Tori Spelling Biography

Fast Facts

• As a youngster, first TV-acting experience was an appearance in Vega$, which her father, Aaron Spelling, produced
• Roles in other Spelling productions, including The Love Boat, T
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• Hooker and Fantasy Island, followed
• Her Beverly Hills, 90210 character, Donna Martin, remained a virgin until the 299th episode
• Made professional stage debut in the 2002 L
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• production of Maybe Baby, It's You, a two-person play cowritten by and costarring ex-husband Charlie Shanian, whom she met during rehearsals
• Has published numerous books
• Her first, sTori Telling, rose to No
• 1 on the New York Times Non-Fiction Best-Seller List in September 2008
• Appeared as her character Donna Martin on 90210, the remake of her signature series, in 2009
• Has appeared in a number of reality-TV series with husband Dean McDermott, beginning with Tori & Dean: Inn Love in 2007