News | Entertainment
3 Dec 2025 7:51
NZCity News
NZCity CalculatorReturn to NZCity

  • Start Page
  • Personalise
  • Sport
  • Weather
  • Finance
  • Shopping
  • Jobs
  • Horoscopes
  • Lotto Results
  • Photo Gallery
  • Site Gallery
  • TVNow
  • Dating
  • SearchNZ
  • NZSearch
  • Crime.co.nz
  • RugbyLeague
  • Make Home
  • About NZCity
  • Contact NZCity
  • Your Privacy
  • Advertising
  • Login
  • Join for Free

  •   Home > News > Entertainment

    Elizabeth Berkley wore a Betsey Johnson dress to "every" audition for Showgirls

    The 53-year-old star - who rose to fame as Jessie Spano on Saved By The Bell - has opened up about the "good luck charm" she wore every step of the way before landing the role of Nomi Malone in the 1995 film.


    She told PEOPLE magazine that she wore the floral print dress with a black slip underneath for "every subsequent callback and the final screen test throughout the Showgirls audition process".

    Elizabeth became a huge fan of the brand during her teenage years working on Saved By The Bell in the late 80s and early 90s.

    Her dream even before she got her breakthrough role was "to wear as much Betsy Johnson as possible".

    She recalled: "When I was 15 turning 16, and I had first moved to California. My dreams were first coming true, and I was working on Saved by the Bell."

    She found herself in a position where she could realise her dreams and carve "out her own path".

    Elizabeth said: "I was entering a really pivotal time in my life as a young teen, I was suddenly starting to feel a certain amount of independence, I was following my dreams and they were starting to become a reality, really carving out my own path, cultivating my individuality.

    "At that young age, we were really in high school when we were on Saved by the Bell, so when I was playing a 10th grader or 11th grader, I was going through that same rite of passage.

    "At that age, I was so drawn to wear Betsey."

    Elizabeth pointed to the designer's "free-spirited nature" as well as the colours and whimsy in the designs.

    She added: "Her clothing connected me to a sense of empowerment synonymous with just all that I was going through and embracing that.

    "So for me, in many ways, her clothes were my cape. Putting it on, I felt like a superhero in a certain way."

    © 2025 Bang Showbiz, NZCity

     Other Entertainment News
     03 Dec: Millie Bobby Brown says she and David Harbour value their friendship "more than anything"
     03 Dec: Helena Bonham Carter says Tim Burton was sketching while she was "literally giving birth"
     03 Dec: Robert Irwin is "getting there" with his rib injury
     03 Dec: Kyle Richards has insisted she "won't be single [her] whole life" following her split from Mauricio Umansky
     02 Dec: Elizabeth Olsen has always "idolised the British countryside"
     02 Dec: Lisa Vanderpump thinks the new series of Vanderpump Rules is "very different"
     02 Dec: Halle Bailey feels fully "healed"
     Top Stories

    RUGBY RUGBY
    All Black Rieko Ioane is poised to make his Leinster rugby debut in Sunday's Champions Cup opener against Harlequins More...


    BUSINESS BUSINESS
    The price of building materials is starting to pick up again, particularly for timber and cladding More...



     Today's News

    Health & Safety:
    An unsophisticated theft of public money's led to fears there may be similar cases 7:47

    Business:
    The price of building materials is starting to pick up again, particularly for timber and cladding 7:37

    Entertainment:
    Millie Bobby Brown says she and David Harbour value their friendship "more than anything" 7:32

    International:
    MPs launch inquiry into Crown Estate property portfolio after Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor lease revelations 7:27

    Accident and Emergency:
    A person's died after a crash in the Bay of Plenty township of Taneatua 7:27

    Law and Order:
    A Coroner has decided against opening an inquiry into the death of a 13-year-old Christchurch school girl who fell and hit her head on a school ice skating trip 7:17

    Law and Order:
    A Christchurch teen's due in court today, accused of stabbing a dairy owner during an aggravated robbery in Opawa 7:07

    International:
    Putin warns Europe it is 'ready' for war as Trump envoys land in Russia 7:07

    Entertainment:
    Helena Bonham Carter says Tim Burton was sketching while she was "literally giving birth" 7:02

    Entertainment:
    Robert Irwin is "getting there" with his rib injury 6:32


     News Search






    Power Search


    © 2025 New Zealand City Ltd