Kerri Green
Biography
Kerri Lee Green, an American actress born on 14 January 1967 in Fort Lee, New Jersey, is noted for her work in 1980s cinema. After attending film auditions in New York City in 1984, she attracted the attention of Steven Spielberg, who cast her as Andy in Richard Donner’s adventure film The Goonies (1985), a major box‑office success that year. The same year she played one of John Candy’s three children in the comedy Summer Rental (1985). Green’s most acclaimed role came in David Seltzer’s Lucas (1986), where she portrayed Maggie opposite Corey Haim’s title character. Her TMDB profile lists eighteen credited performances, and she is identified as female.
Career overview
Kerri Green was born on January 14, 1967 in Fort Lee, New Jersey, United States. In 1984 she chose to forgo a summer‑camp program and instead traveled to New York City to attend film auditions. Her presence at those auditions attracted the attention of director Steven Spielberg, who subsequently cast her in the role of Andy in Richard Donner’s adventure picture The Goonies, released in 1985. The Goonies became one of the year’s most successful releases, marking Green’s first high‑profile screen credit.
Later in 1985 Green appeared as one of the three children of John Candy’s character in the comedy Summer Rental. The following year she delivered what has been described as her most accomplished performance in David Seltzer’s Lucas (1986), a drama in which Corey Haim portrayed the title character, a bespectacled, intelligent and unpopular fourteen‑year‑old who befriends a sixteen‑year‑old girl played by Green. Throughout her early career she accumulated a total of eighteen credited acting roles, as recorded by The Movie Database, establishing her as a recognized actress of the mid‑1980s.
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- Reunited Apart (2020) as Self
- Complacent (2012) as Beth Wilkensen
- Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (1999) as Michele Daricek
- Bellyfruit (1999) Director
- Bellyfruit (1999) Writer
- ER (1994) as Lynn Parker
- Cafe Americain (1993) as Kelly
- Tainted Blood (1993) as Tori Pattersen
- Blue Flame (1993) as Rain
- Mad About You (1992) as Stacey
- The Burden of Proof (1992) as Kate Granum
- Private Affairs (1989) as Madeline
- Young Harry Houdini (1987) as Calpernia
- Three for the Road (1987) as Robin Kitteredge
- Lucas (1986) as Maggie
- The Goonies (1985) as Andy
- Summer Rental (1985) as Jennifer Chester
- The Making Of The Goonies (1985) as Self
- Murder, She Wrote (1984) as Sara Ogilvie