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Name: Gina Gershon
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Date of Birth:
June 10, 1962
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Place of Birth:
Los Angeles, California, USA
Mini-bio:
Sultry, dark-eyed, brunette leading actress Gina Gershon mixes a muscular toughness with her seductive femininity. Born the youngest of five children, raised in Los Angeles' San Fernando Valley, Gersh... read moreon gets her exotic looks from her French, Russian, and Dutch heritage. After high school, she decided she wanted a more sophisticated image than those usually attributed to Valley Girls like herself and so moved to the Big Apple, to earn a bachelor of arts degree at New York University. While in New York, she studied acting with such well-known teachers as Sandra Seacat, David Mamet, and Harold Guskin. She started out in theater and worked on both coasts.Since the mid-'80s, Gershon has carved out a living as a reliable character actress on both the big and the small screens. Her most notable role on the tube was that of Nancy Sinatra, the famous wife of Old Blue Eyes himself, in the CBS miniseries Sinatra (1994). Gershon made her feature film debut playing a small role opposite Molly Ringwald in 1986's Pretty in Pink, and graduated to the jucier role of of Coral opposite Tom Cruise in Cocktail (1988). Through the 1990s, Gershon vascillated between high-brow and low-brow fare, the former exemplified by her memorable turns in John Sayles's City of Hope (1991), Robert Altman's The Player (1992), and Michael Mann's The Insider (1999); the latter, by her gleeful, scenery-chewing work in Best of the Best 3 and the infamous Showgirls (both 1995). Gershon's signature role, however, was a synthesis of B-movie pulp and indie smarts, courtesy of the Wachowski brothers' twisty 1996 neo-noir Bound. Cast as a woman falling in love with an abusive gangster's moll, Gershon was able to radiate an intelligence, sexuality, and power not afforded her by previous scripts, and the lead part would go a long way in establishing her screen persona into the new millenium. ~ Sandra Brennan, Rovi
Gina Gershon mini-bio: Gina Gershon is an American actress.
Gershon was born in Los Angeles, California to Stan Gershon and Mickey Koppel, of Jewish heritage. She has dated hotel owner Shawn McPherson, wealthy entrepreneur Jay Penske, and actors John Cusack and Owen Wilson.
She attended Beverly Hills High School with Lenny Kravitz and the two remain close friends.
Gershon is regarded as a gay icon 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).
Gershon played Jew's harp on I Can't Decide, a song on the Scissor Sisters 2006 release Ta-Dah.
Gershon did a stint in the starring role of Sally Bowles in the award-winning 1998 revival of Cabaret on Broadway.
