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 Gershon at the Tribeca Film Festival, April 2006 |
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| Birth name | Gina L. Gershon |
| Born | June 10 1962 Los Angeles, California, U.S. |
| Official site | ginagershon.com |
Gina L. Gershon (born June 10, 1962) is an American film and television actress, known for her roles in the films Showgirls (1995) and Bound (1996).
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Biography
Personal life
Gershon was born in Los Angeles, California, the daughter of Mickey (née Koppel), an interior decorator, and Stan Gershon, who worked in import/export business and sales.[1][2] Gershon is Jewish,[1] and has a brother, Daniel, and a sister, Tracy. She attended Beverly Hills High School with Lenny Kravitz.[3] She then went on to attend Emerson College with the likes of comedians Denis Leary and Mario Cantone. Gershon has dated hotel owner Sean McPherson, wealthy entrepreneur Jay Penske, and actors John Cusack and Owen Wilson.
Career
Gershon is regarded as a gay icon[4] due to her roles in movies such as Bound (in which she played a butch lesbian) and Showgirls (which is regarded as a camp classic). At the same time, her sultry good looks and frequent nude appearances in other films have also gained her a substantial heterosexual male fan base. She was ranked #51 on the Maxim Hot 100 Women of 2004.[5] G Gershon played Jew's harp on "I Can't Decide", a song on the Scissor Sisters 2006 release Ta-Dah. On television, she has recurring roles on HBO's Curb Your Enthusiasm, (as a Hasidic drycleaner) Rescue Me and the U.S. dramedy series Ugly Betty (as Italian cosmetics mogul Fabia, the rival of Wilhelmina Slater).
Filmography
Movies
- Pretty in Pink (1986) - Benny's best friend
- Red Heat (1988) - Cat Manzetti
- Palmetto (1998) - Nina
- Cocktail (1988) - Coral
- Out for Justice (1991) - Patti Madano
- Showgirls (1995) - Cristal Connors
- Best of the Best 3 - (1995)
- Bound (1996) - Corky
- Face/Off (1997) - Sasha Hassler
- One Tough Cop (1998) -
- The Insider (1999) - Helen Caperelli
- Driven (2001) - Cathy Heguy
- Picture Claire (2001) - Lily Warden
- Borderline (2002) - Lila Coletti
- Demonlover (2002) - Elaine Si Gibril
- Prey for Rock and Roll (2003) - Jacki
- Category 7: The End of the World (2005) - Judith Carr
- One Last Thing... (2006)
- Kettle of Fish (2006) - Ginger
- What Love Is (2006) - Rachel
- Delirious (2007)
- P.S. I Love You (2007) - Sharon
Television
- The Days and Nights of Molly Dodd (1989) - Randy
- Sinatra (1992) - Nancy Sinatra
- Snoops (1999) - Glenn Hall
- Spider-Man: The New Animated Series (2003) - Shikata (voice)
- Tripping the Rift (2004) - Six (voice, replaced by Carmen Electra in Season 2)
- Curb Your Enthusiasm (2004 & 2007) - Anna
- The Batman (2004-present) - Catwoman (voice)
- Ugly Betty (2006) - Fabia
- Psych (2007) - Emilina Saffron (episode "American Duos")
- Rescue Me (2007) - Valerie (episodes "Solo" "Animal" "High" "Cycle" "Keefe" & "Yaz")
Broadway
- Cabaret (1998 revival) - Sally Bowles
References
- ^ a b http://www.cigaraficionado.com/Cigar/CA_Profiles/People_Profile/0,2540,12,00.html
- ^ http://www.filmreference.com/film/31/Gina-Gershon.html
- ^ http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,1123321,00.html
- ^ http://www.afterellen.com/TV/totallygay.html Afterellen.com Retrieved on 04-19-07
- ^ FreeJose.com. Maxim Magazine Hot 100 Women of 2004. Retrieved on March 4, 2007.
External links
- Official website (features detailed filmography, biography, news)
- Gina Gershon at the Internet Movie Database
- Gina Gershon at MySpace
- Q&A from Entertainment Weekly (June 19, 2007)
