Bijou Phillips

Bijou Phillips

Phillips in 2005
Born Bijou Lilly Phillips
(1980-04-01) April 1, 1980
Greenwich, Connecticut, U.S.
Occupation Actress, model, singer, socialite
Years active 1996–present
Height 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m)
Religion Scientology
Spouse(s) Danny Masterson (m. 2011)
Children 1

Bijou Lilly Phillips (born April 1, 1980) is an American actress, model, socialite and singer. The daughter of musician John Phillips, she began her career as a model but soon began acting and singing. When she was 13, she became one of the youngest people to appear on the cover of Italian Vogue. Bijou also appeared in several ads for Calvin Klein. She made her musical debut with her album I'd Rather Eat Glass in 1999. She has appeared in films such as Black and White (1999), Almost Famous (2000), Bully (2001), Octane (2003), The Door in the Floor (2004), Venom (2005), Hostel: Part II (2007), and Choke (2008). From 2010 to 2013 she played the recurring role of Lucy Carlyle on the television series Raising Hope.

Early life

Named after the song "My Petite Bijou" by Lambert, Hendricks & Ross (bijou means 'jewel' in French),[1] Phillips was born in Greenwich, Fairfield County, Connecticut, and is the daughter of John Phillips of The Mamas & the Papas, and his then-wife, Geneviève Waïte, a South African model, artist, and actress.[2] The youngest of John Phillips's children, she has one brother, Tamerlane, and three half-siblings: Mackenzie, Jeffrey, and Chynna. After her parents split up, both were found unfit to have custody of Bijou and she was placed in foster care with a family in Bolton Landing, New York. She lived there on and off, making extended visits with her parents, who had both acquired houses in the area.

Her father won custody when she was in third grade and she moved with him to Lloyd Harbor, a village of the Town of Huntington, Long Island.[3] Then, at 14, she quit school, left home and moved into her own apartment just off Fifth Avenue - with her own housekeeper.[4] She used to party, drink and take drugs. She said "If you were 14 years old and able to live on your own in an apartment in New York City, and you got invited to all these clubs, and you got a bank account and you had a car service you could call so that you could go wherever you wanted... what would happen?"[4]

Career

Phillips made her film debut as Charlie in Black and White (1999). Phillips's performance was praised by film critics. The film was directed by James Toback and starred Robert Downey Jr., Jared Leto, Brooke Shields and Elijah Wood, with whom she would later begin an off-screen romance.

She appeared alongside Kate Hudson in the musical drama Almost Famous (2000). The film received four Academy Awards nominations and was a critical success but not a box office success. In 2001, she appeared in the comedy Tart and in the drama Bully. Later, Phillips starred in the thriller feature Octane, which was released at the Cannes Film Festival in 2003; in the film, she appeared opposite Mischa Barton. In 2004, Phillips starred 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 portrayed a leading role as Emily in the low-budget drama Havoc (2005), alongside Anne Hathaway.[5] That year, she appeared in the teen horror-thriller Venom. She played one of the main characters, Whitney, in the sequel to the horror film Hostel, Hostel: Part II, which opened in 2007. She also starred in What We Do Is Secret, in which she appeared again with Lauren German (her Hostel co-star). She received critical acclaim for her portrayal; Phil Gallo for Variety called Phillips' performance "striking" and stated that her character "lights up in a unique way whenever she's in Crash's company or simply talking about him."[6]

She starred in the 2008 black comedy Choke, with Anjelica Huston and Sam Rockwell, and directed by Clark Gregg. The film is based on the Chuck Palahniuk's novel of the same name. Choke premiered at the 2008 Sundance Film Festival on 21 January 2008, where it won a Special Jury Prize for a dramatic work by an ensemble cast. She played as Marcy in the comedy Made for Each Other, with Danny Masterson and Chris Masterson. She was also cast as Nancy Spungen in a biopic about the Hotel Chelsea directed by Abel Ferrara.[3] She got the starring role in Dark Streets.

She landed the lead role in a horror remake of It's Alive.[7] She also has an uncredited cameo in the as-yet-unreleased Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Undead.[8] Phillips starred alongside Danny Masterson, in the 2009 drama The Bridge to Nowhere. She appeared as Lucy in three episodes of the Fox Network's comedy series Raising Hope.[9] The show premiered on September 1, 2010.

In 2011, she starred in the video for Broken Social Scenes song Sweetest Kill.

During an interview about Dark Streets, she was asked about the idea of making an album in the future, and she said that "No. I love singing and writing, but right now, the record industry is a disaster. I have friends who’ve worked for years, and they’re so talented, but even if they have a best-selling album, there’s no money right now. They’re not exactly handing out lucrative recording contracts left and right; I think it would be very difficult to get one at all. I mean, I’ve never tried, but I’ve heard it would be very hard".[10]

Modeling

Phillips has appeared on the covers of magazines such as Playboy, Missbehave, Stuff, and Nylon. She was on the cover of Interview magazine when she was 13, and shortly thereafter became the youngest model to ever appear on the cover of Vogue's Italian edition.[11] Phillips also became an image model for Calvin Klein and appeared in several advertising campaigns in which adolescents showed white underwear. The campaigns were widely condemned as eerily pedophilic.[4] In 2000, she was listed #88 on Maxim magazine's "Hot 100" list.[12] Stuff magazine ranked her as #52 in their "100 Sexiest Women in the World" in 2007.

She said in one interview on modelling: "It was like, I wanted to go swimming in the ocean, but I was jumping up and down in a puddle."[11] It is said that the title of her album 'I'd Rather Eat Glass' is a reference to what she'd rather do than go back to modeling.[11]

Personal life

In 2004, Phillips began dating That '70s Show actor Danny Masterson;[13] the couple met at a poker tournament in Las Vegas. They are both Scientologists.[14] The couple announced their engagement in March 2009.[15] They were married on October 18, 2011 in a private castle in Ireland. Phillips wore a custom Zac Posen gown.[16] On February 14, 2014, Phillips gave birth to their daughter, Fianna Frances Masterson.

Masterson appeared alongside Phillips in an episode of Fox's "Raising Hope" in 2011.

Filmography

Year Title Role Notes
1997 Wrong Way Annie Music video (Sublime)
1999 Sugar Town Autograph Girl
1999 Black and White Charlie
2000 Almost Famous Estrella Starr
2001 Fast Sofa Tracy
2001 Tart Delilah Milford
2001 Bully Ali Willis
2003 Octane Backpacker
2004 Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas Helena Wankstein (voice) Video game
2004 The Door in the Floor Alice
2005 Pancho's Pizza Short film
2005 Havoc Emily
2005 Venom Tammy
2005 The Outsider Herself Documentary
2006 CSI: Crime Scene Investigation Lil' Cherry Episode: "Kiss-Kiss, Bye-Bye"
2006 Friendly Fire The Lover
2006 Totally Awesome Karelynn (uncredited) TV movie
2007 Spin Aubrey
2007 The Wizard of Gore Maggie
2007 Hostel: Part II Whitney
2007 What We Do Is Secret Lorna Doom
2008 Chelsea on the Rocks Nancy Spungen Documentary
2008 The Art of Travel Christina Layne
2008 Choke Ursula
2008 Dark Streets Crystal
2009 Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Undead Lauren Lamont
2009 Wake Carys
2009 Made for Each Other Marcy
2009 The Heart Is a Drum Machine Herself Documentary
2009 The Bridge to Nowhere Jasper
2009 It's Alive Lenore Harker
2010 Black Limousine Erica Long
2010 Hawaii Five-0 Camille Episode: "Heihei"
2010–13 Raising Hope Lucy Carlyle Recurring, 7 episodes
2012 Law & Order: Special Victims Unit Dia Nobile Episode: "Vanity's Bonfire"

Discography

References

  1. ↑ Heldman, Breanne L. (July 4, 2004). "Five Things You Should Know About Bijou Phillips". New York Daily News. Retrieved March 30, 2012.
  2. ↑ "Bijou Phillips Biography (1980–)". Filmreference.com. Retrieved 2010-11-02.
  3. 1 2 Waldron, Glenn (March 2, 2002). "Driving them wild". Guardian.co.uk. London.
  4. 1 2 3 Shaw, William (March 3, 2002). "Intervie: Bijou Phillips". Guardian.co.uk. London. Retrieved October 25, 2011.
  5. ↑ Feiwell, Jill (October 16, 2003). "Hathaway, Phillips to wreak 'Havoc'". Variety.
  6. ↑ Gallo, Phil (July 25, 2007). "What We Do Is Secret Review". Variety. Retrieved October 25, 2011.
  7. ↑ "'It's Alive' for Bijou Phillips". Time Out London. March 6, 2007. Archived from the original on 2007-10-28.
  8. ↑ "Waris In Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Undead". RushmoreAcademy.com.
  9. ↑ Rizzo, Carite (September 13, 2010). "Bijou Philips Will Return to Raising Hope". TV Guide.
  10. ↑ "The Insider: Bijou Phillips". Nylonmag.com. Retrieved October 25, 2011.
  11. 1 2 3 "Biography for Bijou Phillips". Internet Movie Database.
  12. ↑ "2000 Hot 100". Maxim. Archived from the original on 2010-10-06.
  13. ↑ "Danny Masterson". E! Online. Archived from the original on 2008-09-13.
  14. ↑ "Danny Masterson and Bijou Phillips: LA Power Couple". Paper Magazine. January 23, 2009.
  15. ↑ Wihlborg, Ulrica (March 16, 2009). "Danny Masterson and Bijou Phillips are Engaged!". People.
  16. ↑ Garcia, Jennifer. "Danny Masterson and Bijou Phillips Marry". People.com. Retrieved October 25, 2011.
  17. ↑ Goldsmith, Belinda (May 25, 2007). "Actress Bijou Phillips is sick of being bad". Reuters.
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