Lisa Deanna Rinna (born July 11, 1963) is an American actress. She is best known for her roles as Billie Reed on Days of our Lives, Taylor McBride on Melrose Place, and most recently the host of SoapNet's Soap Talk. She competed in the second season of Dancing with the Stars and was eliminated in Round Seven based on audience voting, despite having had higher marks from the judges than fellow celebrity dancer Jerry Rice. Lisa Rinna also hosts tv makeover programme "Merge" on Lifetime. "Merge" takes viewers where no home decorating show has gone before by merging roommates with totally different styles. With a behind-the-scenes look at the actual design process, this new season will show the dilemmas leading up to a successful home makeover and the drama that ensues when abodes are transformed.

Biography

Rinna received national recognition when she first starred on NBC's Days of our Lives in the role of Billie Reed. She starred on said show from 1992 to 1995. She later switched from daytime TV to primetime playing Taylor McBride on Aaron Spelling's Melrose Place from 1996 to 1998. In 2002, Rinna was named co-host of Soap Talk, the daily lifestyle show that airs on SOAPnet, for which she received a Daytime Emmy Award nomination. In addition, she reprised the role of Billie Reed on Days of our Lives for a brief stint in 2002 and is now hosting the series Merge on Lifetime. Rinna starred in the Lifetime movie Sex, Lies & Obsession opposite husband Harry Hamlin. Her previous Lifetime movie, Another Woman With FAT Lips, boasted one of the highest ratings for a movie on Lifetime since 1999. She also guest-starred on an episode of Movie Stars for the WB, the first ever on-screen appearance she shared opposite her husband. Rinna nabbed her first role in the feature film Good Advice, starring Charlie Sheen and Jon Lovitz, and recently appeared in an episode of HBO's Entourage.

In 1998, Rinna created a stir when she posed for a nude pictorial while six months pregnant in the September issue of Playboy magazine.

Rinna married actor Harry Hamlin in 1997. They have two daughters, Delilah Belle (born 1998) and Amelia Gray (born 2001). They have performed together in a number of television and film productions. Rinna and Hamlin had recurring roles as a married couple on the first season of the television series Veronica Mars.

She performed on stage in 2007, including on Broadway, in the musical Chicago. Rinna has recently guest-hosted Live with Regis and Kelly.

In June 2006, SoapNet announced that it was canceling Soap Talk after four seasons due to low ratings.

In August 2007, Rinna replaced Joan Rivers as the host of TV Guide Network's red carpet coverage.

Filmography

* Captive Rage (1988)
* Monday Morning (1990)
* Robot Wars (1993)
* Good Advice (2001)
* Peace, Love & Bikinis! (2005) (documentary)

Television Work

* Lies Before Kisses (1990)
* Days of our Lives (1992–1995 and 2002–2003) as Billie Reed
* Days of our Lives: Night Sins (1993) as Bille Reed
* Days of our Lives: Winter Heat (1994) as Billie Reed
* Vanished (1995)
* Melrose Place (1996–1998) as Taylor McBride (S5 Ep1 - S6 Ep34)
* Nick Fury: Agent of Shield (1998)
* Close to Danger (1997)
* Another Woman's Husband (2000)
* Oh, Baby (2001)
* Sex, Lies & Obsession (2001)
* Soap Talk (2002–2006)
* 8 Simple Rules (2004) as Holly- Gym Instructor (S2 Ep10)
* Veronica Mars (2004–2005) as Lynn Echolls (S1 Ep6, Ep10 and Ep12)
* Dancing with the Stars (2006) as Herself, Contestant
* Lifetimetv Show: Merge
* Entourage (2007) as Donna (S4 Ep3)

Upcoming:

* Tease (2007)
* Pop Fiction (2008) as herself, one episode

Stage

Rinna performed the song "Roxie" on a recent episode of "Dancing With The Stars".

Rinna is currently starring in the Broadway production of "Chicago", playing the role of Roxie Hart, alongside her husband, who is playing the role of Billy Flynn.

Rinna also appears in the 1985 John Parr "Naughty Naughty" music video as the girl in the car that he is driving. She was 22 at the time.

Businesses

Rinna owns two Belle Gray clothing boutiques in Southern California's San Fernando Valley, one in Sherman Oaks and one in Calabasas. The stores' name comes from the middle names of her two daughters, Delilah Belle and Amelia Gray.