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Jennifer Tilly: Stephens College
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Jennifer Tilly was born Jennifer E. Chan to a Chinese stockbroker and was raised in rural British Columbia, Canada. ("Tilly" is her mother's maiden name.) She attended Belmont High School along with her two sisters, Margaret and Rebecca. She began her acting career as a teenager, putting herself through the theater program at Stephens College in Missouri.
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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. Following her parents' divorce when she was young, she was raised by her mother and stepfather, John Ward, in rural British Columbia, Canada. Her sister is actress Meg Tilly. Tilly began her acting career in her teenage years through a theatre program at Stephens College in Missouri.
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Tilly, born Jennifer Chan, was raised in rural B.C., and moved to Los Angeles shortly after graduating from college. In 1995, she received an Academy Award nomination for Best Actress, for her portrayal of Olive in the Woody Allen film Bullets Over Broadway.
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Raised in British Columbia, this California-born actress was part of a large family that includes her sister, actress Meg Tilly. As her family spent what little money they had on the ballet, theater and movies, Tilly grew to love and respect the acting art. After attending Belmont High School in Victoria, BC, she went on to study theater at Stephens College, earning a Bachelor of Fine Arts.
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