Tricia Leigh Fisher (born December 26, 1968) is an American actress.
Early life
Fisher was born in Burbank, California to singer Eddie Fisher and actress Connie Stevens. She has two half-siblings, actor and producer Todd Fisher and actress Carrie Fisher, from her father's previous marriage to actress Debbie Reynolds. Fisher's paternal grandparents were Russian-Jewish immigrants. Her father had married five times, the third time to Stevens. Fisher's parents divorced when she was a baby and she and Joely were raised by Stevens, who never remarried. As children, both Tricia and Joely began performing on stage in their mother's Las Vegas show.
Career
Acting
At the age of 16, Fisher made her debut in the 1985 crime drama Stick, starring Burt Reynolds, Candice Bergen, George Segal, and Charles Durning. She then starred as Daphne Ziegler in the 1986 comedy Pretty Smart. In 1987, Fisher appeared in the television movie Strange Voices, opposite Valerie Harper. The following year, she landed a role in the TV movie Bring Me the Head of Dobie Gillis, also starring her mother as well as Dwayne Hickman and Bob Denver. In 1989, Fisher appeared in two movies, Hollywood Chaos and C.H.U.D. II: Bud the C.H.U.D., followed by roles in the 1990 comedy, Book of Love and Arizona Dream starring Johnny Depp, Jerry Lewis, and Faye Dunaway.
In September 2011, Fisher and her husband, actor Byron Thames, appeared in her mother's Las Vegas stage show. In July 2012, Fisher, her husband and children began appearing on the ABC Family reality series Beverly Hills Nannies.
Music
Fisher performed the theme song for her 1986 movie Pretty Smart, and released a self-titled debut album for Atco Records in 1990. The album's single "Empty Beach", written by Dennis East, was a modest hit.
Filmography
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|+Film
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! Year
! Film
! Role
! class="unsortable" | Notes
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| 1985
| Stick
| Katie Stickley
|
|-
| 1987
| Pretty Smart
| Daphne Ziegler
|
|-
| 1989
| Hollywood Chaos
| Mary
|
|-
| 1989
| C.H.U.D. II: Bud the C.H.U.D.
| Katie
|
|-
| 1990
| Book of Love
| Gina Gabooch
|
|-
| 1993
| Arizona Dream
| Lindy
| Uncredited
|-
| 1994
| I'll Do Anything
| Airplane Passenger
|
|-
| 1995
| Hostile Intentions
| Maureen
| Video
|-
| 1997
| Men Seeking Women
| Amanda
|
|-
| 2009
| Saving Grace B. Jones
| Ella Jean Jones
|
|}
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|+Television
|-
! Year
! Film
! Role
! class="unsortable" | Notes
|-
| 1986
| One Big Family
| Melinda Clarke
| Episode: "Image Breaker"
|-
| 1986
| Our House
| Bonnie
| Episode: "Different Habits"
|-
| 1986
| Bio-Man
| Trini Crystal / Biorhythm Yellow
| Unaired pilot
|-
| 1987
| Time Out for Dad
| Shelley Kowalski
| TV movie
|-
| 1987
| Strange Voices
| Lisa Glover
| TV movie
|-
| 1988
| Bring Me the Head of Dobie Gillis
| Chatsie
| TV movie
|-
| 1988
| Growing Pains
| C.J. Powell
| Episode: "Nude Photos"
|-
| 1996
| '
| Heidi Fleiss
| TV movie
|-
| 1996
| Brotherly Love
| Miss Harper
| Episode: "Kernel of Truth"
|-
| 1996
| Ellen
| Joanie
| Episode: "Lobster Diary"
|-
| 1997
| Beyond Belief: Fact or Fiction
| Julia Randall
| Episode: "The Tractor"
|-
| 1998
| Ellen
| Megan
| Episode: "Ellen: A Hollywood Tribute: Part 2"
|-
| 1999
| Love, American Style
| Amy
| Segment: "Love and the Internet"
|-
| 2001
| These Old Broads
| Hooker
| TV movie
|-
| 2001
| '
| Cashier
| Episode: "The Quest: Part 2"
|-
| 2003
| Wild Card
| Nicolette
| Episode: "Backstabbed"
|-
| 2004
| 7th Heaven
| Mrs. Shearers
| Episode: "Bad Boys, Bad Boys, Whatcha Gonna Do"
|-
| 2006–2010
| rowspan=2 | Til Death
| Denise
| 8 episodes
|-
| 2010
| Tricia
| Episode: "Work Wife"
|-
| 2010
| No Ordinary Family
| Alice Costigan
| Episode: "No Ordinary Vigilante"
|-
| 2011
| '
| Prudence
| Episode: "Bloodhounds"
|-
| 2012
| Criminal Minds
| Sandra Montgomery
| Episode: "I Love You, Tommy Brown"
|-
| 2013
| Rizzoli & Isles
| Mrs. Cole
| Episode: "All for One"
|}
Discography
Albums
- 1990: Tricia Leigh Fisher
- 1990: Dreams<sup>‡</sup>
Singles
- 1990: "Empty Beach"
- 1990: "Let's Make the Time"
- 1990: "My Heart Holds On"/"Good As Gold"<sup>‡</sup>
: ‡ Japan release only