Early life

Wilson was born and raised in the small coastal town of Gold Beach, Oregon, the daughter of Kathy and Dale Wilson. While in high school, she competed on the school's volleyball team. She was crowned Miss Teen USA in 1990 at the age of seventeen in Biloxi, Mississippi, and was the second contender from Oregon to win the crown. She graduated from Gold Beach High School in 1991.

Career

After her reign as Miss Teen USA, Wilson became an actress and appeared in Santa Barbara, Saved By The Bell, The Last Action Hero (as Jack Slater's daughter Whitney), Higher Learning (cameo as a university student), Billy Madison (playing Adam Sandler's character's teacher/girlfriend Veronica Vaughn), Mortal Kombat (playing Sonya Blade), Nixon (a cameo as a nightclub performer), I Know What You Did Last Summer (as Sarah Michelle Gellar's character's ill-fated elder sister), House on Haunted Hill (as Melissa Marr), Buying the Cow, The Suburbans, Love Stinks, Nevada, Sweet Evil (as a psychopathic surrogate mother), Extreme Ops (as a world-champion snowboarder) and The Wedding Planner. Wilson also appeared on an episode of CSI Miami as a woman whose husband is killed by a package delivered to their house.

Wilson has starred in The Rocky Horror Show (off-Broadway) and was a judge on the 2006 Miss Universe competition. Wilson is also a singer, and was featured on Tommy Shane Steiner's debut album Then Came the Night, performing a spoken-word part in "What We're Gonna Do About It". This song reached number 43 on the Billboard Hot Country Songs charts in 2002.

Personal life

Wilson married former ATP professional tennis player Pete Sampras on September 30, 2000. They have two sons, Christian Charles Sampras (born November 21, 2002) and Ryan Nikolaos Sampras (born July 29, 2005). They purchased a home in Bel Air, California in 2014.

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1993	Last Action Hero	Whitney/Meredith
1995	Higher Learning	Nicole
1995	Billy Madison	Veronica Vaughn
1995	Mortal Kombat	Sonya Blade
1995	Nixon	Sandy
1996	Final Vendetta	Jennifer Clark
1996	Unhook the Stars	Jeannie Hawks
1997	Nevada	June
1997	The Stepsister	Melinda Harrison	TV film
1997	The Real Blonde	Sahara
1997	I Know What You Did Last Summer	Elsa Shivers
1997	Marina		Short film
1998	Host	Juliet Spring	TV film
1998	Starstruck	Sandra
1999	The Suburbans	Lara
1999	Love Stinks	Chelsea Turner
1999	House on Haunted Hill	Melissa Margaret Marr
2000	Beautiful	Lorna Larkin, Miss Texas
2001	The Wedding Planner	Fran Donolly
2001	Just Visiting	Amber
2002	Buying the Cow	Sarah
2002	Extreme Ops	Chloe
2005	Shopgirl	Lisa Cramer
2008	Phantom Punch	Farah

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1992-1993	Santa Barbara	Lisa Fenimore	20 episodes
1992	Saved by the Bell	Ginger	5 episodes
1993	Murder, She Wrote	Emily Griffith	Episode: "A Killing in Cork"
2000-2001	The $treet	Bridget Deshiel	11 episodes
2002	Frasier	Kris	Episode: "Three Blind Dates"
2003	CSI: Miami	Gabriela Betancourt	Episode: "Dead Zone"
2004	Beyond the Glory	Herself	Episode: "Pete Sampras"
2005	Jake in Progress	Chloe	Episode: "Ubusy?"
2008	Carpoolers	Dorrit	Episode: "The Seminar"
2008	Signature Series	Herself	Episode: "Pete Sampras"

Discography

Albums

Title	Details
I Only Wanna Be with You	Release date: 1994 Label: King Records
Gimme a Kiss	Release date: 1996 Label: King Records

Guest singles

Year	Single	Artist	Peak positions	Album
			US Country
2002	"What We're Gonna Do About It"	Tommy Shane Steiner	43	Then Came the Night

[ Source: Wikipedia ]