Jennifer Tilly

Jennifer Tilly

Known for
Acting
Born
September 16, 1958 (age 68)
Birthplace
Harbor City, California, USA

Biography

Jennifer Tilly (born Jennifer Ellen Chan; September 16, 1958) is an American actress and poker player. She is most recognised as Tiffany Valentine in the Child's Play franchise since 1998, a role for which she is recognized as an "icon" in the horror film community. Her first notable acting role was on the sitcom Shaping Up (1984), which she followed with her film debut in No Small Affair the same year. She is known for her distinctive voice and comedic timing. Tilly is a World Series of Poker Ladies' Event bracelet winner, the first celebrity to win a World Series tournament. She is the older sister of actress Meg Tilly. Tilly came to prominence when she received an Academy Award nomination for her portrayal of Olive Neal in Woody Allen's 1994 film Bullets over Broadway. She earned further acclaim, as well as Saturn Award and MTV Award nominations, for her performance in the Wachowskis' 1996 neo-noir thriller Bound. Her other film appearances include Let It Ride; The Fabulous Baker Boys (1989); Made in America (1993); The Getaway (1994); Edie & Pen; House Arrest (1996); Liar Liar (1997); Music from Another Room (1998); Stuart Little (1999); Dancing at the Blue Iguana (2000); The Cat's Meow; Monsters, Inc. (2001); The Haunted Mansion (2003); Home on the Range (2004); and Terry Gilliam's Tideland (2005). She is also known for providing the voice of Bonnie Swanson on the animated television series Family Guy (1999–present). Tilly was the recipient of a Theatre World Award in 1993 for her performance in the Off-Broadway play One Shoe Off. Her other stage credits include the Broadway revivals of The Women (2001) and Don't Dress for Dinner (2012).

Known For

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Filmography

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The Making of 'Bound'

The Making of 'Bound'

Movie · as Self

2026
A Dog's Perfect Christmas poster

A Dog's Perfect Christmas

Movie · as Lucille

2026
The Adding Machine poster

The Adding Machine

Movie · as Mrs. Zero

2024
Sallywood poster

Sallywood

Movie · as Joann

2024
Doc of Chucky poster

Doc of Chucky

Movie · as Self

2024
The Big Game on Tour poster

The Big Game on Tour

TV · as Self · 10 eps

2023
School Spirits poster

School Spirits

TV · as Dr. Deborah Hunter-Price · 6 eps

2022
Living with Chucky poster

Living with Chucky

Movie · as Self

2022
Halloween in Hollywood poster

Halloween in Hollywood

Movie · as Self

2022
Sherri poster

Sherri

TV · as Self - Guest · 2 eps

2022
Bee and PuppyCat poster

Bee and PuppyCat

TV · as Violet (voice), Cardamon's Mom (voice) · 1 ep

2022
The Boulet Brothers' Dragula: Titans poster

The Boulet Brothers' Dragula: Titans

TV · as Self - Guest Judge · 1 ep

2021
High Holiday poster

High Holiday

Movie · as Stephanie Corksey

2021
The Legacy of Chucky poster

The Legacy of Chucky

Movie · as Self

2021
Calls poster

Calls

TV · as Mother (voice) · 1 ep

2021
Monsters at Work poster

Monsters at Work

TV · as Celia Mae (voice) · 8 eps

2021
Chucky poster

Chucky

TV · as Tiffany Valentine, Tiffany Valentine / Jennifer Tilly / Tiffany Doll · 12 eps

2020
Poker Queens poster

Poker Queens

Movie · as Self

2019
7 Days to Vegas poster

7 Days to Vegas

Movie · as Jennifer

2019
The Kelly Clarkson Show poster

The Kelly Clarkson Show

TV · as Self - Guest · 2 eps

2018
Ray Meets Helen poster

Ray Meets Helen

Movie · as Ginger

2018
Eli Roth's History of Horror poster

Eli Roth's History of Horror

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2017
Cult of Chucky poster

Cult of Chucky

Movie · as Tiffany

2016
Crazy About Tiffany's poster

Crazy About Tiffany's

Movie · as Self

2016
A Cinderella Story: If the Shoe Fits poster

A Cinderella Story: If the Shoe Fits

Movie · as Divine

2016
A Wig and a Prayer: The Peaches Christ Story poster

A Wig and a Prayer: The Peaches Christ Story

Movie · as Self

2016
The Boulet Brothers' Dragula poster

The Boulet Brothers' Dragula

TV · as Self - Guest Judge · 1 ep

2015
Unity poster

Unity

Movie · as Narrator (voice)

2014
Femme Fatales with Gina Gershon and Jennifer Tilly

Femme Fatales with Gina Gershon and Jennifer Tilly

Movie · as Self

2013
The Secret Lives of Dorks poster

The Secret Lives of Dorks

Movie · as Ms. Stewart

2013
Curse of Chucky poster

Curse of Chucky

Movie · as Tiffany

2013
Return to Babylon poster

Return to Babylon

Movie · as Clara Bow

2013
Amelia's 25th poster

Amelia's 25th

Movie · as Miss Celie

2012
30 Beats poster

30 Beats

Movie · as Erika

2012
Randy Cunningham: 9th Grade Ninja poster

Randy Cunningham: 9th Grade Ninja

TV · as Amanda Levay / Sorceress (voice) · 1 ep

2010
Made in Romania poster

Made in Romania

Movie · as Jennifer Tilly

2010
The Making of Plus One poster

The Making of Plus One

Movie · as Amber - the lead actress

2010
The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills poster

The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills

TV · as Self · 34 eps

2009
Empire of Silver poster

Empire of Silver

Movie · as Mrs. Landdeck

2009
Official Rejection poster

Official Rejection

Movie · as Self

2009
An American Girl: Chrissa Stands Strong poster

An American Girl: Chrissa Stands Strong

Movie · as Mrs. Rundell

2009
Starz Inside: Sex and the Cinema poster

Starz Inside: Sex and the Cinema

Movie · as Self

2009
Modern Family poster

Modern Family

TV · as Darlene · 2 eps

2009
The Cleveland Show poster

The Cleveland Show

TV · 1 ep

2009
Drop Dead Diva poster

Drop Dead Diva

TV · as Ginny · 1 ep

2009
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen poster

Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen

TV · as Self - Guest · 8 eps

2009
RuPaul's Drag Race poster

RuPaul's Drag Race

TV · as Self - Guest Judge · 1 ep

2008
Bart Got a Room poster

Bart Got a Room

Movie · as Melinda

2008
Deal poster

Deal

Movie · as Karen "Razor" Jones

2008
Inconceivable poster

Inconceivable

Movie · as Salome 'Sally' Marsh

2008
The Caretaker poster

The Caretaker

Movie · as Miss Perry

2007
The Pixar Story poster

The Pixar Story

Movie · as Celia Mae (voice) (archive footage)

2007
The Making of 'Tideland'

The Making of 'Tideland'

Movie · as Self

2007
Intervention poster

Intervention

Movie · as Jane

2006
The Initiation of Sarah poster

The Initiation of Sarah

Movie · as Dr. Eugenia Hunter

2006
High Stakes Poker poster

High Stakes Poker

TV · as Self · 14 eps

2005
Tideland poster

Tideland

Movie · as Queen Gunhilda

2005
Bailey's Billion$ poster

Bailey's Billion$

Movie · as Dolores Pennington

2005
The Civilization of Maxwell Bright poster

The Civilization of Maxwell Bright

Movie · as Dr. O'Shannon

2005
Chucky's Family Vacation poster

Chucky's Family Vacation

Movie · as Tiffany (Voice)

2005
Saint Ralph poster

Saint Ralph

Movie · as Nurse Alice

2005
Lil' Pimp poster

Lil' Pimp

Movie · as Miss De La Croix (voice)

2005
Out of Practice poster

Out of Practice

TV · as Crystal · 22 eps

2005
The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson poster

The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2005
The Reichen Show poster

The Reichen Show

TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep

2004
Seed of Chucky poster

Seed of Chucky

Movie · as Tiffany (voice) / Jennifer Tilly

2004
A Dairy Tale poster

A Dairy Tale

Movie · as Grace (voice)

2004
Männer im Trenchcoat, Frauen im Pelz

Männer im Trenchcoat, Frauen im Pelz

Movie · as Self

2004
Home on the Range poster

Home on the Range

Movie · as Grace (voice)

2004
Perfect Opposites poster

Perfect Opposites

Movie · as Elyse Steinberg

2004
Love on the Side poster

Love on the Side

Movie · as Alma Kerns

2004
Second Best poster

Second Best

Movie · as Carole

2004
Hollywood North poster

Hollywood North

Movie · as Gillian Stevens

2004
El padrino: The Latin Godfather poster

El padrino: The Latin Godfather

Movie · as Sebeva

2004
The Tony Danza Show

The Tony Danza Show

TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep

2003
The Haunted Mansion poster

The Haunted Mansion

Movie · as Madame Leota

2003
Happy End poster

Happy End

Movie · as Edna

2003
Jericho Mansions poster

Jericho Mansions

Movie · as Donna Cherry

2003
Jimmy Kimmel Live! poster

Jimmy Kimmel Live!

TV · as Self · 2 eps

2002
The Cat's Meow poster

The Cat's Meow

Movie · as Louella Parsons

2002
The Women poster

The Women

Movie · as Crystal Allen

2002
The Magnificent Ambersons poster

The Magnificent Ambersons

Movie · as Fanny Minafer

2002
Strip Notes

Strip Notes

Movie

2002
V Graham Norton poster

V Graham Norton

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2001
Monsters, Inc. poster

Monsters, Inc.

Movie · as Celia (voice)

2001
Dancing at the Blue Iguana poster

Dancing at the Blue Iguana

Movie · as Jo

2001
Fast Sofa poster

Fast Sofa

Movie · as Ginger Quail

2001
Relative Evil poster

Relative Evil

Movie · as Dot

2001
Sister Mary Explains It All poster

Sister Mary Explains It All

Movie · as Philomena Rostovich

2001
Dirt poster

Dirt

Movie · as Hooker

2001
Gahan Wilson's The Kid poster

Gahan Wilson's The Kid

Movie · as The Waitress

2001
The Chris Isaak Show poster

The Chris Isaak Show

TV · 1 ep

2000
Hide and Seek poster

Hide and Seek

Movie · as Helen

2000
The Crew poster

The Crew

Movie · as Ferris 'aka Maureen' Lowenstein

2000
Bruno poster

Bruno

Movie · as Dolores

2000
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation poster

CSI: Crime Scene Investigation

TV · as Terpsie Pratt · 1 ep

2000
Pigs Next Door poster

Pigs Next Door

TV · as Cookie (voice) · 13 eps

1999
Play It to the Bone poster

Play It to the Bone

Movie · as Jennifer Tilly (Ringside Fan)

1999
The Muse poster

The Muse

Movie · as Jennifer Tilly

1999
Do Not Disturb poster

Do Not Disturb

Movie · as Cathryn Richmond

1999
Bartok the Magnificent poster

Bartok the Magnificent

Movie · as Piloff (voice)

1999
Goosed poster

Goosed

Movie · as Charlene

1999
Stuart Little poster

Stuart Little

Movie · as Mrs. Stout (voice)

1999
Family Guy poster

Family Guy

TV · as Bonnie Swanson (voice) · 91 eps

1999
SpongeBob SquarePants poster

SpongeBob SquarePants

TV · as Petunia (voice) · 1 ep

1998
Bride of Chucky poster

Bride of Chucky

Movie · as Tiffany

1998
Music from Another Room poster

Music from Another Room

Movie · as Nina Swan

1998
Relax... It's Just Sex poster

Relax... It's Just Sex

Movie · as Tara

1998
Hoods poster

Hoods

Movie · as Mary Crippa

1997
Liar Liar poster

Liar Liar

Movie · as Samantha Cole

1997
The Wrong Guy poster

The Wrong Guy

Movie · as Lynn Holden

1997
Bella Mafia poster

Bella Mafia

Movie · as Moyra Luciano

1997
The View poster

The View

TV · as Self · 1 ep

1997
Gun poster

Gun

TV · as Phyllis · 1 ep

1996
Bound poster

Bound

Movie · as Violet

1996
Bird of Prey poster

Bird of Prey

Movie · as Kily Griffith

1996
American Strays poster

American Strays

Movie · as Patty Mae

1996
Edie & Pen poster

Edie & Pen

Movie · as Edie

1996
The Pompatus of Love poster

The Pompatus of Love

Movie · as Tarzaan

1996
House Arrest poster

House Arrest

Movie · as Cindy Figler

1996
E! True Hollywood Story poster

E! True Hollywood Story

TV · 1 ep

1996
Film Independent Spirit Awards poster

Film Independent Spirit Awards

TV · as Self - Audience Member · 1 ep

1995
Embrace of the Vampire poster

Embrace of the Vampire

Movie · as Marika

1995
Man with a Gun poster

Man with a Gun

Movie · as Rena Rushton / Kathy Payne

1994
The Getaway poster

The Getaway

Movie · as Fran Carvey

1994
Bullets Over Broadway poster

Bullets Over Broadway

Movie · as Olive Neal

1994
Double Cross poster

Double Cross

Movie · as Melissa

1994
Heads poster

Heads

Movie · as Tina Abbot

1993
Made in America poster

Made in America

Movie · as Stacy

1993
At Home with the Webbers poster

At Home with the Webbers

Movie · as Miranda Webber

1993
Key West poster

Key West

TV · as Savannah Sumner · 13 eps

1993
Frasier poster

Frasier

TV · as Kim · 1 ep

1992
Shadow of the Wolf poster

Shadow of the Wolf

Movie · as Igiyook

1991
Scorchers poster

Scorchers

Movie · as Talbot

1991
Pebble Mill

Pebble Mill

TV · as Self · 1 ep

1990
Bodyguard

Bodyguard

Movie · as Melanie Whitaker

1990
Dream On poster

Dream On

TV · as Ryan · 1 ep

1989
Far from Home poster

Far from Home

Movie · as Amy

1989
Let It Ride poster

Let It Ride

Movie · as Vicki

1989
The Fabulous Baker Boys poster

The Fabulous Baker Boys

Movie · as Monica Moran

1988
High Spirits poster

High Spirits

Movie · as Miranda

1988
Remote Control poster

Remote Control

Movie · as Allegra

1988
Johnny Be Good poster

Johnny Be Good

Movie · as Connie Hisler

1988
Rented Lips poster

Rented Lips

Movie · as Mona Lisa

1987
Inside Out poster

Inside Out

Movie · as Amy

1987
He's My Girl poster

He's My Girl

Movie · as Lisa

1986
It's Garry Shandling's Show poster

It's Garry Shandling's Show

TV · as Angelica · 2 eps

1985
Moving Violations poster

Moving Violations

Movie · as Amy Hopkins

1985
Moonlighting poster

Moonlighting

TV · as Nurse Saundra · 1 ep

1985
Stir Crazy poster

Stir Crazy

TV · as Karen · 9 eps

1984
No Small Affair poster

No Small Affair

Movie · as Mona

1984
Shaping Up

Shaping Up

TV · as Shannon Winters · 5 eps

1983
Imps* poster

Imps*

Movie · as Joni

1983
Oh Madeline poster

Oh Madeline

TV · 1 ep

1982
Cheers poster

Cheers

TV · as Candi Pearson · 1 ep

1982
Remington Steele poster

Remington Steele

TV · as Eva Wilson / Blitzen · 1 ep

1981
Hill Street Blues poster

Hill Street Blues

TV · 6 eps

1953
The Oscars poster

The Oscars

TV · as Self · 1 ep