Bijou Phillips
- Actress
- Costume and Wardrobe Department
- Soundtrack
The multi-talented Bijou Phillips has led an unusual life. She spent
her childhood in New York, California and South Africa. She excelled in
equestrian sport. When she was 13, she became a model to escape
boarding school and became one of the youngest people to grace the
cover of "Interview" Magazine and "Italian Vogue". Bijou also appeared
in several ads for Calvin Klein. At 17, she
acquired a record deal and began work on her album "I'd Rather Eat
Glass" produced by Talking Heads'
Jerry Harrison. She was later
cast in
Black & White (1999) by
director James Toback and garnered nothing
but glowing praise from critics for her performance.
Larry Clark cast her in
Bully (2001) which led "The Hollywood
Reporter" to name her one of
2002's "Shooting Stars of Tomorrow". Bijou continues to make great films with last year's role
opposite 'Jeff Bridges'
and Kim Basinger in
The Door in the Floor (2004),
a film adaptation of John Irving's
novel, "A Widow For One Year". She most recently completed a leading
role opposite Anne Hathaway in
Oscar-winning writer, Stephen Gaghan's
Havoc (2005), directed by Oscar-winning
documentary filmmaker, Barbara Kopple.
This is only the beginning for her, with several projects on the
horizon, including her portrayal of "Lorna Doom" opposite
Shane West in a feature film, about
late 70s seminal-punk band The Germs, called
What We Do Is Secret (2007),
Venom (2005) (aka "Backwater"), produced by
Scream (1996)'s Kevin Williamson,
she is in the new film Choke (2008), with
Anjelica Huston and
Sam Rockwell. As well as starring in a
comedy called
Made for Each Other (2009)
with Christopher Masterson, she
just played "Nancy Spungen", as in "Sid and Nancy", in a bio-pic about
the Chealsea Hotel,
Chelsea on the Rocks (2008),
directed by Abel Ferrara.
her childhood in New York, California and South Africa. She excelled in
equestrian sport. When she was 13, she became a model to escape
boarding school and became one of the youngest people to grace the
cover of "Interview" Magazine and "Italian Vogue". Bijou also appeared
in several ads for Calvin Klein. At 17, she
acquired a record deal and began work on her album "I'd Rather Eat
Glass" produced by Talking Heads'
Jerry Harrison. She was later
cast in
Black & White (1999) by
director James Toback and garnered nothing
but glowing praise from critics for her performance.
Larry Clark cast her in
Bully (2001) which led "The Hollywood
Reporter" to name her one of
2002's "Shooting Stars of Tomorrow". Bijou continues to make great films with last year's role
opposite 'Jeff Bridges'
and Kim Basinger in
The Door in the Floor (2004),
a film adaptation of John Irving's
novel, "A Widow For One Year". She most recently completed a leading
role opposite Anne Hathaway in
Oscar-winning writer, Stephen Gaghan's
Havoc (2005), directed by Oscar-winning
documentary filmmaker, Barbara Kopple.
This is only the beginning for her, with several projects on the
horizon, including her portrayal of "Lorna Doom" opposite
Shane West in a feature film, about
late 70s seminal-punk band The Germs, called
What We Do Is Secret (2007),
Venom (2005) (aka "Backwater"), produced by
Scream (1996)'s Kevin Williamson,
she is in the new film Choke (2008), with
Anjelica Huston and
Sam Rockwell. As well as starring in a
comedy called
Made for Each Other (2009)
with Christopher Masterson, she
just played "Nancy Spungen", as in "Sid and Nancy", in a bio-pic about
the Chealsea Hotel,
Chelsea on the Rocks (2008),
directed by Abel Ferrara.