Kirstie Alley

Born in Wichita, Kansas, Kristie Alley is the daughter of a proprietor of a lumber firm. She was raised as a Methodist and attended Wichita Southeast High School. Alley then relocated to Los Angeles to pursue a degree in interior design.

Her great luck happened in Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan, where she made her feature picture debut. She went on to act a prominent role in the television miniseries North and South after that. However, her ascent to fame didn’t begin until she starred to replace Shelly Long in the hit sitcom Cheers in the late 1980s. Alley bagged several accolades to depict the neurotic and high-strung Rebecca Howe in 1990, thanks to her voluptuous beauty and comic timing. In 1988, she starred in the thriller Shoot to Kill, and in 1989, she achieved her first box office success with the comedy Look Who’s Talking. It seems like the stars have realigned for Alley to become one of Hollywood’s bankable stars.