Tori Spelling
Known for: Acting
Tori Spelling (born May 16, 1973) is an American actress and reality television personality. She is the only daughter of famed television mogul Aaron Spelling. Spelling herself came to fame as one of the stars of Beverly Hills 90210, the era-defining teen drama produced by her father, playing the virtuous good-girl Donna Martin. While 90210 was still on the air, Spelling spent her summer hiatuses portraying an array of young-women-in-peril, becoming synonymous with the melodrama and unintentional high-camp of the Lifetime Movie Network and starring in cult guilty pleasures including Death of a Cheerleader and Mother, May I Sleep with Danger? As 90210 came to a close, Spelling stumbled into a surprisingly acclaimed run of feature film work, sending up her own image in a meta cameo in 1997’s Scream 2, and earning plaudits for strong comedic supporting roles in indies including The House of Yes and Trick. She would further lampoon her nepotistic image in her own satirical comedy series So NoTORIous, which debuted in 2006. But in the second half of the aughts, Spelling’s personal life began to overshadow her acting work, with an on-set affair with actor Dean McDermott resulting in both Spelling and McDermott divorcing their respective partners at the time. At the time of their union, the couple’s story proved irresistible to the likes of TMZ and Perez Hilton, both in their fledgling years, leading Spelling to capitalize on her newfound tabloid fame with an array of reality TV projects, including Tori & Dean: Inn Love and True Tori. While she would continue to find acting work that played on nostalgia for her 90s heyday, including appearances in the CW’s 90210 reboot and headlining the sitcom Mystery Girls with her former 90210 costar Jennie Garth, Spelling has in recent years become more famous for her personal woes, from her chronic financial troubles and feuds with mother Candy to her penchant for surreal dramatics, including an incident in which she plunged backwards onto a hibachi grill while eating at Benihana. She and McDermott, who married in 2006 and renewed their wedding vows in 2010, live in Los Angeles with their five children.
Filmography
Series
Family Guy
Donna (voice)
1999
Series
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
Self - Guest
2009
Series
Smallville
Linda Lake
2001
Series
American Dad!
Kim (voice)
2005
Series
Sherri
Self - Guest
2022
Series
Beverly Hills, 90210
Donna Martin
1990
Series
Dancing with the Stars
Self - Contestant
2005
Series
Dancing with the Stars
Self
2005
Series
The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson
Self
2005
Series
Melrose Place
Donna Martin
1992
Series
The View
Self
1997
Series
The Love Boat
1977
Series
RuPaul's Drag Race
Self - Special Guest
2009
Series
RuPaul's Drag Race
Self - Guest Judge
2009
Series
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Self
2003
Series
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
Self
2003
Series
American Idol
Self
2002
Series
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
Self - Guest
1993
Series
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
Self
1993
Series
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
1992
Series
T. J. Hooker
Toni Polnoi
1982
Series
Hotel
Lisa Walker
1982
Series
90210
Donna Martin
2008
Series
The Masked Singer
Unicorn (archive footage)
2019
Series
The Masked Singer
Self - Clue Giver
2019
Series
The Masked Singer
Self - Unicorn
2019
Good Day Live
Self
2001
Series
The Tyra Banks Show
2005
Series
Jake and the Never Land Pirates
Pirate Princess (voice)
2011
Film
Scary Movie 2
Alex Monday
2001
Series
Blossom
1990
The Tony Danza Show
Self
2004
Series
Vega$
1978
Series
Celebrity Family Feud
Self
2015
Series
Matt Houston
1982
Series
Less than Perfect
Roxanne Fiedler
2002
Series
The $100,000 Pyramid
Self
2016
Series
Saved by the Bell
Violet Bickerstaff
1989
Series
Monsters
Beverly
1988
Series
Parker Lewis Can't Lose
Tori Spelling
1990
Series
Today
Self
1952
Series
Celebrity Wheel of Fortune
Self - Contestant
2021
Series
Burke's Law
Mary McKenna
1994
Series
The Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn
Self
1999
Series
Eli Roth's History of Horror
Self
2018
Series
Mask Singer
Self
2019
Series
Kids' Choice Awards
Herself - Host
1987
Film
Scream 2
Tori Spelling / 'Stab' Sidney
1997
Series
Die schlechtesten Filme aller Zeiten
Raye Martin (archive Footage)
2013
Series
Yo Gabba Gabba!
2007
Series
Head Case
Self
2007
Series
The Rosie O'Donnell Show
Self
1996
Series
Rick & Steve: The Happiest Gay Couple in All the World
Gina Michaels (voice)
2007
Series
So NoTORIous
Tori Spelling
2006
Series
Kocktails With Khloé
Self
2016
Series
The Masked Singer Australia
Poodle
2019
Series
The Early Show
Self
1999
Series
BH90210
Tori Spelling
2019
Series
House of Villains
Self - Special Guest
2023
Film
The Last Sharknado: It's About Time
Raye Martin
2018
Series
Overserved with Lisa Vanderpump
Self
2021
Series
The Wheel
Self - Expert
2022
Series
Malibu Shores
1996
Series
E! True Hollywood Story
1996
Film
Stewie Griffin: The Untold Story
Donna Martin (voice)
2005
Film
Family Plan
Charlie
2005
Film
Troop Beverly Hills
Jamie
1989
Playboy Mansion Parties Uncensored
Self
2001
Film
Sol Goode
Tammie
2003
Film
Hush
Nina Hamilton
2005
Film
Co-ed Call Girl
Joanna
1996
Film
Shooting Stars
Jenny O'Keefe
1983
Film
Trick
Katherine
1999
Tori & Dean: Inn Love
2007
Series
Mystery Girls
Holly
2014
Series
Messyness
Self
2021
Film
Izzie's Way Home
April (voice)
2016
Film
A Friend to Die For
Stacy Lockwood
1994
Film
The House of Yes
Lesly
1997
Series
Celebrity Show-Off
Self
2020
Series
True Tori
Herself
2014
Series
Teen Choice Awards
Self - Presenter
1999
Film
Mother, May I Sleep with Danger?
Julie
2016
Film
Kiss the Bride
Alex Golski
2007
Film
Mother, May I Sleep with Danger?
Laurel Lewisohn
1996
Film
The Mistle-Tones
Marci
2012
Film
The Three Kings
Girl at Falafel Stand
1987
Film
Playboy: Playmate Pajama Party
1999
Film
Evil Alien Conquerors
Jan
2003
Film
Cthulhu
Susan
2008
Film
A Carol Christmas
Carol
2003
Film
Abducted in the Everglades
Beverly
2025
Series
Celebrities Uncensored
Self
2003
Series
Blowing LA
Self
2022
Film
Deadly Pursuits
Meredith
1996
Film
50 Ways to Leave Your Lover
Stephanie
2004
@Home with Tori
Self - Host
2022
Film
Naked Movie
Iris Pytlak
2008
Film
The House Sitter
Elise
2007
Series
Love At First Lie
2022
Film
Awake to Danger
Aimee McAdams
1995
Film
Playmate Pajama Party
Self (archive footage)
1999
Film
Alibi
Marti Gerrard
1997
Film
Perpetrators of the Crime
Lucy
2000
Tori & Dean: sTORIbook Weddings
2011
Film
Mind Over Murder
Holly Winters
2006
So Downtown
Liz
Film
Mitch and Munch's midnight movie
herself