What the Hell Happened to Elizabeth Berkley?

In the early 90’s, Elizabeth Berkley was a rising star.  After several years on television, she was ready to make the leap to the big screen.  Showgirls was a huge opportunity.  The script was written by one of the most successful screenwriters in Hollywood and the director was A-list.  The last time Paul Verhoven and Joe Eszterhas collaborated, they made a star.  But this time, things worked out differently.  Instead of becoming an A-list actress, Berkley’s movie career went down in flames.

What the hell happened?

Berkley started dancing at a young age.  When she was ten, she auditioned for the lead role in the movie version of Annie.  She didn’t get the part, but she began travelling to New York to train.  By 1983, she had appeared in several ballets and stage musicals.

As a teenager, she began modeling.  She worked for Elite Model Management.

Berkley - Gimme a Break
Elizabeth Berkley – Gimme a Break – 1986

Berkley made her TV debut in 1986 with a bit part on the sitcom, Gimme a Break.  In the fifth season episode, Getting to Know You, Nell Carter agrees to babysit some adopted children.  She is surprised when she ends up watching over a dozen children (including Berkley) and a dog.

Berkley - Silver Spoons - 1986
Berkley – Silver Spoons – 1986

Later that year, Berkley appeared on an episode of Silver Spoons.  In Ricky Moves Out, Ricky Schroder’s character decides to move to the guest house to get a little more privacy.  Instead, he finds himself playing host to his friends who want to use the house for parties.  Berkley appears as one of many guests.

In 1987, Berkely appeared in her first TV movie, Frog.  It starred Shelley Duvall, Elliott Gould, Paul Williams and a young Hal Sparks.  The talking frog movie was followed up with a sequel titled Frogs! in 1991.

In 1988, Berkley appeared in an episode of the TV show Day by Day titled Girl Wars.  She also had a role in a TV movie called Platinum Blonde.

Elizabeth Berkley - Saved by the Bell - 1989
Elizabeth Berkley – Saved by the Bell – 1989

In 1989, Berkley was cast on the kids’ show, Saved By the Bell.  The show was about a group of six high school students at the fictional Bayside High School in California.  Mark-Paul Gosselaar played Zach, the charming schemer.  Tiffani-Amber Thiessen played Kelly, the popular cheerleader.  Mario Lopez played A.C. the jock.  Berkley played Jessie, the brainy crusader.  Dustin Diamond played Screech, the dorky kid.  And Lark Voorhies played Lisa, the gossip.

Saved By the Bell was a spin-off from a Disney Channel show called Good Morning, Miss Bliss.  The original version of the show focused on a high school teacher named Miss Bliss played by Disney legend, Haley Mills.  Gosselaar, Voorhies  and Diamond played students on the show which was set in Indianapolis.

Miss Bliss was cancelled by Disney after 13 episodes and the rights reverted back to NBC.  They repackaged the show as Saved By the Bell.  The three students and the principal character all relocated to California.

Elizabeth Berkley - Saved by the Bell
Elizabeth Berkley – Saved by the Bell

Berkley auditioned for the role of Kelly.  She lost the part to Theissen.  But the producers liked her well enough to create the role of Jessie for her. At 17, Berkley was the oldest member of the cast.  Diamond was only 12 years old.  The rest of the cast was 15 at the time.

Saved By the Bell became the highest-rated show on Saturday mornings.  The show ran through 1993.  NBC doubled the order for the final season but Theissen and Berkley did not sign on for the extra episodes.  They were included in the final graduation episode which was filmed before they left.  After the final season, Saved By the Bell inspired several spin-offs..

In 1990, Berkley continued making guest appearances on other TV shows while working on Saved By the Bell.  She appeared in a two-parter on Valerie (aka The Hogan Family).  She also appeared on the short-lived sitcom, Married People.  And finally she did an episode of Life Goes On.

Elizabeth Berkley - Raven - 1992
Elizabeth Berkley – Raven – 1992

In 1992, Berkley appeared on the martial arts series, Raven and the sit-com, Step by Step

Elizabeth Berkley - Baywatch - 1992
Elizabeth Berkley – Baywatch – 1992

She also appeared in two episodes of Baywatch.  Here she is getting CPR from “the Hoff” himself:

Elizabeth Berkley - Saved by the Bell: Hawaiian Style - 1992
Elizabeth Berkley – Saved by the Bell: Hawaiian Style – 1992

She also joined the rest of the Saved By the Bell cast for a TV movie, Saved by the Bell: Hawaiian Style.  The movie was actually filmed after the season finale but aired before the final season started.

Elizabeth Berkley - Diagnosis Murder - 1994
Elizabeth Berkley – Diagnosis Murder – 1994

In 1994, Berkley started showing up on TV dramas.  She had guest appearances on Crossroads, Diagnosis Murder and Burke’s Law.  On Diagnosis Murder, she played a dancer in an episode titled Flashdance With Death which is for the record my least favorite type of flashdance.

Elizabeth Berkley - Bandit: Bandit Goes Country - 1994
Elizabeth Berkley – Bandit: Bandit Goes Country – 1994

Berkley appeared in the TV movie, Bandit: Bandit Goes Country.  Yes, the movie was based on the 1977 movie Smokey and the Bandit.  Brian Bloom stepped in for Burt Reynolds despite his blasphemous lack of a mustache.  Christopher Akins played his buddy.  Charles Nelson Reilly and country music star Mel Tillis also made appearances.

Elizabeth Berkley - Saved by the Bell: Wedding in Vegas - 1994
Elizabeth Berkley – Saved by the Bell: Wedding in Vegas – 1994

She also returned to the world of Saved by the Bell for the TV movie, Saved by the Bell: Wedding in Vegas.  Berkley only made a brief cameo appearance towards the end of the movie because she was busy launching her movie career.

Elizabeth Berkley - Molly & Gina - 1994
Elizabeth Berkley – Molly & Gina – 1994

Berkley made her movie debut in the film Molly and Gina.

Frances Fisher played the secretary of a private detective who is murdered.  Natasha Gregson Wagner played an actress who witnessed the murder.  They work together to bring down the people responsible for the killing.  Peter Fonda and Stella Stevens co-starred.

Elizabeth Berkley - White Wolves II: Legend of the Wild - 1995
Elizabeth Berkley – White Wolves II: Legend of the Wild – 1995

1995 was supposed to be the year Berkley became a movie star.  But first, she starred opposite Jeremy London and Justin Whalin in the nature movie, White Wolves II: Legend of the Wild.

Berkley and Whalin played troubled teens who help a naturalist played by London as part of a plea-bargain agreement.  They are on a mission to save white wolves in the wild.  When something goes wrong, they are aided by a legendary white wolf.

There actually wasn’t a White Wolves One.  White Wolves II was a sequel to the 1990 movie, A Cry in the Wild.  A third film in the trilogy, White Wolves III: Cry of the White Wolf, was released in 2000.

Elizabeth Berkley - Showgirls - 1995
Elizabeth Berkley – Showgirls – 1995

And then came Showgirls

Berkley played Nomi Malone, a girl who dreams of being a Vegas showgirl.  Gina Gershon played Cristal Connors, Berkley’s chief rival for topless stardom.  Kyle MacLachlan played Gershon’s boyfriend and the entertainment director at the posh casino where she struts her stuff.  After receiving a grade-A lap dance from Berkley, MacLachlan hires her to shake her booty at the Stardust.

Showgirls started with Joe Eszterhas.  At the time, Esterhas was the highest paid screenwriter in Hollywood.  His previous collaboration with director Paul Verhoven was a huge hit that made Sharon Stone an international star.  Eszterhas concocted the idea for their follow-up while on vacation in Maui.

One day while they were having lunch in Beverly Hills, Verhoeven told Eszterhas that he had always loved “big MGM musicals”, and wanted to make one.  Eszterhas suggested the Vegas setting.  He scribbled down the idea on a napkin and received an advance of $2 million dollars to write the script!  Eszterhas received an additional 1.7 million when the movie went into production.

Verhoven was confident enough in Showgirls’ success that he deferred 70% of his $6 million dollar directing fees in exchange for complete creative control and the ability to release the movie with an NC-17 rating.  Verhoven would receive the rest of his fee if the movie was a hit… which it was not.

Since we’re talking money, Berkley was paid a paltry $100,000 for starring in the movie which had a budget of around $45 million dollars!  In 2004, Berkley requested an additional fee of $2,500 to be interviewed for the Special Edition VIP Boxed Set of Showgirls.  Her request was declined.  Obviously, Berkley was working for peanuts because she hoped Showgirls would make her a star.  But it should be noted that she was working up to 16 hours a day in high heels.  I don’t think the same could be said of Eszterhas.

Berkey - Showgirls 2
Elizabeth Berkley – Showgirls – 1995

Verhoven originally passed on the project as he didn’t care for Eszterhas’ original script.  Instead, he hoped to make a crusade movie with Arnold Schwarzenegger with whom he had made Total Recall.  But the financing fell through when the studio ran out of money on the pirate movie, Cutthroat Island.  By the time Carolco pulled the plug on Crusade, it had already sunk $10 million dollars into the movie.  They had also paid nearly $4 million dollars for Eszterhas’ Showgirls script.  Verhoven claims that he decided to make Showgirls as a favor to Mario Kassar to save Carolco from bankruptcy.

When Verhoven came on-board, Eszterhas’ script was extensively re-written with All About Eve as inspiration.  Verhoven’s intent was to make Showgirls a social satire about how women are exploited.  Instead, it was seen as a form of exploitation.  Ironically, the box office failure of Showgirls and Cutthroat Island contributed to the bankruptcy of Carolco.

Several actresses were considered for the two lead roles.  The film-makers originally wanted to cast Madonna and Drew Barrymore.  Both of them passed, but during the scene where Berkley is shown to her dressing room there is a name card over her mirror that reads “Drew” in reference to the original casting choice.

Former Playboy Playmate, Jenny McCarthy, auditioned for the lead role and was a front-runner until it was discovered that she could not dance.  Charlize Theron, Angelina Jolie, Pamela Anderson and Denise Richards were among the other actresses considered to play Nomi.  Sharon Stone and Sean Young were both considered for Gershon’s role.  Reportedly, Berkley and Gershon did not get along while filming and Verhoven did his best to encourage the rivalry.

Elizabeth Berkley - Showgirls - 1995
Elizabeth Berkley – Showgirls – 1995

When Showgirls opened, Eszterhas publicly suggested that kids should bring their fake IDs to get into the movie.  Eszterhas also took out a full page ad in Variety urging women to go see Showgirls.  He did this in response to the movie’s marketing which was aimed squarely at men.

According to Eszterhas, Showgirls “shows that dancers in Vegas are often victimized, humiliated, used, verbally and physically raped by the men who are at the power centers of that world.”  He was also critical of those who focused on the movie’s nudity.  “They’re like a guy who looks at a woman and all he sees is her body. He’s ignoring her character, her soul.”  Again, this comes from the writer of Basic Instinct, Sliver and Showgirls

Conventional wisdom has it that Showgirls flopped at the box office.  In researching this article, I read more than once that Showgirls had a “disastrous” opening weekend.  While it’s true that the movie did flop, it actually had a pretty successful opening weekend.  It opened in the #2 spot behind Seven which was also released that week.  It grossed just over $8 million dollars that weekend which isn’t terrific for a movie that cost $45 million.  But when you consider the NC-17 rating, it’s actually pretty impressive.

Lots of theaters wouldn’t carry Showgirls because it was rated NC-17.  It opened on roughly half as many screens as the R-rated Seven and actually earned more per screen than the successful thriller did.  Showgirls was the first movie to get a wide release with an NC-17 rating and it essentially proved why that is a bad business model.  An NC-17 results in fewer screens and no tickets being sold to minors.

Elizabeth Berkley - Showgirls - 1995
Elizabeth Berkley – Showgirls – 1995

The critics blasted Showgirls and its box office tumbled in subsequent weeks.  It fell to fifth place in its second week with more than a 55% drop.  In its third week, it dropped another 47% and fell into 9th place.  From there, Showgirls started shedding screens faster than Berkley shed her clothes and the movie plummeted from the top ten with drops up to 71%.  It ended up grossing less than half of its production costs during its domestic run.

Roger Ebert gave Showgirls a middling review noting that it was “not, in short, quite unredeemably bad.”  But most in the media weren’t so forgiving.  Showgirls developed a reputation for being one of the worst movies ever made.  The Golden Raspberries cemented that perception by nominating Showgirls in a record 13 categories.  Showgirls “won” a then-record-breaking seven awards.  That record was tied by Battlefield Earth which also “won” seven awards five years later in 2000.  Finally the record for most “wins” was broken in 2008 by I Know Who Killed Me which took home 8 trophies. But Showgirls‘ record for most nominations still stands.

Showgirls “won” for Worst Picture, Worst Director and Worst Screenplay.  Berkley “won” Worst Actress and Worst New Star.  Adding insult to injury, the Razzies awarded Worst Screen Couple to “Any combination of two people (or two body parts!) in Showgirls.”  It even “won” Worst Song for “Walk into the Wind (also known as Love Theme from the Rape Scene)”.

But the Razzies weren’t done with Showgirls.  In the year 2000, the Golden Raspberries added some additional categories to celebrate their 20th anniversary.  Berkley was nominated for Worst Actress of the Century which she “lost” to Madonna.  She was also nominated for Worst New Star of the Decade which she “lost” to Pauly Shore.  But Showgirls “won” Worst Picture of the Decade beating out such luminaries as Hudson Hawk and The Postman.

Elizabeth Berkley - Showgirls - 1995
Elizabeth Berkley – Showgirls – 1995

It seems like we should be done talking about Showgirls by now.  It went down in flames taking with it the Hollywood hopes and dreams of its leading lady.  But then something unexpected happened.  Showgirls performed really well on video.  Although the movie only grossed $20 million in theaters, it has grossed over $100 million dollars on video and continues to add to that total today.

Once Showgirls became one of MGM’s top 20 best-selling movies on home video, they took notice.  The studio rereleased Showgirls for midnight screenings and the movie took on a second life as a cult movie.  It has become a Rocky Horror Picture Show-style event.  Gradually, the movie has been reevaluated by critics and defended by filmmakers including Quentin Tarantino, Jim Jarmusch and Jacques Rivette.

Originally, Verhoven and Eszterhas expected to make a sequel to Showgirls.  The movie ends with a Los Angeles freeway sign.  This was intended as a tease for the sequel in which Berkley’s character would go to Hollywood.  But the movie’s poor performance at the box office prevented that sequel from ever being made.  Instead, Rena Riffel who played a supporting role in the original movie raised money on Kickstarter to make a sequel about her character, Penny.  Showgirls 2: Penny’s from Heaven was released in 2011.  Apparently a third movie is in development.

Wow.  I don’t think I have ever written about any one movie as extensively as this entry on Showgirls.  That’s probably because Showgirls is the heart and soul of this article.  It was Berkley’s chance to shed her kiddie TV image and become a movie star.  When that didn’t pan out, Berkely found herself in the middle of a major backlash.  Worse than a child actor, she had become a laughing stock.  You couldn’t cast her in a leading role if you wanted to.

For nearly two decades, Berkley lived with the stain of Showgirls.  Although she would talk about the movie’s effect on her career, she rarely ever mentioned the movie by name.  When she appeared on Dancing With the Stars, she said that her experiences with Showgirls put her off dancing for many years.  But in 2015, Berkley appeared at a screening of the movie and finally seemed to come to terms with her place in cult cinema.

Elizabeth Berkley - The First Wives Club - 1996
Elizabeth Berkley – The First Wives Club – 1996

In 1996, Berkley bounced back with a supporting role in the comedy, The First Wives Club.

Goldie Hawn, Diane Keaton and Bette Middler starred as three divorced women who seek revenge on their ex-husbands all of whom left them for younger women.  Hawn played an aging actress whose career has seen better days.  Her ex was a film producer played by Victor Garber.  He left his wife for a younger actress played by Berkley.

The First Wives Club has a very crowded cast of characters.  As the title suggests, the focus is on the first wives.   Jenny McCarthy, who narrowly avoided starring in Showgirls thanks to her inability to dance, turned down Berkley’s role in The First Wives Club.  But for Berkley, it was a chance to be seen on the screen with legitimate actresses.  It was a chance to be seen as a legitimate actress herself in a movie that didn’t require her to be naked.

Despite mixed reviews, The First Wives Club turned out to be a surprise hit at the box office.  It opened in first place ahead of the action movie, Last Man Standing.  It went on to gross over $100 million dollars and became the 11th highest grossing movie of the year.

For years since, there have been rumors of a First Wives Club sequel.  All three of the leading ladies have indicated that they are willing to make it.  But the studio has been reluctant to greenlight the movie.  Middler has said that the studio saw the success of the first movie as “a fluke”.  According to Hawn, the studio was applying a double standard where the actresses’ salaries were concerned:

I got a call from the head of the studio, who said, ‘Let’s try to make it work. But I think we should all do it for the same amount of money.’ Now, if there were three men that came back to do a sequel, they would have paid them three times their salary at least.

Elizabeth Berkley - Perversions of Science - 1997
Elizabeth Berkley – Perversions of Science – 1997

In 1997, Berkley was desperately trying to put Showgirls behind her.  That meant appearing in an episode of HBO’s science fiction anthology series, Perversions of Science.  Perversions of Science was a short-lived spin-off from HBO’s hit horror anthology, Tales From the Crypt.  In the show’s sixth episode, Planely Possible, George Newbern played a man who crosses dimensions hoping to find one in which his deceased wife (Berkley) is still alive.

The series was actually based on stories from an EC Comics magazine titled Weird Science.  But the title couldn’t be used because it was already associated with the John Hughes movie which had been spun off into a TV show of the same name in the late 90’s.

Elizabeth Berkley - Armitage III: Poly Matrix - 1997
Elizabeth Berkley – Armitage III: Poly Matrix – 1997

Berkley went into voice work with the English overdub of the cyberpunk anime series, Armitage III.  The original Japanese series was redited into movie length with American actors redubbing the voices.  Kiefer Sutherland voiced a cop investigating a series of murders in a Martian colony.  Berkley played his partner, a lifelike robot with links to the victims.

A sequel followed in which Berkley’s character was voiced by Juliette Lewis.

Elizabeth Berkley - A Time to Revenge - 1997
Elizabeth Berkley – A Time to Revenge – 1997

In 1997, Berkley appeared in the direct-to-video Western, A Time to Revenge.  Or at least she appeared in the movie’s trailer…

Ken Olandt starred as an honest rancher out for revenge.  Paul Gleason played a land baron who killed Olandt’s father.  Julie Michaels played Gleason’s daughter who falls for Olandt.  And Berkley played his other daughter who… got cut from the movie.  Even though Berkley does not appear in the actual movie, she did receive top billing on the trailer.

She probably didn’t want to be in a movie that thinks “revenge” is a verb anyway.

Elizabeth Berkley - The Real Blonde - 1998
Elizabeth Berkley – The Real Blonde – 1998

In 1998, Berkley returned to the big screen for the show biz comedy, The Real Blonde.

Matthew Modine and Catherine Keener played a couple struggling to break into show business.  He played an actor who waits tables and she played a make-up artist who works for a fashion photographer.  Keener finally convinces Modine to swallow his pride and accept a job as an extra on a Madonna video.  While he’s on the set for the video, he meets Madonna’s body double played by Berkley.

Maxwell Caulfield played Modine’s fellow waiter who lands a big paycheck working on a soap opera.  Darryl Hannah played Caufield’s co-star with whom he begins a romantic relationship.  Kathleen Turner appears as a powerful talent agent who helps Modine get a job.

The Real Blonde received mostly negative reviews and was not successful at the box office.

Elizabeth Berkley - Random Encounter - 1998
Elizabeth Berkley – Random Encounter – 1998

Later that year, Berkley starred in the direct-to-video thriller, Random Encounter.

Berkley played a rising PR exec who meets a stranger at a cocktail.  The encounter which was presumably random if the title of the movie is to be trusted leads to Berkley being framed for murder.

I am seriously disappointed in whoever came up with the name for this movie.  Direct to video thrillers have to have more titillating titles than Random Encounter.  Was Deadly Encounter taken?

Elizabeth Berkley - Last Call - 1999
Elizabeth Berkley – Last Call – 1999

In 1999, Berkley starred in the movie Last Call.

Last Call told three stories all set in an apartment complex  in Santiago, Chile.  Berkley played a model who is held hostage.  Peter Coyote also starred in another story.  He actually posted his own review of the movie on Amazon:

I’m actually in this film, and enjoyed it a lot despite the fact that it never got an American release. I think it’s an interesting, dark little puppy, and I loved the character I went after. Played it as close to the edge as I could. Audiences will have to tell me if I stumbled or not.

Elizabeth Berkley - Taxman - 1999
Elizabeth Berkley – Taxman – 1999

Berkley also appeared in the 1999 thriller, Taxman.

Joe Pantoliano starred as a tax investigator chasing down a tax evader.  This takes him into New York City’s heavily Russian Brooklyn neighborhood, Brighton Beach where he finds an ally in a rookie cop.  Together they establish a relationship with informer played by Michael Chiklis.  Berkley played Chicklis’ daughter who is put in harm’s way by her father’s cooperation with the police.

Funny story.  Billy Zane liked the script for Taxman so he asked his agent to set up a meeting with the movie’s producers.  His agent set up a meeting with the producers of a romantic comedy called The Taxman.  Zane was about half-way through the meeting before he realized he was talking to the producers of the wrong movie.  But he decided to go ahead and make that movie anyway since he was basically required to take any job that was offered to him in order to make his alimony payments.

Elizabeth Berkley - Tail Lights Don't Fade - 1999
Elizabeth Berkley – Tail Lights Don’t Fade – 1999

Berkley also popped up in the car race comedy, Tail Lights Fade.

Breckin Meyer and Jake Busey played two guys who run an auto repair shop for vintage cars.  Meyer agrees to help his girlfriend travel to Canada to bail out her brother who has been busted on marijuana charges.  In order to keep him from being convicted, they are going to try to clear out her brother’s growhouse before the police get to it.  Busey and his crazy girlfriend played by Denise Richards invite themselves along for the ride.  Berkley played the brother’s girlfriend who wants to sell the marijuana herself.

Elizabeth Berkley - Any Given Sunday - 1999
Elizabeth Berkley – Any Given Sunday – 1999

Berkley had a small role in Oliver Stone’s Football drama, Any Given Sunday.  She played a high-priced call girl who is hired by the coach played by Al Pacino.  It was basically a cameo that required nudity.  But it was a chance to appear in a big movie opposite Pacino.

Elizabeth Berkley - Africa - 1999
Elizabeth Berkley – Africa – 1999

Finally, Berkley appeared in the movie, Africa.  It was about a fashion model who struggles to survive after a car accident leaves her stranded in the African bush.

Elizabeth Berkley - Jack and Jill - 2000
Elizabeth Berkley – Jack and Jill – 2000

In 2000, Berkley was back on TV.  First, she guest starred on Jack and Jill.  Thankfully, not the dreadful Adam Sandler movie.  Apparently there was a nighttime soap for 20-somethings called Jack and Jill on the WB.  It starred Amanda Peet, Jaime Pressly and Sarah Paulson.  Who knew?

Simon Rex played Paulson’s roomate and Berkley played one of his dates.  Problems arise when Berkley and Paulson become too chummy for Rex’s liking.

Berkley - NYPD Blue
Elizabeth Burkley – NYPD Blue – 2000

Also in 2000, Berkley appeared in two episodes of the cop show, NYPD Blue.  she played a reporter who begins a romantic relationship with the detective plated by Henry Simmons.  This was during the Ricky Schroder era of the show so it represented a Silver Spoons reunion.  Later, Schroder would leave the show and be replaced by Berkley’s Saved by the Bell co-star, Mark-Paul Gosselaar.

Elizabeth Berkley - Becoming Dick - 2000
Elizabeth Berkley – Becoming Dick – 2000

Finally, Berkley starred in the TV movie, Becoming Dick.  Harland Williams starred as a nice-guy taxi cab driver who decides to start acting like a jerk in order to get ahead.  His strategy works.  Four years later, he awakes with amnesia.  He can’t remember what happened, but he has become a rich and famous TV star.  Robert Wagner played his butler who informs him that being obnoxious has made him a success.  But it has also cost him the love of his girlfriend played by Berkley.  Williams vows to find her and win her back.  The movie was directed by Bob Saget and aired on the E! Network.

Elizabeth Berkley and Roger Wilson - Man in the Iron Mask premiere - 1998
Elizabeth Berkley and Roger Wilson – Man in the Iron Mask premiere – 1998

Also in 2000, Berkley became associated with a $45 million dollar lawsuit.  In the late 90’s, she was dating actor Roger Wilson best known for appearing in the Porky’s movies.  In 1998, the couple attended the premiere of the Leonardo DiCaprio movie, The Man in the Iron Mask.  Upstairs, DiCaprio was hosting an exclusive party for his friends.  Berkley was invited to the party upstairs by L.A. publicist named Karen Tenzer.  Once she was there, Tenzer told her that DiCaprio and his friend Jay Ferguson were “crazy for her”.  She invited Berkley to join DiCaprio’s posse for a private party at Elaine’s – without her boyfriend.  Berkley turned down the invitation.

The next day, Ferguson got Berkley’s phone number from Tenzer and began calling her at home.  He left several messages inviting Berkley to join them for dinner that night.  When Berkley ignored the messages, one of Tenzer’s assistants called and said that the talent agent needed to speak with her.  When Berkley called Tenzer, she asked Berkley to reconsider Ferguson’s invitations.  According to Berkley:

The first thing Karen said was, ‘Why didn’t you call Jay back?  She said, ‘Your presence is requested here.’ Her tone was very impatient. And I said, ‘What, are you trying to deliver me to these guys, Karen?’ And she said, ‘Well, you know.’

When Berkley told Wilson what was going on, he decided to intervene.  He went down to Asia de Cuba where DiCaprio and his friends were having dinner.  DiCaprio had a posse of about a dozen people including Ferguson, Tenzer, Gabriel Byrne and Julia Ormand.  When Wilson arrived at the table, Ferguson jumped up and asked Wilson to step outside.  Wilson accepted and the two of them vacated the restaurant.

According to testimony from the restaurant’s chief of security, DiCaprio said to the rest of the table, “Let’s go kick his ass.”  And everyone except Byrne and Ormand followed him to the front of the restaurant where a fight was brewing.  DiCaprio was flanked by security while his friends taunted Wilson.  Tenzer was trying too late to make the peace.

One of DiCaprio’s friends, Todd Healy, punched Wilson in the Adam’s apple.  Wilson doubled over.  Wilson’s larynx was damaged.  He filed a $45 million dollar lawsuit against three of the men involved including DiCaprio who Wilson claimed incited the violence.  Ultimately, the case against DiCaprio was dismissed.

Elizabeth Berkley and Greg Lauren
Elizabeth Berkley and Greg Lauren

In 2001, Berkley appeared in a TV movie called The Elevator.  The movie itself is not worth mentioning here.  In fact, I almost skipped it entirely.  But while making the movie, Berkley met actor and painter, Greg Lauren.  The couple began dating and were married two years later.  In 2012, Berkley gave birth to their son.

Elizabeth Berkley - The Curse of the Jade Scorpion - 2001
Elizabeth Berkley – Curse of the Jade Scorpion – 2001

But let’s not get ahead of ourselves.  Getting back to 2001, Berkley did something that not every actress gets to do.  She appeared in a Woody Allen movie.

In The Curse of the Jade Scorpion, Allen played an insurance investigator.  Helen Hunt played an efficiency expert who fights with Allen over his old-fashioned methods.  Hunt’s character has an advantage because she is secretly in a relationship with their boss played by Dan Aykroyd.  Berkley played a co-worker.

One night, some of the employees go out to dinner and a stage magician played by David Ogden Stiers hypnotizes Allen and Hunt.  The next day, the hypnotist begins using Allen to commit crimes.  With no memory of having committed the robberies himself, Allen investigates them.

The Curse of the Jade Scorpion is generally considered to be one of Allen’s lesser films.  Unfortunately, it is also his most expensive with a budget of $33 million dollars.  Allen later confessed that it was one of his least favorite of his own movies and that he felt like he let down the rest of the cast by casting himself in the lead role.  Allen has been known to reshoot movies when he feels like the casting isn’t working, but due to the cost of the period sets, that wasn’t an option this time.

Reviews for The Curse of the Jade Scorpion were mixed.  It opened in 11th place at the box office and grossed about $7.5 million dollars.  It isn’t uncommon for Allen’s movies to be low-grossers.  But given the movie’s relatively big budget, The Curse of the Jade Scorpion qualified as a bomb.

Elizabeth Berkley - Titus - 2001
Elizabeth Berkley – Titus – 2001

In 2001, Berkley appeared on the sitcom, Titus.  She played Christopher Titus’ half-sister who is constantly upstaging him.

Berkley reprised her role two more times in 2002.

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Elizabeth Berkley – Roger Dodger – 2002

In 2002, Berkley appeared in the comedy-drama, Roger Dodger.

Campbell Scott starred as a ladies’ man who agrees to school his nephew, played by Jesse Eisenberg in his movie debut, on the art of seducing women.  Isabella Rossellini played Campbell’s on-again, off-again girlfriend and boss.  Jennifer Beals and Berkley played girls Campbell attempts to pick up at a singles’ bar.

Despite mostly postive reviews, Roger Dodger was not a hit at the box office.

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Elizabeth Berkley – Cover Story – 2002

In 2002, Berkley starred opposite former 90210 star, Jason Priestley, in the thriller, Cover Story.

Berkley played a high-profile magazine editor who is investigating a mysterious millionaire played by Priestley.  And before you can say Random Encounter 2, Berkley finds herself framed for murder.  Why does everyone keep framing Berkley for murder?  She doesn’t seem like an especially plausible murder suspect to me.  Tiffani-Amber Thiessen?  Sure.  That girl has murderess written all over her.  But Jessie?  I don’t see it.

Elizabeth Berkley - The Twilight Zone - 2002
Elizabeth Berkley – The Twilight Zone – 2002

Berkley ended 2002 with an appearance on The Twilight Zone.  Berkley appeared in an episode titled Sanctuary.  Berkley and Rob Estes become stranded in a cabin in the woods where everything appears to be set up just for them.  But then a third wheel shows up and spoils the party.

Elizabeth Berkley - Control Factor - 2003
Elizabeth Berkley – Control Factor – 2003

In 2003, Berkley starred opposite Adam Baldwin in the Sci Fi Channel movie, Control Factor.

Baldwin plays an insurance salesman who is attacked one day on the street.  Afterwards, he starts to hear voices that encourage him to kill his wife played by Berkley.  Soon, he discovers he is part of a secretive government program dealing with mind control.

Berkley also appeared in an episode of the hit procedural CSI.  In the episode, Lady Heather’s Box, Berkley played a foam dancer.  Which is not at all like a showgirl.  Because foam.  Five years later, Berkley would be cast in a recurring role on CSI spin-off, CSI Miami.

Elizabeth Berkley - Detonator - 2003
Elizabeth Berkley – Detonator – 2003

Later that year, Berkley appeared in the thriller, Detonator in which she tries to stop things from being blown up.  Of course, an action movie without explosions wouldn’t be very exciting.  So she fails a lot.

Elizabeth Berkley - Student Seduction - 2003
Elizabeth Berkley – Student Seduction – 2003

Later that year, Berkley starred in the TV movie, Student Seduction.  Let’s see if we can guess from the title what this movie might be about…

Berkley plays a popular high school chemistry teacher.  Oh yeah, I think I see where this is going.  She agrees to help a student after school and they go out for a burger together.  Yep.  Totally see where this is going.  The student makes a pass at her and she turns him down.  Nope.  Not at all what I expected with a title like Student Seduction.  I was thinking of something more like this:

But in this one, Berkley has to play a teacher who has to prove that she didn’t seduce a rich student.  Huh.  Maybe don’t call the movie Student Seduction then.  I think the title Deadly Encounter is still available.  That works for pretty much everything.

Elizabeth Berkley - Moving Malcolm - 2003
Elizabeth Berkley – Moving Malcolm – 2003

Rounding out 2003, Berkley starred in the comedy, Moving Malcolm.

Benjamin Ratner wrote, directed and starred in the movie.  He played a comedy writer who is still dealing with being left at the altar by Burkley.  Burkley played an actress who returns one day to request a favor from her ex-fiance.  She wants him to take in her father played by John Neville while she is filming a movie in Prague.  Reluctantly, he agrees to the request.

Originally, Jennifer Beals was set to play Berkley’s part.  But when she had to drop out due to a schedule conflict, she recommended Berkley for the role.

Elizabeth Berkley - Without a Trace - 2004
Elizabeth Berkley – Without a Trace – 2004

In 2004, Berkley appeared in an episode of the TV procedural, Without a Trace.  Berkley played the winner of an extreme plastic surgery make-over show like The Swan.  This makes it really hard not to comment on how much Berkley’s look has changed since this article started…  When Berkley goes missing, the team has to race the clock to find her.

Elizabeth Berkley - Threshold - 2005
Elizabeth Berkley – Threshold – 2005

In 2005, Berkley appeared on the short-lived science fiction series, Threshold.  The show was about a signal that mutates humans into something else.  The show’s regular cast was pretty impressive.  It included Carla Gugino, Charles S. Dutton, Brent Spiner and Peter Dinklage.  Berkley played one of three affluent women who shows signs of having been mutated.

Despite mostly positive reviews, Threshold was not a ratings winner.  It originally aired on Friday nights.  In an effort to boost ratings, CBS moved the show to Tuesday nights.  The episode featuring Berkley, titled Progeny, was the first to air on Tuesday nights.  Instead of boosting ratings, the show took a ratings hit.  CBS announced its cancellation the next day.

Elizabeth Berkley - Law and Order: Criminal Intent - 2006
Elizabeth Berkley – Law and Order: Criminal Intent – 2006

In 2006, Berkley returned to TV procedurals with Law and Order: Criminal Intent.  In the episode, Dollhouse, Berkley played  a self-involved mother who blackmails cheating husbands with false paternity claims.

Berkley - Meet Market - 2008
Berkley – Meet Market – 2008

In 2008, Berkley appeared in the romantic comedy about singles who hook up at the grocery, Meet Market.  See, because they meet at the super market.  So it’s a “meet market”.  It’s really not funny if I have to explain it.  The cast included  Krista Allen, Julian McMahon, Alan Tudyk and Aisha Tyler.

Berkley - Black Widow - 2008
Berkley – Black Widow – 2008

Next, Berkley starred in a made-for-cable movie loosely based on the 1987 movie, Black Widow.  The original starred  Theresa Russell as a beautiful woman who marries and possibly kills her rich husbands.  In the original, Debra Winger was investigating the mysterious deaths.  In the remake, Berkley played the alleged black widow.  And not the Avengers kind.  The movie was later recut and renamed Dark Beauty.

Elizabeth Berkley - The Butler's In Love - 2008
Elizabeth Berkley – The Butler’s In Love – 2008

Berkley also appeared in a short film directed by David Arquette.  The 3-D short was titled The Butler’s in Love and it was based on a painting which hangs in the San Francisco restaurant where Arquette and his wife Courteney Cox held their rehearsal dinner the night before their wedding.  Arquette and Berkley played a couple planning their wedding in the restaurant.  Berkley’s character sees the painting and begins to fantasize about the butler in the painting.  In her dream sequence, the butler is played by Thomas Jane.

Elizabeth Berkley - CSI Miami - 2008
Elizabeth Berkley – CSI Miami – 2008

Starting in 2008, Berkley began a recurring role on CSI: Miami.  During season six, she appeared on the show as David Caruso’s ex and also his baby-mama.  Berkley was brought back in a recurring role in season seven.  She appeared in nine episodes in all.

Elizabeth Berkley - MTV
Elizabeth Berkley – MTV

In 2006, Berkley started a self-help website for girls called Ask Elizabeth.  The idea came when Berkley’s husband commented on how many young girls ask Berkley for advice.  He joked she should have her own column.  That lead to the creation of a website.  Berkley worked with MTV on the development of a reality show in which Berkley traveled across the country conducting workshops with teen girls to discus issues that were of interest to them.  The show, also titled Ask Elizabeth, was scheduled to air in late 2008.  But instead it was shelved indefinitely.  Probably needed to make room for Teen Moms 17.

Elizabeth Berkley - The Le Word - 2009
Elizabeth Berkley – The L Word – 2009

In 2009, Berkley appeared on four episodes of the Showtime drama, The L-Word.  She played Jennifer Beals’ old college roommate and her first lesbian lover.  They are reunited unexpectedly at an art show.

Elizabeth Berkley - S Darko - 2009
Elizabeth Berkley – S Darko – 2009

Also in 2009, Berkley had small roles in two movies.  She appeared in the comedy-drama, Women in Trouble, and the Donnie Darko sequel, S. Darko.

The sequel was made without any involvement from the writer and director of the original cult film, Richard Kelly.  It was panned by critics and barely broke even at the box office.

Elizabeth Berkley - Lucky Christmas - 2011
Elizabeth Berkley – Lucky Christmas – 2011

In 2011, Berkley starred in the TV movie, Lucky Christmas.  She played a down-on-her luck single mom who wins the lottery.  Unfortunately, her winning ticket is in the glove compartment of her car which has been stolen.  Oh and her name is Holly because, d’uh, Christmas movie!

Berkley - Ask Elizabeth Book
Elizabeth Berkley – Ask Elizabeth Book – 2011

In 2011, Berkley took her experiences from the Ask Elizabeth workshops and wrote a book named after the website and the canceled MTV program.

Elizabeth Berkley - Dancing With the Stars - 2013
Elizabeth Berkley – Dancing With the Stars – 2013

Now, bear in mind that Berkley gave birth to her son in July, 2012.  In September of 2013, she competed on Dancing With the Stars.  Here’s a clip of Berkley tearfully recounting the reaction to Showgirls and how doors slammed in her face afterwards.

Trained dancer Berkely came in sixth place for the season.  She was outlasted by Leah Remini, Bill Engvall and Jack Osbourne.  WTF!?!  The judges gave Berkley and her partner perfect scores.  But the audience voted to eliminate her anyway.  Here’s a clip of the Berkley and her partner discussing the “shocking” elination on Good Morning America the next day.

Well, at least she out-lasted “Snooki”.

Elizabeth Berkley - Melissa and Joey - 2014
Elizabeth Berkley – Melissa and Joey – 2014

In 2014, Berkley played a couples therapist in an episode of the sitcom, Melissa and Joey.  The show stars 90’s TV stars Melissa Joan Hart and Joey Lawrence.

Elizabeth Berkley - The Tonight Show - 2015
Elizabeth Berkley – The Tonight Show – 2015

In 2015, Berkley and the rest of the Saved By the Bell cast (minus Dustin Diamond) appeared on The Tonight Show With Jimmy Fallon for a reunion sketch.

The best line of the sketch is easily the Showgirls reference.

So, what the hell happened?

Well, Showgirls obviously.  If Showgirls had been even half as big as Basic Instinct, Berkley’s career would have gone in a completely different direction.  Showgirls had the potential to not only make her a movie star but to completely shatter her squeaky clean child actor image.  Instead, in her first major movie role, she became a national laughing stock.

The movie that was supposed to open doors for her caused them to slam shut in her face.  She became unhirable as a lead actress.  Things were so bad that it was considered something of a coup for Berkley to land a small role in a major movie like The First Wives Club the following year.

I already know the comments section will be filled with people saying that Berkley is a terrible actress.  I don’t like to make judgments on the talent level of the WTHH subjects.  But I do agree that Berkley was never going to be Meryl Streep.  Still, I think its impressive that she has continued to work in TV and movies as long as she has.  Starring in one of the most notorious flops of the decade and being named the Worst Actress and Worst New Star in your first major movie has to be hard to bounce back from.  But Berkley hung in there and she’s still going at it.

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Stewart
Stewart
9 years ago
Reply to  lebeau

I love your website lebeau, but I feel it’s important to point out that the case against DiCaprio was thrown out of court for very good reason. The Judge was satisfied that A/ DiCaprio was not even in the restaurant when the attack happened. Not only was there witness testimony from the staff, bouncers and guests at the restaurant, but also, from what I remember of the case, CCTV footage filmed outside the restaurant. B/ That Wilson had gone to the restaurant with an Army bayonet. And that this was the reason that others, including staff had ‘jumped’ Wilson in… Read more »

Stewart
Stewart
9 years ago
Reply to  lebeau

Thank’s for the reply lebeau. I was worried you might get offended with me pointing this out but that’s a pretty decent response. As I said I love going on this website. I’m always interested in your ‘What The Hell Happened,’ articles. Keep up the great work.

Carl
Carl
9 years ago

I’m glad Showgirls has achieved cult status. I remember getting no end of crap from people when I told them I saw the movie twice. Everyone that didn’t see it thought it was basically soft porn, and figured I watched it for that reason. The reality is that it is a hilariously terrible movie that is fun to watch because of the preposterous story and terrible acting. There is so much nudity in the film that you quickly become numb to it anyway. In fact, the tv edit with the poorly CGI’d bikinis makes the movie even funnier!

Annie
9 years ago

Oh god, another one and I still haven’t finished Judd Nelson…

Craig Hansen
Craig Hansen
9 years ago
Reply to  lebeau

Let me take a guess here: would the actor in question have just 12 films to their career? Hint Hint? 😉

HHGeek
HHGeek
9 years ago

“Former Playboy Playmate, Jenny McCarthy, auditioned for the lead role and was a front-runner until it was discovered that she could not dance.” Nor can she act, yet she made it as far as front-running?. Out of morbid curiosity I sat through ‘Santa Baby’ a month or so back. On that evidence, Elizabeth Berkley is Streep level by comparison. So – and considering the rest of the list of actresses mentioned for Nomi – I’m going with looking good & happy nekkid was the requirement ahead of anything else, and whomever got the role would have struggled afterwards. I like… Read more »

merlin
merlin
8 years ago
Reply to  HHGeek

Since when have acting been a requirement for the type of movies show girls is? I might be cruel,but I always laugh when I hear the people of baywatch look back and complain about how they had to stay in shape,and within certain weight limits.And how the bathing suit revealed so much skin etc,Vs how stupid the episode script was. I guess you can really do it in hollywood.But I feel for patting them on their shoulders and go..Honey..They didn’t hire you out of nowhere to run around in bathing suit,because of your serious acting chops.You were hired to look… Read more »

Terrence Clay (@TMC1982)

Jimmy Fallon Went to Bayside High with “Saved By The Bell” Cast:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MftOONlDQac
While in L.A., Jimmy reminisces about his time at Bayside High with the gang from “Saved By The Bell.”

Terrence Clay (@TMC1982)

The Jimmy Fallon Sketch http://www.savedbythebellreviewed.com/2017/02/13/the-jimmy-fallon-sketch/ Jimmy Fallon had been hinting for years that he wanted to be the talk show host to bring the cast of Saved by the Bell back together for a reunion. He eventually got five of the seven cast members to agree, but, because two were holding out, it looked like he was giving up. When he aired a California Dreams reunion instead, it really looked like he was settling for another Peter Engel show over his dream of bringing our gang back together. I have no doubt that part of this was due to the… Read more »

Lucy
Lucy
9 years ago

I find it pretty crazy that Showgirls get an NC-17 rating while Seven is rated R

HHGeek
HHGeek
9 years ago
Reply to  lebeau

Well, to be fair, women’s unclothed skin / body parts are actually pretty acceptable. As is men’s sexual pleasure. It’s once you get into the horror of women’s sexual pleasure or – HORROR – male genitalia that it goes really really horribly wrong. If anyone goes to ’50 Shades … ‘ I’ll be interested to know how much of Jamie Dornan they see.

gluserty
4 years ago
Reply to  lebeau

I was actually thinking about the pecker thing (yep, no way around it) when recently considering Richard Gere’s early career, and the performers you named I give credit to as well, along with Harvey Keitel and (as Hank Moody from “Californication” said) and his Bad Lieutenant.

Ross Nolan
Ross Nolan
9 years ago

Jesse Spano!
Amongst people of a certain age ‘Saved By the Bell’ is incredibly iconic (and it isn’t just an American thing – I’m Irish). Watching that faux reunion clip is surreal.

RB
RB
9 years ago

can someone post a link to Peter Coyote’s review? I’d love to read anything he writes.

Terrence Clay (@TMC1982)

Re: Who is Blacklisted in Hollywood and why (bring the tea):
http://www.lipstickalley.com/showthread.php/832224-Who-is-Blacklisted-in-Hollywood-and-why-(bring-the-tea)?p=21003431&viewfull=1#post21003431
Speaking of Sean Young and James Woods, I was reading through Joe Eszterhas’s (Screen writer for Basic Instint, Showgirls) book, which I got for 3 dollars at the local Piggly Wiggly by the way, and he said Sean Young sent mutilated voodoo dolls to Wood’s home, and threatened to glue his penis to his thigh. Oh and according to him, Paul Verhoeven (director of Showgirls) Elizabeth Berkley allegedly had an affair on set, which Eszterhas believed destroyed the movie.

merlin
merlin
8 years ago

According to what I heard.She actually did glue his penis to his thigh cause he was bangening someone else.

J.R. Francisco
J.R. Francisco
9 years ago

I had a thing for Elizabeth Berkley when I was in high school and watched “Saved by the Bell” on Saturday mornings back in 1991. Always thought she was discreetly sexy and just waiting to be unleashed, which is why I watched “Showgirls” with two of my buddies for the first time after it was released on video. The problem with the movie, in our opinion, was that her character was not likeable. She was kind of bitchy and self-centered. We wanted a topless Jessie but instead we got a whinny stripper without a heart. Yeah, strippers are not really… Read more »

Oric13
Oric13
9 years ago
Reply to  lebeau

I agree. The least they could’ve done is pay Liz that meager $2500. And it would’ve been quite interesting to her commentary on Showgirls.

Leo
Leo
8 years ago

Berkley in “Showgirls” on WatchMojo’s first list of Top 10 Career Ruining Movies
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VRaTFu1kmqM

Terrence Clay (@TMC1982)

Elizabeth Berkley Has Finally Come ‘Full Circle’ On Her Role In ‘Showgirls’:
http://uproxx.com/movies/2015/06/elizabeth-berkley-full-circle-showgirls/

Terrence Clay (@TMC1982)

How Showgirls (eventually) turned into a hit movie:
http://www.denofgeek.com/movies/showgirls/36066/how-showgirls-eventually-turned-into-a-hit-movie
Showgirls is reportedly the biggest-selling MGM DVD of all time. So how did it go from flop to hit?

Leo
Leo
8 years ago

Berkley just celebrated her 43rd birthday on Tuesday! I’m surprised there isn’t a picture gallery dedicated to it.

Terrence Clay (@TMC1982)

Three excellent books, including one about Showgirls: http://www.avclub.com/article/three-excellent-books-including-one-about-showgirl-224038 It Doesn’t Suck: Showgirls Recently I named Showgirls, an infamous Paul Verhoeven movie starring Elizabeth Berkley, as the pop abomination I would expunge from 1995. Almost instantly, our very own Ignatiy Vishnevetsky jumped to the film’s defense, claiming it was a brilliant satire, much like Verhoeven’s other works. I argued that I didn’t exactly buy that, if only because it seemed that Berkley truly believed this would be her big transition from teen television actor (Jessie Spano from Saved By The Bell) to movie star, and in interviews seemed to sell the… Read more »

Terrence Clay (@TMC1982)

Elizabeth Berkley’s career was ruined, then revived by ‘Showgirls’: http://trib.al/8aHeDnx

Terrence Clay (@TMC1982)

10 Actors You Hate Because Of One Movie Role: http://whatculture.com/film/10-actors-you-hate-because-of-one-movie-role.php/2 Elizabeth Berkley – Showgirls It’s tempting to feel sorry for Elizabeth Berkley, a child-star of one of America’s best-loved shows (Saved By The Bell) thrust into the film spotlight for Showgirls, one of cinema’s most famous flops. It’s even more tempting to feel that empathy when you take into account that director Paul Verhoeven has recently admitted that he instructed his star to act in the way over-the-top manner that she does. It’s also worth noting that, 20 years on, some are reevaluating Showgirls as a camp, kitsch classic, and… Read more »

Terrence Clay (@TMC1982)

Saved by the Bell’s iconic Jessie’s Song episode aired 25 years ago today
http://tvline.com/2015/11/03/saved-by-the-bell-jessie-song-caffeine-pill-episode-video/
Jessie Spano’s caffeine-pill addiction was revealed in this episode that had Elizabeth Berkley singing “I’m So Excited.”

Terrence Clay (@TMC1982)

Elizabeth Berkley is coming to New Girl
http://www.eonline.com/news/722322/we-re-so-excited-find-out-which-saved-by-the-bell-alum-is-joining-new-girl
The former Saved by the Bell star, who now goes by the name Elizabeth Berkley Lauren, will play the new principal at Jess’ school.

Terrence Clay (@TMC1982)

10 Forgotten Actresses From The ‘90s: Where Are They Now? http://www.fame10.com/entertainment/10-forgotten-actresses-from-the-90s-where-are-they-now/3/ Elizabeth Berkley Outside of Dancing With the Stars, Elizabeth Berkley has moved into the realm of obscurity. Her heyday was back in the ‘90s with her Bayside pals on Saved by the Bell. So she’s been in over 60 flicks…most are made-for-TV movies or single appearances on sub-par shows like Melissa & Joey. Back in the ‘90s, Berkley was getting gigs in Showgirls, The First Wives Club, and Any Given Sunday, but the closing of the decade brought about the waning of her career. The best thing she’s done… Read more »

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