Bridgette Wilson-sampras
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Biography
Five foot nine inch former teen volleyball star Bridgette Wilson used her 1990 title as Miss Teen USA as a springboard to an acting career. Soon after relocating to Los Angeles in her Miss Teen USA Mercury Tracer, the blonde Oregon native landed a ten-month stint on the daytime serial "Santa Barbara" (NBC, 1991-92) and then made her feature debut as the pistol-toting daughter of Arnold Schwarzenegger in "The Last Action Hero" (1993). 1995 saw her in small parts in the movies "Nixon" and "Higher Learning" and in higher profile roles as a tough drug task-force leader in "Mortal Kombat" (her bad ass quotient went through the roof) and as Adam Sandler's love interest in "Billy Madison." Wilson made an indelible impression as a woman in jeopardy in "I Know What You Did Last Summer" (1997) and received perhaps her best notices to date for her turn as prize model Sahara, the self-effacing bottle-blonde given to holding forth on the "deeply spiritual" essence of "The Little Mermaid" in Tom DiCillo's "The Real Blonde" (1998). Her TV work has included the thriller "The Stepsister" (USA, 1997) and "Virtual Obsession" (ABC, 1998).
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Life Events
1990
Crowned Miss Teen USA
1991
Played recurring character on NBC daytime series "Santa Barbara"
1993
Feature film debut as Arnold Schwarzenegger's pistol-toting daughter in "The Last Action Hero"
1995
Acted in John Singleton's "Higher Learning"
1995
Played Adam Sandler's love interest in "Billy Madison"
1995
Cast as a vixen in Oliver Stone's "Nixon"
1995
Portrayed a tough drug task-force leader who winds up chained to a pillar in a hopelessly silly dress in "Mortal Kombat"
1996
Appeared as Gena Rowland's prim daughter-in-law in "Unhook the Stars"
1997
Starred in USA Network cable movie "The Stepsister"
1997
Had featured role as prize model Sahara, a self-effacing bottle-blonde given to holding forth on the "deeply spiritual" essence of "The Little Mermaid", in Tom DiCillo's "The Real Blonde"
1997
Made indelible impression as teenager in jeopardy in "I Know What You Did Last Summer"
1998
Seduced Peter Gallagher's renowned scientist with an eye on computerized imortality in ABC movie "Virtual Obsession"
2000
Cast as a beauty pageant contestant in "Beautiful"
2000
Co-starred in the fall Fox drama series "The $treet"
2001
Played a San Francisco businesswoman and bride-to-be who hires Jennifer Lopez in "The Wedding Planner"
2002
Co-starred in the action thriller "Extreme Ops"
2005
Cast in "Shopgirl" starring Claire Danes and Steve Martin; adapted by Martin from his novella
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