Leanna Creel
Creel at the 41st Annual Emmy Awards, 1989
Born
Leanna Creel

(1970-08-27) August 27, 1970
Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Occupation(s)Actress, film producer, film director, screenwriter, photographer
Years active1987–present
Spouse
Rinat Greenberg
(m. 2008)
Children2
RelativesMonica Lacy (sister)

Leanna Creel (born August 27, 1970) is an American actress, film producer, film director, screenwriter and photographer.

Biography

Creel is an identical triplet who, along with her sisters, Joy Creel and Monica Lacy, started acting in the late 1980s. They appeared together in two television movies aired on The Wonderful World of Disney: Parent Trap III and Parent Trap: Hawaiian Honeymoon. In 1992, Creel had a guest role in an episode of Beverly Hills, 90210, alongside Monica. That same year, she landed the role of Tori in Saved by the Bell. Following her stint on Saved by the Bell, Creel had guest roles on One West Waikiki and Ned & Stacey.

She attended UCLA and received a bachelor's degree in history, and then a master's degree in film and television.[1]

Creel produced her first film in 1994, helping out a friend whose producer had been involved in a car accident. She also worked for the game Hollywood Stock Exchange (HSX). In 1998 she founded a film production company, Ignite Entertainment, with HSX's Michael Burns as President of Production.[1] Creel now runs Creel Studio, a production company specializing in food, travel and lifestyle content and is a photographer and filmmaker.

Personal life

Creel, who came out as gay, married British studio manager Rinat Greenberg on June 17, 2008, when California legalized same-sex marriages.[2][3][4] Creel and Greenberg have two sons.

Filmography

Film

Year Film Role Notes
1996 Freeway Twin No. 2
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1997 Mixed Signals
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Producer
1998 Dancer, Texas Pop. 81
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Executive producer
1998 Possums
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Producer
1998 Desert Blue
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Executive producer
1998 Six-String Samurai
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Producer
1999 The Suburbans
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Producer
1999 But I'm a Cheerleader
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Producer
2000 The Cell Mother
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2000 Queen for a Day
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Producer
2001 Get Over It
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Co-producer
2001 Offside
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Director, writer
2005 Promtroversy
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Director
2009 Boutonniere
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Executive producer

Television

Year Title Role Notes
1987 Growing Pains Schwartz Twins 1 episode
1989 Parent Trap III Lisa Wyatt Television movie
1989 CBS Schoolbreak Special Susan 1 episode
1989 Parent Trap: Hawaiian Honeymoon Lisa Wyatt Television movie
1991 Parker Lewis Can't Lose Kandy 1 episode
1991 Perry Mason: The Case of the Fatal Fashion Shannon Wilson Television movie
1991 Anything But Love 2 episodes
1992 Beverly Hills, 90210 Claire 1 episode
1992–1993 Saved by the Bell Tori Scott 10 episodes
1996 One West Waikiki Marisa Coppage 1 episode
1997 Ned and Stacey Kim 1 episode

References

  1. 1 2 Kaufman, Anthony. "From Website to Production Company: HSX Films Ignites". Archived from the original on August 11, 2007. Retrieved September 5, 2007.
  2. "Spiritual Directors Help in the Quest for Harmony". Los Angeles Times. July 3, 2004. Retrieved March 23, 2019.
  3. "Gay couples in L.A. area unite". Usatoday30.usatoday.com. Retrieved March 23, 2019.
  4. "An Unconventional Marriage: A Judeo-Christian "I Do"". Patheos. April 29, 2010. Archived from the original on March 4, 2016. Retrieved March 1, 2011.
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