Kirstie Louise Alley January 12 1951 December 5 2022 was an American actress Her breakout role was as Rebecca Howe in the NBC sitcom Cheers 19871993 for which she received an Emmy Award and a Golden Globe in 1991 From 1997 to 2000 she starred in the sitcom Veronicas Closet earning additional Emmy and Golden Globe nominations Throughout the 1980s and 1990s Alley appeared in various films including Star Trek II The Wrath of Khan 1982 Summer School 1987 Shoot to Kill 1988 Look Whos Talking 1989 and its two sequels 19901993 Madhouse 1990 Sibling Rivalry 1990 Village of the Damned 1995 It Takes Two 1995 Deconstructing Harry 1997 For Richer or Poorer 1997 and Drop Dead Gorgeous 1999 She won her second Emmy Award in 1994 for the television film Davids Mother In 1997 Alley received another Emmy nomination for her work in the crime drama series The Last Don In 2005 she played a fictionalized version of herself on Showtimes Fat Actress She later appeared on Kirstie Alleys Big Life 2010 and was a contestant on the 12th season of Dancing with the Stars 20112012 finishing in second place In 2013 Alley returned to acting with the title role on the sitcom Kirstie In 2016 she appeared on the Fox comedy horror series Scream Queens In 2018 she was a contestant on the 22nd series of the British reality show Celebrity Big Brother in which she finished as runnerup Description above from the Wikipedia article Kirstie Alley licensed under CCBYSA full list of contributors on Wikipedia