Elizabeth Berkley

Elizabeth Berkley is an American actress and producer. She played Jessie Spano in the ''Saved by the Bell'' television franchise and Nomi Malone in the 1995 Paul Verhoeven controversial film ''Showgirls''. She had supporting roles in the box office hits ''The First Wives Club'' and Oliver Stone’s ''Any Given Sunday'', as well as in Woody Allen’s period comedy ''The Curse of the Jade Scorpion'' and Dylan Kidd’s critically acclaimed ''Roger Dodger''.

On television, she played Julia Winston in ''CSI: Miami'' (2008-2009), Kelly Wentworth in ''The L Word'' (2009), Shannon Titus in ''Titus'' (2001-2002) and in 2020 she reprised the role of Jessie Spano in the ''Saved by the Bell'' reboot on Peacock, for which she also served as a producer. In theatre, she appeared opposite Eddie Izzard in Peter Hall’s West End production of ''Lenny'' and also in the successful Broadway comedic play ''Sly Fox'' and the acclaimed Off-Broadway production of ''Hurlyburly'', for which she received critical acclaim. She also hosted ''Bravo'''s talent show ''Step It Up and Dance'' and in 2011 she published the ''New York Times'' best-seller ''Ask-Elizabeth'', a self-help book for adolescent girls, which drew from the workshops she conducted for her ''Ask-Elizabeth'' program.

For ''Saved by the Bell'' she earned four ''Young Artist Award'' nominations and in 1996 she received a ''National Board of Review'' award for the ensemble acting in ''First Wives Club''. In 2011 Candie’s Foundation honoured her with a prize for her work raising awareness about the risks and hardships associated with teen pregnancy. Provided by Wikipedia