Bijou Phillips
| Greenwich, Connecticut>Greenwich, Fairfield County, Connecticut, United States}} | Bijou Lilly Phillips (born April 1, 1980) is an
American actress,
fashion model, and
singer. Some of her larger film roles include
Bully,
Havoc,
(Hostel: Part II), and
Tart.
Biography
Early life
Phillips was born in
Greenwich,
Fairfield County,
Connecticut, and is the daughter of
John Phillips of
The Mamas and the Papas and his then-wife
Geneviève Waïte, a
South African model, artist, and actress.
(1) The youngest of Phillips' children, she has one brother—Tamerlane—and three half-siblings—
Mackenzie, Jeffrey, and
Chynna. Her father got out of jail/rehab and took Bijou to upstate New York Bolton Landing, through a custody battle in which her parents were found unfit and Bijou was placed in foster care with a family in Bolton Landing. She lived there on and off doing extended visits with her parents, who had both gotten houses upstate. Her father won custody when she was in third grade and she moved with him to Long Island; he had a liver transplant two years later.
(2)At 13, she moved to NYC to be a model. She appeared on the cover of Interview Magazine, Italian Vogue twice, and did a number of ads for Calvin Klein. At 17, she got a record deal and began working on her album 'I'd Rather Eat Glass' produced by Talking Heads' Jerry Harrison. She was later cast in
Black and White by director James Toback and garnered glowing praise from critics for her performance. Later, director Larry Clark cast her in
Bully and she won a role opposite Jeff Bridges and Kim Basinger in
The Door in the Floor, a film adaptation of John Irving's novel
A Widow For One Year. She starred opposite
Anne Hathaway in
Stephen Gaghan's
Havoc, directed by
Barbara Kopple. Her portrayal of 'Lorna Doom' opposite Shane West in
What We Do Is Secret, about late '70s seminal punk band "The Germs" also earned her glowing reviews. She can be seen in the film
Choke, with
Angelica Huston and
Sam Rockwell. Other films include the comedy
Made for Each Other with Chris Masterson. She was also cast as
Nancy Spungeon in a biopic about the
Chelsea Hotel directed By
Abel Ferrara.
(3)(4) the couple met at a
poker tournament in
Las Vegas.
(5) The couple announced their engagement in March 2009.
(6) Both Phillips and Masterson have been described as "devout
Scientologists."
(7)Career
Modeling career
Besides
Vogue, Phillips has also appeared on the cover of
Stuff,
Interview,
People,
Detour,
Nylon,
Paper,
944, and
Missbehave magazines. She has been on the
catwalk of
Jill Stuart and
Heatherette.
Music career
Her
debut album, released in 1999, was titled
I'd Rather Eat Glass,
(8) She
toured with the
Lilith Fair music festival in 1999. {{As of|2007}}, Phillips is working on a second album and has posted several
demos on her
MySpace page.
Film career
In 1999, Phillips had a brief
cameo in the film
Sugar Town, playing a girl wanting an
autograph. That same year, Phillips appeared in
Black and White as Charlie. In 2000, she played Estrella Starr in
Almost Famous. Beginning in 2001, Phillips got bigger parts, including a supporting role in
Bully and starring roles in
Tart and
Fast Sofa. Later film appearances include
Octane,
What We Do Is Secret, and
(Hostel: Part II), for which she was nominated for Scream Queen in the 2007
Scream Awards. Her most recent starring roles are in
Dark Streets and a remake of
It's Alive.
(9) She also has an uncredited cameo in the as-yet-unreleased
Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Undead.
(10) Philips will star alongside
Danny Masterson, in the 2009 drama
The Bridge to Nowhere.
(11)Discography
Filmography
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bgcolor="#B0C4DE" align="center"! Year! Title! Role
| 1997 | | Wrong Way (music video) Annie |
| 1999 | | Sugar Town (film) >| Autograph Girl |
| Black and White (1999 film)>Black and White | Charlie |
| 2000 | | Almost Famous Estrella Starr |
| 2001 | | Fast Sofa Tracy |
| Tart (film)>Tart | Delilah Milford |
| Bully (film)>Bully | Ali Willis |
| 2003 | | Octane (film) >| Backpacker |
| 2004 | | The Door in the Floor Alice |
| (Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas) | (Video Game>VG) Helena Wankstein (voice) |
| 2005 | | Pancho's Pizza ? |
| Havoc (film)>Havoc | Emily |
| Venom (2005 film)>Venom | Tammy |
| 2006 | | (1 episode, "Kiss-Kiss, Bye-Bye") Li'l' Cherry |
| Totally Awesome | >| Karelynn (uncredited)
| 2007 | | You Are Here (2007 film) >| Aubrey |
| The Wizard of Gore (2007 film)>The Wizard of Gore | Maggie |
| (Hostel: Part II) | >| Whitney
| What We Do Is Secret (film)>What We Do Is Secret | Lorna Doom |
| 2008 | | Choke (film) >| Ursula |
| Dark Streets | >| Crystal
| It's Alive (2008 film)>It's Alive | ? |
| unreleased | The Bridge to Nowhere | Jasper |
| Made for Each Other (2009 film)>Made for Each Other | Marcy |
| Wake (film)>Wake | Carys |
References
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[Bijou Phillips Biography (1980-)]
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["Driving them wild", Glenn Waldron, guardian.co.uk, March 2 2002.]
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Personal relationships
In 2004, Phillips began dating That '70s Show actor Danny Masterson;[Mackenzie Phillips Makes Bail]
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[[http://www.eonline.com/celebrities/profile/index.jsp?uuid=82a8a1d3-3f65-40f2-9e56-3740e1828ab3 Danny Masterson - Profil]
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[Danny Masterson and Bijou Phillips: LA Power Couple Paper Magazine, January 23, 2009]
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[Danny Masterson and Bijou Phillips are Engaged! People.com, March 16, 2009]
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[Danny Masterson and Bijou Phillips: LA Power Couple Paper Magazine, January 23, 2009]
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[Actress Bijou Phillips is sick of being bad, Belinda Goldsmith, Reuters, May 25 2007.]
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['It's Alive' for Bijou Phillips, Time Out London, March 6 2007.]
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[Waris In Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Undead, RushmoreAcademy.com]
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External links
- {{IMDb name|id=0005313|name=Bijou Phillips}}
- {{MySpace|id=bijouphillips|name=Bijou Phillips}}
- {{allmusic|11:hbfoxq9jld6e~T0}}
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