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Still owns a percentage of Charmed (1998) even though she left the show.

Was removed from the teen soap Beverly Hills, 90210 (1990) at end of 4th season (March 1994). According to producer Aaron Spelling because of constant conflicts with other cast members and repeatedly late appearances on the set.

She kept her second cancer diagnosis (which was more advanced than first) private for nearly a year because she felt it would make people not want to work with her. She was able to do some acting before disclosing it.

Only appeared on Dancing with the Stars (2005) because her father was a big fan of the show. She was eliminated in the first round. Her father died a few months later.

Sentenced to anger-management counseling by the Beverly Hills Municipal Court for an incident that occurred in August 1996; she got into an argument with 22 year old Corey Hanker and smashed a beer bottle on his car window as he tried to drive away from her.

[in Cleo magazine, August 2000] Let me start by saying it wasn't like I walked out one day and said, "I quit". It was a very long process of quitting the show. Aaron [producer Aaron Spelling] got as fed up with me as I was with the show, and I think it was because the notoriety was too much. People were hating the character and I couldn't take the abuse that came with that. People couldn't separate me from her and I got sick of people assuming that I was as naughty and bad as Brenda was. It was all very hurtful.

[on the tabloid articles] You know, as far as I'm concerned, whatever they write, um, is so . . . it's consisted of so many different lies that it's not even worth justifying it.

Even when I'm called in for an audition or anything, and even when I have to meet other actors / actresses, or be in front of the camera, I get goosebumps.

[in February 2005] I've been very, very, very happily single since October--I ended my previous relationship, and it thrills me to no end. I'm just sort of hanging out and being a single girl and enjoying the moment. I think to just be a girl and have fun is so incredibly important.

[2020, on battle with stage IV cancer]: I don't think I've processed it. It's a bitter pill to swallow in a lot of ways.