Jennifer Tilly (born Jennifer Ellen Chan; September 16, 1958) is an American actress and poker player. She is most recognised as Tiffany Valentine in the Child's Play franchise since 1998, a role for which she is recognized as an "icon" in the horror film community. Her first notable acting role was on the sitcom Shaping Up (1984), which she followed with her film debut in No Small Affair the same year. She is known for her distinctive voice and comedic timing. Tilly is a World Series of Poker Ladies' Event bracelet winner, the first celebrity to win a World Series tournament. She is the older sister of actress Meg Tilly. Tilly came to prominence when she received an Academy Award nomination for her portrayal of Olive Neal in Woody Allen's 1994 film Bullets over Broadway. She earned further acclaim, as well as Saturn Award and MTV Award nominations, for her performance in the Wachowskis' 1996 neo-noir thriller Bound. Her other film appearances include Let It Ride; The Fabulous Baker Boys (1989); Made in America (1993); The Getaway (1994); Edie & Pen; House Arrest (1996); Liar Liar (1997); Music from Another Room (1998); Stuart Little (1999); Dancing at the Blue Iguana (2000); The Cat's Meow; Monsters, Inc. (2001); The Haunted Mansion (2003); Home on the Range (2004); and Terry Gilliam's Tideland (2005). She is also known for providing the voice of Bonnie Swanson on the animated television series Family Guy (1999–present). Tilly was the recipient of a Theatre World Award in 1993 for her performance in the Off-Broadway play One Shoe Off. Her other stage credits include the Broadway revivals of The Women (2001) and Don't Dress for Dinner (2012).
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Biography from TMDB.
- September 16, 1958 (68)
- Harbor City, California, USA
- Actor, also writer
- 90 on MovieCove · 129 credits in all
What are Jennifer Tilly's films like?
Across their 64 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Bonds and Self.
Genres
Their MovieCove films by primary genre. The badge is the typical Midcredits score of the genre's films, the median percentile; an up arrow marks a genre at or above their average across these genres.
Themes
What they feel like to watch
Ironic 12 · Wry 9 · Earnest 40
Light 42 · Serious 15 · Dark 5
A split, not a type: Grounded 33 · Stylized 19 · Heightened 10
A split, not a type: Gentle 30 · Charged 20 · Intense 12
A split, not a type: Steady 29 · Shifting 24 · Whiplash 9
A split, not a type: Straight-faced 15 · Some laughs 16 · Funny 31
Slow burn 27 · Even-paced 29 · Relentless 6
Casual 44 · Engaged 17 · Full focus 1
Easy watch 43 · Affecting 12 · Heavy 7
Resolved 56 · Open-ended 4 · Ambiguous 2
Roles they play
Usually the Ally: 8 of 32 analyzed roles.
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- Allyas Amy Hopkins in Moving Violations (1985)
- Mentoras Mary in High Spirits (1988)
- Shapeshifteras Vicki in Let It Ride (1989)
- Shapeshifteras Miranda Webber in At Home with the Webbers (1993)
- Tricksteras Olive Neal in Bullets Over Broadway (1994)
- Shapeshifteras Rena Rushton in Man with a Gun (1995)
- Shapeshifteras Violet in Bound (1996)
- Tricksteras Violet in Bound (1996)
- Heroas Edie in Edie & Pen (1996)
- Shadowas Samantha Cole in Liar Liar (1997)
- Allyas Lynn Holden in The Wrong Guy (1997)
- Allyas Nina in Music from Another Room (1998)
- Tricksteras Tiffany in Bride of Chucky (1998)
- Allyas Tara Ricotto in Relax... It's Just Sex (1998)
- Shadowas Helen in Hide and Seek (2000)
- Allyas Philomena Rostovich in Sister Mary Explains It All (2001)
- Threshold guardianas Louella Parsons in The Cat's Meow (2001)
- Mentoras Madame Leota in The Haunted Mansion (2003)
- Allyas Edna in Happy End (2003)
- Allyas Elyse Steinberg in Perfect Opposites (2004)
- Heraldas Sebeva in El padrino (2004)
- Allyas Alice in Saint Ralph (2004)
- Tricksteras Tiffany in Seed of Chucky (2004)
- Heraldas Crystal in Out of Practice (2005)
- Shadowas Dolores Pennington in Bailey's Billion$ (2005)
- Mentoras Dr. Eugenia Hunter in The Initiation of Sarah (2006)
- Tricksteras Karen 'Razor' Jones in Deal (2008)
- Tricksteras Miss Perry in The Caretaker (2008)
- Tricksteras Erika in 30 Beats (2012)
- Shadowas Divine in A Cinderella Story: If the Shoe Fits (2016)
- Shapeshifteras Tiffany Valentine in Chucky (2021)
- Shadowas Joann in Sallywood (2024)
Moods and endings
- Happy30
- Bittersweet20
- Tragic2
- Ambiguous11
- Cyclical1
AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.
Where can I watch Jennifer Tilly's films?
As of October 24, 2026, 56 of their 90 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Tubi (23).
- Bullets Over Broadway (1994) · actor · free
- Saint Ralph (2004) · actor · free
- Sallywood (2024) · actor · free
- Tideland (2005) · actor · free
- The Cat's Meow (2001) · actor · free
- Bruno (2000) · actor · free
- Music from Another Room (1998) · actor · free
- El padrino (2004) · actor · free
- High Spirits (1988) · actor · free
- 7 Days to Vegas (2019) · actor · free
- The Getaway (1994) · actor · free
- Bart Got a Room (2008) · actor · free
- +11 more
- Bullets Over Broadway (1994) · actor
- SpongeBob SquarePants (1999) · actor
- Saint Ralph (2004) · actor
- Moonlighting (1985) · actor
- Drop Dead Diva (2009) · actor
- Chucky (2021) · actor
- High Spirits (1988) · actor
- 7 Days to Vegas (2019) · actor
- The Getaway (1994) · actor
- The Muse (1999) · actor
- Scorchers (1991) · actor
- Perfect Opposites (2004) · actor
- +2 more
- Bullets Over Broadway (1994) · actor · free
- Frasier (1993) · actor · free
- CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (2000) · actor · free
- Bruno (2000) · actor · free
- High Spirits (1988) · actor · free
- 7 Days to Vegas (2019) · actor · free
- The Getaway (1994) · actor · free
- American Strays (1996) · actor · free
- Perfect Opposites (2004) · actor · free
- Ray Meets Helen (2017) · actor · free
- Deal (2008) · actor · free
- The Secret Lives of Dorks (2013) · actor · free
- +2 more
- Bound (1996) · actor · free
- Bullets Over Broadway (1994) · actor · free
- Frasier (1993) · actor · free
- Cheers (1982) · actor · free
- CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (2000) · actor · free
- The Cat's Meow (2001) · actor · free
- Music from Another Room (1998) · actor · free
- The Getaway (1994) · actor · free
- Bart Got a Room (2008) · actor · free
- Perfect Opposites (2004) · actor · free
- Love on the Side (2004) · actor · free
- Edie & Pen (1996) · actor · free
- +1 more
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Subscription and free streaming for Jennifer Tilly's titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.
Filmography
129 credits, 90 with a MovieCove page; 32 appearances as themselves are hidden until asked for.

A Dog's Perfect Christmas (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2026)

The Adding Machine (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2026)

Family Guy: Peter, Peter Pumpkin Cheater (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2025)

Family Guy: A Little Fright Music (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2025)

Sallywood(2024)
Midcredits score: 80th percentile of all films
School Spirits(2023)
Midcredits score: 82nd percentile of all shows
Midcredits score: 95th percentile of all shows
High Holiday(2021)
Midcredits score: 6th percentile of all films
Chucky(2021)
Midcredits score: 66th percentile of all shows
Monsters at Work(2021)
Midcredits score: 51st percentile of all shows
Calls(2021)
Midcredits score: 75th percentile of all shows
7 Days to Vegas(2019)
Midcredits score: 36th percentile of all films
Ray Meets Helen(2017)
Midcredits score: 22nd percentile of all films
Cult of Chucky(2017)
Midcredits score: 25th percentile of all films
Midcredits score: 44th percentile of all films
Unity(2015)
Midcredits score: 80th percentile of all filmsFemme Fatales with Gina Gershon and Jennifer Tilly (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2014)

Curse of Chucky(2013)
Midcredits score: 35th percentile of all films
Midcredits score: 17th percentile of all films
Return to Babylon (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2013)

Amelia's 25th (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2013)
Midcredits score: 55th percentile of all shows
30 Beats(2012)
Midcredits score: 6th percentile of all films
Made in Romania (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2010)

The Making of Plus One(2010)
Midcredits score: 16th percentile of all films
The Cleveland Show(2009)
Midcredits score: 8th percentile of all shows
Modern Family(2009)
Midcredits score: 96th percentile of all shows
Drop Dead Diva(2009)
Midcredits score: 77th percentile of all shows
Empire of Silver (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2009)
Midcredits score: 54th percentile of all films
Inconceivable (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2008)

Bart Got a Room(2008)
Midcredits score: 33rd percentile of all films
The Caretaker(2008)
Midcredits score: 2nd percentile of all films
Deal(2008)
Midcredits score: 20th percentile of all films
The Pixar Story(2007)
Midcredits score: 97th percentile of all films
Intervention (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2007)

The Initiation of Sarah(2006)
Midcredits score: 26th percentile of all films
Tideland(2005)
Midcredits score: 56th percentile of all films
Out of Practice(2005)
Midcredits score: 71st percentile of all shows
Bailey's Billion$(2005)
Midcredits score: 11th percentile of all films
Saint Ralph(2004)
Midcredits score: 85th percentile of all films
Chucky's Family Vacation (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2005)
Midcredits score: 51st percentile of all films
Lil' Pimp(2005)
Midcredits score: 26th percentile of all films
Seed of Chucky(2004)
Midcredits score: 18th percentile of all films
Love on the Side(2004)
Midcredits score: 29th percentile of all films
El padrino(2004)
Midcredits score: 41st percentile of all films
A Dairy Tale (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2004)

Home on the Range(2004)
Midcredits score: 29th percentile of all films
Perfect Opposites(2004)
Midcredits score: 30th percentile of all films
Hollywood North (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2004)

Second Best(2004)
Midcredits score: 33rd percentile of all films
Happy End(2003)
Midcredits score: 24th percentile of all films
The Haunted Mansion(2003)
Midcredits score: 23rd percentile of all films
Jericho Mansions (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2003)
Strip Notes (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2002)

The Women (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2002)

The Cat's Meow(2001)
Midcredits score: 54th percentile of all films
The Magnificent Ambersons (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2002)

Monsters, Inc.(2001)
Midcredits score: 99th percentile of all films
The Kid(2001)
Midcredits score: 50th percentile of all films
Midcredits score: 31st percentile of all films
Relative Evil (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2001)

Fast Sofa (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2001)
Midcredits score: 35th percentile of all films
Dirt (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2001)

The Chris Isaak Show (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2001)
Midcredits score: 80th percentile of all shows
The Crew(2000)
Midcredits score: 29th percentile of all films
Hide and Seek(2000)
Midcredits score: 29th percentile of all films
Bruno(2000)
Midcredits score: 50th percentile of all films
Pigs Next Door (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2000)

Play It to the Bone(1999)
Midcredits score: 20th percentile of all films
Stuart Little(1999)
Midcredits score: 40th percentile of all films
Do Not Disturb(1999)
Midcredits score: 16th percentile of all films
Goosed (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1999)

Bartok the Magnificent(1999)
Midcredits score: 49th percentile of all films
The Muse(1999)
Midcredits score: 33rd percentile of all films
SpongeBob SquarePants(1999)
Midcredits score: 88th percentile of all shows
Family Guy(1999)
Midcredits score: 77th percentile of all shows
Bride of Chucky(1998)
Midcredits score: 40th percentile of all films
Hoods (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1998)

Relax... It's Just Sex(1998)
Midcredits score: 71st percentile of all films
Music from Another Room(1998)
Midcredits score: 49th percentile of all films
Bella Mafia(1997)
Midcredits score: 75th percentile of all films
The Wrong Guy(1997)
Midcredits score: 78th percentile of all films
Gun (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1997)

Liar Liar(1997)
Midcredits score: 78th percentile of all films
Bird of Prey (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1996)

Bound(1996)
Midcredits score: 92nd percentile of all films
American Strays(1996)
Midcredits score: 31st percentile of all films
E! True Hollywood Story (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1996)

House Arrest(1996)
Midcredits score: 37th percentile of all films
The Pompatus of Love(1995)
Midcredits score: 20th percentile of all films
Edie & Pen(1996)
Midcredits score: 28th percentile of all films
Man with a Gun(1995)
Midcredits score: 9th percentile of all films
Embrace of the Vampire(1995)
Midcredits score: 9th percentile of all films
Bullets Over Broadway(1994)
Midcredits score: 90th percentile of all films
Double Cross (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1994)

The Getaway(1994)
Midcredits score: 34th percentile of all films
Heads (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1994)

Frasier(1993)
Midcredits score: 91st percentile of all shows
At Home with the Webbers(1993)
Midcredits score: 23rd percentile of all films
Key West (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1993)

Made in America(1993)
Midcredits score: 17th percentile of all films
Shadow of the Wolf(1992)
Midcredits score: 36th percentile of all films
Scorchers(1991)
Midcredits score: 32nd percentile of all films
Dream On (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1990)
Bodyguard (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1990)

The Fabulous Baker Boys(1989)
Midcredits score: 79th percentile of all films
Let It Ride(1989)
Midcredits score: 70th percentile of all films
Far from Home(1989)
Midcredits score: 30th percentile of all films
High Spirits(1988)
Midcredits score: 37th percentile of all films
Rented Lips (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1988)

Remote Control(1988)
Midcredits score: 27th percentile of all films
Johnny Be Good(1988)
Midcredits score: 7th percentile of all films
He's My Girl(1987)
Midcredits score: 14th percentile of all films
Inside Out (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1987)
Midcredits score: 73rd percentile of all shows
Stir Crazy (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1985)

Moving Violations(1985)
Midcredits score: 35th percentile of all films
Moonlighting(1985)
Midcredits score: 79th percentile of all shows
No Small Affair(1984)
Midcredits score: 26th percentile of all filmsShaping Up (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1984)

Imps* (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1983)

Oh Madeline (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1983)

Remington Steele(1982)
Midcredits score: 64th percentile of all shows
Cheers(1982)
Midcredits score: 86th percentile of all shows
Hill Street Blues(1981)
Midcredits score: 92nd percentile of all shows
Career shape
Star power in the 99th percentile of 239,109 people with a billed film role, over a full career of 129 titles, 128 of them dated from 1981 to 2026; peak year 1998.

Biggest box office
Monsters, Inc. (2001)

Highest rated
Monsters, Inc. (2001)

Most popular right now
Chucky (2021)
Film career
Peak 1998 · fewer prominent film roles lately. Top draw in 13 MovieCove titles. Film roles by billing, audience size and rating; 25+ votes. A show carries a single first-air date, so shows are not on the curve.
- 1981Screen debut· Hill Street Blues
- 1984First film· No Small Affair
- 1996Career best· Bound
- 2013First top-billed film· Return to Babylon
- 2021Career best· Chucky
Billing
Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it. The ring is the typical Midcredits score (the median percentile) of the role's titles that are on MovieCove, shown from 5 scored. Billing is TMDB cast order for roles with 25+ votes, billed in the top 30; the columns are the share of top-billed roles in each era, 5-year spans from the year on the label, merged until each holds at least 5 roles.
How do Jennifer Tilly's films land?
Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 33rd percentile, the median of all 71; across their 62 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 35th percentile for acclaim.
- 75th and up23
- 50th to 74th14
- 25th to 49th32
- Below 25th21
Shape of the crowd
50 of their 90 titles are Mixed.
- Universally Loved8
- Divisive1
- Cult Classic5
- Crowd Pleaser22
- Broadly Agreed4
- Mixed50
Reviewers score the acting 64/100 in their films, across 59 reviewed titles; fans 77, detractors 40. The element that speaks to their work as an actor.
Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.
Is Jennifer Tilly's work okay for kids?
Across up to 21 MovieCove titles with content scores, violence & gore, sex & nudity, profanity and frightening / intense run heavier than most films.
Severity 0–100 from the Content Guide. Categories with under 10 votes on a title are not counted. The band's colour is the severity of their median, named beside it.
Who does Jennifer Tilly work with?
People who share at least 2 of Jennifer Tilly's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Brad Dourif shares the most, 6.
Directors
- Don ManciniShared titles: Doc of Chucky (2024), Living with Chucky (2022), Cult of Chucky (2017), Seed of Chucky (2004), Bride of Chucky (1998)See all 5 shared titles with Don Mancini

- David BeairdShared titles: The Civilization of Maxwell Bright (2005), Scorchers (1991)See all 2 shared titles with David Beaird
Actors
- Brad DourifShared titles: Doc of Chucky (2024), Living with Chucky (2022), Chucky (2021), Cult of Chucky (2017), Seed of Chucky (2004), Bride of Chucky (1998)See all 6 shared titles with Brad Dourif

- Fiona DourifShared titles: Doc of Chucky (2024), Living with Chucky (2022), Chucky (2021), Cult of Chucky (2017)See all 4 shared titles with Fiona Dourif

- Seymour CasselShared titles: The Secret Lives of Dorks (2013), The Crew (2000), Relax... It's Just Sex (1998), Johnny Be Good (1988)See all 4 shared titles with Seymour Cassel

- Alex VincentShared titles: Doc of Chucky (2024), Living with Chucky (2022), Cult of Chucky (2017)See all 3 shared titles with Alex Vincent

Composers, cinematographers and editors
- Randy BrickerShared titles: Cult of Chucky (2017), Bride of Chucky (1998)See all 2 shared titles with Randy Bricker

- Lenka SvabShared titles: Love on the Side (2004), Man with a Gun (1995)See all 2 shared titles with Lenka Svab
- Jan KiesserShared titles: Bruno (2000), Man with a Gun (1995)See all 2 shared titles with Jan Kiesser
- Mark IshamShared titles: The Getaway (1994), Made in America (1993)See all 2 shared titles with Mark Isham

Producers
- Steven J. WolfeShared titles: Sallywood (2024), The Secret Lives of Dorks (2013), The Civilization of Maxwell Bright (2005), Relax... It's Just Sex (1998), Scorchers (1991)See all 5 shared titles with Steven J. Wolfe

- David KirschnerShared titles: Living with Chucky (2022), Cult of Chucky (2017), Seed of Chucky (2004), Bride of Chucky (1998)See all 4 shared titles with David Kirschner

- Ogden GavanskiShared titles: Cult of Chucky (2017), Man with a Gun (1995)See all 2 shared titles with Ogden Gavanski

- Pamela HirschShared titles: Bart Got a Room (2008), Second Best (2004)See all 2 shared titles with Pamela Hirsch
Mixed roles
- Peter BogdanovichShared titles: The Cat's Meow (2001), Bella Mafia (1997)See all 2 shared titles with Peter Bogdanovich









