Went to high school at Belmont High School, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada.
Sister of actress Meg Tilly. She also has an older brother and a younger sister named Rebecca Tilly.
Attended Stephens College, in Columbia, Missouri (majored in drama)
Has one cat, Corky.
She has won a Theater World Award for Most Promising Newcomer for her work in Tina Howe's play One Shoe Off at The Joseph Papp Theater. She also received a Dramalogue Award for her work in the play Vanities. She won a Gemini Award for Best Actress for her role in the Showtime's Heads and a nomination for a Cable ACE Award for her work on _"It's Garry Shandling Show" (1986)_ .
Avid lover of fashion and has 400 pairs of shoes.
Lenny Von Dohlen who co-starred with Jennifer in Bird of Prey (1995) and her sister Meg in Leaving Normal (1992) said "They have a fountain of emotion that keeps coming, even after someone yells cut, but the fountain comes from different bodies of water," he adds. "Meg is an ocean, Jennifer is a rushing river."
In high school, everyone called Jennifer, Meg, and their younger sister Becky the Three Musketeers.
She ranked #23 in Celebrity Sleuth 25 Sexiest Women of 1995
Measurements: 36C-24-34 (Source: Celebrity Sleuth magazine)
She has played a hot, ditzy, sexy love interest for Kelsey Grammer's Frasier Crane character when he was trying to get over other women on "Cheers" and again on "Frasier." (though she was not playing the same character)
Is 1/2 Caucasian and 1/2 Chinese
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