Editing Kerri Green

{{short description|American actress}}
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{{Infobox person
| name               = Kerri Green
| image              = Kerrigreen.png
| caption            = Green headshot in 2017
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| birth_date         = <!-- Valid citation required for full DOB for BLP. (WP:BLPPRIVACY) -->
| birth_place        = United States
| occupation         = Actress
| years_active       = {{hlist|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 film)|Lucas]]'' (1986). She co-wrote and directed the film ''[[Bellyfruit]]'' (1999).

==Early life==
Green grew up in [[Woodcliff Lake, New Jersey|Woodcliff Lake]], [[New Jersey]] and graduated from [[Pascack Hills High School]] in [[Montvale, New Jersey|Montvale]].<ref name="pi">{{cite news |last1=Kolsno |first1=Ann |title=For a first-time star, life is sunny side up |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/115810772/kerri-green/ |access-date=January 5, 2023 |work=The Philadelphia Inquirer |date=March 30, 1986 |page=2-F|via = [[Newspapers.com]] }}</ref><ref name="r">{{cite news |last1=Joyner |first1=Will |title=The subtle shade of Kerri Green |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/115811813/kerri-green/ |access-date=January 5, 2023 |work=The Record |date=March 18, 1986 |location=New Jersey, Hackensack |page=68|via = [[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref> She attended [[Vassar College]] in [[Poughkeepsie, New York]]. She worked at a [[Roy Rogers Restaurants|Roy Rogers]] restaurant near Woodcliff Lake, made commercials for [[Jordache]] jeans and [[Bold (detergent)|Bold 3]] detergent, and auditioned in [[New York City]] for acting jobs.<ref name="pi" />

==Career==
Green is best known for her roles as a young teen in a string of [[teen movie|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 film)|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 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 (TV series)|In the Heat of the Night]]'', performed in an independent film called ''[[Blue Flame (movie)|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 (game developer)|Ken Levine]].<ref>{{cite magazine |last1=Suellentrop |first1=Chris |date=December 6, 2012 |title=Why ''BioShock Infinite''{{'}}s Creator Won't Settle for Success |magazine=Wired |volume=21 |issue=1 |publisher=Condé Nast |url=https://www.wired.com/gamelife/2012/12/ff_bioshock/all/ |access-date=April 8, 2013}}</ref>

==Filmography==
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|+Film
|-
! Year
! Title
! Role
! class="unsortable" | Notes
|-
| 1985
| ''[[The Goonies]]''
| Andy Carmichael
|
|-
| 1985
| ''[[Summer Rental]]''
| Jennifer Chester
|
|-
| 1986
| ''[[Lucas (1986 film)|Lucas]]''
| Maggie
|
|-
| 1987
| ''[[Three for the Road (1987 film)|Three for the Road]]''
| Robin Kitteredge
|
|-
| 1992
| ''[[The Burden of Proof (miniseries)|The Burden of Proof]]''
| Kate Granum
| TV movie
|-
| 1993
| ''[[Blue Flame (film)|Blue Flame]]''
| Rain
|
|-
| 1993
| ''Tainted Blood''
| Tori Pattersen
| TV movie
|-
| 1999
| ''[[Bellyfruit]]''
| {{N/A}}
| Co-writer and director
|-
| 2012
| ''Complacent''
| Beth Wilkensen
|
|}

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|+Television
|-
! Year
! Title
! Role
! class="unsortable" | 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 (TV series)|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 (TV series)|ER]]''
| Lynn Parker
| Episode: "Match Made in Heaven"
|-
| 2001
| ''[[Law & Order: Special Victims Unit]]''
| Michelle
| Episode: "Stolen"
|}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* {{IMDb name|338061|Kerri Green}}

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[[Category:20th-century American actresses]]
[[Category:21st-century American actresses]]
[[Category:Actresses from New Jersey]]
[[Category:American film actresses]]
[[Category:American television actresses]]
[[Category:Pascack Hills High School alumni]]
[[Category:People from Woodcliff Lake, New Jersey]]
[[Category:Vassar College alumni]]
[[Category:Year of birth missing (living people)]]
[[Category:Actors from Bergen County, New Jersey]]