Bridgette Leann Wilson-Sampras (born September 25, 1973) is an American actress, singer and model. A Miss Teen USA

Miss Teen USA

Miss Teen USA is a beauty pageant run by the Miss Universe Organization for girls aged 14–19. The reigning titleholder is Danielle Doty of Texas....

 in 1990, Wilson holds several acting roles in television and movies, including the role of Veronica Vaughn in the movie Billy Madison

Billy Madison

Billy Madison is a 1995 American comedy film directed by Tamra Davis and starring Adam Sandler, in the title role, Bradley Whitford, Bridgette Wilson, Norm Macdonald and Darren McGavin. The film was written by Sandler and Tim Herlihy, and produced by Universal Studios. It made over $25.5 million...

, the role of Elsa Shivers in the movie I Know What You Did Last Summer

I Know What You Did Last Summer

I Know What You Did Last Summer is a 1997 American horror film. The film stars Jennifer Love Hewitt, Sarah Michelle Gellar, Ryan Phillippe and Freddie Prinze Jr. The screenplay was written by Kevin Williamson, writer of Scream, and very loosely based on Lois Duncan's popular novel of the same title...

, and the role of Sonya Blade

Sonya Blade

Sonya Blade is a player character from the Mortal Kombat series. She is portrayed in the games as an officer of the United States Special Forces.-In video games:...

 in the movie Mortal Kombat. She married tennis player Pete Sampras

Pete Sampras

Pete Sampras is a retired American tennis player and former world no. 1. During his 15-year tour career, he won 14 Grand Slam singles titles and became recognized as one of the greatest tennis players of all time....

 in 2000.

Early life

Wilson was born in Gold Beach, Oregon

Gold Beach, Oregon

Gold Beach is a city in and the county seat of Curry County, Oregon, United States, on the Oregon Coast. The population was 1,897 at the 2000 census.-History:...

, the daughter of Kathy and Dale Wilson. Her sister Tracy Wilson, is also an actress (as a child, Tracy made her debut in the movie Resurrection

Resurrection (1980 film)

Resurrection is a 1980 film which tells the story of a woman who survives the car accident which kills her husband, but discovers that she has the power to heal other people...

, which co-starred Ellen Burstyn

Ellen Burstyn

Ellen Burstyn is a leading American actress of film, stage, and television. Burstyn's career began in theatre during the late 1950s, and over the next ten years she appeared in several films and television series before joining the Actors Studio in 1967...

). Bridgette was crowned Miss Teen USA

Miss Teen USA

Miss Teen USA is a beauty pageant run by the Miss Universe Organization for girls aged 14–19. The reigning titleholder is Danielle Doty of Texas....

 in 1990 in Biloxi

Biloxi, Mississippi

Biloxi is a city in Harrison County, Mississippi, in the United States. The 2010 census recorded the population as 44,054. Along with Gulfport, Biloxi is a county seat of Harrison County....

, Mississippi

Mississippi

Mississippi is a U.S. state located in the Southern United States. Jackson is the state capital and largest city. The name of the state derives from the Mississippi River, which flows along its western boundary, whose name comes from the Ojibwe word misi-ziibi...

; she is the second contender from Oregon to win the crown.

Career

After her reign as Miss Teen USA, Wilson became an actress and appeared in: Santa Barbara, Saved By The Bell

Saved by the Bell

Saved by the Bell is an American television sitcom that aired between 1989 and 1993. The series is a retooled version of the 1988 series Good Morning, Miss Bliss, which was itself later folded into the history of Saved by the Bell...

(playing "Ginger"), The Last Action Hero

Last Action Hero

Last Action Hero is a 1993 American action-comedy-fantasy film directed and produced by John McTiernan. It is a satire of the action genre and its clichés, containing several parodies of action films in the form of films within the film....

(as Jack Slater's daughter Whitney), Billy Madison

Billy Madison

Billy Madison is a 1995 American comedy film directed by Tamra Davis and starring Adam Sandler, in the title role, Bradley Whitford, Bridgette Wilson, Norm Macdonald and Darren McGavin. The film was written by Sandler and Tim Herlihy, and produced by Universal Studios. It made over $25.5 million...

(playing Adam Sandler

Adam Sandler

Adam Richard Sandler is an American actor, comedian, screenwriter, musician, and film producer.After becoming a Saturday Night Live cast member, Sandler went on to star in several Hollywood feature films that grossed over $100 million at the box office...

's teacher/girlfriend Veronica Vaughan), Higher Learning (cameo as a university student), Mortal Kombat (playing Sonya Blade), Nixon

Nixon (film)

Nixon is a 1995 American biographical film directed by Oliver Stone for Cinergi Pictures that tells the story of the political and personal life of former US President Richard Nixon, played by Anthony Hopkins....

(cameo as a nightclub performer), I Know What You Did Last Summer

I Know What You Did Last Summer

I Know What You Did Last Summer is a 1997 American horror film. The film stars Jennifer Love Hewitt, Sarah Michelle Gellar, Ryan Phillippe and Freddie Prinze Jr. The screenplay was written by Kevin Williamson, writer of Scream, and very loosely based on Lois Duncan's popular novel of the same title...

(as Sarah Michelle Gellar

Sarah Michelle Gellar

Sarah Michelle Prinze , known professionally by her birth name of Sarah Michelle Gellar , is an American actress, singer and executive producer...

's ill-fated elder sister), House on Haunted Hill

House on Haunted Hill (1999 film)

House on Haunted Hill is a 1999 American horror film, directed by William Malone and starring Geoffrey Rush, Famke Janssen, Taye Diggs, Ali Larter and Jeffrey Combs. It also includes a cameo appearance by Peter Graves...

(as Melissa Marr

Melissa Marr

Melissa Marr . Marr grew up in Westchester, NY.Marr attended the Bennington College, and graduated with a Bachelor of Arts. She then attended the Columbia Business School, Columbia University, New York and received a Master's of Business Administration in 2002...

), Buying the Cow

Buying the Cow

Buying the Cow is a 2002 American comedy film directed by Walt Becker and starring Jerry O'Connell and Bridgette L. Wilson.-Plot:Although he has had a relationship with her for five years now, David is too afraid to commit to his girlfriend Sarah, who is pressuring him into proposing to her...

, The Suburbans

The Suburbans

The Suburbans is a 1999 comedy-drama that satirizes the 1980s revival hype around the turn of the 21st century. It stars Jennifer Love Hewitt and Donal Lardner Ward, who also co-wrote and directed the movie....

, Love Stinks

Love Stinks

Love Stinks is the eleventh album by American rock band The J. Geils Band, released in 1980 .The title song is a rant against unrequited love. It has been covered by industrial metal band Bile, by Andru Branch in the film Love Stinks, Joan Jett in the film Mr. Wrong and Adam Sandler in the movie...

, Nevada

Nevada (film)

Nevada is a 1944 western movie based on a Zane Grey novel and starring a 27-year-old Robert Mitchum, with Anne Jeffreys, Guinn "Big Boy" Williams, and Richard Martin in supporting roles. The film was written by Norman Houston from Grey's popular novel and directed by Edward Killy...

, Sweet Evil (as a psychopathic surrogate mother), Extreme Ops

Extreme Ops

Extreme Ops is a 2002 action thriller film directed by Christian Duguay, written by Michael Zaidan, Timothy Scott Bogart, and Mark Mullin, and starring Devon Sawa, Bridgette Wilson-Sampras, Rupert Graves, and Rufus Sewell.-Premise:...

(as a world-champion snowboarder) and The Wedding Planner

The Wedding Planner

The Wedding Planner is a 2001 romantic comedy film directed by Adam Shankman, written by Michael Ellis and Pamela Falk, and starring Jennifer Lopez and Matthew McConaughey.-Plot:...

. Wilson also appeared on an episode of CSI Miami as a woman whose husband is killed by a package delivered to their house.

Wilson did not reprise her role as Sonya Blade

Sonya Blade

Sonya Blade is a player character from the Mortal Kombat series. She is portrayed in the games as an officer of the United States Special Forces.-In video games:...

 in Mortal Kombat: Annihilation

Mortal Kombat: Annihilation

Mortal Kombat: Annihilation is a 1997 American martial arts action film that was the sequel to 1995's Mortal Kombat, and was directed by John R. Leonetti, who had served as the cinematographer for the previous film...

, the sequel to the first Mortal Kombat film; that part was played by Swiss Actress Sandra Hess

Sandra Hess

Sandra Hess is an actress best known for her role as Sonya Blade in the film Mortal Kombat: Annihilation.-Biography:Hess began modeling and working on television commercials when she was 15...

.

Wilson has starred in The Rocky Horror Show

The Rocky Horror Show

The Rocky Horror Show is a long-running British horror comedy stage musical, which opened in London on 19 June 1973. It was written by Richard O'Brien, produced and directed by Jim Sharman. It came eighth in a BBC Radio 2 listener poll of the "Nation's Number One Essential Musicals"...

(off-Broadway

Off-Broadway

Off-Broadway theater is a term for a professional venue in New York City with a seating capacity between 100 and 499, and for a specific production of a play, musical or revue that appears in such a venue, and which adheres to related trade union and other contracts...

). She was a judge on the 2006 Miss Universe competition. Wilson is also a singer, and was featured on Tommy Shane Steiner

Tommy Shane Steiner

Tommy Shane Steiner is an American country music artist. He made his debut in 2001 with the single "What If She's an Angel", which reached a peak of #2 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks charts...

's debut album Then Came the Night

Then Came the Night

Then Came the Night is the debut album of American country music artist Tommy Shane Steiner, released in 2002 on RCA Records. It features the single "What If She's an Angel", a #2 hit for Steiner on the Hot Country Songs charts in late 2001-early 2002...

, singing backup vocals on the song "What We're Gonna Do About It". This song reached #43 on the Billboard

Billboard (magazine)

Billboard is a weekly American magazine devoted to the music industry, and is one of the oldest trade magazines in the world. It maintains several internationally recognized music charts that track the most popular songs and albums in various categories on a weekly basis...

Hot Country Songs

Hot Country Songs

Hot Country Songs is a chart published weekly by Billboard magazine in the United States.This 60-position chart lists the most popular country music songs, calculated weekly mostly by airplay and occasionally commercial sales...

 charts in 2002.

Personal life

She married tennis

Tennis

Tennis is a sport usually played between two players or between two teams of two players each . Each player uses a racket that is strung to strike a hollow rubber ball covered with felt over a net into the opponent's court. Tennis is an Olympic sport and is played at all levels of society at all...

 player Pete Sampras

Pete Sampras

Pete Sampras is a retired American tennis player and former world no. 1. During his 15-year tour career, he won 14 Grand Slam singles titles and became recognized as one of the greatest tennis players of all time....

 on September 30, 2000. They have two sons, Christian Charles Sampras (b. November 21, 2002) and Ryan Nikolaos Sampras (b. July 29, 2005).

Filmography

• Saved by the Bell
  Saved by the Bell
  Saved by the Bell is an American television sitcom that aired between 1989 and 1993. The series is a retooled version of the 1988 series Good Morning, Miss Bliss, which was itself later folded into the history of Saved by the Bell...
  
  (1989) TV series - Ginger (1992) 5 episodes
• Santa Barbara
  Santa Barbara (TV series)
  Santa Barbara is an American television soap opera, first broadcast in the United States on NBC on July 30, 1984, and last aired on January 15, 1993. The show revolved around the eventful lives of the wealthy Capwell family of Santa Barbara, California...
  
  (1993) TV series - Lisa Fenimore #2 (1992-1993)
• Last Action Hero
  Last Action Hero
  Last Action Hero is a 1993 American action-comedy-fantasy film directed and produced by John McTiernan. It is a satire of the action genre and its clichés, containing several parodies of action films in the form of films within the film....
  
  (1993) - Whitney/Meredith
• Higher Learning
  Higher Learning
  Higher Learning is a 1995 American drama film, starring an ensemble cast. It also featured Tyra Banks' first performance in a theatrical film...
  
  (1995) - Nicole (cameo role)
• Billy Madison
  Billy Madison
  Billy Madison is a 1995 American comedy film directed by Tamra Davis and starring Adam Sandler, in the title role, Bradley Whitford, Bridgette Wilson, Norm Macdonald and Darren McGavin. The film was written by Sandler and Tim Herlihy, and produced by Universal Studios. It made over $25.5 million...
  
  (1995) - Veronica Vaughn
• Mortal Kombat
  Mortal Kombat (film)
  Mortal Kombat is a 1995 American action and adventure film directed by Paul Anderson. Based on the Mortal Kombat series of fighting games, the film was the first part of the Mortal Kombat film series...
  
  (1995) - Sonya Blade
• Nixon
  Nixon (film)
  Nixon is a 1995 American biographical film directed by Oliver Stone for Cinergi Pictures that tells the story of the political and personal life of former US President Richard Nixon, played by Anthony Hopkins....
  
  (1995) - Sandy
• Final Vendetta (1996) - Jennifer Clark
• Unhook the Stars
  Unhook the Stars
  Unhook the Stars is a 1996 drama film starring Gena Rowlands, Marisa Tomei, and Gerard Depardieu. The movie was directed by Nick Cassavetes, son of Gena Rowlands. Rowlands and Tomei both received SAG Award nominations for their performances...
  
  (1996) - Jeannie Hawks
• Marina (1997)
• Nevada (1997) - June
• The Stepsister (1997) (TV) - Melinda Harrison
• The Real Blonde
  The Real Blonde
  The Real Blonde is a 1998 movie directed and written by Tom DiCillo. It stars Matthew Modine, Catherine Keener, and Maxwell Caulfield. The film is a satire on New York's fashion and entertainment industries.-Plot:...
  
  (1997) - Sahara
• I Know What You Did Last Summer
  I Know What You Did Last Summer
  I Know What You Did Last Summer is a 1997 American horror film. The film stars Jennifer Love Hewitt, Sarah Michelle Gellar, Ryan Phillippe and Freddie Prinze Jr. The screenplay was written by Kevin Williamson, writer of Scream, and very loosely based on Lois Duncan's popular novel of the same title...
  
  (1997) - Elsa Shivers
• Sweet Evil (1997)
• Host (1998) (TV) - Julit Spring
• Starstruck
  Starstruck (1998 film)
  -Plot:A temp/aspiring screenwriter in Los Angeles befriends a washed up, former teen idol and develops an unhealthy relationship with him.-Principal cast:-Critical reception:From Nathan Rabin at The A.V. Club:...
  
  (1998) - Sandra
• The Suburbans
  The Suburbans
  The Suburbans is a 1999 comedy-drama that satirizes the 1980s revival hype around the turn of the 21st century. It stars Jennifer Love Hewitt and Donal Lardner Ward, who also co-wrote and directed the movie....
  
  (1999) - Lara
• Love Stinks
  Love Stinks (film)
  Love Stinks is a 1999 comedy starring French Stewart, Bridgette Wilson, Bill Bellamy and Tyra Banks. It was written and directed by Jeff Franklin, who previously created the long-running hit TV series Full House.-Plot summary:...
  
  (1999) - Chelsea Turner
• House on Haunted Hill
  House on Haunted Hill (1999 film)
  House on Haunted Hill is a 1999 American horror film, directed by William Malone and starring Geoffrey Rush, Famke Janssen, Taye Diggs, Ali Larter and Jeffrey Combs. It also includes a cameo appearance by Peter Graves...
  
  (1999) - Melissa Margaret Marr
• Beautiful (2000) - Lorna Larkin, Miss Texas
• The $treet
  The $treet
  The $treet is an American television drama series that aired on Fox in 2000. 11 episodes were produced and 6 aired in the U.S.The series was about a small brokerage house called Belmont Stevens located in New York and the lives of its employees. Freddie Sacker was one of the most notable...
  
  (2000) TV series - Bridget Deshiel
• The Wedding Planner
  The Wedding Planner
  The Wedding Planner is a 2001 romantic comedy film directed by Adam Shankman, written by Michael Ellis and Pamela Falk, and starring Jennifer Lopez and Matthew McConaughey.-Plot:...
  
  (2001) - Francine Donolly
• Just Visiting (2001) - Amber
• Buying the Cow
  Buying the Cow
  Buying the Cow is a 2002 American comedy film directed by Walt Becker and starring Jerry O'Connell and Bridgette L. Wilson.-Plot:Although he has had a relationship with her for five years now, David is too afraid to commit to his girlfriend Sarah, who is pressuring him into proposing to her...
  
  (2002) - Sarah
• Extreme Ops
  Extreme Ops
  Extreme Ops is a 2002 action thriller film directed by Christian Duguay, written by Michael Zaidan, Timothy Scott Bogart, and Mark Mullin, and starring Devon Sawa, Bridgette Wilson-Sampras, Rupert Graves, and Rufus Sewell.-Premise:...
  
  (2002) - Chloe
• Frasier
  Frasier
  Frasier is an American sitcom that was broadcast on NBC for eleven seasons, from September 16, 1993, to May 13, 2004. The program was created and produced by David Angell, Peter Casey, and David Lee in association with Grammnet and Paramount Network Television.A spin-off of Cheers, Frasier stars...
  
  (1 episode, 2002) - Kris
• CSI: Miami
  CSI: Miami
  CSI: Miami is an American police procedural television series, which premiered on September 23, 2002 on CBS. The series is a spin-off of CSI: Crime Scene Investigation....
  
  (1 episode, 2003) - Gabriela Betancourt
• Shopgirl
  Shopgirl
  Shopgirl is a 2005 American romantic drama film directed by Anand Tucker. The screenplay by Steve Martin is based on his 2000 novella of the same name.-Plot:...
  
  (2005) - Lisa Cramer
• Carpoolers
  Carpoolers
  Carpoolers is an American single-camera comedy series, which ran on ABC from October 2, 2007 to March 4, 2008. The show was created by Bruce McCulloch, who also executive produced alongside Justin Falvey, Darryl Frank, David Miner, Marsh McCall, Joe Russo and Anthony Russo . Joe and Anthony Russo...
  
  (2008) - Dorrit
• Phantom Punch
  Phantom Punch (film)
  Phantom Punch is a 2009 film directed by Robert Townsend. The film is a biopic of Sonny Liston, with Ving Rhames in the lead role. The film also stars Stacey Dash, Nicholas Turturro, Alan van Sprang, David Proval, and Bridgette Wilson....
  
  (2009) - Farah

Albums

Title	Details
I Only Wanna Be with You I Only Wanna Be with You (album) I Only Want To Be With You is the first album released by actress/singer Bridgette Wilson, primarily in Japan, in 1994. It was released on the King Records/Seven Seas Japan record label.- Track listing :# Only Want To Be With You# Romeo And Juliet...	Release date: 1994 Label: King Records
Gimme a Kiss Gimme a Kiss Gimme a Kiss is the second album released by actress/singer Bridgette Wilson, primarily in Japan, in Summer 1996. It was released on the King Records/Seven Seas Japan record label....	Release date: 1996 Label: King Records

Guest singles

Year	Single	Artist	Peak positions	Album
			US Country Hot Country Songs Hot Country Songs is a chart published weekly by Billboard magazine in the United States.This 60-position chart lists the most popular country music songs, calculated weekly mostly by airplay and occasionally commercial sales...
2002	"What We're Gonna Do About It"	Tommy Shane Steiner Tommy Shane Steiner Tommy Shane Steiner is an American country music artist. He made his debut in 2001 with the single "What If She's an Angel", which reached a peak of #2 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks charts...	43	Then Came the Night Then Came the Night Then Came the Night is the debut album of American country music artist Tommy Shane Steiner, released in 2002 on RCA Records. It features the single "What If She's an Angel", a #2 hit for Steiner on the Hot Country Songs charts in late 2001-early 2002...

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