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My Take
Gina Gershon is, to my mind, one of the great underappreciated character actresses of her generation. Hollywood never quite knew what to do with her — too smart, too dangerous, too knowing for the standard leading-lady mold — so she carved out her own territory in films like Bound and Killer Joe, turning what could have been camp into something genuinely electric. I respect that she never apologized for Showgirls and instead outlived its mockery to see it reappraised. Add her work as a singer, screenwriter, and stage actress, and you get a performer who simply refused to be one thing. That stubbornness is her superpower.
Overview
Gina L. Gershon (; born June 10, 1962) is an American actress and singer. She has starred in such films as Cocktail (1988), Red Heat (1988), Showgirls (1995), Bound (1996), Face/Off (1997), The Insider (1999), Demonlover (2002), P.S. I Love You (2007), Five Minarets in New York (2010), Killer Joe (2011), and House of Versace (2013).
Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Gina Gershon
- Name (Japanese)
- ジーナ・ガーション
- Reading
- じーな・がーしょん
- Born
- June 10, 1962 (age 64)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Gemini / Tiger
- Origin
- Los Angeles, California, United States
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- Private
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- film actor / singer / television actor / screenwriter / stage actor
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Beverly Hills High School
- University
- Emerson College
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
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7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-11
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.