Jennifer Grey

Jennifer Grey ( born March 26, 1960 in New York ) is an American actress.

Life

She is the daughter of actor Joel Grey ( Cabaret, Chicago ( musical) ) and the granddaughter of comedian and musician Mickey U.S. Katz. Her debut was in Grey James Foley's Reckless - young and reckless as a partner of Daryl Hannah. Shortly after, she starred opposite Richard Gere and Nicolas Cage in the gangster film The Cotton Club by Francis Ford Coppola. Grey looked after in the films The winner - American Flyers with Kevin Costner and Ferris Bueller's Day Off with Matthew Broderick with before she succeeded in 1987, the breakthrough with the dance movie Dirty Dancing, which earned her a nomination for the Golden Globe.

After a rhinoplasty Grey lived through the early 1990s, a career low. Through this engagement, their appearance should be aligned with a conventional ideal of beauty. After that, she was but barely recognizable and apparently no longer corresponded to their previous type of role. They even commented on that later as follows:

" I went into the operating theater a celebrity - and come out anonymous. It was like being in a witness protection program or being invisible. I remember going to a restaurant where I had been going for years. I ran into people I knew and would say, ' Hey. ' Nothing. I'll always be this once- famous actress nobody Recognizes ... because of a nose job. "

"I went into the operating room as a celebrity - and came out as unknowns. It was like being in a witness protection program or as if you were invisible. I remember going to a restaurant that I have visited for years. I am ( there) people I knew met and had " Hey," said. Nothing. I'll always be this once- famous actress nobody recognizes ... because of a nose job. "

Subsequently, she worked exclusively in American television films. In international productions she was no longer to be seen. The last major role was in 2000 alongside Gwyneth Paltrow and Ben Affleck in the film drama Bounce - A chance for love.

23 years after its worldwide success Dirty Dancing Jennifer Grey won in 2010 the U.S. dance show Dancing with the Stars with her ​​dance partner Derek Hough.

Grey was some time with Matthew Broderick romantically involved. On July 21, 2001, she married actor and screenwriter Clark Gregg and brought on 3 December 2001 in Los Angeles to a daughter.

Filmography (selection)

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