Following a succession of small parts in film and on television throughout the mid-late 1980s, Tilly made her feature film breakthrough with a supporting role as Olive Neal in Bullets Over Broadway (1994), for which she was nominated for the Oscar for Best Supporting Actress.[5] She subsequently earned acclaim for her portrayal of Violet, a lesbian femme fatale, in Bound (1996). Tilly rose to widespread recognition when she played Tiffany Valentine in Bride of Chucky (1998), reprising the character in several more installments of the Child's Playfilm series,[6] as well as the Syfy/USA show Chucky (2021–present). Her association with the franchise has established her as a pop culture icon and scream queen.[7][8] Since 1999, Tilly has voiced Bonnie Swanson on the Fox animated sitcom Family Guy.
Tilly is a World Series of Pokerbracelet winner, the first celebrity to win such a tournament.[9] She won the third World Poker Tour Ladies Invitational Tournament in 2005, and was nominated for PokerListings' Spirit of Poker Living Legend Award in 2014.[10] As of 2019, her live tournament winnings exceeded $1 million.[11]
Early life
Tilly was born Jennifer Ellen Chan in Harbor City, Los Angeles. She is the first daughter of Harry Chan, a used car salesman, and Patricia (née Tilly), a Canadian schoolteacher and former stage actress.[12] Her father was of Chinese descent and her mother was of Irish and Finnish ancestry.[13][14][15][16] She has an older brother, Steve, and two younger sisters, Meg and Rebecca.[17]
Following her parents' divorce when she was five, Tilly was raised by her mother and stepfather, John Ward, on rural Texada Island in British Columbia. According to her sister Meg, Ward was a sadistic pedophile.
Their sister Rebecca agreed, but Jennifer did not comment on the issue.[18]
Her mother divorced again when Tilly was 16. The family then moved to Langford, a suburb of Victoria, British Columbia, where Tilly attended Belmont Secondary School.[19]
During her high school years, she developed an interest in theater, which prompted her to actively participate in plays as an extra with the assistance of her mother.[20] Tilly holds a bachelor's degree in theater from Stephens College in Missouri.[21]
Acting career
In 1983, Tilly had small roles and had a recurring guest role on Hill Street Blues as Gina Srignoli, a mobster's widow who becomes romantically involved with detective Henry Goldblume. She played Frasier Crane's seductive-but-ditzy date Candi Pearson on an episode of the fourth season of Cheers and appeared as a similar character on the eleventh season of Frasier.
She had a starring role on the sitcom Out of Practice, which starred Henry Winkler and Stockard Channing. The series was cancelled in May 2006. About this time, Tilly started dividing her time between her film career and professional poker. By the end of 2008, she returned to her film and television career. In 2009, Tilly made her Chinese film debut in the Christina Yao film Empire of Silver playing Mrs. Landdeck.
In 2012, she returned to Broadway in Don't Dress for Dinner, garnering an Audience Choice Award nomination for her portrayal of mistress Suzanne. In 2013, she starred in the Wallace Shawn/Andre Gregory collaboration Grasses of a Thousand Colors which premiered at the Royal Court Theatre in London in 2009 and then moved to the Joseph Papp Theater in 2013. She regularly appeared in the comedy revue Celebrity Autobiography.[24]
In 2024, it was announced that Tilly would be appearing on The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills, as a friend of the housewives, for the upcoming fourteenth season.[25]
Tilly's father was a gambler and a poker player, and gave her the video game World Series of Poker. She was subsequently taught the real game by her boyfriend when she moved to Hollywood.[28]
On June 27, 2005, Tilly won a World Series of Poker bracelet (and $158,625) in the Ladies' No-Limit Texas hold 'em event, beating 600 other players.[9] She followed up this accomplishment on September 1, 2005, by winning the third World Poker Tour Ladies Invitational Tournament held at the Bicycle Casino in Bell Gardens, a suburb of Los Angeles. Tilly has appeared in the GSNPoker Royale series.[29] Tilly played in the Celebrity Poker Showdown which aired June 14, 2006, on Bravo. She came in third place after being beaten by Bravo's online poker champion Ida Siconolfi. She also participated in the Poker After Dark show.
When playing poker on television, Tilly often wears low-cut tops with push-up bras that expose considerable cleavage in order to "look cute", but noted that "if people are really playing poker, they don't care. Nothing looks better to them than a pair of aces. They're not looking at your pair. They're looking at their pair."[30] Tilly appears in the World Series of Poker Tournament of Champions 2007 Edition video game, along with her boyfriend Phil Laak, which was released in 2007 by Activision.[31]
In a television interview in 2005, Tilly stated that at that point in her career she was more interested in pursuing poker than acting.[32] By December 2008, Tilly announced her retirement from poker as a career. In her monthly column in Bluff Magazine, she said: "I love poker but greatness in poker is an elusive dream. There are too many variants. Trying to find validation in poker is like trying to find a virgin in a whorehouse. I'm not giving up poker entirely – gambling is an addiction after all. I'm just going to treat it more like a hobby and less like a career."[33]
In January 2010, she resumed her poker career.[34] She was nominated for PokerListings' Spirit of Poker Living Legend Award in 2014,[35] and as of July 2019[update], her live tournament winnings exceeded $1 million.[11]
Personal life
Tilly was married to Sam Simon, developer and producer of The Simpsons, from 1984 until 1991.[36] As of 2018, Tilly receives 30 percent of net proceeds that Simon's estate receives from Fox.[37] She has been in a relationship with professional poker player Phil Laak since 2004.[38][39]
^ ab"Forrest Gump runs away with Oscar nominations: Once unwanted film up for 13 awards, one less than All About Eve's record" at The Globe and Mail (Feb 15, 1995) Retrieved from ProQuest385085811
^"Tilly's lucky at cards, and lucky on screen" by Roger Moore (Sentinel Movie Critic), Orlando Sentinel (April 4, 2008) Retrieved from ProQuest284169002
^"Bodog Production a Hit as Card Player, Player of the Year Awards Gala Comes Up Aces" (Press release). PR Newswire. February 20, 2006.
^"Card Player Magazine Announces Player of the Year, People's Choice Award Winners at Poker's Hottest Event" (Press release). Card Player Media. PR Newswire. January 31, 2006.
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