Kerri Green

Kerri Green
Green headshot in 2017
Born	United States
Occupation	Actress
Years active	1985–1994 1999–2001 2012

Kerri Green is an American actress best known for her roles in The Goonies (1985), Summer Rental (1985), and Lucas (1986). She co-wrote and directed the film Bellyfruit (1999).

Early life

Green grew up in Woodcliff Lake, New Jersey north of Hackensack, and graduated from Pascack Hills High School in Montvale bordering New York, ^{[1] [2]} and Vassar College in Poughkeepsie, New York south of Albany. She worked at a Roy Rogers restaurant near Woodcliff Lake, made commercials for Jordache jeans and Bold 3 detergent, and auditioned in New York City for acting jobs. ^[1]

Career

Green is best known for her roles as a young teen in a string of teen flicks in the 1980s, including Summer Rental (1985). Her big break came in the 1985 film The Goonies playing cheerleader-turned-adventurer Andrea "Andy" Carmichael. Two months later, she worked in Summer Rental where she portrayed Jennifer Chester. She gained further critical acclaim for her performance in Lucas (1986) starring 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 Sheen and Alan Ruck, did not fare as well. She appeared in a 1990 episode of In the Heat of the Night , performed in an independent film called Blue Flame , and played the role of secretary to Paul Reiser's character in two episodes of the television sitcom Mad About You .

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).

Personal life

Green took a break from acting to study art at Vassar College, where she was roommates with Marisa Tomei's brother, Adam and with video game BioShock developer Ken Levine. ^[3]

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	The Disney Sunday Movie	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	2 episodes
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. Kolsno, Ann (March 30, 1986). "For a first-time star, life is sunny side up". The Philadelphia Inquirer. p. 2-F. Retrieved January 5, 2023– via Newspapers.com.
2. Joyner, Will (March 18, 1986). "The subtle shade of Kerri Green". The Record. New Jersey, Hackensack. p. 68. Retrieved January 5, 2023– via Newspapers.com.
3. Suellentrop, Chris (December 6, 2012). "Why BioShock Infinite's Creator Won't Settle for Success". Wired. Vol. 21, no. 1. Condé Nast. Retrieved April 8, 2013.

External links

• Kerri Green at IMDb