Lark Voorhies – Green was born on 25 March 1974, in Nashville, Tennessee, USA, and as Lark Voorhies is an actress, singer, model and spokeswoman, probably still best known for her role of Lisa Turtle in the TV series “Saved by the Bell” from the ’90s.
So how rich is Lark Voorhies? According to the press, her net worth is estimated to be over $6 million. No doubt that the actress has accumulated her wealth by starring in television sitcoms and soap operas. Also, she has appeared in some music videos and written a few books.
Lark Voorhies Net Worth $6 Million
The actress’s mother Tricia named her daughter Lark after the character in the movie “Cool Breeze”, played by Margaret Avery. Lark’s family moved to Pasadena, California when she was two years old, and Tricia immediately found her daughter a talent agent. Subsequently the girl appeared in the television commercial for the Universal Studios Tour when she was twelve years old. Then she has starred in the science fiction sitcom “Small Wonder” in 1988., and in the same year actress started to play the role of Lisa Turtle in “Good Morning, Miss Bliss”, which was later dropped by Disney, picked- up by NBC and renamed to “Saved by the Bell”. The sitcom lasted from 1988 to 1993, and considerably boosted Lark’s net worth.
Lark then starred in “Days of Our Lives” as single mom Wendy Reardon in 1993, and followed by appearing in many other TV series, such as “In the House”, in which she played a girlfriend of Alfonso Ribeiro’s character; and “Family matters” in which she appeared as Eddie’s dream girl. Actress has also played a portrayal of inter-fashion designer Jasmine in “The Bold and the Beautiful”, but it only lasted from 1995 to 1996 because she was required to act in sex scenes. Voorhies was released from her contract due to religious beliefs, since she’s a Jehovah’s Witness. However, the actress appeared in the series once again in 2004.
Voorhies not only stars in sitcoms but also in a movies and music videos. The actress played a main role as Lauren, a Harvard student in the movie “How High” in 2001. In 2008 she appeared in “The Next Hit”, which is a movie adaptation of the book The Black Man’s Guide to Understanding Black Women. Overall, Lark has been nominated for Young Artist Awards six times and won two of them.
Besides acting, Lark was a member of the music group called X-Girls in 1994 (that group is now known as Geneva). She was also a founder and a leading singer in the alternative group Third Degree.
More, Lark Voorhies is an author and publisher of three books: Reciprocity, Trek of the Cheshire, and A True Light.
In her personal life, Lark Voorhies was engaged to Martin Lawrence, but they broke up after Lawrence announced that he had become engaged to another woman during The Arsenio Hall Show in 1989. In 1996, the actress married Miguel Coleman, but they divorced eight years later. In 2008, Voorhies married Andy Prince and gave birth to her first and so far only one child, however the couple divorced in 2013, and in 2015 the actress married her third husband, Jimmy Green.
Saved by the Bell: Hawaiian Style, Saved by the Bell: Wedding in Las Vegas, Def Jam's How to Be a Player, Mutiny, Fire and Ice, How High, Civil Brand, The Next Hit, Little Creeps, Mimi's Place, Redemption
TV Shows
In the House, Saved by the Bell, Good Morning, Miss Bliss
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My mother saw a movie when she was 14 years old. I forget the name of the movie, but one of the lead characters was named Lark. She decided then she would name me and she stuck to it, and here I am.
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Has had limited contact with her former "Saved by the Bell" cast members on mini or unofficial reunion projects since the series ended. While she did appear in the 2009 PEOPLE magazine cover shoot and article about the 20-year anniversary of the show's beginning on NBC, she did not appear in the 2015 sketch on "The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon" that brought back all of the other regulars along with Dennis Haskins, except for Dustin Diamond (who was not invited to either event due to his poor relationships with the rest of the cast). She also said that she hadn't seen and would not see the 2014 Lifetime movie based on Diamond's tell-all book about his days on SBTB, putting out a statement that "People who live in glass houses shouldn't throw stones.".
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Filed for divorce from her 2nd husband Jimmy Green after less than 6 months of marriage. [October 2015]
Was in a relationship with her Saved by the Bell (1989) co-star Mark-Paul Gosselaar during production of the show. They were together 1989-1992 and broke up when the show ended production.