My Take
Bijou Phillips is one of those figures who came packaged with an almost unfair amount of cultural intrigue before she ever said a word on screen — daughter of John Phillips of the Mamas & the Papas, raised in the orbit of rock royalty, and then launched as a teenage model before pivoting to acting with real, raw nerve. Her work in Larry Clark's Bully (2001) is genuinely unsettling in the best way, and Almost Famous gave her just enough screen time to leave you wanting more. She's never been a conventional "movie star," but that indie-circuit, slightly unpredictable energy is exactly what made her interesting — a performer who always felt like she was operating on her own terms, for better or worse.
Overview
Bijou Mary Phillips (born April 1, 1980) is an American model, socialite, and actress and singer. The daughter of musicians John Phillips and Geneviève Waïte, she began her career as a model. Phillips made her singing debut with I'd Rather Eat Glass (1999), and since her first major film appearance in Black and White (1999), she has acted in Almost Famous (2000), Bully (2001), The Door in the Floor (2004), Havoc (200…
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Bijou Phillips
- Name (Japanese)
- ビジュー・フィリップス
- Reading
- びじゅー・ふぃりっぷす
- Born
- April 1, 1980 (age 46)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Aries / Monkey
- Origin
- Greenwich, Connecticut, United States
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- Private
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- actor / model / singer-songwriter / singer / composer
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Private
- University
- Private
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-02
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.