Andrea Elson - Forever Young Lynn

Andrea Elson now does not step on the red carpet in Cannes, and her photos do not occupy the first pages of glossy magazines about cinema. But still something in the guise of this green-eyed beauty we all know. Well, of course, this is the same actress who starred in the now-famous serial series "Alf"! I remember that in the late 80s of the last century, with a sinking heart and anticipation of joy, we expected a new story about the adventures of this funny shaggy creature, similar to the anteater and orangutan. And what about Lynn? We remember her at the beginning of the series as a teenager with a chicken breast, and at the end it's already a seductive girl. What is the actress doing now? In what other films she was shot? How did her private life come about? You will learn everything from the article.

Childhood and the beginning of a career in cinema

Usually actors come to the set, creating a name on the stage. This rule does not apply to Andrea Elson. She came to the cinema through advertising, because her father was an agent in this business. She was born in 1969, on March 6, in New York. However, because of the work of the head of the family, the girl did not have permanent friends. During the first ten years of her life, Andrea visited New York, San Diego and many other cities and states. But in the occupation of the father there were pluses. He found her an agent, with which she successfully appeared in commercials. The acting data of the girl did not go unnoticed. Some filmmakers dared to try out her talent first on the roles of the second and third plan in some episodes of the series. So, she flashed into "Simon and Simon", "Silver spoons", "Wunderkind".

At the height of glory

How did it happen that the actress Andrea Elson, who had never been known before, won the casting for such a cult series as "Alf"? Yes, because at first no one predicted such a loud reputation! The dizzying success of the series was a complete surprise to its creators. And the main role in it was a doll. The actors in the series are pushed into the background, they were, so to speak, an indispensable backdrop for witty replicas of the shaggy extraterrestrial. So it happened that Andrea got the role of Lynn, the eldest daughter of the Tanner family, who sheltered Alfa. After all, the cast was not the most stellar, that is, not highly paid. You can argue for a long time about what brought Andrea world fame - a masterly played role of a teenage girl or the whole series as a whole. It seems that the success of this epic is the fruit of the teamwork of all actors engaged in filming.

Andrea Elson - filmography

We already mentioned that Lynn Tanner in "Alpha" was not the first actress role. Before her, Andrea managed to appear in several TV series, where she played episodic characters. The most serious role in this early period of the actress's work is Alice Taylor in The Wunderkind, which she performed when she was only 14 years old. But after "Alpha" the invitation to act was showered on the actress as from a cornucopia. The filming of a cult epic about an alien from space was not finished yet, and Andrea Elson was already involved in the series "Who's the Boss?", "New Hollywood Square" and "Married with Children". She also worked on the TV project "School Cruise". Before her marriage, Andrea worked on such TV series as "Parker Lewis is not lost", "They came from outer space" and "Step by step". But with the birth of her daughter, the actress made a courageous decision to end her career and devote herself to the care of motherhood. The last series with her participation is "Without Madness From You" (1992-1999), where she played Joan.

Personal life

Participation in the series "Alf" was for Andrea doubly successful. It not only brought her the laurels of the actress, but also served as the beginning for the development of personal relationships. On set, she met an assistant director Scott Hoppert. As you know, the series was shot five years, from 1986 to 1990. We do not know exactly at what stage of development of the plot Andrea had reciprocal feelings for Scott. Officially, the couple got married after the end of filming, in 1993. And four years later Andrea Elson again got into the paparazzi lenses. A photo of a little sprawled half of the beautiful woman's birth with Claire's daughter flew around all the magazines that tell about the personal life of the TV stars. Andrea herself admitted that during the filming of the second season of "Alpha" she developed nervously bulimia. But she defeated the disease with increased training in gyms and yoga classes.

What is Andrea Elson doing now?

45-year-old Andrea looks much younger than her years. To keep herself in shape is helped by a relaxed family life and yoga. This eastern art once helped the actress to cope with bulimia (a nervous disease associated with gluttony), as we have already said. The hobby turned into a profession - now Andrea contains a school of yoga. For the twentieth year she is happy in her marriage to Scott Hoppert. In addition to her daughter, she also has a son. And she never regretted leaving the set.