Gina Gershon Bio (Biography)
Real name:
Gina L. Gershon
Date of birth:
June 10. 1962
Place of birth:
Los Angeles, California, USA
Astrology Sign:
Gemini
Height:
5' 5" (1.65 m)
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The whole non-smoking craze never caught on with Gina Gershon.
In fact, she is known for her love of cigars, especially Cohibas, Punches and Montecristo No. 2's. The whole habit started, she claims, when she first met Arnold Schwarzenegger and they were lighting up on the film set of Red Heat in 1988. The cigar seems to match her tough girl persona that has capitalized on in movies like the 1995 camp classic ShowGirls where Gershon is depicted as no-nonsense lesbian and stripper Cristal Conners.
The lesbian and macho trend continued the following year with the mobster film Bound and the introduction of her love affair with co-star Jennifer Tilly. Films to follow included Sylvester Stallone's race car flick Driven, released in 2001, Borderline which came out the year later and Out of Season and 3-Way in 2004. During 2005 she was cast in I Want Someone to East Cheese With, Man About Town, Dreamland, West Memphis Three and George Clooney's award-winning Syriana.
In addition to movies, Gershon has been involved in other projects such as music videos. She worked with the pop band The Cars on two and her high school chum rock star Lenny Kravitz on one.
And long before any of these projects she was accepting bit roles in films like Pretty in Pink and Cocktail where she played Tom Cruise's love interest as well as the television series Melrose Place where she appeared more than once.
Despite the lesbian roles Gershon has played, she rarely gets mistaken for one in Hollywood.
Romantically linked with male stars like Owen Wilson and John Cusack and entrepreneur Jay Penske, Gershon has had a string of relationships that all have one thing in common - they are decidedly male. In addition to smoking cigars, Gershon reportedly likes to shop for antiques and sleep in the nude with a bunch of pillows around her.
In fact, she is known for her love of cigars, especially Cohibas, Punches and Montecristo No. 2's. The whole habit started, she claims, when she first met Arnold Schwarzenegger and they were lighting up on the film set of Red Heat in 1988. The cigar seems to match her tough girl persona that has capitalized on in movies like the 1995 camp classic ShowGirls where Gershon is depicted as no-nonsense lesbian and stripper Cristal Conners.
The lesbian and macho trend continued the following year with the mobster film Bound and the introduction of her love affair with co-star Jennifer Tilly. Films to follow included Sylvester Stallone's race car flick Driven, released in 2001, Borderline which came out the year later and Out of Season and 3-Way in 2004. During 2005 she was cast in I Want Someone to East Cheese With, Man About Town, Dreamland, West Memphis Three and George Clooney's award-winning Syriana.
In addition to movies, Gershon has been involved in other projects such as music videos. She worked with the pop band The Cars on two and her high school chum rock star Lenny Kravitz on one.
And long before any of these projects she was accepting bit roles in films like Pretty in Pink and Cocktail where she played Tom Cruise's love interest as well as the television series Melrose Place where she appeared more than once.
Despite the lesbian roles Gershon has played, she rarely gets mistaken for one in Hollywood.
Romantically linked with male stars like Owen Wilson and John Cusack and entrepreneur Jay Penske, Gershon has had a string of relationships that all have one thing in common - they are decidedly male. In addition to smoking cigars, Gershon reportedly likes to shop for antiques and sleep in the nude with a bunch of pillows around her.