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JENNIE GARTH
Jennie Garth's (Kelly Taylor) background is as opposite from her character as can be. She grew up in
rustic Champaign-Urbana, Illinois, on her family's farm. She got her big break when she was in Phoenix competing
in a local teen beauty contest and was approached by a former ABC-TV casting director. It took nearly two years
for him to persuade her and her mother that Jennie should move to Los Angeles and pursue an acting career.
Jennie's first
credit was a starring role with Barbara Eden in NBC's A Brand New Life. She has also made guest appearances
on such shows as Growing Pains and Circus of the Stars. Jennie starred in Star, the NBC
television movie by Danielle Steele, and executive-produced and starred in the ABC-TV movie-of-the-week Trapped
and Deceived. During her 1995 summer hiatus, Jennie completed production on the feature film Power 98
with Eric Roberts.
Jennie received a 1991 Youth in Film Award for Outstanding Young Actress co-starring
in a television series. She has appeared on the covers of such magazines as YM, Sassy, TV Guide
and People. She has also released a fitness video, Jennie Garth's Body in Progress.
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