Jennie Garth: Actor, Podcaster, and I Choose Me Founder

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Clique Media, Female Founder, Entrepreneurship, Career Change, Career Pivot, Fashion & Beauty, Hillary Kerr, Personal Journals, Who What Wear, Clique, Career, Arts, Business, Careers, Second Life, Career Advice, Self-made, Entrepreneur, Mydomaine, Society & Culture

4.7 • 3K Ratings

🗓️ 7 April 2025

⏱️ 58 minutes

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Jennie Garth is an actor, a podcaster, and the founder of the I Choose Me movement. Garth rocketed to stardom when she played the role of Kelly Taylor on the immensely popular show Beverly Hills, 90210. After 10 seasons on the show, she spent several years branching out into new areas of the entertainment world. She pivoted to comedy in the WB sitcom What I Like About You, competed on Dancing With the Stars, and appeared in her own reality TV show on CMT. She never kept BH, 90210 too far away from her heart. She reprised her role on the CW reboot 90210, and in 2020, she started the recap podcast 90210MG with her costar Tori Spelling. In 2024, she created a series of businesses inspired by her Beverly Hills, 90210 character Kelly's memorable "I choose me" line. Last summer, she launched the Me by Jennie Garth clothing line with QVC and started her own podcast, I Choose Me, on iHeartRadio. This past January, she hosted the inaugural I Choose Me summit designed to empower and educate women.

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0:00.0	Hi everyone. I'm Hillary Kerr, the co-founder and chief content officer of Who What Where, and this is Second Life, a podcast, spotlighting women who have truly inspiring careers. We're talking about their work journeys, what they've learned from the process of
0:21.9	setting aside their doubts or fears, and what happens when they embark on their second life.
0:27.9	Today on the show, I'm chatting with the actor, podcaster, writer, and designer, Jenny Garth.
0:34.7	You probably know her from her scene-stealing run as Kelly Taylor on Beverly Hills
0:40.9	90210. Jenny was cast on the show when she was just 18 and what followed was a decade of
0:47.4	superstardom and life in the public eye. People came to know her to even think of her as her TV
0:54.0	character, which I can imagine would be tough.
0:57.3	How do you evolve your career while still paying tribute to the show that gave you your shot?
1:02.5	Turns out Jenny knew how just to strike that balance.
1:05.9	At first, she pushed herself out of her comfort zone and tried new things.
1:10.2	She co-starred in the Multicam comedy, What I Like About You,
1:13.8	appeared on Dancing with the Stars,
1:16.0	wrote a memoir and ventured into the world of reality TV.
1:20.1	She also went back to her role as Kelly in the CW reboot,
1:24.7	90210,
1:26.0	much to the delight of her fans. And in 2020, started a Beverly
1:32.2	Hill's 90210 recap podcast with her co-star and friend Tori Spelling. And now she's uniting
1:39.4	both of these interests with her I Choose Me movement, which is based off of one of Kelly Taylor's
1:45.5	most iconic lines, if you know, you know. Jenny started the I Choose Me podcast, launched
1:51.9	the Me by Jenny Garth clothing line, and hosted the first I Choose Me summit, all gear towards
1:58.4	empowering and advocating for women. Jenny is such a lovely person,
2:02.8	not to mention one of my personal icons from growing up, and it was such a delight to sit down
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