Tiffany Thyssen is a famous American film actress, successful director and producer. She became famous thanks to her participation in the Beverly Hills, Damn Love, and White Collar projects. In our publication, we will consider the biography of Tiffany Thyssen, talk about the career, films and personal life of the artist.
Childhood and youth
The future actress Tiffany Thiessen was born on January 23, 1974, in the famous resort city of Long Beach, California. The father of our heroine, Frank, was a specialist in landscape design, made a living designing parks. Mother, Robin, was an ordinary housewife and was engaged in raising two more children - the sons of Schuler and Todd.
Little Tiffany was a rather complex, wayward child. From an early age, the girl showed others creative inclinations, a craving for high art. Parents in every possible way contributed to the disclosure of their daughter's innate talents, attracting the baby to participate in various events.
The efforts of the family were not in vain. At the age of thirteen, Tiffany Thyssen won the prestigious beauty pageant, winning the Young Miss America title. The achievement allowed the girl to get the right to study at the Valley Professional model school, which was located in Los Angeles. Our heroine planned to connect life with this particular type of activity. However, fate decreed otherwise. The uncle of the girl at that time collaborated with the famous director Steven Spielberg and suggested that the niece try herself in the acting game.
Tiffany Thyssen successfully coped with the tests at the film studio. The girl was regularly attracted to shoot in commercials. In parallel, our heroine moonlighted as a fashion model. In the late 80s, the authoritative publication Teen recognized Thyssen as the best and most promising young model of the decade. The girl began to receive a whole host of proposals for filming and felt like a real celebrity.
Movie debut
Tiffany Thyssen first appeared on the screens in the multi-part project "Cohabitant", playing a small episodic role. Our heroine became a more or less recognizable actress after participating in the filming of the popular sitcom called “Charles in Response”.
At the age of fifteen, the girl appeared on the screens in the image of Kelly Kapowski - one of the central heroines of the series “Saved by the Bell”. It is worth noting that the project was able to maintain high ratings on television from 1989 to 1993.
The above series have allowed Tiffany Thyssen to become a young Hollywood star, which is widely recognized on the street. Subsequent projects "Blossom" and "Married ... with children" once again confirmed the girl's outstanding talent as a comedic actress. Each new role of our heroine was awarded the most positive ratings from film critics.
The finest hour of the actress
Tiffany Thyssen expected real success in 1994. The young actress received an offer to star in the promising youth series "Beverly Hills, 90210". Our heroine got the role of one of the central characters - a girl named Valerie Malone. In this image, Tiffany was to appear on television screens over the next four years. Due to the constant employment on the set of the series, the career development of the actress slowed down somewhat. However, despite the fact that the producers were reluctant to offer Thyssen new roles, the artist continued to be heard.
Thanks to participation in the serial film, Tiffany Thyssen managed to become a real idol for young people. Filming in Beverly Hills allowed the actress to surpass all the achievements at the dawn of her career. In the wake of success, our heroine finally decided to switch from filming in the series to participate in large, full-length projects.
Career development
The first major film by Tiffany Thyssen was the film "Hollywood Finale", where the actress was invited by the cult director Woody Allen. The picture was released in 2002 and was quite warmly received by the public. This was followed by work in the projects “Close Stranger”, “From Dusk Till Dawn-2” and “Sweet Dreams”. These tapes received low marks from critics and failed at the box office.
Tiffany's career gradually began to slide downhill. The participation of the actress in the filming of the film "Pandemic" was unsuccessful. A similar fate awaited a role in the fantastic action movie “The Cyborg Soldier”. A series of failures forced Thyssen to seriously think about returning to television.
The actress was able to regain her former recognition of the audience thanks to work in the multi-series project “White Collar”, whose high ratings were maintained from 2009 to 2014. The role of detective Elizabeth Burke is currently the latest achievement in the career of our heroine.
Tiffany Thyssen: personal life
In the early 90s, the actress began dating popular actor Brian Austin Green. A hot romance broke out. Young people lived together for a long time. However, after a few years the relationship went wrong. Star couple publicly announced to the public about the breakup in 1995.
Tiffany's new guy is actor David Strickland. The relationship lasted until 1999, when the chosen one of our heroine began to abuse drugs. The arrest and the suspended sentence forced the young man to commit suicide. In a state of deep depression, Strickland hanged himself in a hotel room while staying in Las Vegas.
Thyssen gained long-awaited happiness after meeting with actor Brady Smith. The artists met for two years, after which they secretly got married. The public learned about the event only a few months after the wedding. Nowadays, spouses are engaged in raising a daughter named Harper, she was born in 2010, as well as her son Holt, who was born in 2015.
Interesting Facts
For a long time, Thyssen remained the best friend of the partners in the filming of the Beverly Hills series Tori Spelling and Jenny Hart. The latter even invited our heroine to take part in her own wedding ceremony as a bridesmaid. However, after the closure of the popular television project, the connection between the actresses was interrupted. A similar story happened with the relationship between Tiffany and Tori Spelling.
Thyssen is known as a staunch vegetarian and animal rights advocate. The actress is a patron of the well-known organization Make-A-Wish, under the auspices of which all kinds of charity events are organized.