Lisa Rinna was born on July 11, 1963 in Newport Beach, California, as the daughter of Lois and Frank Rinna. She is of Italian, Portuguese, and English descent.\n', '

At age seven, her family relocated to Medford, Oregon, when her father was transferred there for job-related reasons, and she spent the remainder of her childhood there. Rinna graduated from Medford Senior High School in 1981. After graduating, Rinna moved to San Francisco, California to pursue a career as a model.\n', '

At age 22, Rinna appeared in the music video for John Parr\'s single, "Naughty Naughty," as the passenger in Parr\'s car. Rinna later appeared as the girlfriend of Jason Bateman\'s character in several episodes of The Hogan Family in 1990. In 1992, she received national recognition when she first starred on NBC\'s Days of Our Lives as Billie Reed. She departed in 1995, though reprised the role from 2002 to 2003. She later switched from daytime to primetime, portraying Taylor McBride on Aaron Spelling\'s Melrose Place from 1996 to 1998. Rinna has starred in two projects opposite husband Harry Hamlin, the teen crime-drama Veronica Mars, and the Lifetime movie Sex, Lies & Obsession. Her previous Lifetime movie, Another Woman\'s Husband, boasted one of the highest ratings for a movie on Lifetime since 1999. She has also appeared in Hannah Montana, in the role of Mr. Dontzig\'s cousin Francesca. She also guest-starred on an episode of Movie Stars for the WB, the first ever on-screen appearance she shared opposite her husband. Rinna got her first role in the feature film Good Advice, starring Charlie Sheen and Jon Lovitz, and more recently, she appeared in an episode of HBO\'s Entourage. In 2009, Rinna stated that she would love to reprise her role of Taylor McBride on CW\'s revival Melrose Place, if given the offer; however, the series was cancelled after only one season.\n', '

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