Gina Gershon
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Los Angeles, California, USA
Sultry, dark-eyed, brunette leading actress Gina Gershon mixes a muscular toughness with her seductive femininity. Born June 10th, 1962, Gershon wasthe youngest of five children. Raised in Los Angeles' San Fernando Valley, Gershon 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.Gershon enjoyed success in 1997 when she co-starred with Nicolas and John Travolta in the blockbuster action thriller Face/Off, and again in 1999 with a role in The Insider. The actress co-starred with Dennis Hopper in the crime thriller Out of Season (2004), and the 2006 comedies Delirious and I Want Someone to Eat Cheese With. In 2010, Gershon appeared in The Love Ranch, a period film documenting the true story of Nevada's first legal brothel.
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Highest Rated Movies
Filmography
MOVIES
RATING | TITLE | CREDIT | BOX OFFICE | YEAR |
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56% | Rifkin's Festival |
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— | 2020 |
No Score Yet | Time Warp: The Greatest Cult Films of All-Time Volume 3: Comedy and Camp |
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— | 2020 |
86% | Friedkin Uncut |
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— | 2019 |
40% | Red Shoes and the Seven Dwarfs |
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— | 2019 |
83% | After Everything (Shotgun) |
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— | 2018 |
20% | The Little Mermaid |
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— | 2018 |
67% | Permission |
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— | 2018 |
0% | American Dresser |
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— | 2018 |
11% | 9/11 |
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$0.2M | 2017 |
31% | Inconceivable |
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— | 2017 |
No Score Yet | Lost Cat Corona |
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— | 2017 |
10% | Bad Kids of Crestview Academy |
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— | 2017 |
0% | My Dead Boyfriend |
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— | 2016 |
31% | Staten Island Summer |
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— | 2015 |
20% | The Lookalike |
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— | 2014 |
No Score Yet | Mall |
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— | 2014 |
50% | The Scribbler |
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— | 2014 |
No Score Yet | Me |
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— | 2014 |
37% | Dealing With Idiots |
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$15.8k | 2013 |
No Score Yet | House of Versace |
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— | 2013 |
No Score Yet | Breathless |
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— | 2012 |
79% | Killer Joe |
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$1.9M | 2012 |
14% | LOL |
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— | 2012 |
No Score Yet | Five Minarets in New York |
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— | 2010 |
13% | Love Ranch |
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$0.2M | 2010 |
No Score Yet | Across the Line: The Exodus of Charlie Wright |
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— | 2010 |
No Score Yet | Act Of Vengeance |
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— | 2010 |
No Score Yet | Everything She Ever Wanted |
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— | 2009 |
0% | Beer for My Horses |
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$0.6M | 2008 |
15% | What Love Is |
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— | 2008 |
25% | P.S. I Love You |
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$53.6M | 2007 |
83% | Delirious |
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— | 2007 |
No Score Yet | Just Business |
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— | 2007 |
67% | Dreamland |
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— | 2006 |
18% | Kettle of Fish |
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— | 2006 |
11% | One Last Thing |
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— | 2006 |
73% | I Want Someone to Eat Cheese With |
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— | 2006 |
30% | Herbie Hancock: Possibilities |
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— | 2006 |
38% | Man About Town |
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— | 2006 |
No Score Yet | Category 7: The End of the World |
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— | 2005 |
No Score Yet | 3-Way |
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— | 2004 |
No Score Yet | Out of Season |
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— | 2004 |
56% | Prey for Rock & Roll |
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— | 2003 |
52% | Demonlover |
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$39.8k | 2003 |
10% | Slackers |
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$4.9M | 2002 |
No Score Yet | Borderline |
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— | 2002 |
39% | Black and White |
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— | 2002 |
14% | Driven |
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— | 2001 |
No Score Yet | Picture Claire |
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— | 2001 |
20% | Black and White |
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— | 1999 |
96% | The Insider |
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— | 1999 |
86% | Guinevere |
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— | 1999 |
40% | I'm Losing You |
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$13.2k | 1999 |
No Score Yet | Prague Duet |
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— | 1998 |
24% | One Tough Cop |
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— | 1998 |
No Score Yet | Legalese |
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— | 1998 |
0% | Lulu on the Bridge |
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— | 1998 |
38% | This World, Then the Fireworks |
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— | 1997 |
92% | Face/Off |
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— | 1997 |
39% | Palmetto |
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— | 1997 |
33% | Touch |
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— | 1997 |
89% | Bound |
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— | 1996 |
23% | Showgirls |
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— | 1995 |
No Score Yet | Best of the Best 3: No Turning Back |
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— | 1995 |
No Score Yet | Flinch |
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— | 1994 |
No Score Yet | Joey Breaker |
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— | 1993 |
No Score Yet | Love Matters |
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— | 1993 |
No Score Yet | Sinatra |
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— | 1992 |
No Score Yet | Miss Rose White |
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— | 1992 |
94% | City of Hope |
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— | 1991 |
23% | Out for Justice |
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— | 1991 |
No Score Yet | Voodoo Dawn |
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— | 1990 |
7% | Cocktail |
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— | 1988 |
67% | Red Heat |
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— | 1988 |
No Score Yet | Sweet Revenge |
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— | 1987 |
No Score Yet | 3:15 (3:15 The Moment Of Truth) |
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— | 1986 |
74% | Pretty in Pink |
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— | 1986 |
TV
RATING | TITLE | CREDIT | YEAR |
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86% |
Riverdale
2017
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99% |
Younger
2015
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90% |
Crashing
2017-2019
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95% |
Brooklyn Nine-Nine
2013-2020
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84% |
Empire
2015-2020
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70% |
Glee
2009-2015
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95% |
Elementary
2012-2019
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No Score Yet |
Z Nation
2014-2018
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No Score Yet |
Cleaners
2013-2014
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23% |
Anger Management
2012
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83% |
Wilfred
2011-2014
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No Score Yet |
The Wendy Williams Show
2008-2020
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No Score Yet |
Chelsea Lately
2007-2014
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66% |
How to Make It in America
2010-2011
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15% |
Glory Daze
2010-2011
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50% |
The Wanda Sykes Show
2009-2010
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77% |
Life on Mars
2008-2009
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No Score Yet |
Numb3rs
2005-2010
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89% |
Rescue Me
2004-2011
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No Score Yet |
American Dad (target for inaccurate feed data)
2005
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No Score Yet |
The Batman
2004-2008
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92% |
Curb Your Enthusiasm
2000-2020
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No Score Yet |
Lass es, Larry!
2000-2017
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89% |
Psych
2006-2014
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97% |
Ugly Betty
2006-2010
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No Score Yet |
Bratz
2005-2007
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No Score Yet |
Family Guy
1999
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No Score Yet |
Crossing Jordan
2001-2007
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No Score Yet |
All Grown Up
2003-2008
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No Score Yet |
The Practice
1997-2004
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No Score Yet |
Just Shoot Me
1997-2003
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100% |
The Job
2001-2002
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No Score Yet |
Snoops
1999
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100% |
The Larry Sanders Show
1992-1998
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No Score Yet |
Ellen
1994-1998
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No Score Yet |
The Untouchables
1993-1994
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No Score Yet |
Melrose Place
1992-1999
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Quotes from Gina Gershon's Characters
Corky: | You know what the difference between us is, Violet? |
Violet: | What? |
Corky: | Me neither. |
Sean Archer: | Sasha, I'm Castor, that's Archer |
Sean Archer: | Sasha, I'm Castor, that's Archer. |
Sasha Hassler: | Yeah? I'm bored |
Sasha Hassler: | Yeah? I'm bored. |
Sharla: | You want some chicken? I stopped by the K-fried-C. |
Sharon: | Plus, you're American, you got foreign exotic stuff going on for you. |
Holly: | There is nothing exotic about being an American. |
Sharon: | He doesn't know that! |
Corky: | Corky: [after making love with Violet] I can see again! |
Corky: | [after making love with Violet] I can see again! |
Corky: | Violet: I'm not sorry for what I did, I'm sorry for what I didn't do! |
Violet: | I'm not sorry for what I did, I'm sorry for what I didn't do! |
Cristal Connors: | You fuck him for the spot? Or did you fuck him cause you wanted to? I say you did it for the spot. |
Nomi Malone: | Is that what you did Cristal? |
Cristal Connors: | You don't want to piss me off darlin', now that we're friends. |
Nomi Malone: | No... You shouldn't get pissed off. Makes you look older. |
William: | I'd love a shower. |
Denise: | What a great idea!! |
Sharon: | Oh my God! There's one downstairs, it's fantastic! Come on, I'll get you some linen and towels and show ya. Great. Take your wine. |
Holly: | [whisper] What are you crazy?! |
Denise: | He's staying the whole night. He's gonna be here all night long. All night long. He's gonna be here all night. |
William: | So who's the cook? |
Denise: | I am. |
Sharon: | Me. |
Denise: | We all helped. |
Sharon: | [scoffs, picks up dishes] Denise is getting married. Isn't that great? |
Denise: | Sharon's pregnant! |
Denise: | Mmm, oh he's delicious, isn't he? I can serve coffee on that ass. |
John: | Do you have to be so vulgar about men, like they're pieces of meat? |
Denise: | Sorry John, I forgot you're sensitive about your flat ass. |
John: | You know, Denise, that's why you're not married. |
Sharon: | [clears throat] |
John: | Women act like men, then they complain men don't want them. |
Denise: | Oh, is that why? Oh, ok, 'cause I thought it was something different. I thought it was because I thought I deserve the best. And he's out there, he's just with all the wrong women. And let me be clear, after centuries of men looking at my tits, instead of eyes, and pinching my ass, instead of shaking my hand, I now have the divine right to stare at a man's backside with vulgar, cheap, appreciation if I want to. |
Sharon: | Well said. |
Daniel: | I thought so. |
Sharon: | You gotta be rich to be insane, Hol. Losing your mind is not a luxury for the middle class. |