and her mother were estranged and it was reported that Spelling inherited just $800,000.[7] Her brother, who was not estranged from his mother, also received $800,000.[7]
Spelling gave birth to her first child, Liam Aaron McDermott ("Aaron" after her late father) on Tuesday, March 13, 2007 at Cedars-Sinai Hospital via emergency caesarean section. Reportedly, her mother was in the delivery room when Spelling gave birth. It has been reported that Candy Spelling has established a $10 million trust fund for her first grandchild.[8] On Monday, June 9, 2008 Tori and her Husband Dean welcomed their second child together, a daughter named Stella Doreen McDermott ("Doreen" after Dean's late mother) by C-section.[9]
Television work
Filmography
The Doorman (Wayne Price) (2008)
Publications
References
9. Tori Spelling welcomes baby girl. http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20205095,00.html
10. Tori becomes apart of Clergy. http://www.shortnews.com/start.cfm?id=63551
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