Teri Austin

Teresa "Teri" Austin (born April 17, 1957) is a Canadian animal care activist and former actress. She had her greatest acting success in the 1980s and 1990s, and is best known for her role as Jill Bennett in the CBS primetime soap opera Knots Landing, and as co-host of the Canadian reality series Thrill of a Lifetime.

Career Born and raised in Toronto, Canada, Austin began her acting career there in television, film, radio and theatre. She co-hosted the show Thrill of a Lifetime before moving to Los Angeles to pursue an acting career there.

Austin is best-known for her performance as Jill Bennett on CBS series Knots Landing. She also appeared in Quantum Leap, Seinfeld, Matlock, Murder, She Wrote, L.A. Law, and returned to soap roles in Beverly Hills, 90210 and Models Inc.. In film, she appeared in The Vindicator (1986) and Raising Cain (1992).

In 2001, Austin left acting and began working as animal care activist in Los Angeles, creating The Amanda Foundation.

Personal

Austin and Knots Landing co-star Ted Shackelford were roommates at one point of time when the show was on television.

Filmography