Early life

Kitaen was born in San Diego, California, in 1961, the daughter of Linda (née Taylor), a housewife and a former beauty pageant participant, and Terry Kitaen, an employee of a neon sign company. Julie began using the name "Tawny" at the age of 12, on her own initiative.

Career

Kitaen began her acting career in 1983 with a minor role in the television movie Malibu. In 1984, she starred as the title character of the erotic-adventure movie The Perils of Gwendoline in the Land of the Yik-Yak (or Gwendoline). She also co-starred in the movie Bachelor Party as the bride-to-be of a young Tom Hanks, and was the star of the 1986 horror movie Witchboard. Kitaen appeared in several videos in the 1980s for the band Whitesnake, including the hits "Here I Go Again", and "Is This Love". She had recurring parts on multiple television series such as Hercules: The Legendary Journeys and co-hosted America's Funniest People from 1992-1994.

Kitaen was one of the cast of the sixth edition of the VH1 reality television show, The Surreal Life, which began airing in March 2006. Kitaen also appeared in the second season of the VH1 reality TV show Celebrity Rehab with Dr. Drew, which began in October 2008.

Kitaen also appeared in Seinfeld once as Jerry's girlfriend in the episode "The Nose Job".

Personal life

Kitaen married Whitesnake lead singer David Coverdale in 1989. Nevertheless, she had an affair with O.J. Simpson during Simpson's marriage to Nicole Brown and her marriage to Coverdale. Kitaen divorced from Coverdale in 1991 and was married to baseball player Chuck Finley from 1997 to 2002. She has two daughters, Wynter Finley (b. 1993) and Raine Finley (b. 1998).

Legal troubles

In 2002, Kitaen was charged with domestic violence for an incident involving her then-husband, professional baseball player Chuck Finley. Three days later, Finley filed for divorce. After a plea bargain, Kitaen agreed to "enter a spousal battery counseling program and avoid contact with Finley." The couple were married for five years and have two daughters, Wynter and Raine.

In November 2006, prosecutors charged Kitaen with possessing 15 grams of cocaine in her San Juan Capistrano home in Orange County. The authorities said her two children were home at the time and Kitaen had given deputies permission for the search. In December 2006, she entered a six-month rehabilitation program in exchange for the dismissal of a felony drug possession charge.

On September 26, 2009, Kitaen was arrested for driving under the influence in Newport Beach, California.

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1984	The Perils of Gwendoline in the Land of the Yik-Yak	Gwendoline
1984	Bachelor Party	Debbie Thompson
1986	Witchboard	Linda Brewster
1986	Crystal Heart	Alley Daniels
1986	Instant Justice	Virginia
1987	Happy Hour	Misty Roberts
1989	White Hot	Vanessa
1993	Three of Hearts	Woman in Bar
1996	Playback	Sara Burgess
1997	Dead Tides	Nola
2002	Happy Hour		Short film
2009	Too Cool
2011	Here We Go Again		Short film
2014	Naked After Midnight	Rikki

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1983	Malibu	Mahoney's girlfriend	TV film
1985	California Girls	Karen Malone	TV film
1986-1987	Capitol	Meredith Ross	TV series
1987	Glory Years	Melinda Murphy	TV film
1989	Santa Barbara	Lisa DiNapoli	Episode: "1.1211"
1989	Booker	Skylar Samperton	Episode: "Someone Stole Lucille"
1991	They Came From Outer Space	Monica Bates	Episode: "Sex, Lies & UFOs: Part 2"
1991	Shades of L.A.	Linda Makowski	Episodes: "Line of Fire: Parts 1 & 2"
1991	Veronica Clare		Episodes: "The Boxing Story", "Slow Violence"
1991	Seinfeld	Isabel	Episode: "The Nose Job"
1991-1993	New WKRP in Cincinnati, TheThe New WKRP in Cincinnati	Mona Loveland	Main role (18 episodes)
1992-1994	America's Funniest People	Cohost (with Dave Coulier)	Succeeded Arleen Sorkin
1992-1996	Eek! The Cat	Annabelle (voice)	Main role (39 episodes)
1994	Married... with Children	Dominique	Episode: "Shoeway to Heaven"
1994	Hercules and the Circle of Fire	Deianeira	TV film
1994	Hercules in the Underworld	Deianeira	TV film
1994	Hercules in the Maze of the Minotaur	Deianeira	TV film
1995	Burke's Law	Rhonda Dooley	Episode: "Who Killed Cock-a-Doodle Dooley?"
1995	Hercules: The Legendary Journeys	Deianeira	Episodes: "The Wrong Path", "The Other Side"
1997	Hercules: The Legendary Journeys	Deianeira	Episode: "When a Man Loves a Woman"
2011	CSI: Crime Scene Investigation	Lydia Kole	Episode: "Father of the Bride"
2012	Life@Large		TV miniseries

[ Source: Wikipedia ]