Gina Gershon

Gina Gershon
Gershon in June 2011
Born Gina L. Gershon
(1962-06-10) June 10, 1962
Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Alma mater New York University, BFA 1983
Occupation Actress, singer, author
Years active 1981–present
Known for Bound
Cocktail
Showgirls
Face/Off
Killer Joe

Gina L. Gershon (born June 10, 1962) is an American actress, singer, and author. She is known for her roles in the films Cocktail (1988), Showgirls (1995), Bound (1996), Face/Off (1997), The Insider (1999), Demonlover (2002), P.S. I Love You (2007), Five Minarets in New York (2010), Killer Joe (2011) and House of Versace (2013). She has also had supporting roles in FX's Rescue Me and HBO's How to Make It in America.

Early life

Gershon was born in Los Angeles, to Mickey Gershon (née Koppel),[1] an interior decorator, and Stan Gershon, who worked in the import-export business and sales.[2][3] Gershon was raised in a Jewish family in Los Angeles' San Fernando Valley.[4] She has an older brother, Dan, and an older sister, Tracy.

Gershon went to Collier Street Elementary School and Woodland Hills Academy (formerly known as Parkman Junior High).[5] She attended Beverly Hills High School and started acting at the age of 14. After graduating from high school in 1980, Gershon moved to Boston to attend Emerson College. She transferred to New York University, and graduated with a BFA in drama and psychology/philosophy in 1983.[6]

Gershon said she always wanted to be an actress, but her career began in music and dance.[5]

Career

Theatre

Gershon attended the Circle in the Square Professional Theater School in New York, working first with David Mamet and later with Harold Guskin and Sandra Seacat, whom she has described in interviews as "a huge influence."[7][8][9] Gershon is one of the founding members of the New York-based theater group Naked Angels.[10]

She has appeared on Broadway three times, as Sally Bowles in the revival of Cabaret, in the revival of the sex farce Boeing-Boeing, and played Rosie Alvarez in the 2010 Broadway revival of Bye Bye Birdie at the Roundabout Theatre Company.[11]

Her first acting venues were stage appearances in Camille and The Substance of Fire.

Film

She had a cameo role in The Cars 1984 video "Hello Again", alongside Andy Warhol. Her break came with a bit part in Pretty in Pink (1986), which led to more substantial roles in Sweet Revenge with Nancy Allen and Cocktail with Tom Cruise and Elisabeth Shue and in John Sayles' urban drama City of Hope (1991). Gershon also worked in television, with a recurring role on Melrose Place playing a prostitute working for a Heidi Fleiss-esque Hollywood madam.

In 1996 she played Corky, an ex-con who gets mixed up in an affair with Violet (played by Jennifer Tilly), in the mobster flick Bound.[12] In 1997, she co-starred with John Travolta and Nicolas Cage in Face/Off.[10]

Gershon is regarded as a gay icon[13] for her roles in movies such as Bound (in which she played a butch lesbian), Prey for Rock & Roll, and Showgirls (in which she played a bisexual stripper, and which is regarded as a camp classic). She was ranked #23 on the Maxim Hot 100 Women of 2004.[14]

In 2011, Gershon appeared alongside Matthew McConaughey in Killer Joe, a dark comedy/thriller featuring director William Friedkin.[15]

Inconceivable is an upcoming American thriller film directed by Jonathan Baker and written by Chloe King. Gina Gershon co stars along side Nicolas Cage, and this film was released on June 30, 2017, by Lionsgate Premiere.[16]

TV and online work

She portrayed Nancy Sinatra in the made-for-TV biopic Sinatra, in 1992.

On television, she has recurring roles on HBO's Curb Your Enthusiasm (as a Hasidic dry cleaner), Rescue Me, and the U.S. dramedy series Ugly Betty (as Italian cosmetics mogul Fabia, the rival of Wilhelmina Slater). She also has served as the voiceover for Major League Baseball's "I Live For This" promotional campaign. She has also played the voice of Catwoman in the 2007 animated series The Batman.

On September 10, 2008, Gershon appeared in a video on funnyordie.com, parodying former Republican vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin, titled "Gina Gershon Strips Down Sarah Palin"[17] which she followed with "Gina Gershon Does Sarah Palin 2".[18]

In 2011, she appeared as a recurring character in the HBO series How to Make It in America.[19] Her portrayal of Donatella Versace in Lifetime's House of Versace earned her praise from fashion critic Cathy Horyn.[20]

On December 19, 2014, it was announced that Gershon would guest star in Glee's sixth and final season as Pam, the mother of Blaine Anderson (Darren Criss).[21]

In 2017, Gershon began recurring on Brooklyn Nine-Nine as the villainous Lt. Melanie Hawkins.

On October 7, 2018, it was announced that Gershon would recur on the CW drama series Riverdale playing Jughead Jones' mother Gladys who is a shady businesswoman who “runs the salvage yard that doubles as a Serpent compound, and the Serpents all snap to attention when she gives them an order. A Serpent with a GED, she acts as Fagin to a crew of teenaged car parts thieves.” [22]

Music

Gershon played Jew's harp on "I Can't Decide", a song on the Scissor Sisters 2006 release Ta-Dah. She also played Jew's harp on the song "I Do It For Your Love", Paul Simon's collaboration with Herbie Hancock on his album Possibilities, in a duo with bassist Christian McBride on the song "Chitlins and Gefiltefish", on McBride's 2011 album Conversations with Christian, and on "Maria" from her album In Search of Cleo.[23][24]

She had a cameo role in The Cars 1984 video "Hello Again" alongside Andy Warhol. She appeared in Lenny Kravitz's music video entitled "Again".

Books

She and her brother Dan are the authors of the children's book Camp Creepy Time.[25]

Gershon's first book written for adults, In Search of Cleo: How I Found My Pussy and Lost My Mind, is the true story of the hunt for her runaway cat[26] and was released on October 11, 2012.[27]

Personal life

A 2008 Vanity Fair article linked her romantically with former President Bill Clinton. She denied the connection, saying on the June 9 episode of the TV show Live with Regis and Kelly "It is such a crazy, outrageous lie... I met him three times at events. [These rumors] disturbed me on so many levels."[28]

As of 2015, Gershon was dating Bobby Dekeyser, a Belgian football player turned furniture designer.[29] According to a January 29, 2018 Page 6 interview with Gershon, she is no longer in a relationship with Dekeyser.

Filmography

Film

Gershon in May 2010
Year Title Role Notes
1981 Beatlemania Dancer Uncredited
1985 Girls Just Want to Have Fun Dancer Uncredited
1986 3:15 Cobrettes
1986 Pretty in Pink Trombley, Girl Friend / Gym Class
1987 Sweet Revenge K.C.
1988 Red Heat Catherine 'Cat' Manzetti
1988 Cocktail Coral
1989 Suffering Bastards Sharnetta
1990 Voodoo Dawn Tina
1991 Out for Justice Patti Madano
1991 Jungle Fever Angie's Neighbor Scenes deleted
1991 City of Hope Laurie Rinaldi
1992 The Player Whitney Gersh
1993 Joey Breaker Jenny Chaser
1994 Black and White
1994 Flinch Daphne James Video
1995 Best of the Best 3: No Turning Back Margo Preston
1995 Showgirls Cristal Connors Nominated – Razzie Award for Worst Supporting Actress
1996 Bound Corky Nominated – Saturn Award for Best Actress
Nominated – MTV Movie Award for Best Kiss
1997 This World, Then the Fireworks Carol Lakewood Morton
1997 Touch Debra Lusanne
1997 Face/Off Sasha Hassler
1998 Palmetto Nina
1998 Lulu on the Bridge Hannah
1998 One Tough Cop Joey O'Hara
1998 I'm Losing You Lidia
1998 Prague Duet Dr. Lauren Graham
1999 Black and White Nora 'Hugs' Hugosian
1999 Guinevere Billie
1999 The Insider Helen Caperelli
2001 Driven Cathy Heguy
2001 Picture Claire Lily Warden
2002 Slackers Girl at Trendy Club Uncredited
2002 Demonlover Elaine Si Gibril
2002 Borderline Dr. Lila Coletti
2003 Prey for Rock & Roll Jacki
2004 Out of Season Eileen Phillips
2004 Three Way Florence DeCroix Hagen
2005 One Last Thing... Arlene
2005 Category 7: The End of the World Judith Carr
2006 Dreamland Mary
2006 Man About Town Arlene Kreiner
2006 Kettle of Fish Ginger
2006 Delirious Dana
2007 What Love Is Rachel
2007 P.S. I Love You Sharon
2008 Just Business Marty Jameson Video
2008 Beer for My Horses Cammie
2008 Gina Gershon Strips Down Sarah Palin Sarah Palin Video short
2009 The Goods: Live Hard, Sell Hard. Uncredited
2010 Love Ranch Irene
2010 Five Minarets in New York Maria
2010 Across the Line: The Exodus of Charlie Wright Mariel Garza Video
2011 Sarah Palin Media Addict[30] Sarah Palin Short film
2011 Killer Joe Sharla Smith Toronto Film Critics Association Award for Best Supporting Actress
Nominated – Saturn Award for Best Supporting Actress
2011 Breathless Lorna
2012 LOL Kathy
2012 The Unknown Son Mrs. Prentice
2013 Dealin' with Idiots Sophie
2014 The Scribbler Cleo
2014 Mall Donna
2014 The Lookalike Lee Garner
2015 Staten Island Summer Ms. Greeley
2017 Bad Kids of Crestview Academy Senator Wilkes
2017 Lost Cat Corona Connie
2017 Permission Lydia
2017 Inconceivable Angela
2017 9/11 Eve
2018 Blockers Cathy
2018 After Everything Tracy
2018 American Dresser Sandra

Television

Year Title Role Notes
1986 Stark: Mirror Image Alison Cromwell Movie
1987 The Twilight Zone Laura Episode: "Time and Teresa Golowitz"
1989 The Days and Nights of Molly Dodd Randy Lewis 3 episodes
1989 Monsters Ann Episode: "Jar"
1990 Cop Rock Stacey Kane Episode: "The Cocaine Mutiny"
1992 Miss Rose White Angie TV movie
1992 Sinatra Nancy Barbato Sinatra Miniseries
1993 Love Matters Heat Movie
1993 Melrose Place Ellen 3 episodes
1994 The Untouchables Becky Petrov Episode: "The Skin Trade"
1997 Ellen The Cashier (uncredited) Episode: "The Puppy Episode: Part 2"
1998 Legalese Angela Beale Movie
1999–2000 Snoops Glenn Hall 13 episodes
2000 Saturday Night Live Wilma Slotsin (uncredited) Episode: "Jackie Chan/Kid Rock"
2002–2003 Just Shoot Me! Rhonda Ferrara 2 episodes
2003 Spider-Man: The New Animated Series Shikata (voice) Episode: "Sword of Shikata"
Episode: "Keeping Secrets"
2004 The Practice Glenn Hall Episode: "The Firm"
2004 Tripping the Rift Six 13 episodes
2004 Kevin Hill Carly Austin Episode: "The Good Life"
2004 Curb Your Enthusiasm Anna Episode: "The Survivor"
2004–2007 The Batman Catwoman / Selina Kyle (voice) 5 episodes
2005 The Studio Bebe Knight Episode: "Pilot"
2005 Crossing Jordan Charlie Davis Episode: "Embraceable You"
2005 Family Guy Policewoman (voice) Episode: "Blind Ambition"
2005 Category 7: The End of the World FEMA Director Judith Carr TV movie
2005 American Dad! Karen / Various (voice) Episode: "Homeland Insecurity"
Episode: "Stan of Arabia: Part 2"
2006–2007 Ugly Betty Fabia 3 episodes:
"Pilot"
"I'm Coming Out"
"East Side Story"
2007 Psych Emilina Saffron Episode: "American Duos"
2007 Curb Your Enthusiasm Anna Episode: "The Anonymous Donor"
2007–2009 Rescue Me Valerie 9 episodes
2009 Life on Mars Rita Episode: "Coffee, Tea, or Annie"
2009 Numb3rs Danielle Hill Episode: "12:01 AM"
2009 Eastbound & Down Realtor Episode: "Chapter 5"
2009 Everything She Ever Wanted Pat Allanson Miniseries
2010 Glory Daze Lt. Lang Episode: "What's Love Got to Nude with It"
2011 How to Make It in America Nancy Frankenburg 7 episodes
2013 Maron Alexa Episode: "A Real Woman"
2013 House of Versace Donatella Versace Movie
2013 Hunt For the Labyrinth Killer Karen Donovan Movie
2013 Anger Management Mandy Episode: "Charlie Loses His Virginity Again"
2013–2014 Cleaners Mother Main role (18 episodes)
2014 Elementary Elana March 2 episodes
2014 Community Devon's wife Episode: "VCR Maintenance and Educational Publishing"
2015 Glee Pam Anderson Episode: "A Wedding"
2015–2016 Red Oaks Fay Getty 12 episodes
2015 Z Nation La Reina de la Muerte Episode: "Party With the Zeros"
Episode: "Adiós, Muchachos"
Episode: "All Good Things Must Come to an End"
2016 Empire Heleen Von Wyatt Episode: "The Unkindest Cut"
2017 Crashing Susie Episode: "The Road"
2017 Brooklyn Nine-Nine Lt. Melanie Hawkins Recurring
2018 Younger Chrissie Hart Episode: "Sex, Liza and Rock & Roll"
2018–present Riverdale Gladys Jones Recurring role

Theater

Year Title Role Notes
1998 Cabaret Sally Bowles
2008 Boeing Boeing Gabriella
2009 Bye Bye Birdie Rose Alvarez
2014 Ghost Brothers of Darkland County Monique McCandless [31]

Music

Year Title Notes
2007 In Search of Cleo

References

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  2. ↑ "Gina Gershon Biography". Filmreference.com. Retrieved April 12, 2010.
  3. ↑ "Gina Gershon". Yahoo Movies. Archived from the original on January 24, 2016. Retrieved 2015-12-27.
  4. ↑ "Patrica Sheridan's Breakfast With ... Gina Gershon". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Retrieved 2015-12-27.
  5. 1 2 King, Larry (September 30, 2013). "Gina Gershon". Larry King Now. Retrieved August 9, 2014.
  6. ↑ Marc Maron (March 7, 2013). "WTF with Marc Maron Podcast - Episode 367 - Gina Gershon" (Podcast). WTF with Marc Maron. Retrieved June 9, 2013.
  7. ↑ "I Dream of Gina | Celebrities". Cigaraficionado.com. October 1, 1998. Archived from the original on November 28, 2016. Retrieved June 17, 2017.
  8. ↑ "I Dream of Gina | Celebrities". Cigaraficionado.com. October 1, 1998. Archived from the original on January 1, 2017. Retrieved June 17, 2017.
  9. ↑ Dawn Kay: "Gina Gershon;" The Lab Magazine; August 12, 2012
  10. 1 2 "Archived copy". Archived from the original on July 25, 2008. Retrieved August 2, 2008.
  11. ↑ Time 2 hours and 30 minutes. (1 Intermission). "Bye Bye Birdie Tickets | Broadway". Broadway.com. Retrieved April 12, 2010.
  12. ↑ "Gina Gershon Fired Talent Agents Over Bound Dispute". Contactmusic.com. 2015-07-26. Retrieved 2017-06-25.
  13. ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on May 4, 2006. Retrieved May 4, 2006.
  14. ↑ "FreeJose.com". Maxim Magazine Hot 100 Women of 2004. Archived from the original on March 3, 2007. Retrieved March 4, 2007.
  15. ↑ "Gershon tackles a new revealing role with 'Killer Joe'". NY Daily News. Retrieved 2017-06-25.
  16. ↑ "How The Rock Helped Guide Natalie Eva Marie from WWE to Hollywood (Exclusive)". toofab. Retrieved 2017-06-27.
  17. ↑ "Gina Gershon Strips Down Sarah Palin". Funnyordie.com. Retrieved April 12, 2010.
  18. ↑ "Gina Gershon Does Sarah Palin 2". Funnyordie.com. Retrieved April 12, 2010.
  19. ↑ How To Make It in America - Nancy Frankenburg, HBO.com; retrieved June 18, 2013.
  20. ↑ Horyn, Cathy, "Why Fashion Films Are Usually Cartoons," New York Times, October 6, 2013, pg. 13
  21. ↑ "Glee Season 6 Spoilers Gina Gershon as Blaine's Mom". MJSBIGBLOG. December 19, 2014. Retrieved December 19, 2014.
  22. ↑ Ausiello, Michael (7 October 2018). "Riverdale Casts Gina Gershon as Jughead's Mom in Season 3". TVLine. Retrieved 7 October 2018.
  23. ↑ http://www.soundboard.com/. "Gina Gershon - In Search of Cleo - Soundboard.com". www.soundboard.com. Retrieved 2017-06-25.
  24. ↑ "Gina Gershon to Debut In Search of Cleo at The Box". TheaterMania.com. Retrieved 2017-06-25.
  25. ↑ "Children's Book Review: Camp Creepy Time: The Adventures of Einstein P. Fleet by Gina Gershon". PublishersWeekly.com. Retrieved 2017-06-25.
  26. ↑ "Gina Gershon writing book about missing cat". New York Magazine. July 30, 2012. Retrieved October 16, 2012.
  27. ↑ "Gina Gershon talks 'Killer Joe,' her career, new book". Philly.com. August 5, 2012. Retrieved October 16, 2012.
  28. ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on June 5, 2008. Retrieved June 3, 2008.
  29. ↑ "Gina Gershon and Bobby Dekeyser are in a long-distance relationship". December 22, 2015. Retrieved October 6, 2018.
  30. ↑ "'Sarah Palin Media Addict' Starring Gina Gershon (VIDEO)". Huffington Post. 2011-02-09. Retrieved 2017-06-25.
  31. ↑ "Ghost Brothers of Darkland County". ghostbrothersofdarklandcounty.com. Retrieved 2015-12-27.
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