Bijou Phillips

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. The youngest of Phillips' children, she has one brother—Tamerlane—and three half-siblings—Mackenzie, Jeffrey, and Chynna. Her godfather was Andy Warhol.

Phillips began modeling at the age of thirteen, appearing on the covers of Interview and Vogue Italia and in one of Calvin Klein's more controversial ad campaigns. Emancipated from her parents at fourteen, Phillips lived on her own in New York City. That same year, Phillips attended the Sierra Tucson rehab center in Arizona—not because she was actually addicted to drugs, she claims, but to get out of trouble for running up a large credit card bill in her father's name.

Personal relationships

A four-year relationship with Sean Lennon in the early 2000s ended after Phillips had an affair with Lennon's childhood friend Max LeRoy. LeRoy subsequently died in a motorcycle accident before Lennon and he had a chance to mend their friendship. Phillips' infidelity and LeRoy's death was the inspiration for much of Lennon's 2006 album, Friendly Fire.

Phillips has been in a relationship with That '70s Show actor Danny Masterson since 2004.

Career

Modeling career

Besides Vogue, Phillips has also appeared on the cover of Stuff, Interview, Playboy, 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, a sentiment that expressed her feelings about her former profession. 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 get 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 an as-yet-unreleased remake of It's Alive. She also has an uncredited cameo in the as-yet-unreleased Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Undead.

Discography

• "When I Hated Him (Don't Tell Me)" single (1999)
• I'd Rather Eat Glass (1999)

Filmography

Year	Title	Role
1997	Sublime : "Wrong Way" (music video)	Annie
1999	Sugar Town	Autograph Girl
	Black and White	Charlie
2000	Almost Famous	Estrella Starr
2001	Fast Sofa	Tracy
	Tart	Delilah Milford
	Bully	Ali Willis (also wardrobe)
2003	Octane	Backpacker
2004	The Door in the Floor	Alice
	Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas (VG)	Helena Wankstein (voice)
2005	Pancho's Pizza	?
	Havoc	Emily
	Venom	Tammy
	The Outsider	Herself
2006	Friendly Fire	Herself
	CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (1 episode, Kiss-Kiss, Bye-Bye)	Li'l' Cherry
	Totally Awesome	Karelynn (uncredited)
2007	You Are Here	Aubrey
	The Wizard of Gore	Maggie
	Hostel: Part II	Whitney
	What We Do Is Secret	Lorna Doom
2008	Chelsea on the Rocks	Herself
	Choke	Ursula
	Dark Streets	Crystal
unreleased	The Bridge to Nowhere	Jasper
	Made for Each Other	Marcy
	The Heart Is a Drum Machine	Herself
	Wake	Carys
	It's Alive	?

Guest appearances

• GNW Night Lite (1 episode, 23 September 1999)
• Intimate Portrait (1 episode, "Mackenzie Phillips", 2000)
• The Howard Stern Radio Show (1 episode, 18 March 2000)
• The Howard Stern Show (1 episode, 30 March 2000)
• The List (1 episode, 9 June 2000)
• Rocky Horror 25: Anniversary Special (2000)
• Celebrities Uncensored (1 episode, #1.15, 2003) archive footage (as Bisou Phillips)
• Celebrity Blackjack (1 episode, Tournament 1, Game 4, 2004)
• The N Word (2004) archive footage
• The Simple Life (1 episode, "Welcome to Camp Shawnee", 2007) archive footage
• Tom Green Live! (1 episode, 30 May 2007)
• Howard Stern on Demand (1 episode, "Bijou Phillips", 2007)

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