Jennie Garth

Age: 37
Height: 5' 5"

Birth Place: Urbana, Illinois, USA
Born: Apr. 3rd, 1972

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Jennie Garth's Main TV Roles

Show	Character(s)
90210	Kelly Taylor
What I Like About You	Valerie Tyler
Beverly Hills, 90210	Kelly Taylor

NOTE: Complete List of Works can be found at IMDB

BIOGRAPHY:

Jennifer Eve Garth was born on April 3rd, 1972 in Urbana, Illionis, USA to John and Carolyn Garth, who both had 3 children each from different marriages, before they had Jennie. She grew up on a 25-acre horse ranch outside Urbana, Illinois with her 6 older siblings: Johnny, Chuck, Lisa, Cammie, Wendy and Lynn. When Jennie was 13, she and her family moved to Phoenix, Arizona. She took dancing lessons and did a little modeling while living in Arizona, and she dreamed of going to college and later start her own dance studio. At age 15, Jennie was discovered and encouraged to pursue an acting career by a talent scout, who had seen her win a talent competition. Therefore, she dropped out of high school during her junior year, and she and her mom moved to Los Angeles, California so she could become an actress. She later obtained her diploma in California. There, she started taking acting classes and went to auditions almost every day. After living in LA for about four months, she landed the role of 'Erica McCray' on the NBC series "A Brand New Life" (1989). Within a year, she was cast as 'Kelly Taylor' on the long-running hit teen drama-series "Beverly Hills, 90210" (1990) on FOX television. Ever since, she has starred in several movies made for TV, a number of which she has produced and directed herself. On January 20th, 2001, she married actor Peter Facinelli, the father of her first daughter, Luca Bella (born June 29th, 1997), on her ranch in Santa Barbara, California. On December 6th, 2002, Jennie and Peter welcomed their second daughter, Lola Ray and their third daughter Fiona Eve on September 30th, 2006. Jennie most recently starred in the WB network sitcom "What I Like About You" (2002) as 'Valerie Tyler' until its cancellation in 2006.

TRIVIA:

Speaks Italian fluently
Jennie and her husband, 'Peter Facinelli' (qv), became the parents of their third child, a girl name Fiona Eve Facinelli, on September 30, 2006. Fiona weighed in at 7 lbs. 8 oz.
Filed for divorce from Dan Clark [November 1996].
Ranked #41 in VH1 _"100 Greatest Teen Stars" (2006)_ (qv).
Is the second cousin of Italian model, Roger Garth.
Birth of baby girl, Lola Ray (7 lbs. 7 oz.) with husband 'Peter Facinelli' (qv) [December 2002].
Has 6 older half-siblings: Johnny, Chuck, Lisa, Cammie, Wendy and Lynn.
Birth of baby girl Luca Bella (7 lbs. 10 oz.). Father is 'Peter Facinelli' (qv) [June 22, 1997].