Elizabeth Berkley Biography, Life, Interesting Facts

Childhood and Early Life

American actress Elizabeth Berkley was born on the 28 July 1972 in Farmington Hills, Michigan to Fred and Jere Berkley. She has one sibling, a brother Jason. When she was a child, she had ballet lessons at the Detroit Dance Company.

Education

Elizabeth Berkley was a pupil at Warner Middle School, Farmington Hills, Michigan, Cranbrook-Kingswood School, Bloomfield Hills, Michigan and graduated from North Farmington High School.

Rise to Fame

Elizabeth Berkley took part in various dance productions as a young girl. In 1987, she made her screen debut in the television film Frog. She continued getting small roles on television. At the same time as pursuing her acting career, Berkley was also a teenage model with Elite Modelling.

In 1989, she was auditioned for and won a role in the television series Saved by the Bell (1989-1993).

Acting Career

During the 1990s, Elizabeth Berkley appeared in Showgirls (1995), Diagnosis Murder (1993), The First Wives Club (1996), Any Given Sunday (1999), Taxman (1998) Last Call (1999) and Real Blonde (1997). She also appeared in a production of Lenny on stage in London. Berkley made her Broadway Debut in Sly Fox (2004) and appeared in the off-Broadway production of Hurlyburly. 

She was in CSI: Miami (2002), The L Word (2004). She appeared in Dancing With The Stars (2013), an episode of Melissa & Joey (2014), Dinner at Tiffani’s (2015), The Tonight Show (2015) and New Girl (2016).

Ask-Elizabeth

The Ask-Elizabeth online self-help programme for young girls was founded by Berkley in 2006. In 2011, Berkley published Ask Elizabeth: Real Answers to Everything You Secretly Wanted to Ask About Love, Friends, Your Body...and Life in General.

Activism

Elizabeth Berkley is an animal rights activist and vegetarian.

Personal Life

Elizabeth Berkley married Greg Lauren in November 2003, and they have one child, a son Sky Cole (b.2012).