Bridgette Wilson was born on 25 September 1973 in Gold Beach, Oregon, US. She is a model, singer, Miss Teen USA award winner, and former American actress. Her career as an actress started after she was crowned Miss Teen USA in 1990. She played the character of Lisa Fenimore on the Soap Opera Santa Barbara, for 51 episodes from April 1992 to January 1993.
Early life and education
Bridgette was born and brought up by her parents, Kathy and Dale Wilson, in the not-so-big coastal town of Gold Beach, Oregon, in the United States. She is an American by nationality and belongs to Swedish and English mixed ethnicity. Bridgette attended Gold Beach High School and graduated in 1991. While in high school, she played volleyball and participated in the schools’ volleyball team competition. At age 17, in 1990, she was crowned Miss Teen USA in Biloxi, Mississippi, and she was the second contestant to win the crown.
Top 10 facts about Bridgette Wilson
- She was crowned Miss Teen USA in Mississippi in 1990.
- She is married to Pete Sampras, the former No.1 tennis player; he held the position for 263 weeks.
- Her husband, Pete Sampras, is an exceptional tennis player who won several rounds at the US Open, defeating veterans.
- Bridgette began her career in acting from a very young age.
- Pete Sampras suffered from a blood disorder, a genetic trait that sometimes causes slight anemia.
- As a singer, Bridgette released her album titled I Only Wanna Be With You with King Records label; after two years, she released her second album, Gimme a Kiss.
- Pete Sampras and his family relocated to Palos, in California, where he began to play tennis regularly. He also met his tennis idol, Rod Laver, and got an opportunity to play with him.
- Pete Sampras started playing tennis professionally in 1988 and moved his world ranking from No. 873 to No. 97. The following year he became No.81.
- He announced his retirement before the 2003 US Open, and in a special ceremony at the Open, he bid farewell to his fans and followers.
- Bridgette has a net worth of $25 million, while her husband Pete Sampras has an estimated net worth of $150 million.
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Career
Bridgette became an actress after she reigned as Miss Teen USA. Bridgette started her acting with Hollywood courtesy of every 90s kid’s favorite show, Saved by the Bell, where she featured in four episodes as a ditzier member of Bayside student and as Ginger. She has appeared in the movies: Santa Barbara, Last Action Hero as Whitney, Jack Slater’s daughter, Billy Madison as Veronica Vaughn, Adam Slander’s girlfriend/teacher; I Know What You Did Last Summer as Sarah Michelle Gellar’s unfortunate sister, Sweet Evil as a psychopathic surrogate mother, House on the hunted hill as Melissa Mar, Extreme Ops as a world-champion skier, Mortal combat as Sonya Blade, Nixon; A cameo as a nightclub performer, The Wedding Planner, and many others. In an episode of CSI: Miami, she came into view as a woman whose husband was killed by a package delivered to their house. Before retiring from acting, her first film role was Phantom Punch, 2008.
Her Role in Mortal Kombat
Bridgette went all out for a role in Mortal Kombat, but after an arduous audition, she initially lost the part to Cameron Diaz.
Lauri Apelian, Mortal Kombat assistant producer, mentioned that as soon as they noticed that Bridgette was a star, they started training her immediately in martial arts. Still, before the shooting stage, she broke her wrist and could no longer do the martial stunts. By the time Bridgette was strong enough to continue with the filming, she was featured in a role in Billy Madison. However, it was the last day of filming, so she flew to Thailand to play the role of Sonya Blade in Mortal Kombat, thereby sustaining another injury trying to bring the fighting game to life.
Why Bridgette quit acting
Bridgette Wilson stopped acting in 2008 because she loved the idea of “family life” and also she wanted to have enough time to take care of her kids. In 1993, she once mentioned that she is a born homemaker, Pete Sampras also mentioned in an interview that her love for low-key family was one thing that attracted him to her. Her husband also retired from tennis playing to focus and have time for his wife and children.
| Year | Movie | Roles |
| 1993 | Last Action Hero | Whitney Slater/Meredith Caprice |
| 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 |
| 1997 | The Real Blonde | Sahara |
| 1997 | I Know What You Did Last Summer | Elsa Shivers |
| 1997 | Marina | |
| 1998 | Host | Juliet Spring |
| 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 |
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Personal Life
Her Parents
There is limited information about her family, but she was born to her parents, Dale Wilson and Kathy Wilson, in Oregon, US.
Pete Sampras (husband)
Pete Sampras, Bridgette’s husband, was born on 12 August 1971 in Washington DC; He is a former No. 1 tennis player. His mother, Georgia, emigrated from Sparta, Greece, while his father, Sammy, was given birth in the US (though his father is Greece).
When he was three, he came across a tennis racket in his home, which ignited a passion for tennis; he’ll spend hours hitting balls against the wall. His family moved to California in 1978; the warm climate in California allowed him to play tennis for a few years; when he was eleven, he connected and played with the legend Rod Laver who was his great idol. His family joined Jack Kramer Club, which made his talent ostensible. He trained with tennis coach Robert Lansdorp as a teenager. In 1988, Sampras became professional.
A pediatrician and amateur coach, Peter Fischer saw him playing at the Jack Krama’s Club and became his coach till 1989. Coach Peter made Pete play the single-handed backhand alternative to the double-handed backhand during the training. Pete reached the world No.1 ranking in 1993 held the position for 286 weeks from 1993 to1998 consecutively. In total, he won 64 singles.
He is a right-handed player with a single-handed backhand. His accurate and strong serve earned him the nickname Pistol Pete. He was admitted into the International Hall of Fame in 2007. In 1998 at the age of 16, he turned professional and ended the year ranked as world No. 97; meanwhile, he started as No. 893. He lost his first professional match to Sammy Giammalva Jr. at the February Ebel U.S Pro Indoor in Philadelphia. Subsequently, he defeated some players and lost to others.
