Gina Gershon
Biography
Date of Birth 10 June 1962, Los Angeles, California, USA Birth Name Gina L. Gershon Height 5' 5¾" (1.67 m) Trivia Declined to recreate the Sharon Stone leg crossing scene for director Paul Verhoeven in the movie Showgirls (1995). Was a California Valley Girl, moved to New York and tried to change her image. BFA in Drama - New York University, Tisch School of the Arts (1983) She is a founding member of the New York based theatre group, Naked Angels. When she was a little girl, she almost drowned looking for starfish on the beach. Her ethnic background is French, Russian, and Dutch. She is the youngest of 5 children. Attended high school with Lenny Kravitz. Played Lenny Kravitz's girlfriend in his video for "Again". [2001] Before transferring to NYU, she attended Emerson College in Boston, alma mater of Henry Winkler and Jay Leno. Appeared in the 1984 video for Hello Again by The Cars. Recently sang with ex-Guns N' Roses members Slash, Duff McKagan and Matt Sorum at the Sundance Festival (Jan 21st 2003). Was born on the same day as actor Vincent Perez. Actress Helen Slater is one of her friends; she helped her found The Naked Angels. Sister of Tracy Gershon, who is a judge on "Nashville Star" (2003) on the USA Network. Recently said that she would love to run Playboy Magazine. She had offered to do a pictoral for them, but was disappointed with how Playboy wanted her to pose and withdrew her offer. When asked what she'd like to see done differently, she said that the magazine should return to a "hip 70s style". Co-wrote songs with Linda Perry for Prey for Rock & Roll (2003). Attended Beverly Hills High School; the same school as Angelina Jolie, Michael Klesic, Nicolas Cage, Lenny Kravitz, David Schwimmer, Jonathan Silverman, Rhonda Fleming, Jackie Cooper, Rob Reiner, Bahar Soomekh, Antonio Sabato Jr., Pauly Shore, Michael Tolkin, Betty White, Corbin Bernsen, Elizabeth Daily, Albert Brooks, and Crispin Glover. She graduated Beverly Hills High School in 1980. While there, she starred in a production of "The Music Man". Her last name was misspelled as "Gersohn" on her birth certificate. The look of Electra Ovilo, a character from "Cowboy Bebop: Tengoku no tobira," is based on Gina Gershon. Sister of Dann Gershon. Niece of Jack Elliott. Cousin of Alan Elliott.
Face/Off
Sasha Hassler
Bound
Corky
Out for Justice
Patti Madano
Thanksgiving
Amanda Collins
Showgirls
Cristal Connors
Act of Vengeance
Maria
Category 7: The End of the World
FEMA Director Judith Carr
Borderline
Dr. Lila Coletti
Best of the Best 3: No Turning Back
Margo Preston
Prey for Rock & Roll
Jacki
Breed of Greed
Susan Wendolyn
Self
High Rollers
Amelia Decker
Roberta 'Bob' Campbell
Borderlands
Moxxi
Tapawingo
Dot
Thanksgiving
Amanda Collins
Emily the Criminal
Alice
Rifkin's Festival
Sue
Time Warp Vol 3: Comedy & Camp
Self
Cagefighter
Max Black
The Mimic
Paula
You Don't Nomi
Self (archive footage)
Red Shoes and the Seven Dwarfs
Regina (voice)
Friedkin Uncut
Herself
After Everything
Tracy
American Dresser
Sandra
The Little Mermaid
Peggy Gene
9/11
Eve
Inconceivable
Angela
Permission
Lydia
Lost Cat Corona
Connie
Bad Kids of Crestview Academy
Senator Wilkes
My Dead Boyfriend
Helene
Staten Island Summer
Ms. Greeley
Gina Gershon
The Lookalike
Lee Garner
Mall
Donna
The Scribbler
Cleo
House of Versace
Donatella Versace
Le labyrinthe de l'injustice
Karen Donovan
Breathless
Lorna
Killer Joe
Sharla Smith
Across The Line
Mariel Garza
Love Ranch
Irene
Act of Vengeance
Maria
The Goods: Live Hard, Sell Hard
(uncredited)
Beer for My Horses
Cammie
P.S. I Love You
Sharon
What Love Is
Rachel
Kettle of Fish
Ginger
Delirious
Dana
Man About Town
Arlene Kreiner
I Want Someone to Eat Cheese With
Mrs. Pilletti
Dreamland
Mary
Category 7: The End of the World
FEMA Director Judith Carr
One Last Thing...
Arlene
American Dad: The New CIA
American Girl #1 / ... (2 episodes, 2005)
La Fin du Monde
FEMA Director Judith Carr
Out of Season
Eileen Phillips
3-Way
Florence DeCroix Hagen
Rocked With Gina Gershon
Herself (6 episodes, 2004)
Prey for Rock & Roll
Jacki
Self
Self
Borderline
Dr. Lila Coletti
Demonlover
Elaine Si Gibril
Slackers
Girl at Trendy Club (uncredited)
Picture Claire
Lily Warden
Driven
Cathy Heguy
The Insider
Helen Caperelli
Guinevere
Billie
Spider-Man - The New Animated Series
Shikata (voice)
Black & White
Nora 'Hugs' Hugosian
One Tough Cop
Joey O'Hara
Legalese
Angela Beale
Lulu on the Bridge
Hannah
Palmetto
Nina
Prague Duet
Dr. Lauren Graham
This World, Then the Fireworks
Carol Lakewood Morton
Face/Off
Sasha Hassler
Touch
Debra Lusanne
Bound
Corky
Showgirls
Cristal Connors
Best of the Best 3: No Turning Back
Margo Preston
Flinch
Daphne James
Jenny Chaser
Miss Rose White
Angie
The Player
Whitney Gersh
Sinatra - Der Weg an die Spitze
Nancy Barbato Sinatra
City of Hope
Laurie Rinaldi
Out for Justice
Patti Madano
The Wizard and the Zombies
Tina
Cocktail
Coral
Red Heat
Cat Manzetti
Pretty In Pink
Trombley, Girl Friend / Gym Class
3:15
Cobrettes
Girls Just Want to Have Fun
Dancer (uncredited)
Beatlemania
Dancer (uncredited)
SNL50: The Homecoming Concert
Self - Audience Member
Double détente
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