Kevin Payravi · CC BY-SA 4.0

An actress who first became known playing Jessie Spano on Saved by the Bell, then took a sharp turn into the notorious Showgirls (1995) as Nomi Malone, a role she later reclaimed with pride rather than distancing herself from as the film gained a cult following. She has since worked steadily in film and television, on stage opposite Eddie Izzard in the West End, and reprised Jessie Spano as a producer on the 2020 Saved by the Bell reboot. In 2011 she published the best-selling self-help book Ask-Elizabeth for adolescent girls.