- Berkley, at the Venice Film Festival to promote her new picture, ROGER DODGER, said that after her 1995 movie about Las Vegas strippers she had some tough times - above all creatively.
- Her latest movie is about an adman, played by Campbell Scott, who teaches his teenage nephew how to seduce women.
- In SAVED BY THE BELL (1989), she originally auditioned for the role of Kelly Kapowski and was turned down in favor of Tiffani-Amber Thiessen, but the producers liked Elizabeth so much that they created the Jessica Spano character especially for her to play.
- Once she sat next to a man on an international flight who watched SHOWGIRLS (1995) on his in-seat video screen and never recognized her.
- Sometimes Credited As: Elizabeth Berkley-Brown
- Has different color eyes: right eye is half green and half brown and left eye is green.
- Donned a $600 formfitting gown made entirely of collard greens for the Lettuce Be Lean campaign sponsored by People for Ethical Treatment of Animals. According to People Weekly, a source claims she had to be misted every 20 minutes, like a produce section. (1997)
- Is a vegetarian.
- Auditioned for the film ANNIE (1982), but was turned down because she was too tall.
- Was paid $100,000 for SHOWGIRLS (1995)
Quotes- "I had to work out where I was going, what type of films I wanted to make. For that reason, I decided to choose independent productions, less important roles, and I tried theater, too."
- "I had to make some drastic choices to avoid losing myself."
- "Ever since those reviews for SHOWGIRLS, it's like I was that woman in The Scarlet Letter. Except that instead of having to wear the letter 'A' for adulteress, I was condemned to wear an 'S' for showgirl."
Awards- Razzie Awards: Worst Actress, SHOWGIRLS (1996)
- Razzie Awards: Worst New Star, SHOWGIRLS (1996)
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