Sex: Female Status: Single
Profession: Actor Partner:
Credit(s)
Rendering, The (2002) .... Sarah
Another Day (2001) (TV) .... Kate
Satan's School for Girls (2000) (TV) .... Beth Hammersmith/Karen Oxford
Striking Poses (1999) .... Gage Sullivan
"Charmed" (1998) TV Series .... Prudence 'Prue' Halliwell (1998-2001)
Ticket, The (1997) (TV) .... CeeCee Reicker
Nowhere (1997) .... Val-Chick 2
Sleeping with the Devil (1997) (TV) .... Rebecca Dubrovich
Friends 'Til the End (1997) (TV) .... Heather Romley
Gone in the Night (1996) (TV) .... Cindi Dowaliby
Mallrats (1995) .... Rene Mosier
Almost Dead (1994) .... Katherine Roshak
Burning Passion: The Margaret Mitchell Story, A (1994) (TV) .... Margaret Mitchell
Jailbreakers (1994) (TV) .... Angel Norton
Blindfold: Acts of Obsession (1994) (TV) .... Madeleine Dalton
Freeze Frame (1992) (TV) .... Lindsay Scott
Secret of Lost Creek, The (1992) (TV) .... Jennie Fogle
Obsessed (1992) (TV) .... Lorie Brindel
Forever Young (1991) (TV)
"Beverly Hills, 90210" (1990) TV Series .... Brenda Walsh (1990-1994)
Beverly Hills, 90210 (1990) (TV) .... Brenda Walsh
Heathers (1989) .... Heather Duke
Outlaws (1986) (TV)
"Our House" (1986) TV Series .... Kris Witherspoon
Other Lover, The (1985) (TV) .... Alson Fielding
Girls Just Want to Have Fun (1985) .... Maggie Malene
"Robert Kennedy & His Times" (1985) (mini) TV Series .... Kathleen Kennedy (Part 1 & 2)
Little House: Bless All the Dear Children (1984) (TV) .... Jenny Wilder
Little House: The Last Farewell (1984) (TV) .... Jenny Wilder
Little House: Look Back to Yesterday (1983) (TV) .... Jenny Wilder
"Little House on the Prairie" (1974) TV Series .... Jenny Wilder (1982-1983)
Night Shift (1982) .... Bluebell
Secret of NIMH, The (1982) (voice) .... Teresa
Biography
A former child actress, Shannen Doherty gained attention during her four-year stint as one of the teen leads in the popular high school serial "Beverly Hills, 90210" (Fox, 1990-94). Pouting and pixyish, with long, dark hair and wide eyes, she had kept busy on primetime TV for most of the 1980s, primarily in family-oriented fare, with featured roles in two NBC series, "Little House: A New Beginning" (1982-83) and "Our House" (1986-88). While on "90210", Doherty unfortunately attracted much attention from both tabloids and mainstream media for what was perceived as temperamental behavior. In recent years, she has attempted to make the transition to adult roles with such diverse fare as "Blindfold: Acts of Obsession" (USA, 1994), as a woman trying to save her marriage, "Burning Passion: The Margaret Mitchell Story" (NBC, 1994), as the feisty author of "Gone With the Wind", and "Gone in the Night" (CBS, 1996), as a young mother unjustly accused of murdering her daughter. From 1998-2001 Doherty starred in the supernatural-themed TV series "Charmed" (The WB) and in 2002, she hosted the sci-fi game show "Scare Tactics."
Doherty made her feature acting debut in Ron Howard's "Night Shift" (1982) and that same year provided a character voice for "The Secret of NIMH". Her occasional feature films have generally been less notable, though she did have her moments as one of the several snooty, same-named princesses on whom Winona Ryder and Christian Slater take revenge in the black comedy, "Heathers" (1989). Doherty returned to films in 1995 with Kevin Smith's "Mallrats".
Quote
"Let me start by saying it wasn't like I walked out one day and said, 'I quit.' It was a very long process of quitting the show. Aaron got as fed up with me as I was with the show, and I think it was because the notoriety was too much. People were hating the character and I couldn't take the abuse that came with that. People couldn't separate me from her and I got sick of people assuming that I was as naughty and bad as Brenda was. It was all very hurtful."