Jennifer Tilly
Name: Jennifer Tilly
Born: 16-Sep-1958
Location: Los Angeles, CA, United States
Cashes: 14
Total Winnings: $427,363
First Place Finishes: 2
WSOP Bracelets: 1
ProRank 1 Position: 1168
Tilly was born Jennifer E. Chan in Harbor City, Los Angeles, California. She is the second of four children of Harry Chan, a Chinese American used car salesman, and Patricia Tilly, a schoolteacher and former stage actress. Tilly began her acting career in her teenage years through a theater program at Stephens College in Missouri.
Tilly had small roles in TV shows and movies beginning in 1983. She had a recurring guest role on Hill Street Blues as Gina Srignoli, a mobster's widow who becomes romantically involved with detective Henry Goldblume. Tilly's breakthrough film role was as a singing waitress in The Fabulous Baker Boys (1989) in a part that was specially written for her by Steve Kloves. She was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for her role as a hopelessly bad actress in Woody Allen's Bullets Over Broadway (1994). Tilly was ranked #23 in Celebrity Sleuth "25 Sexiest Women of 1995."
Jennifer may have seemed like a fish out of water when she took home the gold bracelet in the 2005 World Series of Poker Ladies No-Limit Hold'em event, but she would prove later that year that she was no one-hit-wonder with her first place victory at the World Poker Tour Ladies Invitational. On June 27, 2005, Tilly won a World Series of Poker bracelet (and $158,625) in the Ladies' No-Limit Texas Hold 'Em event, outlasting 600 other players. She followed up this accomplishment on September 1, 2005 by also winning the third World Poker Tour Ladies Invitational Tournament held at the Bicycle Casino in Los Angeles. Tilly has appeared in the GSN Poker Royale series. She appeared in the third season of Poker Superstars but was eliminated in the preliminary round.
Tilly played in the Celebrity Poker Showdown which aired June 14, 2006 on Bravo. Tilly was knocked out in third place by Bravo’s internet poker champion Ida Siconolfi (the first non-celebrity to appear on the show) when her AK failed to improve against Ida's starting hand of KK. Tilly appears as a celebrity, rather than a poker pro, in ESPN's Pro-Am Poker Equalizer.
In a television interview, Tilly stated that at this point in her career she is more interested in pursuing poker than acting. As of 2008 her live tournament winnings exceed $450,000. Tilly also appears in the World Series of Poker Tournament of Champions 2007 Edition video game (along with current boyfriend, Phil Laak) that was released in 2007 by Activision.
Tilly married The Simpsons producer Sam Simon in 1984, but they divorced in 1991. She is currently dating poker professional Phil "Unabomber" Laak and is nicknamed "The Unabombshell" within the poker circuit. Laak is 14 years younger than Tilly.
JENNIFER TILLY TOURNAMENT RESULTS |
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EVENT |
PLACE |
PRIZE |
DATE |
| Bellagio Cup IV / WPT Season 7 Event #8 - WPT No Limit Hold'em Championship |
49th | $25,855 | Jul 17, 2008 |
| LA Poker Classic / WPT Event Season 6 Event #29 - WPT No Limit Hold'em Championship |
12th | $61,610 | Feb 28, 2008 |
| LA Poker Classic / WPT Event Season 6 Event #19 - No Limit Hold'em |
13th | $2,990 | Feb 12, 2008 |
| No Limit Tournament No Limit Hold'em |
4th | $6,445 | Dec 16, 2007 |
| Bellagio Cup III Event #24 - No Limit Hold'em |
6th | $18,495 | Jul 4, 2007 |
| Bellagio Cup III Event #21 - No Limit Hold'em |
7th | $7,425 | Jul 1, 2007 |
| 38th Annual World Series of Poker Event #47 - WSOP No Limit Hold'em |
30th | $18,546 | Jun 29, 2007 |
| 38th Annual World Series of Poker Event #31 - WSOP Heads Up - No Limit Hold'em World Championship |
48th | $9,212 | Jun 19, 2007 |
| 38th Annual World Series of Poker Event #22 - WSOP No Limit Hold'em |
50th | $12,653 | Jun 13, 2007 |
| Bellagio Five Diamond World Poker Classic / WPT Event Season 5 No Limit Hold'em |
1st | $39,480 | Dec 12, 2006 |
| 4th Borgata Poker Open / WPT Event Season 5 / PPT Event WPT No Limit Hold'em Championship |
15th | $52,380 | Sep 19, 2006 |
| 37th Annual World Series of Poker Event #31 - WSOP No Limit Hold'em |
99th | $5,597 | Jul 21, 2006 |
| 37th Annual World Series of Poker Event #30 - WSOP No Limit Hold'em Short Handed |
41st | $8,340 | Jul 20, 2006 |
| 36th Annual World Series of Poker Event #26 - WSOP Ladies - No Limit Hold'em |
1st | $158,335 | Jun 26, 2005 |