Kerri Green

Kerri Lee Green (born January 14, 1967) is an American actress, screenwriter and director. She is best known for her roles in The Goonies (1985), Summer Rental (1985), and Lucas (1986). She also wrote and co-directed Bellyfruit (1999).

Kerri Green
Born
Kerri Lee Green

(1967-01-14) January 14, 1967
Fort Lee, New Jersey, US
OccupationActress
Years active1985–2012

Life and career

Green was born on January 14, 1967 in Fort Lee, New Jersey. She grew up in Woodcliff Lake, and attended Pascack Hills High School.[1][2]

Green may be best known for her roles as a young teen in a string of teen flicks in the 1980s, including Summer Rental (1985), in which she starred as the daughter of a stressed-out air traffic controller (John Candy). Her big break came in the 1985 film The Goonies, in which she played cheerleader-turned-adventurer Andrea "Andy" Carmichael.

She gained further critical acclaim for her performance in Lucas (1986), in which she starred as the center of a love triangle between the characters of Corey Haim and Charlie Sheen. However, her next film, Three for the Road (1987), which featured Charlie Sheen and Alan Ruck, did not fare as well. Green appeared in a 1990 episode of In the Heat of the Night. She performed in an independent film called Blue Flame and appeared in two episodes of the television sitcom Mad About You as Paul's secretary. She then took a break from acting to study art at Vassar College, where she was roommates with Marisa Tomei's brother, Adam, and with BioShock developer Ken Levine.[3]

Green eventually co-founded a film production company, Independent Women Artists, with Bonnie Dickenson. With Dickenson, she co-wrote and directed the film adaptation of a play about teen pregnancy called Bellyfruit (1999).

Filmography
Film
Year Title Role Notes
1985 The Goonies Andy Carmichael
1985 Summer Rental Jennifer Chester
1986 Lucas Maggie
1987 Three for the Road Robin Kitteredge
1992 The Burden of Proof Kate Granum TV Movie
1993 Blue Flame Rain
1993 Tainted Blood Tori Pattersen TV Movie
1999 Bellyfruit Co-writer and director
2012 Complacent Beth Wilkensen
Television
Year Title Role Notes
1987 Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color Calpernia Episode: "Young Harry Houdini"
1989 ABC Afterschool Special Madeline Green Episode: "Private Affairs"
1990 In the Heat of the Night Karen Sevrance Episode: "Triangle"
1992 Mad About You Stacey Episode: "Out of the Past"
Episode: "I'm Just So Happy For You"
1994 Café Americain Kelly Episode: "All About Kelly"
1994 Murder, She Wrote Sara Episode: "Murder of the Month Club"
2000 ER Lynn Parker Episode: "Match Made in Heaven"
2001 Law & Order: Special Victims Unit Michelle Episode: "Stolen"

References
  1. Staff. "At The Movies For A First-Time Star, Life Is Sunny Side Up", The Philadelphia Inquirer, March 30, 1986. Accessed September 18, 2011. "During the summer of 1984, would-be movie actress Kerri Green, now 19, was frying up poultry parts at the local Roy's near her Woodcliff Lake, N.J., home and commuting into New York for auditions."
  2. Joyner, Will. "The Subtle Shade Of Kerri Green", The Record, March 28, 1986. "In the fall of 1984, though, a successful audition for Steven Spielberg's The Goonies allowed Kerri to stop speculating and to steal away from her senior year at Pascack Hills High School."
  3. Suellentrop, Chris (December 6, 2012). "Why BioShock Infinite's Creator Won't Settle for Success". Wired. Condé Nast. 21 (1). Retrieved April 8, 2013.
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