Kirstie Alley - Fact Sheet

Profession: Actress

Alley won a supporting role in the 1982 movie Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan, playing Vulcan officer Lieutenant Saavik. Alley rose to prominence in her 1987 - 1993 role as the neurotic corporate executive Rebecca Howe on the long-running hit TV sitcom Cheers, replacing Shelley Long. She later starred in the movie Look Who's Talking (1989) with fellow Scientologist John Travolta, which earned more than $100 million at the box office. This film was followed by two sequels — 1990's Look Who's Talking Too and 1993's Look Who's Talking Now. In 1992, she played a TV news reporter in Prince's video for "My Name Is Prince". In 2005, after her weight increased, she headlined a sitcom for Showtime called Fat Actress. The show details the daily life of an overweight actress trying to make it in Hollywood. Recently Alley stated that she has not had sexual relations in four and a half years, due to the fact she didn't want to have "fat sex." Alley has become an advocate against obesity and is a spokeswoman for the Jenny Craig weight-loss program; TV ads document her weight loss, which has reached 50 lbs., according to Alley on an early November 2005 appearance on The Oprah Winfrey Show. 

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Kirstie Alley Photo Galleries	# of Pictures
Candid	1
Candid	41
Glamour + Candid	2
Screen Capture	9
Screen Capture + Candid	36