Teri Austin

Teri Austin
Born	Teresa Austin (1957-04-17) April 17, 1957 (age 68) Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Education	North Albion Collegiate Institute
Alma mater	York University
Occupations	Actress activist
Years active	1983–2001 (as actress) 2001-present (as animal care activist) [1]
Known for	Knots Landing Thrill of a Lifetime

Teresa "Teri" Austin (born April 17, 1957) is a Canadian animal care activist and former actress. She had her greatest acting success in the 1980s and 1990s, and is best known for her role as Jill Bennett in the CBS primetime soap opera Knots Landing , and as co-host of the Canadian reality series Thrill of a Lifetime .

Career

Born and raised in Toronto, Canada, ^[2] Austin began her acting career there in television, film, radio and theatre. She co-hosted the show Thrill of a Lifetime before moving to Los Angeles to pursue an acting career there. ^{[3] [4]}

Austin is best-known for her performance as Jill Bennett on CBS series Knots Landing . ^[5] She played the role from 1985 to 1989, and in 1990 won Soap Opera Digest Award for Outstanding Villain: Prime Time. ^[6] She also appeared in Quantum Leap , Seinfeld , Matlock , Murder, She Wrote , L.A. Law , and returned to soap roles in Beverly Hills, 90210 and Models Inc. . In film, she appeared in The Vindicator (1986) and Raising Cain (1992).

In 2001, Austin left acting and began working as animal care activist in Los Angeles, ^[5] creating The Amanda Foundation. ^{[7] [8]}

Filmography

Teri Austin film and television credits

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1985–1989	Knots Landing	Jill Bennett	Recurring role, 96 episodes
1985	The Fall Guy	Annie Benton	Episode: "The King of the Stuntmen"
	Terminal Choice	Lylah Crane	Feature film
1986	The Vindicator	Lauren Lehman	Feature film
1988	Dangerous Love	Dominique	Feature film
1989	False Witness	Sandralee Dawson	Television film
	Street Legal	Alex Roper	Episode: "See No Evil"
1990	Quantum Leap	Dana Barrenger	Episode: "Her Charm"
	Counterstrike	The Guide	Episode: "Art for Art's Sake" (credited as Tanya Austin)
	Cop Rock	Trish Vaughn	Feature film
1990, 1992	Matlock	Liz Bateman (ep1) Beth (ep2)	Episodes: "The Talk Show", "The Vacation"
1991	Seinfeld	Ava	Episodes: "The Stranded", "The Revenge"
1992	Wings	Shannon Moss	Episode: "Just Say No"
	Raising Cain	Karen	Feature film
1993	In The Heat Of The Night	Alice	Episode: "Deadly Affection"
	Murder, She Wrote	Louise Walton	Episode: "A Death in Hong Kong"
	L.A. Law	Morgan Farrell	Episode: "Rhyme and Punishment"
1994	Beverly Hills, 90210	Ingrid	Episodes: "A Pig Is a Boy Is a Dog", "Cuffs and Links"
	Models Inc.	Dinah	Episodes: "Blind by Love", "Till Death Do Us Part"
1995	Baywatch Nights	Lt. Amanda Cash	Episode: "Pressure Cooker"
1996	The Dark Mist	Diamond	Feature film
1997	Diagnosis Murder	Claire Reed	Episode: "Delusions of Murder"
1998	Baywatch	Mom	Episode: "The Natural"
2000	An American Daughter	Greta	Feature film
2001	Gangland	Mary Anne Adams	Feature film

References

1. Profile, marykiserwrites.com. Accessed Ocotber 9, 2025.
2. "Teri Austin". NNDB . Retrieved October 23, 2018.
3. Hoogenboom, Lynn (February 13, 1987). "Teri Austin is doing what she always wanted to do". Huntingdon Daily News. Retrieved October 11, 2017.
4. "Live Wire Teri Austin Turns a Knots Plot into a Real-Life Romance – Vol. 27 No. 18". PEOPLE.com. May 4, 1987. Retrieved October 11, 2017.
5. Pennacchio, George (May 21, 2006). "Actress Teri Austin Now Known as Animal Activist 5/21/06". Abclocal.go.com. Archived from the original on November 5, 2013. Retrieved October 20, 2013.
6. "The Soap Opera Digest Awards: 1990". Soap Opera Digest . soapoperadigest.com. April 11, 2003. Archived from the original on March 3, 2009. Retrieved March 15, 2013.
7. "The Amanda Foundation | About". The Amanda Foundation. Retrieved November 19, 2021.
8. Diamond, Wendy (November 15, 2012). "Teri Austin of The Amanda Foundation". Animal Fair. Retrieved November 19, 2021.

External links

• Teri Austin at IMDb