Elizabeth Berkley

Elizabeth Berkley was born in Farmington Hills, Michigan to Jere and Fred Berkley. Her mother was a gift-basket business owner and her father was a lawyer. She has an older brother, Jason.{{Cite web|last=Dessem|first=Matthew|date=October 21, 2018|title=Selma Blair Announces She Has Multiple Sclerosis|url=https://slate.com/culture/2018/10/selma-blair-multiple-sclerosis-instagram.html|access-date=March 9, 2022|website=Slate|archive-date=March 9, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220309174007/https://slate.com/culture/2018/10/selma-blair-multiple-sclerosis-instagram.html|url-status=live}} Her family is Jewish and she was raised in a Conservative Jewish household, celebrating her bat mitzvah at Beth Abraham Hillel Moses in West Bloomfield.{{Cite web|url=https://jewishjournal.com/culture/arts/4726/|title=Catch a Rising Star|date=August 23, 2001|access-date=June 3, 2022|archive-date=December 7, 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081207175934/http://www.jewishjournal.com/arts/article/catch_a_rising_star_20010824/|url-status=live}}{{cite web|url=http://www.jwi.org/Page.aspx?pid=2792&frcrld=1|title=Interview: Elizabeth Berkley – Aspire – JWM|access-date=November 25, 2012|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120328123242/http://www.jwi.org/Page.aspx?pid=2792&frcrld=1|archive-date=March 28, 2012}} She was born with partial heterochromia iridium, a condition of differently colored irises; her right eye is half green and half brown and her left eye is green.{{cite web|work=The New Daily|url=http://thenewdaily.com.au/life/2014/01/08/heterochromia-sexiest-mutation-world/|date=January 8, 2014|last=Brack|first=Renee|title=Eye spy: The world's sexiest mutation|access-date=September 30, 2014|archive-date=October 6, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141006171654/http://thenewdaily.com.au/life/2014/01/08/heterochromia-sexiest-mutation-world/|url-status=live}}

At age four, Berkley began taking jazz and tap lessons with Barbara Fink of Miss Barbara's Dance Center in Detroit and later took ballet classes with the professional company Dance Detroit.Beth Cruise (1992). Behind the Scenes at Saved by the Bell. New York, New York: Collier Books. {{ISBN|0-02-042778-6}}. p. 40. She would also practice at home in a room her parents set up for her in the basement.{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vQpZfuN1Xek|title=Elizabeth Berkley – SIUAD – Get To Know [Part 1]|via=YouTube|date=April 22, 2008|access-date=May 21, 2010}}{{cbignore}} She danced Swan Lake with principals from the American Ballet Theatre and for five years she performed in the New York City Ballet holiday production of The Nutcracker in Detroit.Jan Berenson (1993). Meet the Stars of Saved by the Bell and California Dreams. Chicago, Illinois: Kidsbooks, Inc {{ISBN|1-56156-189-4}}. p. 18. Her dance recital song-and-tap number Hey Look Me Over eventually convinced her she wanted to be an actress.

While attending Cranbook Kingsbrook in Bloomfield Hills,{{Cite web|url=https://eu.detroitnews.com/story/entertainment/television/2020/11/23/farmington-hills-elizabeth-berkley-so-excited-saved-bell-reboot/6390194002/|title=Farmington Hills' Elizabeth Berkley so excited for 'Saved by the Bell' reboot|date=November 23, 2020|access-date=October 3, 2024}} she enrolled in acting and singing classes, making her theatrical debut as Snoopy in a Cranbrook Theatre production of You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown. She continued her training with the Detroit-based company Actors Alliance and starred in two plays, Twain by the Tale and Raft of the Medusa. Professional stage roles soon followed in regional theatre, earning her an Actors Equity card when she was still in middle school. She played Baby June in the musical Gypsy (Village Players, Birmingham) and Echo in Lee Blessing's Eleemosynary at the Ann Arbor Repertory theatre. In 1980 she auditioned for the film version of Annie but was turned down because she was too tall.{{cite news|last=Schwartz|first=Carla Jean|title=Oakland's own version of Brooke Shields|newspaper=Detroit Free Press|date=December 8, 1983}}

She also ventured into modeling, initially doing print work for Hudson's and other regional outlets and later appearing in TV commercials for department stores in Atlanta, Milwaukee and Canada. She would use her modeling income to commute to Los Angeles and New York to train with professionals, including dancer and choreographer Joe Tremaine, vocal coach Seth Riggs and Broadway Dance Center's Frank Hatchett.

After writing a personal letter to TV producer Norman Lear asking him to make her a star, she received a reply from Lear's assistant, who encouraged her to reach out whenever she was in Los Angeles. Three years later, during a family vacation in California, she contacted his office and Lear helped her setting up with talent agent Judy Savage, of The Savage Agency.{{cite news|last=Malcom|first=shawna|title=The Education of Elizabeth Berkley|magazine=TV Guide|date=January 26, 2002}}{{cite news|title=Happy Holidays AD – Thanks Judy for a great year!|magazine=Variety|date=December 8, 1989}}{{cite news|title=Insights into Talent Agents with Judy Savage Part 1|url=https://actorsreporter.com/interview-viewpoints/insights-into-talent-agents-with-judy-savage-part-1-1/|work=Actors Report|date=April 19, 2019|access-date=November 1, 2024|archive-date=June 16, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240616161704/https://actorsreporter.com/interview-viewpoints/insights-into-talent-agents-with-judy-savage-part-1-1/|url-status=live}} That led to her television debut in one episode of Gimme a Break!{{cite news|last=Roberts|first=Michael|date=March 23, 1986|title=Names & Faces|newspaper=Detroit Free Press|page=69|access-date=|quote='Gimme a Break' is the show and 13-year-old Elizabeth Berkley of Farmington Hill gets hers on Saturday's edition of the NBC comedy. .. The aspiring actress was a student last summer at the Dupree Dance Studio in Los Angeles where she was spotted by an L.A. producer.}} and her film debut in the critically acclaimed short film Platinum Blonde, both filmed in 1986. Berkley commuted to Los Angeles on every school break and summer vacation, taking acting classes with Diana Hill and Nora Eckstein of the recently established Young Actors Space and landing roles in Silver Spoons and the WonderWorks TV film Frog.

Still a teenager, she joined the New Faces division of Elite Model Management in New York (alongside other up-and-coming models like Cameron Diaz){{Cite web|url=https://variety.com/1997/film/news/model-citizens-1116675478/|title=Model citizens|date=November 23, 1997|access-date=October 3, 2024}} after placing as a finalist in their Look of the Year contest.{{Cite web|url=https://www.nickiswift.com/1610697/staggering-transformation-elizabeth-berkley/|title=The Staggering Transformation Of Elizabeth Berkley|date=June 29, 2024|access-date=October 3, 2024|archive-date=July 20, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240720001127/https://www.nickiswift.com/1610697/staggering-transformation-elizabeth-berkley/}} In the fall of 1988, her family eventually relocated to Los Angeles when she was still attending North Farmington High School. She signed with Elite's LA division, appeared in YM magazine's November issue as a finalist in the Cover Girl contest and guest starred in episodes of Day by Day and TV 101.{{cite news|date=January 1, 1989|title=Are We Smart or What?|magazine=YM|quote=No sooner did Elizabeth Berkley, left, appear in YM's November issue as a finalist in our Cover Girl contest, that she was asked to make guest appearances on ‘Day by Day’ and ‘TV 101’}}

After losing the leading role of Rennie in Friday the 13th Part VIII: Jason Takes Manhattan,{{cite web|work=GQ|url=https://www.gq.com/story/jason-takes-manhattan-was-friday-the-13ths-great-missed-opportunity|title=Jason Takes Manhattan Was Friday the 13th's Great Missed Opportunity|author=Meslow, Scott|date=April 13, 2018|access-date=August 18, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180730221128/https://www.gq.com/story/jason-takes-manhattan-was-friday-the-13ths-great-missed-opportunity|archive-date=July 30, 2018}} she auditioned for a regular role in the NBC Saturday-morning sit-com Saved by the Bell. During the final callback, the producers of the show could not decide whether to cast Tiffani-Amber Thiessen or her for the part of Kelly Kapowski.{{cite web|url=https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/elizabeth-berkley/|title=Elizabeth Berkley|work=Lez Watch TV|access-date=February 4, 2021|archive-date=May 2, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210502154353/https://lezwatchtv.com/actor/elizabeth-berkley/|url-status=live}} In the end, Thiessen landed the role but Berkley's audition was so impressive that she was ultimately given another leading character, Jessie Spano, a civil-minded student with strong feminist views. The show debuted in August 1989 and aired on prime-time for three weeks, before relocating to its designated timeslot on Saturday morning.{{Cite web|first=Andrea|last=Francese|date=August 11, 2021|title='Saved by the Bell': The Role of Jessie Spano Was Altered for Elizabeth Berkely|url=https://www.cheatsheet.com/entertainment/saved-by-the-bell-role-jessie-spano-altered-elizabeth-berkely.html/|access-date=March 9, 2022|website=Showbiz Cheat Sheet|archive-date=September 18, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210918145944/https://www.cheatsheet.com/entertainment/saved-by-the-bell-role-jessie-spano-altered-elizabeth-berkely.html/|url-status=live}}{{Cite web|first=Lynne|last=Heffley|date=August 19, 1989|title='Saved by the Bell' Loses in Its Sitcom About Teens|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1989-08-19-ca-483-story.html|access-date=October 20, 2024|website=Los Angeles Times|archive-date=January 31, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230131165926/https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1989-08-19-ca-483-story.html|url-status=live}} It quickly turned into a fan-favorite among young audiences, and its six teenage leads became television stars, appearing in teen magazines and on mall tours all around the country.Peter Engel (2016). I Was Saved by the Bell. Top Hat Words. {{ISBN|978-0-9979431-1-5}} p. 188E! True Hollywood Story: Saved by the Bell, documentary televised in Jan 2002

During the show's breaks over the years, Berkley landed guest starring roles in other popular shows like Life Goes On, Married People and The Hogan Family. In 1991 she even appeared in Kathryn Bigelow's Point Break but her small role as a surf shop countergirl was later cut.{{Cite web|first=Crissy|last=Van Meter|date=December 26, 2015|title=12 Things You Probably Don't Know About the Original Point Break|url=https://www.theinertia.com/comedy/12-things-you-probably-dont-know-about-the-original-point-break/|access-date=October 10, 2024|website=The Inertia|archive-date=June 23, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240623222908/https://www.theinertia.com/comedy/12-things-you-probably-dont-know-about-the-original-point-break/|url-status=live}} Soon after graduating from Calabasas High School, she began training with acting coach Roy London{{Cite web|date=November 23, 2022|title=Actors remember the legendary acting teacher Roy London|url=https://castingfrontier.com/blog/actors-remember-the-legendary-acting-teacher-roy-london/|access-date=October 10, 2024|website=Casting Frontier|archive-date=December 9, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231209151359/https://castingfrontier.com/blog/actors-remember-the-legendary-acting-teacher-roy-london/|url-status=live}} and left Saved by the Bell ahead of time during its fourth and final season, along with co-star Tiffani Amber Thiessen, to focus mainly on feature films. The transition from small to big screen turned out to be a difficult one, though,{{cite news|date=October 1, 1995|title=Start the Lava!|magazine=Premiere|page=48|quote=The last couple of years, I'd been getting so close on so many features, it was really frustrating," she says. "I know you can't take rejection personally, but I was thinking, I have to do this for my life because I wouldn't be happy doing anything else in the world, but what more can i do?}} and Berkley worked mainly for television for the following two years, landing roles in Baywatch, Step by Step, Raven, Diagnosis: Murder, Burke's Law and Crossroads.{{Cite web|title=Elizabeth Berkley|url=https://www.encyclopedia.com/education/news-wires-white-papers-and-books/berkley-elizabeth-1972|access-date=September 9, 2024|website=Encyclopedia}} She also starred in the straight-to-video film Molly & Gina and in the TV movies Saved by the Bell: Hawaiian Style and Bandit Goes Country. In January 1993 she was featured in the Crystal Pepsi commercial that debuted during the Super Bowl XXVII. During this time, she enrolled at UCLA to study English Literature.

In the spring of 1994, Carolco Pictures opened the casting for the leads in Paul Verhoeven's new film Showgirls, the script of which Berkley had retrieved months earlier while the movie was still in development.{{cite news|date=October 1, 1995|title=Elizabeth Berkley|magazine=US Weekly|page=35|quote=I had read the script the year before [casting commenced]. But then the film was put on hold.}} Feeling a strong connection to the main character, she conducted thorough research, visiting strip clubs in Los Angeles, Las Vegas and New York, and interviewing strippers at venues such as Stringfellow's, Palomino and Scores.{{cite news|date=August 1, 1995|title=L’America si Spoglia|magazine=Ciak (Italy)|page=65}} Despite resistance from her agent at Metropolitan Talent Agency,{{cite AV media|people=|date=July 17, 2024|title=Breaking Boundaries: Elizabeth Berkley's Unconventional Path to Success|trans-title=|type=Video Interview|language=English|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F9n5xgImEOw&t=2966s|access-date=November 1, 2024|archive-url=|archive-date=|time=|via=YouTube}} Berkley personally called Showgirls producer Charles Evans, introducing herself as Nomi.{{cite news|date=October 1, 1995|title=Start the Lava!|magazine=Premiere (USA)|page=48|quote=When casting was about to start, Berkley phoned Charles Evans. "She called me in my office and told the secretary, "This is Nomi on the phone,' " Evans tells me, giggling. "Oh, this is major chutzpah. And she insisted that I talk to her. So I took the phone and said, 'Who is this?' and she said, 'I'm Nomi from “Showgirls”. Can I meet you?’}} At her first audition with Paul Verhoeven she told him he might as well stop looking for other actresses because there was no one else who could play that role.{{cite news|date=October 1, 1995|title=Start the Lava!|magazine=Premiere (USA)|page=48|quote=Back in L.A., Berkley showed up at the first casting call. "I walked into Paul's office and I said, "There's no one else who can play this role, so you might as well stop looking"}}

During the extensive casting process, which saw many A-listers auditioning,{{cite web|work=The Hollywood Reporter|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/elizabeth-berkley-showgirls-academy-museum-screening-1235857222/|date=March 21, 2024|last=Abramovitch|first=Seth|title=Elizabeth Berkley Makes Peace With ‘Showgirls’ at Academy Museum Screening: "You Always Believed"|access-date=September 30, 2024|archive-date=September 19, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240919101830/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/elizabeth-berkley-showgirls-academy-museum-screening-1235857222/|url-status=live}} Berkley briefly reprised the role of Jessie Spano in Saved by the Bell – Wedding in Las Vegas before heading to Idaho to film the Disney Channel adventure movie White Wolves II: Legend of the Wild. While on location at Yellowstone National Park, she received the call that she had booked the lead in Showgirls. Verhoeven later remarked: "We didn't have any more hesitation when we met again Elizabeth Berkley.”

Once the casting announcement was official, Berkley signed with Creative Artists Agency and began an intensive 12-week rehearsal period with choreographer Marguerite Derricks and the dance ensemble hired for the film.{{cite news|date=November 1, 1995|title=The Showgirl Must Go On|magazine=Detour (US)|page=65}} During this preparation phase, she ran into Demi Moore at one of the clubs in Los Angeles, where Moore was conducting research for her role in Striptease.{{cite news|date=October 24, 1995|title="Showgirls", un film guardare e non toccare|newspaper=La Repubblica (It)}} Shooting for Showgirls commenced in Nevada in October 1994 and lasted four and a half months, concluding in March 1995. During this time, Berkley reportedly often danced for up to 16 hours a day, seven days a week, never requiring a body double.

In May 1995, Berkley and Paul Verhoeven attended the Cannes Film Festival to present an 8-minute preview of the film. "I was introduced at Cannes to the world as a movie actress and that was something that was very special," she recalled.{{cite news|first=Lynn|last=McNamara|date=June 14, 2003|title=Ex ‘Showgirl’ Feels Vindicated|magazine=Vancouver Sun (Canada)}} The movie was given a previously agreed-upon NC-17 rating in the United States (the first big-budget film to do so) and was released to 1,388 theaters in North America on September 22, 1995.{{cite news|last=Weinraub|first=Bernard|author-link=Bernard Weinraub|date=July 21, 1995|title=First Major Film With an NC-17 Rating Is Embraced by the Studio|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1995/07/21/movies/first-major-film-with-an-nc-17-rating-is-embraced-by-the-studio.html|access-date=May 21, 2008}} Despite the massive marketing campaign, Showgirls was a box office bomb during its original, theatrical run and it was widely panned by critics, garnering a level of controversy and hostile criticism rarely seen in recent cinema. Berkley's performance was particularly targeted: Todd McCarthy described it in Variety as "harsh, graceless and quickly tiresome",{{cite web|last1=McCarthy|first1=Todd|title=Showgirls|url=https://variety.com/1995/film/reviews/showgirls-1200442765/|website=Variety|date=September 22, 1995|publisher=Variety Media, LLC|access-date=February 10, 2021|archive-date=January 16, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210116160225/https://variety.com/1995/film/reviews/showgirls-1200442765/|url-status=live}} and Barbara Shulgasser of the San Francisco Examiner, after comparing her to a Barbie doll, added: "That Berkley cannot act is indisputable".{{cite web|last1=Shulgasser|first1=Barbara|title=Showgirls|url=https://www.sfgate.com/news/article/showgirls-3129006.php/|website=San Francisco Chronicle|date=September 22, 1995|publisher=San Francisco Examiner|access-date=February 10, 2024|archive-date=February 1, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230201200641/https://www.sfgate.com/news/article/showgirls-3129006.php/|url-status=live}} Only a few critics appreciated Berkley's work: Roger Ebert in The Chicago Sun Times wrote that her "fierce energy [was] always interesting",{{cite web|last1=Ebert|first1=Roger|title=Showgirls|url=https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/showgirls-1995/|work=Chicago Sun-Times|date=September 22, 1995|access-date=February 10, 2024|archive-date=July 8, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240708165704/https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/showgirls-1995/|url-status=live}} and Entertainment Weekly remarked that "the electricity of her anger" made her "a true, leonine presence".

The storm of criticism that followed quickly turned into personal vilification, with reviewers going so far as labelling her a "meat puppet on a stick" or, as critic Gene Siskel stated on national television,{{cite AV media|people=Gene Siskel|date=September 22, 1995|title=Siskel & Ebert|trans-title=|type=Video Review|language=English|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YXLXGqFAuKI|access-date=November 1, 2024|archive-url=|archive-date=|time=|via=YouTube}} "not sexy, not particularly appealing and not attractive". Janet Maslin of The New York Times wrote that Berkley displayed "the open-mouthed, vacant-eyed look of an inflatable party doll."{{cite news|last1=Maslin|first1=Janet|title=Film Review|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1995/09/22/movies/film-review.html|website=The New York Times|date=September 22, 1995|access-date=February 10, 2021|archive-date=March 8, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210308165124/https://www.nytimes.com/1995/09/22/movies/film-review.html|url-status=live}} and the Chicago Tribune opined that she was "quite convincing when asked to play a girl who is not too bright". Berkley was later awarded two Razzie Awards as Worst Actress of the Year and Worst New Star.{{cite web|url=https://www.deseret.com/1996/3/25/19232796/showgirls-reaps-record-harvest-of-7-razzie-awards/|title='Showgirls' reaps record harvest of 7 Razzie Awards|date=March 25, 1996|via=Deseret News|access-date=October 31, 2024|archive-date=May 11, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240511094121/https://www.deseret.com/1996/3/25/19232796/showgirls-reaps-record-harvest-of-7-razzie-awards//|url-status=live}} A journalist whose name Berkley never revealed, began his interview asking her: “How does it feel to be a failure?”Elizabeth Berkley (2011). Ask Elizabeth: Real Answers to Everything You Secretly Wanted to Ask About Love, Friends, Your Body… and Life in General. New York, New York: Putnam Publishing Group,U.S. {{ISBN|0-39-925449-8}}

Reflecting on the Showgirls backlash, the actress later commented: "There was so much cruelty around it. I was bullied. And I didn't understand why I was being blamed. The job as an actor is to fulfill the vision of the director. And I did everything I was supposed to do. No one associated with the film spoke up on my behalf to protect me. I was left out in the cold and I was a pariah in the industry I had worked so hard for."{{cite news|last1=Nahas|first1=Aili|title=Elizabeth Berkley Says Doing NC-17 Rated Showgirls Made Her Feel Like a ‘Pariah’ in Hollywood|url=https://people.com/movies/elizabeth-berkley-says-doing-nc-17-rated-showgirls-made-her-feel-like-a-pariah-in-hollywood-i-was-bullied/|website=People|date=November 25, 2020|access-date=September 30, 2024|archive-date=September 14, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240914101746/https://people.com/movies/elizabeth-berkley-says-doing-nc-17-rated-showgirls-made-her-feel-like-a-pariah-in-hollywood-i-was-bullied/|url-status=live}} Verhoeven often took responsibilities for the way Berkley's performance was perceived and criticized. Soon after the release of the film, he stated: "Certainly I am partly, or in large degree, responsible. I asked her to do it that way."{{cite news|date=May 1, 1996|title=The Showgirl Must Go On|magazine=Details (US)}} In an interview with Rolling Stone in 2015, he again made it explicit that he felt as if he was to blame for Berkley's performance: "People have, of course, criticized her for being over-the-top in her performance. Most of that comes from me. I pushed it in that direction. Good or not good, I was the one who asked her to exaggerate everything — every move — because that was the element of style that I thought would work for the movie."{{cite news|last1=Wood|first1=Jennifer|title="Showgirls": Paul Verhoeven on the Greatest Stripper Movie Ever Made|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-news/showgirls-paul-verhoeven-on-the-greatest-stripper-movie-ever-made-54740/3/|website=Rolling Stone|date=September 22, 2015|access-date=September 30, 2024|archive-date=October 2, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241002225102/https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-news/showgirls-paul-verhoeven-on-the-greatest-stripper-movie-ever-made-54740/3/|url-status=live}} Film producer Scott Rudin publicly defended her, declaring: "I was impressed with her and her professional attitude about her job. I think what she's been through must be about as hard as I can imagine anything being for an actress". In the wake of the film's negative fallout, Berkley made a reportedly "tempestuous" exit from Creative Artists Agency,{{cite web|url=https://variety.com/1995/more/news/showgirls-star-caught-in-riptide-99128566/|title='Showgirls' star caught in riptide|date=October 9, 1995|via=Variety|access-date=June 3, 2022|archive-date=August 15, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220815195922/https://variety.com/1995/more/news/showgirls-star-caught-in-riptide-99128566/|url-status=live}} and spent the following week meeting with ICM, William Morris Agency and United Talent Agency, ultimately signing with the latter. Willing to rehabilitate her image, she embarked alone on an international promotional across major territories, including Spain, Italy, Germany, Australia, Taiwan and Hong Kong.

After the controversial release of Showgirls, Berkley was met with total resistance from most filmmakers and casting directors, many of whom wouldn't even agree to meet with her.{{cite news|last1=Borrows|first1=Bill|title=Don't Show There Girlfriend|magazine=Loaded (UK)|date=October 1, 2000|page=90}} Only a handful of prominent directors stepped up, expressing interest in testing her for leading roles in their upcoming films. Among them were Milos Forman (for The People vs. Larry Flynt), Oliver Stone (for U-Turn), Luc Besson (for The Fifth Element) and Michael Bay (for Armageddon). "It was inspiring, actually comforting to have them trust me and support me and embrace my work," she shared.{{cite news|last1=Wells|first1=Jeffrey|title=Showgirls Shows ‘Em|url=http://mrshowbiz.go.com/interviews/421_1.html|website=MrShowbiz.go.com|date=February 27, 1998|access-date=October 20, 2005|url-status=dead}}

In her quest to find a follow-up project, the actress returned to acting classes with coach Howard Fine, starting again from level 1.{{cite AV media|people=|date=April 14, 2019|title=Howard Fine in conversation with Elizabeth Berkley|trans-title=|type=Video Interview|language=English|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TiRn4afmqgU&t=2314s|access-date=November 3, 2024|archive-url=|archive-date=|time=|via=YouTube}} She also trained under Uta Hagen.{{Cite web|url=http://anygivensunday.warnerbros.com/cmp/cast.html|title="Any Given Sunday" Cast|access-date=November 3, 2024|archive-date=June 8, 2003|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20030608001349/http://anygivensunday.warnerbros.com/cmp/cast.html|url-status=dead}}

In December 1995, Sherry Lansing, chairwoman at Paramount Pictures, asked Berkley to test for a supporting role in The First Wives Club, a comedy starring Diane Keaton, Goldie Hawn, and Bette Midler. After several auditions, the actress eventually booked the part, the first one after the Showgirls backlash. The First Wives Club was released in September 1996 and was a surprise hit, grossing over $100m at the box office. Berkley's small role as naive actress Phoebe LaVelle earned her positive reviews and the entire cast won the National Board of Review for "Best Ensemble Performance".{{Cite web|url=https://nationalboardofreview.org/award-names/best-ensemble-cast/|title=Best Ensemble Cast – Archive|access-date=November 3, 2024|archive-date=October 4, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241004120601/https://nationalboardofreview.org/award-names/best-ensemble-cast/|url-status=live}} A more substantial supporting role followed in Tom DiCillo's independent film The Real Blonde. Although DiCillo initially wanted her for the lead role of Sahara, the supermodel airhead eventually played by Bridgette Wilson, Berkley expressed her desire to play the smaller yet more intriguing part of Tina, a dark-haired Madonna body-double. The movie premiered at the Sundance Film Festival before getting a limited theatrical release on February 27, 1998.

She briefly returned to television when she starred in the HBO thriller Random Encounter and in one episode of the anthology series Perversions of Science. She was also tapped as a regular cast member for the unaired ABC pilot L.A. Med and voiced the title character in the animated sci-fi film Armitage III – Polymatrix. For her supporting role as a Russian girl living in Brighton Beach in Avi Nesher's independent drama Taxman, she studied with a dialogue coach at Berlitz for two months. Reviews were favorable: The Hollywood Reporter appreciated the "nicely understated Elizabeth Berkley, sporting a credible Russian accent" and The San Francisco Examiner acknowledged, "Berkley, who is called on to deliver lines in Russian, seems to be out to prove that she really can act. She can". According to Variety, "the beautiful Berkley added a few moments of relief" and Box Office admired the "convincing, well-chosen cast". Berkley then starred in the psychological drama Last Call, by Chilean director Christine Lucas and in Malcolm Ingram's road movie Tail Lights Fade, but neither film was able to find theatrical distribution in the U.S.

In the fall of 1998, she landed a role in Oliver Stone's football drama Any Given Sunday as Mandy, Al Pacino's high-priced call girl. The movie received mixed reviews but it was a financial success, earning $100 million worldwide. In May 1999, Sir Peter Hall cast her as Lenny Bruce's wife in his London West End production of Lenny, starring Eddie Izzard.{{Cite web|title=Lenny Bruce on stage in London by Julian Barry and starring Eddie Izzard – theatre tickets and information|url=https://www.thisistheatre.com/londonshows/lenny.html|access-date=July 11, 2021|website=This is Theatre|archive-date=July 11, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210711143812/https://www.thisistheatre.com/londonshows/lenny.html|url-status=live}} The play debuted at Queen's Theatre in July 1999 and had a limited 12-weeks run, due to Izzard's previous commitments. Berkley's portrayal of Honey Harlow (renamed Rusty Blaine in the play) impressed the critics. The Times dubbed her performance "a convincingly vulnerable portrayal"{{cite news|last1=Griffin|first1=Nancy|title=Elizabeth Berkley Moves Beyond the Showgirls Bump and Grind|magazine=US Weekly (Us)|date=September 4, 2000|page=291}} and the Evening Standard described Rusty as a "dejected stripper whom Elizabeth Berkley endows with lovely erotic languor and a true dancing talent."{{cite news|title=Eddie revives the Lenny memory|url=https://www.standard.co.uk/culture/theatre/eddie-revives-the-lenny-memory-7435202.html|website=The Standard|date=April 10, 2012|access-date=September 30, 2024}} According to The Guardian, co-stars "David Ryall, Elizabeth Berkley and James Hayes lend good support"{{cite news|last1=Billington|first1=Michael|title=His version of events|url=https://www.theguardian.com/stage/1999/aug/11/theatre.artsfeatures|website=The Guardian|date=August 11, 1999|access-date=September 30, 2024|archive-date=September 13, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150913005946/https://www.theguardian.com/stage/1999/aug/11/theatre.artsfeatures|url-status=live}} and The Independent described Berkley's performance as "impressive."{{cite news|last1=Butler|first1=Robert|title=Theatre: Don't Give Up the Night, Eddie|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/theatre-don-t-give-up-the-night-job-eddie-1112801.html|website=The Independent|date=August 14, 1999|access-date=September 30, 2024|archive-date=March 6, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240306152857/https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/theatre-don-t-give-up-the-night-job-eddie-1112801.html|url-status=live}}

After a recurring role in the seventh season of NYPD Blue and a co-starring part in the E! original comedy Becoming Dick, Berkley booked a supporting role in Woody Allen's period-comedy The Curse of the Jade Scorpion, which debuted at the Venice Film Festival in 2001.{{cite news|last1=Rooney|first1=David|title=Allen, Mamet titles lead Venice fest wish list|url=https://variety.com/2001/film/awards/allen-mamet-titles-lead-venice-fest-wish-list-1117799579/|website=Variety|date=May 17, 2001|access-date=September 30, 2024|archive-date=October 19, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211019064434/https://variety.com/2001/film/awards/allen-mamet-titles-lead-venice-fest-wish-list-1117799579/|url-status=live}}
That same year it was announced that she would take on the role of Roxie Hart in the Broadway musical Chicago but it ultimately didn't happen for undisclosed reasons.{{cite AV media|people=|date=May 24, 2007|title=Elizabeth Berkley Interview 2002|trans-title=|type=Video Interview|language=English|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jINWq0Kvask|access-date=November 3, 2024|archive-url=|archive-date=|time=|via=YouTube}} She managed to exhibit her musical talents anyway, by taking part in the 2001 Divas Simply Singing annual benefit concert at the Wilshire Ebell Theatre in Los Angeles, where she sang a rendition of the song Fever.{{cite news|title=Divas To Date|url=http://divassimplysinging.com/divas.html|website=DivasSimplySinging.com|date=April 17, 2001|access-date=September 30, 2024|archive-date=October 21, 2001|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20011021055923/http://divassimplysinging.com/divas.html/|url-status=dead}}

After playing Shannon Titus in three episodes of the sitcom Titus, she co-starred in the independent black comedy Roger Dodger, opposite Campbell Scott and a debuting Jesse Eisenberg. The movie won the inaugual Tribeca Film Festival{{cite news|last1=Lyons|first1=Charles|title=’Roger’ takes Tribeca|url=https://variety.com/2002/film/features/roger-takes-tribeca-1117866798/|website=Variety|date=May 12, 2002|access-date=September 30, 2024|archive-date=October 7, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221007122314/https://variety.com/2002/film/features/roger-takes-tribeca-1117866798/|url-status=live}} and the Best First Film prize at the Venice Film Festival, before opening in selected theatres to rave reviews.{{Cite Rotten Tomatoes|id=roger_dodger|title=Roger Dodger|type=film|access-date=November 14, 2024}} Berkley's performance was unanimously praised.{{cite news|title=Framework Entertainment & Innovative Artists Congratulate our client Elizabeth Berkley on her performance in "Roger Dodger"|date=November 6, 2002|magazine=Variety}} Edward Guthmann of the San Francisco Chronicle wrote: “Berkley registers here with an affecting, natural performance. She is the big revelation. See for yourself: She's very, very good.”{{cite news|last1=Guthmann|first1=Edward|title=Roger Dodger|url=https://www.sfgate.com/movies/article/FILM-CLIPS-Also-opening-today-2776151.php/|website=San Francisco Chronicle|date=November 1, 2002|access-date=September 30, 2024|archive-date=August 27, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220827044109/https://www.sfgate.com/movies/article/FILM-CLIPS-Also-opening-today-2776151.php/|url-status=live}} Both USA Today and Richard Roeper of Ebert & Roeper called her performance “terrific”,{{cite news|last1=Clark|first1=Mike|title=Scott trumphs as ‘Dodger’ loser|url=http://www.usatoday.com/life/movies/reviews/2002-12-05-dodger_x.htm/|website=USA Today|date=May 12, 2002|access-date=September 30, 2024|archive-date=June 25, 2003|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20030625193039/http://www.usatoday.com/life/movies/reviews/2002-12-05-dodger_x.htm/|url-status=dead}} the New York Times appreciated her “sharp supporting turn”,{{cite news|last1=Holden|first1=Stephen|title=FILM REVIEW: A Charming Cad Tries to Educate His Nephew|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2002/10/25/movies/film-review-a-charming-cad-tries-to-educate-his-nephew.html/|website=The New York Times|date=October 25, 2002|access-date=September 30, 2024|archive-date=October 7, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221007233421/https://www.nytimes.com/2002/10/25/movies/film-review-a-charming-cad-tries-to-educate-his-nephew.html/|url-status=live}} US magazine applauded her “pitch perfect supporting turn”, Time Out New York described her performance as “lively and nuanced” and for the NY Post she was “excellent”.{{cite news |last1=Lumenick |first1=Lou |title=Artful ‘Dodger’ |url=https://nypost.com/movies/49673.htm |website=New York Post |date=October 25, 2002 |accessdate=September 30, 2024 |archive-date=November 30, 2002 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20021130234952/https://nypost.com/movies/49673.htm/ |url-status=dead}}
Other well-reviewed roles came afterwards in the Lifetime original drama Student Seduction and the Canadian dramedy Moving Malcolm, which got a Special Mention from the First Film Jury at the Montreal World Film Festival. In October 2004, she landed a role in her first Broadway show, the comedy Sly Fox.{{cite news|last1=Simonson|first1=Robert|title=Elizabeth Berkley, Bob Dishy, René Auberjonois Join dreyfuss in Sly Fox Cast|url=https://playbill.com/article/elizabeth-berkley-bob-dishy-rene-auberjonois-join-dreyfuss-in-sly-fox-cast-com-115676|website=Playbill|date=October 9, 2003|access-date=September 30, 2024|archive-date=September 18, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210918191402/https://playbill.com/article/elizabeth-berkley-bob-dishy-rene-auberjonois-join-dreyfuss-in-sly-fox-cast-com-115676/|url-status=live}} Directed by Arthur Penn and starring Richard Dreyfuss and Eric Stoltz, the production opened in Broadway in April 2004, after an out-of-town tryout at the Shubert Theatre in Boston and 22 previews at the Ethel Barrymore Theatre in New York.{{cite news|title=Sly Fox|url=https://www.ibdb.com/broadway-production/sly-fox-13536|website=IBDB.com|access-date=September 30, 2024|archive-date=June 12, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240612193626/https://www.ibdb.com/broadway-production/sly-fox-13536/|url-status=live}}
The following year, she replaced Catherine Kellner as Bonnie in the 2005 off-Broadway production of David Rabe's Hurlyburly, appearing with Ethan Hawke, Parker Posey, and Bobby Cannavale. Berkley had three days to learn the part and received praise for her performance, with Charles Isherwood of The New York Times even going as far as publicly apologizing to her for his past criticisms of her ability, stating that the fact she held "her own among this skilled company of scene-stealers is a testament to how much her talent has grown."Isherwood, Charles. [https://www.nytimes.com/2005/06/19/theater/newsandfeatures/19ishe.html "The Redemption of Elizabeth Berkley"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402190050/https://www.nytimes.com/2005/06/19/theater/newsandfeatures/19ishe.html |date=April 2, 2015 }}. The New York Times, June 19, 2005. Retrieved May 13, 2009.

Between 2004 and 2007, she lined up some high-profile guest starring roles in the shows Without a Trace, Threshold and Law & Order: Criminal Intent and played a black widow in the TV movie Dark Beauty.

In 2005 and in 2006, she appeared in the annual 24 Hour Plays in Broadway, in which six writers, six directors and 24 actors have 24 hours to write, direct, and perform six 10-minute plays.Robertson, Campbell. [https://www.nytimes.com/2006/09/22/theater/arts-briefly-jennifer-aniston-in-broadways-24-hours.html "Arts, Briefly; Jennifer Aniston In Broadway's '24 Hours'"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220603053725/https://www.nytimes.com/2006/09/22/theater/arts-briefly-jennifer-aniston-in-broadways-24-hours.html |date=June 3, 2022 }}. The New York Times, September 22, 2006. Retrieved June 3, 2022.

Both her comedic stints impressed the critics: among them, Jason Zinoman of The New York Times (“an appealingly daffy Elizabeth Berkley Lauren” in an “excellent all-star cast”),{{cite news|last1=Zinoman|first1=Jason|title=In New York, Shows Can Be Slow or Fast in the Making|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2006/08/26/theater/in-new-york-shows-can-be-slow-or-fast-in-the-making.html/|website=The New York Times|date=August 26, 2006|access-date=September 30, 2024}}

Roger Friedman of Fox News (“she held her own live on stage with Tony-winner Cady Huffman, Andrew McCarthy and Cheyenne Jackson. She's ready for SNL!”),{{cite news|last1=Friedman|first1=Roger|title=Aniston's Star Shines With and Without Pitt|url=https://www.foxnews.com/story/anistons-star-shines-with-and-without-pitt/|publisher=Fox News|date=November 1, 2005|access-date=September 30, 2024|archive-date=July 29, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210729133713/https://www.foxnews.com/story/anistons-star-shines-with-and-without-pitt/|url-status=live}} the NY Daily News (“Berkley did a Meryl Streep-worthy Spanish accent in the hilarious Toccata and Fugue”) and Theatre Mania (“Among the evening's top acting efforts, a ridiculously Spanish-accented Elizabeth Berkley”).{{cite news|title=Loose Lips|url=https://www.theatermania.com/news/loose-lips_9266/|website=TheatreMania.com|date=October 24, 2006|access-date=September 30, 2024}}

In 2006, she also starred in Douglas Carter Beane's critically acclaimed The Cartells: A Prime-Time Soap Opera, Live at Comix, opposite Joanna Gleason, Brian d’Arcy James, Pedro Pascal and David Rakoff.{{cite news|last1=Gans|first1=Andrew|title=Douglas Carter Beane's Live Soap, The Cartells, Begins Oc. 16|url=https://playbill.com/article/douglas-carter-beanes-live-soap-the-cartells-begins-oct-16-com-135578/|website=Playbill|date=October 16, 2006|access-date=September 30, 2024|archive-date=May 18, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210518090706/https://playbill.com/article/douglas-carter-beanes-live-soap-the-cartells-begins-oct-16-com-135578/|url-status=live}}

In 2008, Berkley signed on to appear in a multi-episode arc in the sixth season of CSI: Miami, portraying Julia Winston, Horatio Caine's ex-lover and mother of his teenage son.{{cite news|title=Berkley signs for role on "CSI: Miami"|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/televisionNews/idUSN2633121520071126|agency=Reuters|date=November 26, 2007|first=Nellie|last=Andreeva|access-date=July 1, 2017|archive-date=November 27, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201127151204/https://www.reuters.com/article/televisionNews/idUSN2633121520071126|url-status=live}} All the episodes featuring Berkley ranked in the top 10 of the Nielsen ratings chart{{cite web|url=http://tvbythenumbers.com/2008/04/01/top-cbs-primetime-shows-march-24-30/3151|title=Nielsen TV Ratings Top CBS Shows, March 24–30, 2008; including CSI:Miami, Two and A Half Men and 60 Minutes|publisher=Tvbythenumbers|date=April 1, 2008|access-date=May 21, 2010|archive-date=December 7, 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081207080307/http://tvbythenumbers.com/2008/04/01/top-cbs-primetime-shows-march-24-30/3151|url-status=dead}} and Berkley's role ended appearing in four episodes, including the season finale, before being confirmed for the following season.{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cwEG-LeQt1c|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091114172705/http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cwEG-LeQt1c|archive-date=November 14, 2009|url-status=dead|title=Chelsea Lately Plays Game With Elizabeth Berkley|via=YouTube|access-date=May 21, 2010}} Commenting on the high ratings during Berkley's appearances, TV Guide noted: "CSI: Miami, it should be reminded, returned to boffo ratings these past two weeks, and in this past Tuesday's special airing gave CBS its best numbers in that 10 o'clock slot in some five years. Do not underestimate the power of the Jessie Spano fan.”{{cite news|title=Elizabeth Berkley's CSI: Miami Stay Has Got Legs|url=https://www.tvguide.com/news/elizabeth-berkleys-csi-12465/|work=TV Guide|date=April 3, 2008|access-date=November 1, 2024|archive-date=October 23, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201023122446/https://www.tvguide.com/news/elizabeth-berkleys-csi-12465/|url-status=live}}

Due to the 2007-08 Writers Guild of America strike, which halted all scripted productions (including CSI: Miami), Berkley took on hosting duties for Bravo's reality series Step It Up and Dance, a competition featuring ten aspiring dancers competing for a cash prize of $100,000 and the opportunity to work with and perform for some of the country's top choreographers.[http://www.bravotv.com/Step_It_Up_And_Dance/season/1/about/index.php Step it Up and Dance: About] Bravo {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080509121138/http://www.bravotv.com/Step_It_Up_And_Dance/season/1/about/index.php |date=May 9, 2008 }} The show, shot in late 2007 in Los Angeles, premiered in April 2008 and came out as Bravo's strongest ever in its time slot (10/11 C) with 826,000 viewers.{{cite web|url=http://www.multichannel.com/article/CA6548171.html|title=Bravo Nets Applause For 'Supermodel,' 'Dance'|date=April 4, 2008|publisher=Multichannel News|access-date=May 21, 2010|archive-date=December 7, 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081207063539/http://www.multichannel.com/article/CA6548171.html|url-status=live}} The show continued to perform well throughout its run, averaging 756,000 viewers each week (of whom 522,000 were aged 18 to 49) and contributed to Bravo's highest-rated April ever.{{cite web|url=http://www.thefutoncritic.com/ratings/2008/04/29/bravo-marks-highest-rated-april-ever-and-is-fastest-growing-cabler-18-49-27418/20080429bravo01/|title=BRAVO MARKS HIGHEST RATED APRIL EVER AND IS FASTEST GROWING CABLER 18–49|publisher=The Futon Critic|date=April 29, 2008|access-date=June 3, 2022}}

During the hiatus of CSI: Miami, Berkley starred alongside David Arquette and Thomas Jane in Arquette's 3D short film The Butler's in Love, which premiered at Mann's Chinese Theatre in Los Angeles in June 2008 and opened the sixth annual HollyShorts Film Festival.{{cite web|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2010-aug-05-la-et-screening-room-20100805-story.html|title=3-D, briefly, at Hollyshorts Film Festival|date=August 5, 2010|work=Los Angeles Times|access-date=November 14, 2024|archive-date=August 18, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230818123435/https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2010-aug-05-la-et-screening-room-20100805-story.html|url-status=live}}

She also made a cameo appearance in the independent comedy Women in Trouble{{cite web|last1=Demko|first1=Keith|title=WOMEN IN TROUBLE DVD Review|url=https://collider.com/women-in-trouble-dvd-review/|website=Collider|access-date=March 1, 2020|date=March 2, 2010|archive-date=March 1, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200301071841/https://collider.com/women-in-trouble-dvd-review/|url-status=live}} and starred in the direct-to-video film S. Darko (the sequel to the cult hit Donnie Darko), where she played Trudy, a born-again Christian woman who becomes infatuated with her pastor.

Following her successful nine-episode stint on CSI: Miami, Berkley starred in a multi-episode arc on the Showtime series The L Word during its sixth and final season. She played Kelly Wentworth, a straight woman who had a romantic relationship with Jennifer Beals' character Bette Porter, during college.{{cite web|last=Ausiello|first=Michael|url=https://ew.com/article/2008/07/22/exclusive-berkl/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080828025307/http://ausiellofiles.ew.com/2008/07/exclusive-berkl.html|url-status=live|archive-date=August 28, 2008|title=Exclusive: Elizabeth Berkley Utters 'The L Word'|work=Entertainment Weekly|date=July 22, 2008|access-date=March 1, 2020}}

In August 2009, her appearance on the cover of People magazine alongside Mark-Paul Gosselaar, Mario Lopez, Lark Voorhies and Tiffani Thiessen, marked the first Saved by the Bell official reunion after the show's conclusion in 1994.{{cite web|url=https://extratv.com/2009/07/29/saved-by-the-bell-gang-reunites/|title="Saved by the Bell" gang reunites!|access-date=November 13, 2024|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230531203855/https://extratv.com/2009/07/29/saved-by-the-bell-gang-reunites/|archive-date=May 31, 2023}}

In 2011, shortly after completing her national tour to promote her first book Ask-Elizabeth,{{cite web|url=https://www.nbcmiami.com/local/nitetalk-asking-elizabeth-berkley/1894233/|title=Nitetalk: Asking Elizabeth Berkley|access-date=November 13, 2024}}

Berkley played the lead role in the Hallmark Channel original film Lucky Christmas, about a struggling mother who wins the lottery but must recover her ticket from the glove compartment of her stolen car. The film premiered on November 12, 2011, and opened Hallmarks’ Countdown to Christmas for that year.{{cite web|url=http://www.hallmarkchannel.com/luckychristmas|title=Lucky Christmas | Hallmark Channel|access-date=November 13, 2011|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111114111933/http://hallmarkchannel.com/luckychristmas|archive-date=November 14, 2011}} Recognizing the material's wholesome nature, The New York Times nonetheless stated: “Besides the irrational plotting, Ms. Berkley and Mr. Gray-Stanford turn out to be a surprisingly believable, appealing couple-in-the-making.” The television movie marked Berkley's last project before taking a hiatus from full-time acting, as she announced her pregnancy in early 2012. Berkley and her husband, Greg Lauren, welcomed their first child, a boy, in July 2012.

In September 2013, Berkley accepted an offer to participate as a contestant in the 17th season of Dancing with the Stars, where she partnered with Valentin Chmerkovskiy.{{cite news|url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/dancing-with-the-stars-leah-remini-valerie-harper-snooki-among-new-cast/|title="Dancing with the Stars": Leah Remini, Valerie Harper, Snooki among new cast|date=September 4, 2013|access-date=June 3, 2022|publisher=CBS News|archive-date=June 3, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220603053119/https://www.cbsnews.com/news/dancing-with-the-stars-leah-remini-valerie-harper-snooki-among-new-cast/|url-status=live}} Despite receiving several perfect scores from the judges, the couple was eliminated in the 9th week of competition, finishing in 6th place.

During this period, Berkley still lined up a few comedic roles in episodic television: she played a rather unorthodox couple therapist in ABC Family Melissa & Joey (opposite Melissa Joan Hart and Joey Lawrence) and Zooey Deschanel's irresponsible and lazy boss in the Fox sitcom New Girl.She also played the title role in Greg Lauren's short film The Fashion Designer, part of Six01 Studio's installation The Blackout, depicting New York archetypes. The installation was shown in Bryant Park in January 2014.{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VU6MNEkaVI0|title=The Blackout - Trailer|via=YouTube|date=September 12, 2014|access-date=December 21, 2024}}
Additionally, she reunited once again with Mark-Paul Gosselaar, Mario Lopez and Tiffani Thiessen on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, where they participated in a Saved by the Bell sketch with Fallon and Dennis Haskins.{{cite magazine|title=Watch a Glorious Saved by the Bell Reunion Courtesy of Jimmy Fallon|url=http://time.com/3696826/jimmy-fallon-saved-by-the-bell-reunion-tonight-show/|magazine=Time|access-date=February 20, 2015}}{{cite web|title=Jimmy Fallon assembled the cast of 'Saved by The Bell' for an epic reunion|url=http://www.businessinsider.com/jimmy-fallon-saved-by-the-bell-reunion-2015-2|website=Business Insider|access-date=February 20, 2015|archive-date=February 20, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150220060223/http://www.businessinsider.com/jimmy-fallon-saved-by-the-bell-reunion-2015-2|url-status=live}}{{cite web|title=Jimmy Fallon reunites most of the 'Saved by the Bell' cast|url=http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/tv/showtracker/la-et-st-jimmy-fallon-reunites-most-of-the-saved-by-the-bell-cast-20150205-story.html|website=Los Angeles Times|date=February 5, 2015|access-date=February 20, 2015|archive-date=February 19, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150219141331/http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/tv/showtracker/la-et-st-jimmy-fallon-reunites-most-of-the-saved-by-the-bell-cast-20150205-story.html|url-status=live}}

In September 2019, The Hollywood Reporter announced that NBCUniversal's upcoming streaming service, Peacock was teaming with Berkley and Mario Lopez for a Saved by the Bell sequel series. Both actors were set to star and also produce the new show.{{cite web|last=Goldberg|first=Lesley|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/saved-by-bell-tv-sequel-mario-lopez-elizabeth-berkley-a-go-at-nbcuniversals-streamer-1238991/|title=‘Saved by the Bell’ TV Sequel With Mario Lopez and Elizabeth Berkley a Go at NBCUniversal's Streamer|website=The Hollywood Reporter|access-date=September 29, 2024|date=September 17, 2019|archive-date=August 12, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240812204749/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/saved-by-bell-tv-sequel-mario-lopez-elizabeth-berkley-a-go-at-nbcuniversals-streamer-1238991/|url-status=live}}{{cite news|url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/entertainment/tv/2019/09/17/nbc-streaming-service-offer-saved-bell-remake-peacock/2349958001/|title=Time out! A 'Saved By the Bell' remake is coming to NBC's streaming service Peacock|last=Levin|first=Gary|date=September 17, 2019|newspaper=USA Today|access-date=October 27, 2020|archive-date=November 15, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201115203648/https://www.usatoday.com/story/entertainment/tv/2019/09/17/nbc-streaming-service-offer-saved-bell-remake-peacock/2349958001/|url-status=live}}{{cite web|last=Schwartz|first=Ryan|url=https://tvline.com/2020/09/29/saved-by-the-bell-premiere-date-peacock-revival/|title=Saved by the Bell Premiere Date Set|website=TV Line|access-date=September 29, 2020|date=October 27, 2020|archive-date=October 25, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201025171926/https://tvline.com/2020/09/29/saved-by-the-bell-premiere-date-peacock-revival/|url-status=live}}

Saved by the Bell, originally set for a summer release, faced several delays in production caused by the COVID-19 pandemic in the United States and wrapped filming in September 2020.{{Cite web|last=Jirak|first=Jamie|date=December 16, 2020|title=Saved by the Bell Reboot's Mitchell Hoog Reveals Story Changes Were Made After Pandemic Shutdown|url=https://comicbook.com/news/saved-by-the-bell-reboot-mitchel-hoog-reveals-story-changes-were-made-pandemic-shutdown/|website=ComicBook|access-date=December 17, 2020|archive-date=December 17, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201217033112/https://comicbook.com/news/saved-by-the-bell-reboot-mitchel-hoog-reveals-story-changes-were-made-pandemic-shutdown/|url-status=live}} On November 25, the day the show premiered, Berkley and Lopez, alongside Mark-Paul Gosselaar and Tiffani Thiessen appeared as guests on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon.{{cite web|url=https://www.broadwayworld.com/bwwtv/article/Nick-Kroll-The-Original-Cast-of-SAVED-BY-THE-BELL-and-More-to-Appear-on-THE-TONIGHT-SHOW-STARRING-JIMMY-FALLON-20201125|title=Nick Kroll, The Original Cast of SAVED BY THE BELL and More to Appear on THE TONIGHT SHOW STARRING JIMMY FALLON|date=November 25, 2020|website=BroadwayWorld|access-date=November 25, 2020|archive-date=November 25, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201125195138/https://www.broadwayworld.com/bwwtv/article/Nick-Kroll-The-Original-Cast-of-SAVED-BY-THE-BELL-and-More-to-Appear-on-THE-TONIGHT-SHOW-STARRING-JIMMY-FALLON-20201125|url-status=live}} The show was renewed for a second season, released in November 2021, but despite the strong reviews{{Cite Rotten Tomatoes|id=saved_by_the_bell_2020|title=Saved by the Bell|type=tv|season=1|access-date=November 24, 2021}}{{Cite Rotten Tomatoes|id=saved_by_the_bell_2020|title=Saved by the Bell|type=tv|season=2|access-date=November 24, 2021}} and the Outstanding Comedy Series award won at the 33rd GLAAD Media Awards, it was cancelled in May 2022.{{cite web|url=https://www.glaad.org/mediaawards/33/nominees|title=The Nominees for the 33rd Annual GLAAD Media Awards|publisher=GLAAD|date=January 21, 2022|access-date=January 22, 2022|archive-date=March 9, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220309141800/https://www.glaad.org/mediaawards/33/nominees|url-status=live}}

On November 22, 2021, Berkley joined Abel "The Weeknd" Tesfaye, Lily-Rose Depp, Suzanna Son, Steve Zissis, Anne Heche, Juliebeth Gonzalez and Troye Sivan in Sam Levinson's upcoming HBO series The Idol.{{Cite web|date=November 23, 2021|title=The Weeknd's HBO Series The Idol Casts Troye Sivan and TV on the Radio's Tunde Adebimpe|url=https://pitchfork.com/news/the-weeknds-hbo-series-the-idol-casts-troye-sivan-and-tv-on-the-radios-tunde-adebimpe/|access-date=November 23, 2021|website=Pitchfork|archive-date=April 18, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220418125431/https://pitchfork.com/news/the-weeknds-hbo-series-the-idol-casts-troye-sivan-and-tv-on-the-radios-tunde-adebimpe/|url-status=live}} Directed by Amy Seimetz,{{Cite web|last=Hailu|first=Selome|date=April 25, 2022|title=Amy Seimetz Out as Director of the Weeknd's HBO Drama Series 'The Idol', Series to Undergo Significant Reshoots|url=https://variety.com/2022/tv/news/the-weeknd-hbo-the-idol-1235240109/|access-date=October 1, 2022|website=Variety|archive-date=July 28, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220728131417/https://variety.com/2022/tv/news/the-weeknd-hbo-the-idol-1235240109/|url-status=live}} the show began production in Los Angeles in November. Berkley played a pivotal supporting role but on April 25, 2022, with roughly 80% of the series already filmed, Variety reported that the show was set to undergo a major overhaul, with "drastic" changes in the cast and creative directions.{{Cite web|last=Hailu|first=Selome|date=April 25, 2022|title=The Weeknd's HBO Drama Series 'The Idol' to Undergo Significant Reshoots|url=https://variety.com/2022/tv/news/the-weeknd-hbo-the-idol-1235240109/|access-date=April 25, 2022|website=Variety|archive-date=July 28, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220728131417/https://variety.com/2022/tv/news/the-weeknd-hbo-the-idol-1235240109/|url-status=live}} It was later announced that most of the main and supporting cast members, including Berkley, Heche, Gonzalez and Zissis were no longer part of the project, which was quickly re-written, re-cast and re-shot, with Levinson's taking over directing duties from Seimetz.{{Cite web|url=https://www.thewrap.com/the-idol-controversy-explained-the-weeknd-sam-levinson/|title=The Idol: A Timeline of the HBO Series' Controversies|date=June 3, 2023|access-date=June 16, 2023|archive-date=June 10, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230610105955/https://www.thewrap.com/the-idol-controversy-explained-the-weeknd-sam-levinson/|url-status=live}}{{Cite web|last=White|first=Peter|date=April 26, 2022|title='The Idol': Director Amy Seimetz Exits Amid Overhaul Of HBO Drama Series|url=https://deadline.com/2022/04/the-idol-director-amy-seimetz-exits-hbo-1235009540/|access-date=April 26, 2022|website=Deadline Hollywood|archive-date=July 19, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220719214811/https://deadline.com/2022/04/the-idol-director-amy-seimetz-exits-hbo-1235009540/|url-status=live}} The series was widely panned upon release and was canceled after one season in August 2023.{{cite web|last1=Seemayer|first1=Zach|title=HBO's 'The Idol' Canceled After Controversial First Season|url=https://www.etonline.com/hbos-the-idol-canceled-after-controversial-first-season-210472|website=Entertainment Tonight|access-date=August 29, 2023|date=August 28, 2023|archive-date=January 9, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240109032146/https://www.etonline.com/hbos-the-idol-canceled-after-controversial-first-season-210472|url-status=live}}

In 2024 Berkley returned to the big screen, playing the opening victim in Max Minghella's Shell, which premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival. The same year, she received three stading ovations when she introduced a sold-out, 35-mm special screening of Showgirls at the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures. During her speech, the actress acknowledged the importance of the queer audience: “I'm so grateful that the film has found its way not only in your hearts but especially the LGBTQ community. You stood by the film. You always believed”.

In June 2024, the producers of Cobra Kai (reportedly fans of Berkley from their childhood) offered her the role of Moon Taylor's mom Winnie, a character that had been referenced several times over the course of the seasons, but had never been shown.

Berkley filmed her scenes on the final day of production for both Ralph Macchio and Courtney Henggeler in Atlanta. The show's co-lead William Zabka directed the episode.{{cite web|last1=Bell|first1=Amanda|title=How ‘Cobra Kai’ Got Elizabeth Berkley for That Quirky Cameo|url=https://www.tvinsider.com/1175992/cobra-kai-season-6-part-3-elizabeth-berkley-cameo-explained/|website=TV Insider|access-date=February 12, 2025|date=February 13, 2025}}

In September 2024, she booked a guest starring role in Ryan Murphy's Hulu legal drama All's Fair.

In 2006, Berkley began facilitating small interactive self-esteem workshops with teen girls all around the United States.{{cite web|last1=Pehanick|first1=Maggie|title=The surprising story behind Elizabeth Berkley's new book, 'Ask Elizabeth'|url=https://ew.com/article/2011/03/22/the-surprising-story-behind-elizabeth-berkleys-new-book-ask-elizabeth/|website=Entertainment Weekly|access-date=August 29, 2023|date=March 22, 2011|archive-date=March 10, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240310144946/https://ew.com/article/2011/03/22/the-surprising-story-behind-elizabeth-berkleys-new-book-ask-elizabeth/|url-status=live}} She would guide the group in order to create a safe space for the girls and let them open up about any problem they wanted to discuss, from body image issues, dating to goals and dreams. The first workshop was held in New York City but the program's popularity quickly grew. A non-profit organization was formed and a dedicated, interactive website was launched in 2007.{{cite web|url=http://www.ask-elizabeth.com/|title=Ask Elizabeth™ – Elizabeth Berkley Lauren, ©2006 All Rights Reserved|website=Ask-Elizabeth.com|access-date=January 15, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070410120856/http://www.ask-elizabeth.com/|archive-date=April 10, 2007|url-status=dead}}

Ask-Elizabeth was also the working title of a reality series focusing on the program's success and its continued efforts to help girls throughout the country. Produced by MTV in collaboration with Berkley's newly-created company 5–6–7–8 Productions,{{cite news|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/entertainmentNews/idUSN2548896120080725|agency=Reuters|title=Elizabeth Berkley has answers for MTV|date=July 25, 2008|access-date=July 1, 2017|archive-date=January 10, 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090110011759/http://www.reuters.com/article/entertainmentNews/idUSN2548896120080725|url-status=live}} the show featured Berkley traveling around the US, examining issues and topics most important to teenaged girls. Amy Bailey, vice president of development in MTV's News and Documentaries division, said Berkley approached MTV with the idea. "She does these workshops around the country with teen girls and gets them to really open up about self-esteem and body issues", said Bailey. "We had been looking for a program that tackled the same issues, so it seemed like a perfect match."{{cite web|url=https://people.com/tv/elizabeth-berkley-developing-show-for-mtv/|title=Elizabeth Berkley Developing Show for MTV|date=July 25, 2008|work=People|access-date=March 1, 2020|archive-date=March 1, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200301071840/https://people.com/tv/elizabeth-berkley-developing-show-for-mtv/|url-status=live}} Originally expected to premiere in late 2008, the series never materialized.

However, in 2011, Berkley put together the 15 most frequently asked questions from the workshops and published Ask-Elizabeth through the Penguin Group.{{cite web|url=http://www.mtv.com/news/1660452/elizabeth-berkley-book/|title=Elizabeth Berkley's 'Ask Elizabeth' Book Tells Girls They're 'Not Alone'|publisher=MTV|date=March 22, 2011|access-date=September 16, 2013|archive-date=October 17, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151017132117/http://www.mtv.com/news/1660452/elizabeth-berkley-book/|url-status=dead}} Designed by Berkley and her artist husband Greg Lauren to look like a personal diary, the book was a huge success and quickly became a New York Times Bestseller.{{cite web|last1=Giacobbe|first1=Alyssa|title=59 Minutes With Elizabeth Berkley|url=https://nymag.com/news/intelligencer/encounter/elizabeth-berkley-2011-5/|website=New York|access-date=August 29, 2024|date=April 22, 2011|archive-date=April 19, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240419030402/https://nymag.com/news/intelligencer/encounter/elizabeth-berkley-2011-5/|url-status=live}}

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Berkley is married to former actor, artist and fashion designer Greg Lauren, nephew of Ralph Lauren and son of Jerry Lauren, at the time executive vice president of men's design at Polo Ralph Lauren. The couple met in 2000 during a dance class and were introduced by a mutual friend.{{cite news|date=July 1, 2004|title=Once upon a time in Mexico|magazine=InStyle Weddings (summer)|page=314}}{{cite web|url=http://www.lovetripper.com/bridal/wedding-database/elizabeth-berkley-lauren.html|title=Greg Lauren and Elizabeth Berkley Wedding|access-date=April 11, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190110235035/http://www.lovetripper.com/bridal/wedding-database/elizabeth-berkley-lauren.html|archive-date=January 10, 2019|url-status=dead}}Lovetripper.com They were engaged in 2002 and were married on November 1, 2003 at the Esperanza Hotel in Cabo San Lucas. Berkley's dress, a silk sheath with pearled spaghetti straps, was the first wedding gown designed by Ralph Lauren.

She formally changed her name to Elizabeth Berkley Lauren, and often uses it professionally.{{cite web|url=http://www.lovetripper.com/bridalstars/wedding-database/elizabeth-berkley-lauren.html|title=Elizabeth Berkley and Greg Lauren Wedding|publisher=Love Tripper|date=November 1, 2003|access-date=May 21, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090207083125/http://www.lovetripper.com/bridalstars/wedding-database/elizabeth-berkley-lauren.html|archive-date=February 7, 2009|url-status=dead}} The couple welcomed their first son, Skye Cole Lauren, in July 2012.{{cite web|url=https://people.com/parents/elizabeth-berkley-greg-lauren-welcome-son-sky-cole/|title=Elizabeth Berkley and Greg Lauren Welcome Son Sky Cole|date=July 30, 2012|access-date=March 1, 2020|work=People|archive-date=February 24, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200224050706/https://people.com/parents/elizabeth-berkley-greg-lauren-welcome-son-sky-cole/|url-status=live}}

Berkley previously dated actor and screenwriter Roger Wilson from 1997 to 1999. She is good friends with actresses Ele Keats, Jennifer Beals and Carla Gugino.

Berkley is a vegetarian,[https://web.archive.org/web/20090414172331/http://www.lettuceladies.com/elizabeth_berkley.asp Elizabeth Berkley: The Original Lettuce Lady]. lettuceladies.com. Retrieved February 1, 2023. and she doesn't smoke or drink alcohol.{{cite news|date=September 1, 1998|title=Show ‘em, Girl!|magazine=Filmink (Australia)|page=18|quote=What's a good hangover cure? Not getting drunk in the first place. Guess who doesn't drink?}}{{Cite web|last=Sicha|first=Choire|date=April 6, 2008|title=Elizabeth Berkley joins TV's ballroom blitz|url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/la-ca-conversation6apr06-story.html|access-date=October 28, 2024|website=Los Angeles Times|archive-date=November 20, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231120075411/https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/la-ca-conversation6apr06-story.html|url-status=live}}

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Over the years, Berkley has been an active supporter of several organizations dedicated to environmental protection, the promotion of vegetarianism, and the health of younger and older people. According to the eighth annual Sesame Place Kids Poll conducted at Sesame Place (Philadelphia) in September 1993, Elizabeth was voted second-best public person to encourage recycling, partially due to the activism of her Saved by the Bell character Jessie Spano. Basketball superstar Michael Jordan outpolled her with 33% of votes (Elizabeth was favored by 22 percent). Next came Chelsea Clinton and Vice President Al Gore.{{cite news|date=October 1, 1995|title=Start the Lava!|magazine=Premiere|page=48}}

In 1997, she appeared in the Lettuce Be Lean campaign sponsored by People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) to promote a larger range of vegetarian options in restaurants. For the campaign, she donned a $600 form-fitting gown made entirely of collard greens. She later took part in other charity events by the organization.{{Cite web|title=Elizabeth Berkley|url=https://www.tvguide.com/celebrities/elizabeth-berkley/bio/3000293454/|access-date=October 28, 2024|website=TV Guide|archive-date=October 20, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211020012713/https://www.tvguide.com/celebrities/elizabeth-berkley/bio/3000293454/|url-status=live}}

In May 1996, she was a guest model, along with Naomi Campbell, Janice Dickinson and other female celebrities, at Todd Oldham's LA Fashion Show. The event raised $600,000 for the AIDS Project Los Angeles.{{Cite web|last=Avins|first=Mimi|date=May 9, 1996|title=Yesterday's Todd Is Today's Flash|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1996-05-09-ls-2261-story.html|access-date=October 28, 2024|website=Los Angeles Times}}

In December 2005, Berkley and Adrian Grenier were among the judges for the Cool vs. Cruel design contest, where several young designers launched their fledgling careers recreating existing animal-fur fashions with fur-free materials that don't harm animals. Berkley spoke of the fur-free issue as one close to her heart since her childhood, when she first realized how unnecessary and cruel it is to take fur from animals in order to satisfy human vanity. "As I youngster, when I would see women wearing fur coats in beauty salons, I would slip cards saying, "this fur would look better on its owner" into their pockets." She also autographed a Fur-Free Pledge poster with actor Grant Aleksander. The three winning designers were Rocio Penuelas, Jacinta Ligon e Ricardo Auguste.

In June 2009, she joined actress Thandie Newton in Henley on Klip, South Africa to lead workshops at Oprah Winfrey's Leadership Academy for Girls.{{Cite web|date=January 5, 2009|title=Oprah Through the Years|url=https://nypost.com/2009/01/05/oprah-through-the-years/#6|access-date=October 28, 2024|website=New York Post|archive-date=May 30, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230530230218/https://nypost.com/2009/01/05/oprah-through-the-years/#6|url-status=live}} At the time, she was also running a monthly column for teen girls in Oprah's website.{{Cite web|last=Berkley|first=Elizabeth|date=April 11, 2010|title=Ask Elizabeth: What's Your Daughter Thinking|url=https://www.oprah.com/spirit/how-to-better-understand-your-daughter-ask-elizabeth/all|access-date=October 28, 2024|website=Oprah|archive-date=July 17, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240717130130/https://www.oprah.com/spirit/how-to-better-understand-your-daughter-ask-elizabeth/all|url-status=live}}

In October 2010, Berkley, along with Alec Baldwin, Slash, Nigel Barker, Bill Maher, Patrick McDonnell became supporters of the Shark-Free Marina Initiative to help combat sharks' disappearances from world's oceans. Sponsored by the Guy Harvey Ocean Foundation and the Humane Society of the United States, the initiative reached out marinas across the world asking them to get involved by prohibiting sharks from being landed at their dock.{{Cite web|date=October 19, 2010|title=The Guy Harvey Ocean Foundation and The Humane Society of the United States team up with the Shark-Free Marinas Initiative For Historic Campaign|url=https://www.humanesociety.org/sites/default/files/docs/sfmi-october-campaign.pdf|access-date=October 28, 2024|website=Humane Society|archive-date=July 20, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240720154454/https://www.humanesociety.org/sites/default/files/docs/sfmi-october-campaign.pdf|url-status=live}}

She has supported the work of other charities and organizations including the Best Friends Animal Sanctuary, the Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS foundation and the Motion Picture Home for the Aging. In 2011, Candie's Foundation honored her during their annual Even to Prevent, thanks to her work in raising awareness about the consequences of teen pregnancy in the United States.{{Cite web|date=May 3, 2011|title=Events|url=http://www.candiesfoundation.org/events.html|access-date=October 28, 2024|website=Candies Foundation|archive-date=July 25, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110725135032/http://www.candiesfoundation.org/events.html/|url-status=dead}}

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