Tori Spelling
Acting • Born 1973-05-16
Biography
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 era-defining teen drama produced by her father, playing the virtuous good-girl Donna Martin. While 90210 was still on the air, Spelling spent her summer hiatuses portraying an array of young-women-in-peril, becoming synonymous with the melodrama and unintentional high-camp 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 1997’s 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, Spelling’s personal life began to overshadow her acting work, with an on-set 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 couple’s 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 CW’s 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.
Filmography
108 credits
Trick
Movie • 1999
Katherine
Scary Movie 2
Movie • 2001
Alex Monday
Sol Goode
Movie • 2003
Tammie
The House of Yes
Movie • 1997
Lesly
A Friend to Die For
Movie • 1994
Stacy Lockwood
Kiss the Bride
Movie • 2007
Alex Golski
Co-ed Call Girl
Movie • 1996
Joanna
A Carol Christmas
Movie • 2003
Carol
Mind Over Murder
Movie • 2006
Holly Winters
Playmate Pajama Party
Movie • 1999
Self (archive footage)
The House Sitter
Movie • 2007
Elise
Mother, May I Sleep with Danger?
Movie • 1996
Laurel Lewisohn
The Mistle-Tones
Movie • 2012
Marci
Family Plan
Movie • 2005
Charlie
Hush
Movie • 2005
Nina Hamilton
Awake to Danger
Movie • 1995
Aimee McAdams
Naked Movie
Movie • 2008
Iris Pytlak
Shooting Stars
Movie • 1983
Jenny O'Keefe
Scream 2
Movie • 1997
Tori Spelling / 'Stab' Sidney
Izzie's Way Home
Movie • 2016
April (voice)
Mother, May I Sleep with Danger?
Movie • 2016
Julie
Mitch and Munch's midnight movie
Movie
herself
Cthulhu
Movie • 2008
Susan
Alibi
Movie • 1997
Marti Gerrard
Playboy Mansion Parties Uncensored
Movie • 2001
Self
50 Ways to Leave Your Lover
Movie • 2004
Stephanie
Troop Beverly Hills
Movie • 1989
Jamie
Perpetrators of the Crime
Movie • 2000
Lucy
Deadly Pursuits
Movie • 1996
Meredith
Evil Alien Conquerors
Movie • 2003
Jan
The Last Sharknado: It's About Time
Movie • 2018
Raye Martin
Stewie Griffin: The Untold Story
Movie • 2005
Donna Martin (voice)
The Three Kings
Movie • 1987
Girl at Falafel Stand
Abducted in the Everglades
Movie • 2025
Beverly
Playboy: Playmate Pajama Party
Movie • 1999
Less than Perfect
TV • 2002
Roxanne Fiedler
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
TV • 2003
Self
The Tony Danza Show
TV • 2004
Self
American Dad!
TV • 2005
Kim (voice)
Family Guy
TV • 1999
Donna (voice)
T. J. Hooker
TV • 1982
Toni Polnoi
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
TV • 2003
Self
The Love Boat
TV • 1977
Beverly Hills, 90210
TV • 1990
Donna Martin
Today
TV • 1952
Self
The Tyra Banks Show
TV • 2005
The View
TV • 1997
Self
The Early Show
TV • 1999
Self
E! True Hollywood Story
TV • 1996
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
TV • 1992
Hotel
TV • 1982
Lisa Walker
Parker Lewis Can't Lose
TV • 1990
Tori Spelling
American Idol
TV • 2002
Self
Smallville
TV • 2001
Linda Lake
Saved by the Bell
TV • 1989
Violet Bickerstaff
Melrose Place
TV • 1992
Donna Martin
Blossom
TV • 1990
Tori & Dean: Inn Love
TV • 2007
90210
TV • 2008
Donna Martin
Monsters
TV • 1988
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
TV • 1993
Self - Guest
So NoTORIous
TV • 2006
Tori Spelling
Celebrities Uncensored
TV • 2003
Self
Vega$
TV • 1978
Matt Houston
TV • 1982
Malibu Shores
TV • 1996
The Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn
TV • 1999
Self
Good Day Live
TV • 2001
Self
So Downtown
TV
Liz
The Masked Singer
TV • 2019
Unicorn (archive footage)
Messyness
TV • 2021
Self
Tori & Dean: sTORIbook Weddings
TV • 2011
Mystery Girls
TV • 2014
Holly
The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson
TV • 2005
Self
Eli Roth's History of Horror
TV • 2018
Self
True Tori
TV • 2014
Herself
Yo Gabba Gabba!
TV • 2007
RuPaul's Drag Race
TV • 2009
Self - Special Guest
Jake and the Never Land Pirates
TV • 2011
Pirate Princess (voice)
Rick & Steve: The Happiest Gay Couple in All the World
TV • 2007
Gina Michaels (voice)
Sherri
TV • 2022
Self - Guest
Celebrity Family Feud
TV • 2015
Self
Head Case
TV • 2007
Self
The Rosie O'Donnell Show
TV • 1996
Self
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
TV • 2009
Self - Guest
@Home with Tori
TV • 2022
Self - Host
RuPaul's Drag Race
TV • 2009
Self - Guest Judge
Burke's Law
TV • 1994
Mary McKenna
Love At First Lie
TV • 2022
The Masked Singer
TV • 2019
Self - Clue Giver
BH90210
TV • 2019
Tori Spelling
The Masked Singer Australia
TV • 2019
Poodle
Kocktails With Khloé
TV • 2016
Self
The Wheel
TV • 2022
Self - Expert
Mask Singer
TV • 2019
Chat
Kids' Choice Awards
TV • 1987
Herself - Host
Celebrity Wheel of Fortune
TV • 2021
Self - Contestant
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
TV • 1993
Self
Dancing with the Stars
TV • 2005
Self - Contestant
Die schlechtesten Filme aller Zeiten
TV • 2013
Raye Martin (archive Footage)
The $100,000 Pyramid
TV • 2016
Self
Blowing LA
TV • 2022
Self
Dancing with the Stars
TV • 2005
Self
Celebrity Show-Off
TV • 2020
Self
Overserved with Lisa Vanderpump
TV • 2021
Self
Teen Choice Awards
TV • 1999
Self - Presenter
The Masked Singer
TV • 2019
Self - Unicorn
House of Villains
TV • 2023
Self - Special Guest