Kirstie Alley ✝

Kirstie Louise Alley (born January 12, 1951) is an American actress and spokesmodel. Her big break came in 1982, playing Saavik in the science fiction film Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan.\n', ' Alley is best known for her portrayal of Rebecca Howe on the NBC sitcom Cheers, in which she starred from 1987 to 1993, winning the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress and Golden Globe for Best Actress in 1991. She has also starred in several movies, including Summer School (1987), Shoot to Kill (1988), Look Who\'s Talking (1989) and its two sequels (1990–93), Madhouse; Sibling Rivalry (both 1990), Village of the Damned; It Takes Two (both 1995), Deconstructing Harry (1997), and Drop Dead Gorgeous (1999). She received her second Emmy in 1994 for the television film David\'s Mother.\n', ' From 1997–2000, Alley starred as the title character on the NBC sitcom Veronica\'s Closet, for which she received additional Emmy and Golden Globe nominations. In 2005, she played a fictionalized version of herself on the Showtime series Fat Actress. She later appeared on the reality television show Kirstie Alley\'s Big Life (2010), and was a contestant on the twelfth season of Dancing with the Stars (2011–12). In 2013, she returned to acting with the title role on the short-lived sitcom Kirstie, and in 2016 joined the second season of the Fox series Scream Queens, playing Ingrid Hoffel.\n', '