Although a 2017 television remake tried to capture some of that charm, it was ultimately a flop.
So just what has Jennifer Grey been up to since carrying that watermelon?
We’ve got the answers!
While Grey only suffered bumps and bruises externally, the accident left her with emotional scars.
“I became America’s sweetheart within five days of the accident,“she toldPeoplein 2010.
It didn’t feel good to be the toast of the town.”
“The impact was emotional and physical,” she said in thePeopleinterview.
AfterA Nightmare on Elm Street, but beforeCry BabyandEdward Scissorhands, none other than Johnny Depp wooed Grey.
Given the current state of Depp’spersonal and financial life, we’d say the actress probably dodged a bullet.
(Add that to things we never thought we’d say a couple of years ago.)
It was also the year she got the nose job that changed everything.
Well, sort of.
So she turned to TV movies.
In the film she played the wife of Mickey Schwerner, one of the murdered activists.
If you don’t remember any of them, don’t worry neither does anyone else.
These very tests show that the couple’s healthy baby has a 90 percent chance of being gay.
As of 2017, it’s Grey’s only run in theater.
While the first may have drastically altered her appearance, the second made her virtually unrecognizable.
From this point she started primarily working on low-budget movies or doing bit parts in television shows.
In fact, it was around this time that Grey considered changing her name altogether.
“I’ve got to tell you, I think it could have worked,” she said.
So that’s exactly what Grey did.
“I decided to make fun of this, to make my fiasco become my reality.
It was all about family, friends.”
Although she had said no more than once, she finally agreed at the encouragement of friends Michael J.
Fox and Jamie Lee Curtis.
To do that, she needed a physical.
Grey’s doctor ordered two spinal surgeries.
Turns out, it was full-blown thyroid cancer.
This led to two more surgeries to have her thyroid removed entirely.
With a relative clean bill of health, she decided it was time to finally tackleDWTS.
She won Dancing with the Stars
And embrace that joy she did.
“This is like eating a delicious steak after 23 years of fasting.”
In that early interview she also wasn’t really looking to win.
She said, “If my dancing is a disaster-it doesn’t define me as a person.
The only reason I’m doing this is for myself.”
Quickly, however, Greybecame the season favorite.
Afterrupturing a discin her spine the night before the finale, Grey still pulled it out for the win.
ShetoldPeople, “I didn’t even think about winning when I first started.
This is so unbelievable.
I don’t know that there’s any experience that will ever be anything like this again.”
Grey’s character Judy is trying to figure things out herself, most notably,her sexual identity.
She walked in the LA Women’s March
Not only did Grey attend theL.A.
Lance Bass of ‘N Sync agreed,saying on Instagramthat she won best shirt at the march.
It turns out she was asked, and she turned down a role.
“It feels like if you’re going to do your own thing, do your own thing.
Looks like it probably would have been a lot better if Greyhadstepped on board.
What’s next for Jennifer Grey?
By now it’s clear that nose job or not, Jennifer Grey has talent.
