Kirstie Alley

Kirstie Louise Alley (January 12, 1951 – December 5, 2022) was an American actress. Her breakthrough role was as Rebecca Howe in the NBC sitcom ''Cheers'' (1987–1993), for which she received an Emmy Award and a Golden Globe in 1991. From 1997 to 2000, she starred as the lead in the sitcom ''Veronica's Closet'', earning additional Emmy and Golden Globe nominations. On film, she played Mollie Jensen in ''Look Who's Talking'' (1989) and its two sequels, ''Look Who's Talking Too'' (1990) and ''Look Who's Talking Now'' (1993).

Throughout the 1980s and 1990s, Alley appeared in various films, including ''Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan'' (1982), ''Summer School'' (1987), ''Shoot to Kill'' (1988), ''Madhouse'' (1990), ''Sibling Rivalry'' (1990), ''Village of the Damned'' (1995), ''It Takes Two'' (1995), ''Deconstructing Harry'' (1997), ''For Richer or Poorer'' (1997), and ''Drop Dead Gorgeous'' (1999).

Alley won her second Emmy Award in 1994 for the television film ''David's Mother''. In 1997, Alley received another Emmy nomination for her work in the crime drama series ''The Last Don''. In 2005, she played a fictionalized version of herself on Showtime's ''Fat Actress'', something she would also do on episodes of ''King of Queens'' and ''Hot in Cleveland'', as well as in ''Syrup'' (2013). In 2013, Alley returned to acting with the title role on the sitcom ''Kirstie''. In 2016, she appeared on the Fox comedy horror series ''Scream Queens''.

She also appeared in reality television including ''Kirstie Alley's Big Life'' (2010) and served as a contestant on the 12th season of ''Dancing with the Stars'' (2011–2012), where she finished in second place, behind Hines Ward, and the 22nd series of the British reality show ''Celebrity Big Brother'' (2018), in which she finished as runner-up. In early 2022, she appeared on ''The Masked Singer''. Provided by Wikipedia