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Trivia
Birth Name: Gina Gershon
Date of birth: 10 June 1962
Place of birth: Los Angeles, California, USA
Nickname: Gi
Height: 5' 5¾" (1.67 m)
Declined to recreate the Sharon
Stone leg crossing scene for director Paul Verhoeven in the movie
Showgirls (1995).
Was a California Valley Girl, moved to New
York and tried to change her image.
She studied at New York University and
received a Bachelor of Arts degree.
She is a founding member of the New York
based theatre group, Naked Angels.
When she was a little girl, she almost
drowned looking for starfish on the beach.
Her ethnic background is French, Russian,
and Dutch.
She is the youngest of 5 children.
Attended high school with Lenny Kravitz.
Played Lenny Kravitz's girlfriend in his
video for "Again". [2001]
Before transferring to NYU, she attended
Emerson College in Boston, alma mater of Henry Winkler and Jay Leno.
Appeared in the 1984 video for Hello Again
by The Cars
Recently sang with ex-Guns n' Roses members
Slash, Duff and Matt Sorum at the Sundance Festival (Jan 21st 2003).
Was born on the same day as actor Vincent
Perez.
Actress Helen Slater is one of her friends;
she helped her found The Naked Angels.
Is the sister of Tracy Gershon, who is a
judge on Nashville Star on the USA Network.
Recently said that she would love to run
Playboy Magazine. She had offered to do a pictoral for them, but was
disappointed with how Playboy wanted her to pose and withdrew her offer.
When asked what she'd like to see done differently, she said that the
magazine should return to a "hip 70s style".
Co-wrote songs with Linda Perry for
"Prey For Rock & Roll" movie.
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