Lisa Deanna Rinna (born July 11, 1963, in Medford, Oregon) is an American actress, who's well-known for her roles as Billie Reed on Days of our Lives, Taylor McBride on Melrose Place, and most recently the host of SoapNet's, Soap Talk. She competed in the second season of Dancing with the Stars and was eliminated in Round Seven, although she had higher marks from the judges than fellow celebrity dancer Jerry Rice.
Rinna married actor Harry Hamlin in 1997. They have two daughters, Delilah Belle (born 1998) and Amelia Gray (born 2001).
Rinna received national recognition when she first starred on NBC's Days of our Lives in the role of Billie Reed. She starred on said show from 1992 to 1995. She later switched from daytime TV to primetime playing Taylor McBride on Aaron Spelling's Melrose Place from 1996 to 1998. In 2002, Rinna was named co-host of Soap Talk, the daily lifestyle show that airs on SOAPnet, for which she received a Daytime Emmy Award nomination. In addition, she reprised the role of Billie Reed on Days of our Lives for a brief stint in 2002 and is now hosting the series Merge on Lifetime. Rinna starred in the Lifetime movie Sex, Lies & Obsession opposite husband Harry Hamlin. Her previous Lifetime movie, Another Woman's Husband, boasted one of the highest ratings for a movie on Lifetime since 1999. She also guest-starred on an episode of Movie Stars for the WB, the first ever on-screen appearance she shared opposite her husband. Rinna nabbed her first role in the feature film Good Advice, starring Charlie Sheen and Jon Lovitz.
Rinna and Hamlin had recurring roles as a married couple on the first season of the television series Veronica Mars.
Rinna has recently guest-hosted Live with Regis and Kelly.
In 1998, Rinna created a stir when she appeared nude while six months pregnant in the September 1998 issue of Playboy magazine.
In June 2006, SoapNet announced that it was canceling Soap Talk after 4 seasons due to low ratings.
