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Lisa Rinna Biography
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Lisa Rinna first appeared in television commercials before she appeared in her first film, Captive Rage, in 1988. Soon after, she was a regular of the comedic television series, Valerie, starring as Annie. Lisa Rinna also appeared on Baywatch, although it was her role as Billie Reed in the soap opera Days of Our Lives that earned her recognition and many awards. In 1995 she won the Soap Opera Digest Award for Hottest Soap Couple alongside Robert Keller-Kelly, and in 1994 she also won the Soap Opera Digest Award for Outstanding Female Newcomer, both for Days of Our Lives.
Lisa Rinna starred in small movies before she began work on Melrose Place in 1996. She starred as Taylor McBride, a bitchy restaurateur on the show, and lasted until 1998. After Melrose Place, Lisa Rinna starred in more television shows, including Movie Stars, Oh Baby, Sex, Lies, and Obsession, Soap Talk, Veronica Mars, and Dancing with the Stars. In 2000 she was in the Lifetime feature movie Another Woman’s Husband, which brought in some of the network’s highest ratings ever. She also starred in 2001’s Good Advice, costarring with Charlie Sheen and Denise Richards.
During the time she was filming Melrose Place, Lisa Rinna married Harry Hamlin, a fellow actor. They have two daughters together, Delilah Belle Hamlin and Amelia Gray Hamlin. During the time Lisa Rinna was six months pregnant with Delilah Belle, she posed nude for Playboy magazine in the September 1998 issue. Aside from her prowess as an actress, Lisa Rinna is also known for having a keen sense in fashion, as she is consistently on best dressed lists, so it was no surprise she put up her own business, a clothing store. It is called Belle Gray, inspired from her daughters’ middle names. The store garnered Lisa Rinna an award from the NYC Laboratory Institute of Merchandising.
Lisa Rinna has always had a svelte figure, and in high school she was known to have some of the skinniest legs. It is also known that she had silicon injections done to her lips, a procedure that supposedly cost her about $150,000. In May 2007, Lisa was also included in the list of People Magazine’s 100 Most Beautiful People in the World.
