Tina Yothers

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Kristina Louise "Tina" Yothers (born May 5, 1973)^[1] is an American actress and singer.

Early life & career

Yothers was born in Whittier, California but spent half of the year in Flint, Michigan. Her father, Robert Yothers, was a television producer. Yothers began her acting career in television advertisements at age three. Her first cinema role was in the 1981 television movie The Cherokee Trail. She also appeared in the 1982 feature film Shoot the Moon. Her most famous role was as Jennifer Keaton, the youngest daughter in the television comedy Family Ties from 1982 to 1989. She also competed in the Battle of the Network Stars in December 1988. When Family Ties ended, Yothers abandoned her blonde hair color and has since worn it black.

She wrote the book Being Your Best: Tina Yothers's Guide for Girls and formed the band Jaded with her brother Cory. She provided the lead vocals while Cory played keyboard. Previously, Yothers sang a song in a Family Ties episode called "Baby I'm Back In Love Again", which she would later record as a single.

After a nine year absence from acting, Yothers was given the lead role in Lovelace the Musical, a 2004 stage show based on the life of former pornographic movie star Linda Lovelace. She followed that up with a stint as a stock player in the Burt Reynolds Dinner Theater in Boca Raton, Florida from 2005 to 2007.

Personal life

In 2002, Yothers married an electrician, Robert Kaiser, who had twin sons from a previous marriage. Yothers has two children, daughter Lillian Grace 'Lilly', born October 2005; and a son, Robert Jake born September 24, 2007. The family resides in Ontario, California, a city in San Bernardino County, about 45 minutes east of Los Angeles.

Celebrity Fit Club

Yothers appeared on the fourth season of the VH1 reality television show Celebrity Fit Club, which began on August 6, 2006. After Yothers' second pregnancy, she appeared on Celebrity Fit Club: Boot Camp to try get back to her post-Fit Club weight.

Filmography

Awards & nominations

References

External links

• Tina Yothers at the Internet Movie Database
• Tina Yothers at TV.com