Biography
A fixture on the New York party scene before she was old enough to drive, Bijou Phillips was a wild child personified. Born into rock royalty, she made gossip-page headlines by the time she was 13, thanks to her hard-core partying, excessive drinking, and heavy drug use. As a prepubescent teen, she appeared in controversial ad campaigns clad in nothing but her underwear. Phillips' life was seemingly spinning out of control until she turned her …
Career Milestones
| Will co-star with Danny Masterson in "The Bridge to Nowhere"; directed by Blair Underwood in his directorial debut (lensed 2008) | ||
1993 | At age 13, began work as a model, appearing on the cover of Interview magazine | |
1995 | Appeared as part of a controversial Calvin Klein ad campaign featuring underage models in suggestive poses at age 15 | |
1995 | Taught by father to play the guitar | |
1999 | Had a brief cameo in the independent film "Sugar Town" | |
1999 | Released her debut album I'd Rather Eat Glass and toured as part of the Lilith Fair music festival | |
2000 | Had a supporting role in Cameron Crowe's "Almost Famous" | |
2000 | Posed for and featured on the cover of Playboy magazine (April) | |
2000 | Received positive reviews for her portrayal of a young Upper East Side child of privilege who has appropriated African-American hip-hop lingo and lifestyle in James Toback's "Black and White" | |
2001 | Appeared in the independent drama, "Tart" | |
2001 | Portrayed a teenage party girl in Larry Clark's "Bully" | |
2004 | Cast opposite Jeff Bridges and Kim Basinger in "The Door in the Floor" | |
2005 | Portrayed Lorna Doom opposite Shane West in "What We Do Is Secret," about late '70s seminal punk band The Germs | |
2005 | Starred opposite Anne Hathaway in Stephen Gaghan's "Havoc" | |
2007 | Cast in Eli Roth's "Hostel: Part II," the sequel to the 2006 film about a torture ring in Europe | |
2008 | Starred opposite Sam Rockwell in the black comedy "Choke" | |