Kirstie Alley always wanted to be star, and she got an early start on the worst facets of fame: Before even leaving Kansas for Hollywood, she was a cocaine addict and divorcée.

In this True Hollywood Story, you'll see how Alley quickly turned her life around--she credits Scientology--and got on the fast track to fame. From her days moonlighting as an interior designer (inspired by Doris Day in Pillow Talk) to her years of excess, this Story sheds light on an actress both endearing and shocking.

As a troublemaker and college dropout in Kansas, Alley always had her sights on Hollywood. She moved, toiled and hit her big break playing a Vulcan in Star Trek II. Soon, she secured superstardom on the everlasting sitcom Cheers and the unlikely hit Looks Who's Talking. A Hollywood husband (former Hardy Boy Parker Stevenson) and lifestyle followed, complete with a mansion overrun with housekeepers, luxury cars, $25,000 parties--and even a few lemurs. E! Online columnist Ted Casablanca calls the couple in this outrageous Story "the Siegfried & Roy" of Hollywood.

E! takes you along for Alley's sky-high ride and also through her down years--through a miscarriage, a canceled prime-time series and one of the nastiest divorces ever to hit the tabloids. "I also read I had breakfast with monkeys," she says in an interview obtained by THS, "but you know it's from the same magazine that says Vulcan's have twin babies with four heads."

From Alley's heyday to her future--as a talk-show host, perhaps--this Story tells it all. But first, get a sneak peek with a photo gallery spanning her career.