Leanna Creel
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Leanna Creel | |
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![]() Creel at the 41st Annual Emmy Awards, 1989 | |
Born | Los Angeles, California, U.S. | August 27, 1970
Alma mater | University of California, Los Angeles |
Occupation(s) | Actress, film producer, film director, screenwriter, photographer |
Years active | 1987–present |
Spouse |
Rinat Greenberg (m. 2008) |
Children | 2 |
Relatives | Monica Lacy (sister) |
Leanna Creel (born August 27, 1970) is an American actress, film producer, film director, screenwriter and photographer.
Biography
[edit]Creel is an identical triplet who, along with her sisters, Joy Creel and Monica Lacy, started acting in the late 1980s. They appeared together in two television movies aired on The Wonderful World of Disney: Parent Trap III and Parent Trap: Hawaiian Honeymoon. In 1992, Creel had a guest role in an episode of Beverly Hills, 90210, alongside Monica. That same year, she landed the role of Tori in Saved by the Bell. Following her stint on Saved by the Bell, Creel had guest roles on One West Waikiki and Ned & Stacey.
She attended UCLA and received a bachelor's degree in history, and then a master's degree in film and television.[1]
Creel produced her first film in 1994, helping out a friend whose producer had been involved in a car accident. She also worked for the game Hollywood Stock Exchange (HSX). In 1998 she founded a film production company, Ignite Entertainment, with HSX's Michael Burns as President of Production.[1] Creel now runs Creel Studio, a production company specializing in food, travel and lifestyle content and is a photographer and filmmaker.
Personal life
[edit]Creel, who came out as gay, married British studio manager Rinat Greenberg on June 17, 2008, when California legalized same-sex marriages.[2][3][4] Creel and Greenberg have two sons.
Filmography
[edit]Film
[edit]Year | Film | Role | Notes |
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1996 | Freeway | Twin No. 2 | -
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1997 | Mixed Signals | -
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Producer |
1998 | Dancer, Texas Pop. 81 | -
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Executive producer |
1998 | Possums | -
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Producer |
1998 | Desert Blue | -
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Executive producer |
1998 | Six-String Samurai | -
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Producer |
1999 | The Suburbans | -
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Producer |
1999 | But I'm a Cheerleader | -
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Producer |
2000 | The Cell | Mother | -
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2000 | Queen for a Day | -
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Producer |
2001 | Get Over It | -
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Co-producer |
2001 | Offside | -
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Director, writer |
2005 | Promtroversy | -
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Director |
2009 | Boutonniere | -
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Executive producer |
Television
[edit]Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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1987 | Growing Pains | Schwartz Twins | 1 episode |
1989 | Parent Trap III | Lisa Wyatt | Television movie |
1989 | CBS Schoolbreak Special | Susan | 1 episode |
1989 | Parent Trap: Hawaiian Honeymoon | Lisa Wyatt | Television movie |
1991 | Parker Lewis Can't Lose | Kandy | 1 episode |
1991 | Perry Mason: The Case of the Fatal Fashion | Shannon Wilson | Television movie |
1991 | Anything But Love | 2 episodes | |
1992 | Beverly Hills, 90210 | Claire | 1 episode |
1992–1993 | Saved by the Bell | Tori Scott | 10 episodes |
1996 | One West Waikiki | Marisa Coppage | 1 episode |
1997 | Ned and Stacey | Kim | 1 episode |
References
[edit]- ^ a b Kaufman, Anthony. "From Website to Production Company: HSX Films Ignites". Archived from the original on August 11, 2007. Retrieved September 5, 2007.
- ^ "Spiritual Directors Help in the Quest for Harmony". Los Angeles Times. July 3, 2004. Retrieved March 23, 2019.
- ^ "Gay couples in L.A. area unite". Usatoday30.usatoday.com. Retrieved March 23, 2019.
- ^ "An Unconventional Marriage: A Judeo-Christian "I Do"". Patheos. April 29, 2010. Archived from the original on March 4, 2016. Retrieved March 1, 2011.
External links
[edit]- 1970 births
- Living people
- American child actresses
- American film actresses
- American lesbian actresses
- Film producers from California
- 20th-century American photographers
- American television actresses
- American women film directors
- American LGBT film directors
- American LGBT screenwriters
- LGBT people from California
- LGBT film producers
- American lesbian writers
- Actresses from Los Angeles
- University of California, Los Angeles alumni
- American women screenwriters
- Film directors from California
- American women photographers
- UCLA Film School alumni
- American women film producers
- Screenwriters from California
- 21st-century American women writers
- American LGBT photographers
- 21st-century American photographers