Shannen Doherty

Best known for her starring role as Brenda Walsh on "Beverly Hills, 90210," Shannen Doherty returns to series television and reteams with Aaron Spelling in the suspenseful drama "Charmed."

Doherty was born in Memphis, Tennessee, where she lived until she was seven. Her family then moved to Los Angeles, and she got her first big acting break when the late Michael Landon discovered her from an episode of "Father Murphy." He cast her at age 11 as Jenny Wilder in the series "Little House: A New Beginning." Doherty went on to star in the series "Our House" and "Beverly Hills, 90210," the show that made her a household name. She played the Minneapolis transplant and teenage twin sister of Brandon Walsh (Jason Priestly) on the popular Aaron Spelling drama from 1990 to 1994.

Moving effortlessly between television and film, Doherty starred with Christian Slater and Winona Ryder in the 1989 black comedy "Heathers." Her other big-screen performances include the teen comedy "Girls Just Want To Have Fun" with Helen Hunt and Sarah Jessica Parker, Ron Howard's "Night Shift," and "Mall Rats," directed by Kevin Smith.

Doherty won rave reviews for her performance as the famous Gone With the Wind author in the television movie "A Burning Passion: The Margaret Mitchell Story," and starred opposite Antonio Sabato Jr. in the Showtime original film "Jailbreakers," directed by William Friedkin. She also starred in the miniseries "Gone in the Night" and "Robert Kennedy and His Times," as well as the TV movies "Sleeping with the Devil," "The Ticket" and "Friends 'Til the End."

Doherty currently resides in Los Angeles.