Biography
Tilly was innate Jennifer E. Chan to the Chinese stockbroker and was raised around Victoria, British Columbia, Canada. (Tilly is her mother's maiden title) She is considered to exist as the sex symbol among her fans, as it sense she's beautiful because of her unusual, Eurasian appearance. She attended Belmont High School along using her ii sisters. She began her acting career as a adolescent, putting herself through the theater program at Stephens College within Missouri, whose alumni include Joan Crawford who withdrew from a school, & actress Carrie Nye, wife of Dick Cavett.

Her breakthrough film role was as a singing waitress in The Fabulous Baker Boys (1989) in the a share that was specially written for her by Steve Kloves. She was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Actress withwithin the Supporting Role for her role as a hopelessly bad actress in Woody Allen's Bullets Over Broadway (1994), which brought the picture show's star Dianne Wiest an Oscar for her role as a 1920s Broadway diva.

Tilly gained a bit of extra popularity within recent years for providing voice-on top function when killer doll Tiffany for the ''Child's Play series of movies. In the virtually all recent installment, Seed of Chucky, she plays a dual role, non lone providing a voice for Tiffany, however likewise swimming an exaggerated version of herself.

Tilly occurs as semi-regular cast member in Family Guy'', voicing the Gryphon personal's neighbor, Bonnie. She has as well done vocal act for the film Monsters, Inc. and the children's series Hey Arnold. She has move around Los Angeles theatre, winning the Theater Globe Award for her performance inside off-Broadway's 1 Shoe Off.

In June 27, 2005, Tilly won a World Series of Poker bracelet (and $158,625) in the Ladies' There are no-Limit Texas hold 'em event, outlasting 600 other players. She followed this accomplishment au courant September One, 2005 by too winning a third World Poker Tour Ladies Invitational tournament held at the Bicycle Casino in Los Angeles.

Tilly is presently dating poker professional Phil "Unabomber" Laak and is nicknamed "The Unabombshell" within the poker circuit.

Tilly married The Simpsons producer Sam Simon within 1984, but it divorced in 1991 while forgoing youngsters.

Selected filmography
There is no Little Affair (1984) Hill Street Blues (TV-Series 1981 - 1987) Tilly appeared (1984 - 1985) Moving Violations (1985) Johnny Be Good (1988) High Spirits (1988) Let It Ride (1989) The Fabulous Baker Boys (1989) The Doors (1991) Scorchers (1991) Shadow of the Wolf (1992) Made in America (1993) Bullets Over Broadway (1994) A Getaway (1994) Bound (1996) Liar Liar (1997) Edie & Pen (1997) A Incorrectly Guy (1997) Bride of Chucky (1998) (voice) Stuart Little (1999) (voice) A Crew (2000) Monsters, Inc. (2001) (voice) ''The Cat's Meow (2001) The Haunted Mansion (2003) Home on the Range (2004) (voice) Seed of Chucky'' (2004)