Tori Spelling

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 eradefining teen drama produced by her father playing the virtuous goodgirl Donna Martin While 90210 was still on the air Spelling spent her summer hiatuses portraying an array of youngwomeninperil becoming synonymous with the melodrama and unintentional highcamp 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 1997s 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 Spellings personal life began to overshadow her acting work with an onset 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 couples 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 CWs 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