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Jennie Garth

Jennie Garth
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Date of Birth:
April 3, 1972
Height:
5' 5"
Hometown:
Urbana

Bio:
Jennie Garth was born in Urbana, Illinois on a 25-acre horse ranch. When she was 13, her family moved to Glendale, Arizona where she began taking dancing lessons and modeling. She was discovered by a Hollywood talent manager when she competed in a talent competition. She left high school during her junior year to become an actor in LA, and later got her diploma in California.

She landed her first role on the TV series, Growing Pains, and later stared in the NBC series, A Brand New Life, in 1989. Jennie landed her breakout role as Kelly Taylor in the hit TV series, Beverly Hills 90210. The show lasted for 10 seasons. In 2002, she starred alongside Amanda Bynes in the sitcom, What I Like About You, a series that followed the journey of two sisters who live together. It lasted four seasons. In September 2008, she reprised her role of Kelly Taylor in the CW spinoff, 90210. Kelly is now a guidance counselor at the high school.

Best Known For:
Jennie is best known her breakout role as Kelly Taylor in the television series, Beverly Hills 90210, for 10 years. She reprised her role on the CW’s spinoff, titled 90210, and Kelly Taylor is now a guidance counselor at the school.

Personal Life:
Jennie was married to Daniel Clark from 1994-1996. She married actor, Peter Facinelli in 2001. The couple divorced in March 2012, and have three daughters together: Luca Bella (born 1997), Lola Ray (born 2002), and Fiona Eve (born 2006). Jennie’s divorce from Peter was finalized in June 2013, and she began dating Dave Abrams, who she met on a blind date, in the fall of 2014. They got engaged in April 2015, and tied the knot on July 11, 2015.

Latest Jennie Garth

'Saved By The Bell'

‘Saved By The Bell’: Jennie Garth Was Almost Cast As Kelly Kapowski

Jennie Garth was one of the biggest ’90s teen stars, starring as Kelly Taylor on ‘90210’, but ‘The Unauthorized Saved By The Bell Movie’ revealed that she could have been another Kelly — Kelly Kapowski! Say what?!
Saved By The Bell was a downright phenomenon, plastering Zack Morris (Mark-Paul Gosselaar) and Kelly Kapowski’s (Tiffani Thiessen) faces everywhere, but turns out, Jennie Garth could have been part of the A-list cast…she auditioned to play Kelly!

September 2, 2014
Jennie Garth Weight Loss

Jennie Garth — How She Lost 20 Pounds in 3 Months

Jennie Garth has lost 20 pounds since her divorce at the end of March and looks totally fabulous! Find out how she’s working hard to maintain her new healthy body!
Jennie Garth, 40, is definitely not letting a depression situation get the best of her — since her divorce from Peter Facinelli, she’s been eating healthy and using her 7-acre property to her advantage by running, hiking and riding her horse!

August 15, 2012

Jennie Garth Reveals: I'll Never Give Up On Peter Facinelli

Jennie reveals the secrets of her ‘painful’ divorce, including how she hid it from her daughters, and how she ‘tried everything’ to save her marriage.
Our hearts broke when we found out Jennie Garth and Peter Facinelli were separating after 11 years of marriage — but our emotions obviously paled in comparison to the private hell Jennie was going through. “I’ve never been this stressed in my life,” she tells People. “I’ve felt stress in the last couple of days like none before. I’m suffering from anxiety now. It feels like an elephant is sitting on your chest.”

March 28, 2012
Jennie Garth Divorce

Did Jennie Garth's Jealousy Over Peter Facinelli's 'Twilight' Fame Tear Them Apart?

A source tells HollywoodLife.com the reason behind Jennie Garth and Peter Facinelli’s decision to divorce after their 11 year marriage and what will happen to their three young daughters
Peter Facinelli and Jennie Garth’s marriage has been rocky for nearly a year, so their decision to finally divorce didn’t come as a shock to their family and friends. However, HollywoodLife.com can tell you exclusively what drove them apart — and it wasn’t an outside affair or money. It was Peter’s career.

March 13, 2012

Now You Can Own These Iconic 90’s Dresses From ‘90210’ & ‘Clueless’ Thanks To Calvin Klein & Isaac Mizrahi!

Are you as excited as I am over the prospect of dressing up just like Brenda Walsh, Kelly Taylor, and Cher Horowitz?

Anyone at HollywoodLife can vouch for my unhealthy obsession with the 90’s — from my ability to quote practically any episode from the original 90210 and the fact that I daydream about Cher Horowitz’s closet in Clueless, you can only imagine how excited I was to hear about the recent re-making of iconic 90’s dresses! Read more about these re-makes and tell me what YOU think!

June 30, 2010

EXCLUSIVE! Peter Facinelli To Producers: Please Keep The Sex Scenes In 'Breaking Dawn' PG-13 So My Daughter Can Watch!

Do you agree with Peter that hot and heavy love-makin’ between Rob and Kristen is too racy for tween audiences?

We’ve been waiting for soooo long to see Robert Pattinson and Kristen Stewart FINALLY make sweet, sweet love in the fourth and final Twilight film, Breaking Dawn, that it didn’t even occur to us that some people (re: parents) might not be so happy at the seductive content.

However, Peter Facinelli—who plays hot vampire patriarch Carlisle Cullen—has made us see the error of our ways. “I have a 12-year-old daughter [Luca Bella, whose mom is Jennie Garth]. She’s a fan and I’d want her not to feel left out or awkward,” Peter, 37, explained to HollywoodLife.com exclusively Jan. 16 at Lionsgate’s pre-Golden Globes party.
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January 19, 2010
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