While there are no shortage of classic TV shows that have since been made into reboots or revivals, Beverly Hills, 90210 stands a cut above — new life has been breathed into the iconic Fox hit not once, but twice.
Based on the shock the small town Walsh family experienced upon moving from Minneapolis to Beverly Hills, California, the nation first got to know Brandon (Jason Priestley) and Brenda Walsh (Shannen Doherty) and the cast of characters they encountered thereafter — including Dylan McKay (Luke Perry), Kelly Taylor (Jennie Garth), Donna Martin (Tori Spelling), David Silver (Brian Austin Green), Steve Sanders (Ian Ziering), Andrea Zuckerman (Gabrielle Carteris), Valerie Macon (Tiffani Thiessen) and Emily Valentine (Christine McCarthy) — from 1990 to 2000.
The show was originally rebooted in 2008 with a new cast (although several of the original teen soap’s stars, including Garth, Doherty and Spelling, made appearances at times) and in summer 2019, it took on a new form entirely, as much of the original cast reunited as “heightened versions of themselves” in BH90210.
“Having gone their separate ways since the original series ended 19 years ago, Jason, Jennie, Ian, Gabrielle, Brian and Tori reunite when one of them suggests it’s time to get a Beverly Hills, 90210 reboot up and running,” the newest revival’s longline read. “But getting it going may make for an even more delicious soap than the reboot itself. What will happen when first loves, old romances, friends and frenemies come back together, as this iconic cast – whom the whole world watched grow up together – attempts to continue from where they left off?”
Masked Singer alum Spelling gushed about the project to Us Weekly in February 2019, saying, “We are all so excited to go back to work together because it’s like family coming back together,” she said at the time.
The group experienced tragedy ahead of its air date, however, when Perry died after suffering a massive stroke at the age of 52 on March 4, 2019. Following his passing, Doherty paid tribute to her former onscreen love on his most-recent show, Riverdale, in October 2019, following the gang’s TV reunion earlier that summer.
Scroll through to see how the rest of the show’s stars have grown since their days on the beloved TV drama.
The actress ruled West Beverly from 1990 to 2000 as Beverly Hills princess Kelly Taylor. Kelly was BFFs with Donna and Brenda and part of one of TV’s greatest love triangles, dating both Brandon and Dylan. Since the series wrapped, the mother of three starred in What I Like About You and Mystery Girls and competed on Dancing With the Stars in 2007. Garth was also featured in the 2008 rendition of the show, playing a grown-up version of the role that made her famous. She then rejoined the rest of the 90210 OG members in summer 2019 to play herself, reminiscing on her days as Kelly Taylor.
Garth and Spelling launched their Beverly Hills, 90210, rewatch podcast, “9021OMG,” in 2020.
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The Canadian actor played always-ethical high school heartthrob Brandon Walsh from 1990 to 2000, leaving at the beginning of the ninth season as his character traveled to many locations around the world for his career in journalism. Priestley, who has played Matt Shade on Global TV's Private Eyes since 2016, returned to his former zip code of 90210 when the series’ six-episode quasi-reboot aired on Fox in August 2019. He shares a daughter, Ava, and a son, Dashiell, with wife Naomi Lowde-Priestley, whom he married in 2005.
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Famous for causing trouble on set, Doherty played Brandon Walsh's headstrong, wannabe thespian twin sister Brenda from 1990 to 1994. Though her character departed the show physically, she was referred to as Dylan’s significant other until season 9, when he announced they had separated. The actress then spent three years on the CW hit, Charmed, but left the show in 2001 due to a rumored feud with costar Alyssa Milano. She married and divorced twice (Rick Salomon, Ashley Hamilton) before meeting and falling in love with husband Kurt Iswarienko, whom she wed in 2011.
Doherty struggled with health issues in 2015, when she revealed she had been diagnosed with breast cancer. By 2017, she was in remission, but in February 2020, she announced that the cancer had returned and was stage IV. Professionally, she reprised her role as Brenda Walsh in 90210 for a handful of episodes and joined her OG costars for the BH90210 revival. Doherty was a part of the short-lived 2018 Heathers reboot and also appeared on Dancing With the Stars in 2010. Following Perry’s passing, she appeared on Riverdale in October 2019 as a tribute to her late onscreen love.
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From 1990 to 2000, Green played the lovable-yet-nerdy David Silver, who aspired to be a hip-hop artist. The actor has appeared in several hit series since his Beverly Hills days, including Freddie in 2005, Desperate Housewives from 2010 to 2011 and Anger Management, in which he played Sean Healy, in 2012. He played himself in the 2019 90210 reboot. Green has four children — son Kassius, whom he shares with ex Vanessa Marcil, and Noah, Bodhi and Journey, whom he shares with estranged wife Megan Fox.
After Green and Fox split in 2020, he starting seeing Dancing With the Stars’ Sharna Burgess. Green, who appeared on The Masked Singer and judged The Masked Dancer, joined the show as her partner for season 30 in 2021.
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At 17, the sTori Telling author starred as virginal Donna Martin for the duration of the series. She later admitted she was cast in the role thanks to her father, the late Aaron Spelling, who created the hit show. The So NoTORIous star has been busy since her stint as Donna in both the original series and its reboot. In 2006, she landed her own reality series, Tori & Dean: Sweet Home Hollywood, which centered on her life with husband Dean McDermott and their now five children. She also had a role in a reboot of her cult 1996 Lifetime film, Mother, May I Sleep With Danger? During 2019’s short-lived BH90210 show, Spelling trolled her and her husband’s history of financial struggles. “People love to talk about that in the press,” she told Us exclusively in August 2019. “So I’m like, let’s write about it.”
The Bigger alum cohosts the “9021OMG” podcast with Garth.
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The iconic actor portrayed brooding teen rebel Dylan McKay — and Brenda Walsh's first love — from 1990 to 2000. McKay was also romantically linked to Kelly Taylor and Valerie Malone on the show. Post-90210, the father of two took to the stage in the London's West End theater production of When Harry Met Sally alongside Alyson Hannigan. He later played an inmate on HBO's Oz, had a guest-starring role as a gay bird-watcher on Will & Grace and nabbed a starring role as Linc Stark in John From Cincinnati. His second big break came in 2017, however, when he was introduced as Fred Andrews, a main castmember in the CW smash Riverdale, before his March 2019 passing.
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The actor played immature ladies’ man Steve Sanders, who grappled with issues over being adopted, for the entire length of the show, which ran from 1990 to 2000. Like Garth and Doherty, he had a stint on Dancing With the Stars in 2007. He has starred on several reality shows since the teen drama ended, including The Apprentice (2015) and Worst Cooks in America (2018), as well as several Sharknado movies. He is the father of daughters Mia and Penna, whom he shares with ex-wife Erin Ludwig.
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The actress played neurotic, overachieving school newspaper editor Andrea Zuckerman, who was hopelessly in love with Brandon Walsh, from 1990 to 1995. After leaving the series in 1995 to host a short-lived talk show, Carteris did a stint on VH1's Surreal Life. The actress was partially paralyzed for months after a debilitating injury filming the Lifetime movie Past Tense in 2006, but has since recovered, going on to bag recurring roles in shows such as My Alibi (2008) and Code Black (2015). The president of SAG-AFTRA trade union also appeared on the Fox 90210 reboot in 2019. She has been married to Charles Isaacs since 1992, and has two daughters, Kelsey and Molly.
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The Saved by the Bell alum played bad girl Valerie Malone from 1994 to 2000. At the time, she was dating costar Green. These days, Thiessen, who plays Lori Mendoza on Netflix’s Alexa & Katie, has a far more wholesome image that her original 90210 character. From 2015 to 2017, she served as the star and executive producer of her own Cooking Channel series, Dinner at Tiffani’s, and she currently shares her recipes with fans on her personal blog. She is married to actor/artist Brady Smith, with whom she shares daughter Harper and son Holt.
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McCarthy portrayed troubled teen Emily Valentine, who famously played Dylan and Brandon for fools while dating them both at the same time, though she ultimately chose Brandon. Emily was institutionalized after destroying a homecoming float with fire on the show. McCarthy also dated Priestley off screen for five years from 1992 to 1997, according to his 2014 book, Jason Priestley: A Memoir. She has credits on E.R., in which she played Harper Tracy, and horror film Body Snatchers and Lifetime’s Mother Knows Best.
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