full name: Shannen Maria Doherty
birthday: April 12, 1971
birth place: Memphis, Tennessee, USA
family: mother (Rosa Doherty), father (Tom Doherty) & brother (Sean Doherty)
age 7: moved to Los Angeles
wanted to become an actress
age 10: made her debut with a role on the series Father Murphy
age 11: played the part of Jenny Wilder in the TV series Little House on the Prairie
she was on for three seasons (1982 to 1984)
1989: starred with Christian Slater and Winona Ryder in Heathers
1990 to 1994: starred in Beverly Hills 90210 as Brenda Walsh who was the teenage twin sister of Brandon Walsh (Jason Priestly)
1993/1994: married to (and divorced from) actor, Ashley Hamilton
1998 to 2001: starred in the hit TV show Charmed as Prue Halliwell. Unfortunately, after three seasons, Shannen is leaving!
1999: starred in TV series Satan�s School for Girls with Kate Jackson, Julie Benz and Daniel Cosgrove