Elizabeth Berkley

 Berkley was able to take on the role of Nomi Malone in the controversial Paul Verhoeven film Showgirls (1995) following her departure from Saved by the Bell. [12][13] The sex and nudity-laden film was given an NC-17 rating in the United States (the first big-budget film to get the rating), was a box-office disaster in its initial theatrical run, [14][15][16] and widely panned by critics. The performance of Berkley received poor reviews. Variety's Todd McCarthy described it as "harsh and graceless"[17as did Janet Maslin, of The New York Times reported that Berkley was like an inflatable party doll, sporting "the empty-eyed, open-mouthed appearance of balloon dolls". "[18In the wake of the film's negative reviews, Berkley made a reportedly "tempestuous" quit from her agency for talent Creative Artists Agency and spent the following week in meetings with ICM, William Morris Agency and United Talent Agency, eventually contracting with the latter. The film she was in was the supporting actress in The First Wives Club, that starred Bette Midler, Goldie Hawn and Diane Keaton. In the film, which was an independent production The Real Blonde, she was Tina who was a Madonna body-double. Berkley was played as the title character in the animated film Armitage III: Poly Matrix in which she also appeared alongside Kiefer Sutherland and booked support roles in independent films, such as The Taxman, Tail Lights Fade and the critically popular Roger Dodger (winner of the inaugural Tribeca Film Festival), and Moving Malcolm. Also, she was the callgirl for Al Pacino in Oliver Stone's sports drama Any Given Sunday. 21. She appeared performing on stage as Honey in 1999's London production of Lenny.