Shannen Doherty

Shannen Doherty

Doherty at premiere party for 90210 in 2008
Born Shannen Maria Doherty
(1971-04-12) April 12, 1971
Memphis, Tennessee, U.S.
Occupation Actress, director, producer
Years active 1981–present
Known for Beverly Hills, 90210
Charmed
Spouse(s)

Shannen Maria Doherty (/ˈdoʊ.ərti/; born April 12, 1971)[1] is an American actress, producer, author, and television director. She is known for her roles as Brenda Walsh in Beverly Hills, 90210 (1990–94), and as Prue Halliwell in Charmed (1998–2001).

Early life and career beginnings

Doherty was born in Memphis, Tennessee, the daughter of Rosa, a beauty parlor owner, and Tom Doherty, a mortgage consultant.[1] Doherty has Irish Catholic ancestry on her father's side and English, Scottish, and Scots-Irish ancestry on her mother's side.[2] She was raised in her mother's Southern Baptist denomination.[3]

Doherty had guest spots on TV series including Voyagers! and Father Murphy. When a casting notice was released in Hollywood for a regular role on the popular Little House on the Prairie, she jumped at the opportunity and eventually won the role of Jenny Wilder at the age of 11, thanks in part to actor/producer Michael Landon's seeing her guest spot on Father Murphy,[4] which he also produced. Doherty stayed in the series until the show's cancellation in 1983.

In 1982, Doherty lent her voice to the animated film The Secret of NIMH. In 1985, Doherty starred as Maggie Malene in the teen movie comedy Girls Just Want to Have Fun alongside actresses Helen Hunt and Sarah Jessica Parker.

Doherty was cast as the oldest Witherspoon sibling, Kris, on the family drama Our House, which ran from 1986 to 1988, a role which garnered her several Young Artist Award nominations.[5] She then went on to appear in an episode of Magnum, P.I. ("A Sense of Debt"), followed by an early episode of Airwolf for which she was nominated as Best Young Actress: Guest in a Series at the 6th Youth in Film Awards in 1984. Doherty's first major motion picture role was in Heathers, released in 1989.

Career

Early work: 1990–2001

Doherty with Jason Priestley at the Governor's Ball following the 43rd Annual Emmy Awards, August 1991

Doherty garnered worldwide attention and fame for her breakout role as Brenda Walsh in the Aaron Spelling-produced TV series Beverly Hills, 90210 in 1990. In 1991 and 1992 her portrayal of Brenda earned her a Young Artist Award nomination for Best Young Actress Starring in a Television Series.[6] In 2004, E! placed the character at number 10 on their list of the 50 Most Wicked Women of Prime Time.[7] Doherty left the show after the fourth season in 1994. Her character was written off the show as moving to London to attend school at the Royal Academy for Dramatic Arts.

Doherty's career afterward consisted primarily of made-for-TV movies, though she also had a lead role in Kevin Smith's 1995 film Mallrats - in one notable scene, Willam (Ethan Suplee) looks at her and asks "Brenda?" to which she shouts "Dick!" a joke repeated in Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back. In 1998, Spelling again cast her in another of his TV series, Charmed, in which she played lead character Prue Halliwell, the oldest of three sisters who are witches. Doherty also directed a few episodes for the series during the second and third seasons. Doherty left the show in 2001 at the end of the third season, resulting in her character's death. Reportedly, the reason for her departure was because of on-set and off-set tensions between Doherty and co-star Alyssa Milano.[8] Doherty was also twice nominated, in 1999 and 2000, for the Saturn Award, Best Genre TV Actress, for her performance in Charmed.[5] In 2007, AOL named Prue Halliwell the 10th greatest witch in television history.[9]

Later work: 2002–present

In 2003, Doherty hosted the Sci Fi Channel candid camera show Scare Tactics during its initial season.[10] After her stint on Scare Tactics Doherty, in a return to her prime-time soap roots, starred as a regular on the short-lived TV series North Shore. She starred as Alexandra Hudson from 2004 to 2005. Later in 2005, she was in the pilot for a comedy titled Love Inc..

Doherty later went on to produce and star in her own reality show, Breaking Up with Shannen Doherty, which premiered on the Oxygen network in 2006. In the show, Doherty goes around doing "dirty work" for members of the public, including dumping boyfriends or telling people what their friends really think about them. The show was canceled after one season owing to poor ratings. She also starred in the popular British sitcom Bo! in the USA, a brain child of Leigh Francis.[4] In the show, she plays herself being randomly harassed by Avid Merrion (Francis), who claims they are lovers. The show aired in October 2006 on the British Channel 4, and she appeared in several episodes.

During 2007, Doherty appeared in two television projects. She first appeared in Kiss Me Deadly: A Jacob Keane Assignment for the here! network and followed up with a starring role in the holiday film Christmas Caper for ABC Family. That same year Doherty also set up a production company called No Apologies for which she planned to develop a TV drama for herself. Later in 2007, Doherty was ranked number 96 on Entertainment Weekly's list of the 100 Greatest Television Icons. In 2008, Doherty was featured on the Swedish television show High Chaparall, appearing in the second episode of the show's fourth season.

Also in 2008, 14 years since her last television appearance as Brenda Walsh, Doherty joined the cast of the Beverly Hills, 90210 spin off for The CW for a reported $40,000–50,000 an episode.[11] She returned as a guest star, reprising her old role of Brenda Walsh in four of the new series' initial six episodes. Her character, now a successful theater actress and stage director, returned as the guest director of the high school musical. After her initial guest spot was completed, Doherty stated she was open to returning to the series later in the season[12] and eventually agreed to appear in three additional episodes, with her most recent appearance airing in May 2009.[13][14] The writers were eager to have her share scenes with Jennie Garth, who also reprised her 90210 role of Kelly Taylor.[15] It was reported that Doherty and Garth's characters would both have a romantic interest in the character Ryan Matthews (Ryan Eggold)[16] reminiscent of their old rivalry for former bad-boy character Dylan McKay (Luke Perry). Doherty and Garth later confirmed that the reports about the love triangle between their characters were false.[17]

In late 2008, Doherty was announced to co-star alongside Dylan McDermott in the indie film Burning Palms, a satire based on Los Angeles stereotypes told through five intertwining storylines.[18] That same year, Doherty played a lead role in the SciFi Channel adventure film The Lost Treasure of the Grand Canyon. The film premiered on the cable network on December 20, 2008.

On March 1, 2010, it was announced that Doherty would be a celebrity contestant on Dancing with the Stars for the tenth season. The season premiered on Monday, March 22, 2010.[19] Doherty was paired with two-time champion Mark Ballas in his sixth season on the show,[20] but the pair was the first couple eliminated in the second week on March 30. The judges have said, "Doherty wouldn't have left if we would have just done scores". She wanted to do Dancing with the Stars to make her ailing father proud.[21] Doherty returned for the finale.

Doherty starred in FEARnet's animated web series Mari-Kari, which launched on June 3, 2010.[22] Mari and Kari are identical twins, but Kari is already dead and is a ghost. Doherty voiced both Mari and Kari in the eight-episode show.[23] WE tv announced on July 21, 2011, that she would star in a one-hour reality series that follows her and her fiance, Kurt Iswarienko, as they plan their wedding. The show, titled Shannen Says, premiered in April 10, 2012.[24] Later in 2012, Doherty became a spokesperson for Education Connection,[25] and appeared in an episode of The New Normal as her character Brenda Walsh from Beverly Hills, 90210.

On July 24, 2014, it was announced that Doherty and her former Charmed co-star Holly Marie Combs would be starring in their own road trip reality show called Off the Map with Shannen & Holly, which premiered on Great American Country on January 2, 2015.[26][27] The six-episode series follows the pair traveling across southeastern United States, with stops in Kentucky, Tennessee, Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia and Florida.[28] Viewers were able to vote on activities Doherty and Combs would partake in at each destination on Great American Country's official website.[28]

Personal life

In January 1993, California's United Bank took Doherty to court for $36,000 claiming she had bounced more than 70 checks.[29] On October 11, 1993, Shannen Doherty was married to Ashley Hamilton, son of actor George Hamilton; they divorced in April 1994.[30] In 2001, Doherty was sentenced to either 10 days in jail or 20 days of work-release duty and three years' probation and was ordered to pay a $1,500 fine for drunk driving. In 2002, Doherty married Rick Salomon, but the marriage was annulled after nine months.[31] On October 15, 2011, Doherty married Kurt Iswarienko, a photographer, in Malibu.[32]

Doherty has appeared nude in Playboy magazine. Her first appearance was in December 1993 followed by a spread in March 1994.[33] She posed for the magazine again in December 2003 and has been featured in a 10-page pictorial.[34][35]

Doherty is a registered Republican. According to Complex Magazine, she said: "I realize that the majority of people in the entertainment business happen to be Democrats. I have no problem with that. And they should have no problem with the fact that I'm a Republican."[36]

Doherty announced in 1999 that she suffers from Crohn's disease.[37] An avid animal rights activist, Doherty is a supporter of the Sea Shepherds, and while performing the Ice Bucket Challenge in 2014 she challenged founder Paul Watson and global supporters of Sea Shepherds.[38]

Doherty was diagnosed with breast cancer in March 2015.[39]

Filmography

Film

Year Title Role Notes
1982 The Secret of NIMH Teresa Brisby Voice role
1982 Night Shift Bluebird
1985 Girls Just Want to Have Fun Maggie Malene
1988 Heathers Heather Duke
1994 Almost Dead Katherine
1994 Naked Gun 33⅓: The Final Insult Herself Cameo
1995 Mallrats Rene Mosier
1997 Nowhere Val-Chick 2 Cameo
1999 Striking Poses Gage Sullivan
2001 Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back Herself Cameo
2010 Burning Palms Dr. Shelly
2014 Back in the Day Maria
2015 Undateable John Charlene In post-production
2015 How to Make a Deal with the Devil The Devil TBR
2016 Bukowski Katharina Bukowski
2016 Mallrats 2 Rene Mosier TBF

Television

Year Title Role Notes
1981 Father Murphy Drusilla Shannon Episodes: "By the Bear That Bit Me" (Parts 1 & 2)
1982 Phoenix, TheThe Phoenix Little Girl Episode: "One of Them"
1982 Voyagers! Betty Parris Episode: "Agents of Satan"
1982–83 Little House on the Prairie Jenny Wilder Series regular (18 episodes)
1983 Little House: Look Back to Yesterday Jenny Wilder Movie
1983 Magnum, P.I. Ima Platt Episode: "A Sense of Debt"
1984 Airwolf Phoebe Danner Episode: "Bite of the Jackal"
1984 Little House: Bless All The Dear Children Jenny Wilder Movie
1984 Little House: The Last Farewell Jenny Wilder Movie
1984 New Leave It to Beaver, TheThe New Leave It to Beaver Laurie Episode: "Steppin' Out"
1985 Highway to Heaven Shelley Fowler Episode: "The Secret"
1985 Robert Kennedy & His Times Kathleen Kennedy Miniseries
1985 Other Lover, TheThe Other Lover Alison Fielding Movie
1987 Alf Loves a Mystery The Lady in Red Movie
1986–88 Our House Kris Witherspoon Series regular (46 episodes)
1989 21 Jump Street Janine Episode: "Things We Said Today"
1990 Life Goes On Ginny Green Episode: "Corky's Crush"
1990–94 Beverly Hills, 90210 Brenda Walsh Series regular (111 episodes)
1991 Forever Young Party Girl Movie
1992 Freeze Frame Lindsay Scott Movie
1992 Obsessed Lorie Brindel Movie
1994 Burning Passion: The Margaret Mitchell Story, AA Burning Passion: The Margaret Mitchell Story Margaret Mitchell Movie
1994 Blindfold: Acts of Obsession Madeleine Dalton Movie
1994 Jailbreakers Angel Norton Movie
1996 Gone in the Night Cynthia "Cindi" Dowaliby Movie
1997 Friends 'Til The End Heather Romely Movie
1997 Sleeping with the Devil Rebecca Dubrovich Movie
1997 Ticket, TheThe Ticket CeeCee Reicker Movie
2000 Satan's School for Girls Beth Hammersmith/Karen Oxford Movie
1998–
2001		 Charmed Prue Halliwell Lead role (seasons 1–3; 66 episodes)
2001 Another Day Kate Movie
2002 Hell on Heels: The Battle of Mary Kay Lexi Wilcox Movie
2002 The Rendering Sarah Reynolds Movie
2003 View of Terror Celeste Timmerman Movie
2005 Category 7: The End of the World Faith Clavell Movie
2004–05 North Shore Alexandra Hudson 11 episodes
2005 Love, Inc. Denise Johnson "Pilot"
2007 Christmas Caper Kate Dove Movie
2008 Kiss Me Deadly Marta Movie
2008 Lost Treasure of the Grand Canyon, TheThe Lost Treasure of the Grand Canyon Susan Jordan Movie
2008–09 90210 Brenda Walsh Special guest star (Season 1); 8 episodes
2009 Encounter with Danger Lori Movie
2010 Growing the Big One Emma Silver Movie
2012 Witchslayer Gretl Gretl Movie
2012 The New Normal Brenda Walsh Episode: "The XY Factor"
2014 All I Want for Christmas Brenda Patterson Movie
2014 Blood Lake: Attack of the Killer Lampreys Cate Parker Movie
 Reality television
Year Title Role Notes
2003 Scare Tactics Host Season 1
2006 Breaking Up with Shannen Doherty Host
2010 Dancing with the Stars Competitor Season 10; voted off in week 2
2011 Les Anges de la Télé Réalité 3 : I Love New York Special Guest Star NRJ 12 French reality series
2012 Shannen Says Herself WE tv reality series
2015 Off the Map with Shannen & Holly Herself Great American Country reality series
 Web series
Year Title Role Episode title/Notes
2010 Mari-Kari Mari/Kari (voice)
2011 Suite 7 Adrianne "Company"
2011 Suite 7 Series director "Captive Audience"
 Director
Year Title / Band name Episode / Song title Episode number / Notes
2000 Charmed "Be Careful What You Witch For" Season 2, episode 22
2001 Charmed "The Good, the Bad and the Cursed" Season 3, episode 14
2001 Charmed "All Hell Breaks Loose" Season 3, episode 22
2012 Radical Something "Naked in Venice" Starring Holly Marie Combs
 Producer
Year Title Notes
2001 Another Day Co-executive producer
2006 Breaking Up with Shannen Doherty Executive producer
2006 Better Off: Insecurity Check Executive producer
 Writer
Year Title Episode title Notes
2006 Breaking Up with Shannen Doherty "Dancing by Myself" Creator
2006 Breaking Up with Shannen Doherty "You Need My Helpline: Chemistry Test" Creator
2010 Badass: A Hard-Earned Guide to Living Life with Style and (Right) Attitude Author
 Choreographer
Year Title Episode title Episode number
2001 Charmed "Coyote Piper" Season 3, episode 9

Awards and nominations

Year Association Category Title of work Result Ref.
1982 Youth In Film Awards Best Young Actress in a Drama Series Little House on the Prairie Nominated
Best Young Actress: Guest on a Series Father Murphy Nominated
1983 Best Young Actress in a Drama Series Little House on the Prairie Nominated
1984 Best Young Actress: Guest on a Series Airwolf Nominated
1986 Exceptional Performance by a Young Actress in a New Television Comedy or Drama Series Our House Nominated
1987 Best Young Actress Starring in a Television Drama Series Nominated
1990 Best Young Actress Starring in a New Television Series Beverly Hills, 90210 Nominated
1991 Best Young Actress Starring in a Television Series Nominated
1999 Saturn Awards Best Actress on Television Charmed Nominated [40]
2000 Nominated [40]
2001 Wand Awards Best Fight (Alyssa Milano and Shannen Doherty) Nominated [40]
2007 AOL TV Top TV Witches (Prue Halliwell) 9th [41][42]
2008 10th [43]

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