Jennifer Tilly Bio | Age, Height, Net Worth, Where is she now?

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What ethnicity is Jennifer Tilly

She is an actress and poker player of American and Canadian descent who is recognized for her unusual voice and humorous timing.

Tilly became famous as Tiffany Valentine in the television series ‘Child’s Play,’ which aired from 1988 to 2021.

How old is Jennifer Tilly

Jennifer Tilly was born as Jennifer Ellen Chan on September 16, 1958, in Los Angeles, California, the U.S. Her father, Harry Chan, was a used car salesman, and her mother, Patricia Tilly, a former stage actress and schoolteacher.

She is the first daughter, with an elder brother and two younger sisters. Jennifer is of Chinese, Irish, and Finnish ancestry. Her father was a gambler and a poker player who gave her the World Series of Poker.’

This made her interested in the game from a tender age.
At the age of five, her parents divorced, and the young actress moved with her mother and siblings to rural Texada Island in British Columbia, where she lived with her mother and stepfather, John Ward.

She later moved to Victoria at 16 after her mother’s divorce, where she attended the ‘Belmont High School.’

After high school, Jennifer enrolled at Stephens College in Missouri, where she graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Theater.

Jennifer Tilly TV shows and movies

Jennifer Tilly’s career began in 1983, where she had a recurring guest role on ‘Hill Street Blues as Gina Srignoli; she also guests appeared in the series ‘Cheers’ as Candi Pearson.

Her prominent film role happened in 1989, with the comedy ‘Let It Ride,’ she also had another breakthrough in the film ‘The Fabulous Baker Boys.

For the role of Olive Neal in the film ‘Bullets over Broadway’ Jennifer got nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress. In 1996 she played the role of a lesbian character in The Wachowskis’s ‘Bound.’

For her role as serial killer Tiffany Valentine in the ‘Child’s Play’ horror series, she gained additional popularity as her performance gained high praise.

Her character was first introduced in the 1998 franchise ‘Bride of Chucky’ and subsequently appeared in the other series, ‘Seed of Chucky’, Curse of Chucky’ and ‘Cult of Chucky.

For her role in ‘Seed of Chucky.’ Tilly was nominated for the Fangoria Chainsaw Award for Best Actress and the MTV Movie Award for Best Scared-As-Shit Performance.

Her other appearance includes that of ‘Family Guy, where she is a semi-regular cast, voicing the role of Bonnie Swanson.

Jennifer has also done some voice-over works for popular films like ‘Stuart Little,’ Home on the Range, Hey Arnold!, and Disney’s ‘The Haunted Mansion.

In addition, she won a Theater World Award for her performance in the play ‘One Shoe Off.’

In 2006, Jennifer began a professional poker career; in 2009, she returned with the Chinese film ‘Christina Yao film Empire of Silver. In 2012 she made another film appearance, which earned her Audience Choice Award nomination for her role as mistress Suzanne in ‘Don’t Dress For Dinner.’

Jennifer Tilly Poker Game Achievements

On June 27, 2005, Jennifer Tilly won $158,625 and a World Series of Poker bracelet, beating 600 other players in the Ladies’ No-Limit Texas hold ’em event.

On September 1, 2005, she won the third World Poker Tour Ladies Invitational Tournament held at the Bicycle Casino in Bell Gardens, of Los Angeles. Then, on June 14, 2006, she won third place at the Celebrity Poker Showdown.

In 2014, she was nominated for PokerListing’s Spirit of Poker Living Legend Award. In 2017, Jennifer Tilly’s winning exceeded $992,000.