Kirstie Alley (born in January 12, 1951, in Wichita, Kansas) is an American actress. Alley attended college at Kansas State University and the University of Kansas, but dropped call at her second-month year to pursue acting.

1st seen as a contestant on the game shows Password and Match Game in the 1970s, Alley won the supporting role in the 1982 movie Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan, playing Vulcan officer Lieutenant Saavik. Alley turned down the role of Saavik within Star Trek III: The Search for Spock because she didn't want to be typecast as a science fiction actress. Alley besides co-starred around the short-transient secret agent television series, Masquerade and a acclaimed miniseries North & South.

Alley rose to prominence inside her 1987-1993 role as a neurotic business executive Rebecca Howe on the long-running hit TV series Cheers, replacing Shelley Long. She in the future starred in the film ''Look Who's Talking with fellow Scientologist John Travolta, which earned more than $100 million at the box office.

Her NBC sitcom Veronica's Closet ran for three seasons in the late 1990s. Alley reportedly received $2 million within higher-front fees for her act thereon series & $150,000 by the episode.

Alley has been honored by owning deuce Emmy Awards during her career. Fallowing existence nominated twice for her act in Cheers to no help, inside her third nomination in 1991, she took home a figurine for that series. Within her speech, she thanked so-significant other Parker Stevenson for giving her "the big one." Talk indicate hosts, likewise when a creators of Cheers, poked fun at the quip for weeks subsequently. Alley won her 2nd Emmy for her portrayal of the title role in the mass produced-for-TV moving-picture show drama David's Mother'' (1994).

Kirstie Alley was married to Parker Stevenson from either 1983 to 1997. When you took their marriage, the few adopted the son so late the girl; Alley besides had a miscarriage as well as a stillbirth. Based on data from media reports at a instance of the few's divorcement, Stevenson walk off from either the marriage using a fit $6,000,000 (USD) personal injury settlement, when request for $75,000 by the year around maintenance from Alley. At the period of their split, Alley & Stevenson were joint owners of a mansion within Encino, California, complete with exotic beast, + vacation range in Islesboro, Maine, and Kansas. A few owned deuce yachts and many high-vet cars. In todays world, it part joint custody of their children.

Around 2005, after her weight increased, she headlined the sitcom for Showtime called Fat Actress. A indicate details a day-to-day life of an heavy actress trying to produce it within Hollywood. Recently Alley stated that she has non got sexual relations in four and the half years, due to the fact she didn't obviously stand "fat sex". Alley has be an advocate against obesity and is a spokeswoman for the Jenny Craig weight-loss program; TV ads document her weight loss which has reached 50 lbs. [http://entertainment.lycos.com/celebrities/AMINewsStory.asp?storyid=954088&op=getArticle]

Alley was raised Methodist but is now the Scientologist, like her proficient friends John Travolta and Kelly Preston.

For her contribution to the motion picture industry, Kirstie Alley has the star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 7000 Hollywood Blvd.

She was likewise a exclusively residing Cheers cast member who never reprised her role on the 1993-2004 spin-off sitcom Frasier.

Filmography
Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan (1982) One More Chance (1983) Blind Date (1984) Champions (1984) Runaway (1984) Summer School (1987) ''She's Having a Baby (1988) (Cameo) Shoot to Kill (1988) Loverboy (1989) Look Who's Talking (1989) Madhouse (1990) Sibling Rivalry (1990) Look Who's Talking Too (1990) Look Who's Talking Now (1993) Village of the Damned (1995) It Takes Two (1995) Sticks and Stones (1996) Orientation: A Scientology Information Film (1996) (short subject) Nevada (1997) (also co-producer) Deconstructing Harry (1997) For Richer or Poorer (1997) The Mao Game (1999) Drop Dead Gorgeous (1999) Back by Midnight (2002)

Television Work
Masquerade (1983-1984) Sins of the Past (1984) A Bunny's Tale (1985) North and South (1985) (miniseries) Prince of Bel Air (1986) North and South II (1986) (miniseries) Stark: Mirror Image (1986) Infidelity (1987) Cheers (cast member from 1987-1993) David's Mother (1994) Peter and the Wolf (1996) Radiant City (1996) Suddenly (1996) (also executive producer) The Last Don (1997) (miniseries) Veronica's Closet (1997-2000) (also producer) Toothless (1997) The Last Don II (1998) (miniseries) Blonde (2001) (miniseries) Salem Witch Trials (2002) (miniseries) Profoundly Normal (2003) (also executive producer) Family Sins (2004) While I Was Gone (2004) Fat Actress'' (2005-present)