Lisa Ann Russell was born in Sterling, Illinois on March 21st 1972, later moving to Chicago, Michigan and then to California where she became a model for Revlon and went to college. Lisa later got acting experience by making a guest appearance on "Saved by the Bell: The College Years" (1993) in 1993 where she met Mark-Paul Gosselaar. The couple married in Maui Cove on Maui, Hawaii on August 26th 1996. Lisa later went on to act in several movies, including Kounterfeit (1996) and Twisted Love (1995), which also featured guest appearances from Mark-Paul Gosselaar.