Bridget Christine Flanery (born March 24, 1970 in Guthrie Center, Iowa

Guthrie Center, Iowa

Guthrie Center is a city in Guthrie County, Iowa, United States, along the South Raccoon River. The population was 1,668 at the 2000 census. It is the county seat of Guthrie County....

) is an American

United States

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 actress. She is most notable for playing the Sweet Valley character Lila Fowler in Sweet Valley High

Sweet Valley High (TV series)

Sweet Valley High is an American comedy-drama series based on Francine Pascal's book series of the same name. The series ran from September 5, 1994 to October 14, 1997, and was produced by Saban Entertainment...

in 1994 until 1996 before being replaced by actress Shirlee Elliot

Shirlee Elliot

Shirlee Elliot is an American model and actress who is most notable for portraying Lila Fowler in the television series Sweet Valley High from 1996 to 1998. After her stint on Sweet Valley, she continued to act until late 1998, her last appearance in the detective series Buddy Faro.-External links:...

. She is a Drake University

Drake University

Drake University is a private, co-educational university located in Des Moines, Iowa, USA. The institution offers a number of undergraduate and graduate programs, as well as professional programs in law and pharmacy. Today, Drake is one of the twenty-five oldest law schools in the country....

 graduate, completing her studies in 1992, where she studied theatre. She soon left Iowa to pursue an acting career. She was nominated for a Young Artist Award

Young Artist Award

The Young Artist Award is an accolade bestowed by the Young Artist Foundation, a non-profit organization founded in 1978 to recognize and award excellence of youth performers, and to provide scholarships for young artists who may be physically and/or financially challenged.The Young Artist...

 in 1997 for the Best Performance in a TV Comedy — Guest Starring Young Performer for the television show Pearl.

After Sweet Valley, Flanery continues to act. She has appeared in Love Boat: The Next Wave, Will & Grace

Will & Grace

Will & Grace was an American television sitcom that was originally broadcast on NBC from September 21, 1998 to May 18, 2006 for a total of eight seasons. Will & Grace remains the most successful television series with gay principal characters...

, Sabrina, the Teenage Witch

Sabrina, the Teenage Witch (TV series)

Sabrina, the Teenage Witch is an American sitcom based on the Archie comic book series of the same name.The show stars Melissa Joan Hart as Sabrina Spellman, a teenager with magical powers, who lives with her aunts Hilda and Zelda , and their magical talking cat Salem...

, Boy Meets World

Boy Meets World

Boy Meets World is an American comedy-drama series that chronicles the events and everyday life lessons of Cory Matthews, played by Ben Savage, a kid from suburban Philadelphia who grows up from a young boy to a married man. The show aired for seven seasons from 1993 to 2000 on ABC, part of the...

, and Two and a Half Men

Two and a Half Men

Two and a Half Men is an American television sitcom that premiered on CBS on September 22, 2003. Starring Charlie Sheen, Jon Cryer, and Angus T. Jones, the show was originally about a hedonistic jingle writer, Charlie Harper; his uptight brother, Alan; and Alan's growing son, Jake...

episode Damn You, Eggs Benedict (2008) among other acting jobs.

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