Bridgette Wilson

Bridgette LeAnn Wilson Sampras (born September 25, 1973) is an American former actress, singer, model and beauty queen who was crowned Miss Teen USA 1990. She began her career in acting, playing the character of Lisa Fenimore on the soap opera Santa Barbara from April 1992 to January 1993.

She appeared in a number of films including Last Action Hero (1993) in her film debut, Higher Learning (1995), Mortal Kombat (1995), and Billy Madison (1995). She had roles in I Know What You Did Last Summer (1997), House on Haunted Hill (1999), The Wedding Planner (2001), and Shopgirl (2005).

Early life Bridgette LeAnn Wilson was born in Gold Beach, Oregon, a small coastal town north of Brookings, the daughter of Kathy and Dale Wilson. She grew up there and was on the volleyball team for Gold Beach High School. She won the Miss Teen USA title in 1990 at the age of 16 in Biloxi, Mississippi, and was the second winner from Oregon. She graduated from Gold Beach High School in 1991.

Career After her reign as Miss Teen USA, Wilson appeared in Santa Barbara, Ginger on Saved by the Bell, Last Action Hero (as Jack Slater's daughter Whitney), Higher Learning (a cameo as a university student), Billy Madison (playing Veronica Vaughn, the teacher and girlfriend of Adam Sandler's character), Mortal Kombat (playing Sonya Blade), Nixon (a cameo as a nightclub performer), I Know What You Did Last Summer (as Helen Shivers' sister Elsa), House on Haunted Hill (as Melissa Marr), Buying the Cow, The Suburbans, Love Stinks, Nevada, Sweet Evil (as a psychopathic surrogate mother), Extreme Ops (as a world-champion skier), and The Wedding Planner. Wilson also appeared on an episode of CSI: Miami as a woman whose husband is killed by a package delivered to their house. Her last film role before retiring from acting was in Phantom Punch (2008).

Wilson starred off-Broadway in The Rocky Horror Show and was a judge for the 2006 Miss Universe competition. She is also a singer and was featured on Tommy Shane Steiner's debut album Then Came the Night, performing a spoken-word part in "What We're Gonna Do About It". The song reached number 43 on the Billboard Hot Country Songs charts in 2002.

Personal life Wilson married professional tennis player Pete Sampras on September 30, 2000 after they dated for nine months. On November 21, 2002, their first son was born. On July 29, 2005, the couple had their second son. The family lives in Lake Sherwood, California west of Westlake Village. In December 2022, Wilson was diagnosed with ovarian cancer.

Filmography + Film Year Title Role Notes 1993 Last Action Hero Whitney Slater/Meredith Caprice 1995 Higher Learning Nicole Billy Madison Veronica Vaughn Mortal Kombat Sonya Blade Nixon Sandy 1996 Final Vendetta Jennifer Clark Also known as Sweet Evil. Unhook the Stars Jeannie Hawks 1997 Nevada June The Stepsister Melinda Harrison TV film The Real Blonde Sahara I Know What You Did Last Summer Elsa Shivers Marina Short film 1998 Host Juliet Spring TV film Starstruck Sandra 1999 The Suburbans Lara Love Stinks Chelsea Turner House on Haunted Hill Melissa Margaret Marr 2000 Beautiful Lorna Larkin, Miss Texas 2001 The Wedding Planner Fran Donolly Just Visiting Amber 2002 Buying the Cow Sarah Extreme Ops Chloe 2005 Shopgirl Lisa Cramer 2008 Phantom Punch Farah

+ Television Year Title Role Notes 1992 Saved by the Bell Ginger 5 episodes 1992–1993 Santa Barbara Lisa Fenimore 20 episodes 1993 Murder, She Wrote Emily Griffith Episode: "A Killing in Cork" 2000–2001 The $treet Bridget Deshiel 11 episodes 2002 Frasier Kris Episode: "Three Blind Dates" 2003 CSI: Miami Gabriela Betancourt Episode: "Dead Zone" 2004 Beyond the Glory Herself Episode: "Pete Sampras" 2005 Jake in Progress Chloe Episode: "Ubusy?" 2008 Carpoolers Dorrit Episode: "The Seminar" Signature Series Herself Episode: "Pete Sampras"

+ Video games Year Title Role Notes 2020 Mortal Kombat 11 Sonya Blade (Klassic MK Movie Skin Pack) Voice-over and likeness based on her role in the 1995 live action film

Discography Albums Title Details I Only Wanna Be with You Release date: 1994 Label: King Records Gimme a Kiss Release date: 1996 Label: King Records

Guest singles Year Single Artist Peak positions Album US Country 2002 "What We're Gonna Do About It" Tommy Shane Steiner 43 Then Came the Night