Charmed
ShannenDoherty
Best
known for her starring role as Brenda Walsh on "Beverly Hills,
90210," Shannen Doherty returns to series television and reteams with
Aaron Spelling in the suspenseful drama "Charmed."
Doherty was born in Memphis,
Tenn., where she lived until she was 7. Her family then moved to Los Angeles,
and she got her first big acting break when the late Michael Landon discovered
her from an episode of "Father Murphy." He cast her at age 11 as
Jenny Wilder in the series "Little House: A New Beginning." Doherty
went on to star in the series "Our House" and "Beverly Hills,
90210", the show that made her a household name. She played the
Minneapolis transplant and teenage twin sister of Brandon Walsh (Jason
Priestly) on the popular Aaron Spelling drama from 1990 to 1994.
Moving effortlessly between television and film, Doherty starred with
Christian Slater and Winona Ryder in the 1989 black comedy
"Heathers". Her other big-screen performances include the teen
comedy "Girls Just Want to Have Fun" with Helen Hunt and Sarah
Jessica Parker, Ron Howard's "Night Shift," and "Mall
Rats," directed by Kevin Smith.
Doherty won rave reviews for her
performance as the famous Gone With the Wind author in the television movie
"A Burning Passion: The Margaret Mitchell Story," and starred
opposite Antonio Sabato, Jr. in the Showtime original film "Jailbreakers,"
directed by William Friedkin. She also starred in the miniseries "Gone in
the Night" and "Robert Kennedy and His Times," as well as the
television movies "Sleeping with the Devil," "The Ticket"
and "Friends 'Til the End." This season, she'll star in the
television movie "Satan's School for Girls," a supernatural thriller
which also stars Kate Jackson, Julie Benz and Daniel Cosgrove.
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