Jennie Garth Biography

• Birth Name

  Jennie Garth

• Birth Date

  04/03/1972

• Birthplace

  Champaign, Illinois

• Credits

  2 Movies, 12 TV appearances, 0 awards
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• Family

  Daughter: Fiona Eve Facinelli
  born September 30, 2006; father, Peter Facinelli

  Daughter: Lola Ray Facinelli
  born December 6, 2002; father, Peter Facinelli

  Daughter: Luca Bella Facinelli
  born June 29, 1997; father, Peter Facinelli

  Father: John Garth
  

  Half-Brother: Chuck
  older

  Half-Brother: John
  older

  Half-Sister: Cammie
  older

  Half-Sister: Lisa
  older

  Half-Sister: Lynn
  older

  Half-Sister: Wendy
  older

• Notes

  "I wouldn't be caught dead in Beverly Hills! I love the [San Fernando] Valley. It's so normal." --Jennie Garth to INSTYLE, January 2000
  "She can sashay across the set with all the sophistication of an older woman, but when you sit down and talk with her, she's got this youthful exuberance" --"Beverly Hills, 90210" co-star Ian Ziering on Garth, quoted in PEOPLE, May 11, 1992
  After buying a new home for herself in Sherman Oaks, California, Garth supplied her parents with the down payment for their new home.
  Raised on an Midwestern horse ranch far from the Beverly Hills lifestyle, Jennie Garth explains her inspiration for Kelly Taylor, her character on "Beverly Hills, 90210": I went to school with snotty people. I knew people with that attitude, I had fun with it. It's fun for me to crawl into somebody else's shoes and act that way, fabricate it. I made it up as I went." --quoted in a TV GUIDE cover story, December 12-18, 1992
  There is an official website at www.jenniegarth.com
  

• Milestones

  (1991) After showing signs of stress, collapsed on the set of "Beverly Hills, 90210" in mid-June; quickly released from hospital
  Began working as a model
  (1989-1990) Cast in the short-lived NBC sitcom "A Brand New Life"
  (1998) Co-starred with James Brolin in "My Brother's War"
  (1994) Developed and produced the TV-movie "Without Consent" (NBC)
  Discovered by a talent scout at age 15 in the Cinderella Scholarship Pageant
  Grew up on a horse ranch outside of Urbana, Illinois
  (1989) Guest starred on an episode of the popular ABC sitcom "Growing Pains"
  (1992) Guested on episodes of the "90210" spinoff "Melrose Place" (Fox)
  (1990-2000) Had breakthrough TV role as Kelly Taylor on Fox's "Beverly Hills, 90210"
  (2007) Joined the fifth season of ABC's "Dancing with the Stars"
  (1999) Made TV directorial debut with episode of "Beverly Hills, 90210"
  (1998) Made cameo appearance in "Telling You"
  (1996) Met future husband, Peter Facinelli while filming the TV-movie "An Unfinished Affair"
  Moved to L.A. with her mother after leaving high school in her junior year
  (1985) Moved with family to Phoenix, Arizona when she was 13 (date approximate)
  (2007) Played the lead in the Lifetime movie, "Girl, Positive"
  (1992) Released the workout video "Jennie Garth's Body in Progress"
  (2000) Returned to series TV in recurring role on "The $treet" (Fox)
  (1993) Starred in the NBC TV-movie "Danielle Steel's 'Star'"
  (2002-2006) Starred in the WB sitcom "What I Like About You"