Kerri Green (born ) is an American actress best known for her roles in The Goonies (1985), Summer Rental (1985), and Lucas (1986). She co-wrote and directed the film Bellyfruit (1999).
Early life Green grew up in Woodcliff Lake, New Jersey and graduated from Pascack Hills High School in Montvale. She attended Vassar College in Poughkeepsie, New York. She worked at a Roy Rogers restaurant near Woodcliff Lake, made commercials for Jordache jeans and Bold 3 detergent, and auditioned in New York City for acting jobs.
Career Green is best known for her roles as a young teen in a string of teen movies in the 1980s. Her big break came in the 1985 film The Goonies playing cheerleader-turned-adventurer Andrea "Andy" Carmichael. Two months later, she appeared in Summer Rental where she portrayed Jennifer Chester. She gained further critical acclaim for her performance in Lucas (1986) starring as the center of a love triangle between the characters of Corey Haim and Charlie Sheen. She played Robin in Three for the Road (1987), which featured Sheen and Alan Ruck. She appeared in a 1990 episode of In the Heat of the Night, performed in an independent film called Blue Flame, and played the role of secretary to Paul Reiser's character in two episodes of the television sitcom Mad About You.
Green eventually co-founded a film production company, Independent Women Artists with Bonnie Dickenson. With Dickenson, she co-wrote and directed the film adaptation of a play about teen pregnancy called Bellyfruit (1999).
Personal life Green took a break from acting to study art at Vassar College, where she was roommates with Marisa Tomei's brother Adam and with video game BioShock developer Ken Levine.
Filmography +Film Year Title Role Notes1985 The Goonies Andrea "Andy" Carmichael Summer Rental Jennifer Chester 1986 Lucas Maggie 1987 Three for the Road Robin Kitteredge 1993 Blue Flame Rain 1999 Bellyfruit Co-writer and director 2012 Complacent Beth Wilkensen
+Television Year Title Role Notes 1987 The Disney Sunday Movie Calpernia Episode: "Young Harry Houdini" 1989 ABC Afterschool Special Madeline Green Episode: "Private Affairs" 1990 In the Heat of the Night Karen Sevrance Episode: "Triangle"1992 Mad About You Stacey 2 episodes The Burden of Proof Kate Granum Miniseries 1993 Tainted Blood Tori Pattersen Television film1994 Café Americain Kelly Episode: "All About Kelly" Murder, She Wrote Sara Episode: "Murder of the Month Club" 2000 ER Lynn Parker Episode: "Match Made in Heaven" 2001 Law & Order: Special Victims Unit Michelle Episode: "Stolen"
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