Bridgette Wilson Net Worth 2025

Bridgette Wilson
Wilson at an event at Greystone Estates in Beverly Hills, California, 2006
Born	Bridgette LeAnn Wilson[1] (1973-09-25) September 25, 1973 (age 52) Gold Beach, Oregon, U.S.
Occupations	Actress singer model
Years active	1990–2008 2020
Height	5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)
Spouse	Pete Sampras ​ (m. 2000)​
Children	2

Bridgette LeAnn Wilson Sampras (born September 25, 1973)^[2] is an American former actress, singer, model and beauty queen who was crowned Miss Teen USA 1990. She began her career in acting, playing the character of Lisa Fenimore on the soap opera Santa Barbara from April 1992 to January 1993.^[2][3]

She appeared in a number of films including Last Action Hero (1993) in her film debut, Higher Learning (1995), Mortal Kombat (1995), and Billy Madison (1995). She had roles in I Know What You Did Last Summer (1997), House on Haunted Hill (1999), The Wedding Planner (2001), and Shopgirl (2005).

Bridgette LeAnn Wilson^[4] was born in Gold Beach, Oregon, a small coastal town north of Brookings, the daughter of Kathy and Dale Wilson.^[5] She grew up there and was on the volleyball team for Gold Beach High School.^[6] She won the Miss Teen USA title in 1990 at the age of 16 in Biloxi, Mississippi, and was the second winner from Oregon. She graduated from Gold Beach High School in 1991.^[7]

After her reign as Miss Teen USA, Wilson appeared in Santa Barbara, Ginger on Saved by the Bell, Last Action Hero (as Jack Slater's daughter Whitney), Higher Learning (a cameo as a university student), Billy Madison (playing Veronica Vaughn, the teacher and girlfriend of Adam Sandler's character), Mortal Kombat (playing Sonya Blade),^[8] Nixon (a cameo as a nightclub performer), I Know What You Did Last Summer (as Helen Shivers' sister Elsa), House on Haunted Hill (as Melissa Marr), Buying the Cow, The Suburbans, Love Stinks, Nevada, Sweet Evil (as a psychopathic surrogate mother), Extreme Ops (as a world-champion skier), and The Wedding Planner. Wilson also appeared on an episode of CSI: Miami as a woman whose husband is killed by a package delivered to their house. Her last film role before retiring from acting was in Phantom Punch (2008).

Wilson starred off-Broadway in The Rocky Horror Show and was a judge for the 2006 Miss Universe competition. She is also a singer and was featured on Tommy Shane Steiner's debut album Then Came the Night, performing a spoken-word part in "What We're Gonna Do About It". The song reached number 43 on the Billboard Hot Country Songs charts in 2002.

Wilson married professional tennis player Pete Sampras on September 30, 2000 after they dated for nine months.^[9][10] On November 21, 2002, their first son was born.^[11] On July 29, 2005, the couple had their second son.^[12] The family lives in Lake Sherwood, California west of Westlake Village.^[13] In December 2022, Wilson was diagnosed with ovarian cancer.^[14][15]

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