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To say Tiffani Thiessen was a teen icon in the ’90s is an understatement.
The multitasking actress also expanded her workload to include authoring two books and penning alifestyle blog.
However, that wasn’t the case.
“Her visibility as a teen model had increased,” Engel wrote.
“Even if she wasn’t the best actress we could find, she was icon material.”
When cast in “SBTB,” Thiessen was just 15.
When “SBTB” and its spinoffs ended, Thiessen was left looking for another gig.
“Did you know I tested for Friends, forJennifer Aniston?”
she said during the interview, explaining why she didn’t get Aniston’s now-iconic role.
“I was a little too young to the pairing of the rest of them.”
And two, I was a massive James Bond fan."
The part, however, ultimately went to Denise Richards.
When cast, Thiessen was already dating “90210” cast memberBrian Austin Green.
On “The Meredith Vieira Show,” Thiessen admitted that lip-lock was somewhat awkward.
“Literally having your boyfriend on the show and then literally kissing another man!”
It was very cute.
It was hand holding and looking over."
Theyoung starlet’suncle, aprofessional photographer, helped her get her start in the industry.
Her first gig, at just 8 years old, was in a Peaches and CreamBarbie commercial.
Over 30 years later, Thiessen still looks at those experiences fondly.
She started dating young and confessed toHoward Sternthat she lost her virginity at 14.
When it came time to settle down, Thiessen’s former “90210” co-star played Cupid.
Although he arranged their first date, when it came to intimacy, it was Thiessen who initiated.
“But then she leaned in and laid one on me.
And I don’t even remember the drive home.”
“I was not the girl that was a size 2 and didn’t work for it.
I was never the waify model bang out,” she said in an interview withABC News.
And, as her daughter gets older, she strives to be a positive role model for her.
The Thiessen-Smith household is a testament to their matriarch’s passion for fur babies it includes a staggeringfour dogs!
She says it started in her youth as she watched the women in her family cook together.
she explained to People.
The actress-turned-writer has penned two books so far.
The cookbook is chock full of delicious-sounding dishes, like her husband’s favorite: short rib enchiladas.
Thiessen also wanted to gather the recipes for her children one day.
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“I am shocked that they only had one child.
I would have expected…more,” she toldBuzzfeed.
