Actress. Her breakout role was as Rebecca Howe in the NBC sitcom "Cheers," from 1987 to 1993, for which she received an Emmy Award and a Golden Globe in 1991. From 1997 to 2000, she starred in the sitcom "Veronica's Closet," earning additional Emmy and Golden Globe nominations. Throughout the 1980s and 1990s, Alley appeared in various films, including "Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan" (1982), "Summer School" (1987), "Shoot to Kill" (1988), "Look Who's talking" (1989) and its two sequels in 1990 and 1993, "Madhouse" (1990), "Sibling Rivalry" (1990), "Village of the Damned" (1995), "It Takes Two" (1995), "Deconstructing Harry" (1997), "For Richer or Poorer" (1997), and "Drop Dead Gorgeous" (1999). She won her second Emmy Award in 1994 for the television film "David's Mother". In 1997, Alley received another Emmy nomination for her work in the crime drama series "The Last Don." In 2005, she played a fictionalized version of herself on Showtime's "Fat Actress." She later appeared on "Kirstie Alley's Big Life" (2010), and was a contestant on the 12th season of "Dancing with the Stars" (2011 to 2012), finishing in second place. In 2013, she returned to acting with the title role on the sitcom "Kirstie." In 2016, she appeared on the Fox comedy horror series "Scream Queens." In 2018, she was a contestant on the 22nd series of the British reality show "Celebrity Big Brother," in which she finished as runner-up. She passed away from colon cancer.
Actress. Her breakout role was as Rebecca Howe in the NBC sitcom "Cheers," from 1987 to 1993, for which she received an Emmy Award and a Golden Globe in 1991. From 1997 to 2000, she starred in the sitcom "Veronica's Closet," earning additional Emmy and Golden Globe nominations. Throughout the 1980s and 1990s, Alley appeared in various films, including "Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan" (1982), "Summer School" (1987), "Shoot to Kill" (1988), "Look Who's talking" (1989) and its two sequels in 1990 and 1993, "Madhouse" (1990), "Sibling Rivalry" (1990), "Village of the Damned" (1995), "It Takes Two" (1995), "Deconstructing Harry" (1997), "For Richer or Poorer" (1997), and "Drop Dead Gorgeous" (1999). She won her second Emmy Award in 1994 for the television film "David's Mother". In 1997, Alley received another Emmy nomination for her work in the crime drama series "The Last Don." In 2005, she played a fictionalized version of herself on Showtime's "Fat Actress." She later appeared on "Kirstie Alley's Big Life" (2010), and was a contestant on the 12th season of "Dancing with the Stars" (2011 to 2012), finishing in second place. In 2013, she returned to acting with the title role on the sitcom "Kirstie." In 2016, she appeared on the Fox comedy horror series "Scream Queens." In 2018, she was a contestant on the 22nd series of the British reality show "Celebrity Big Brother," in which she finished as runner-up. She passed away from colon cancer.
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