ACTOR
Gina Gershon
- Known for
- Showgirls (1995), Bound (1996), Rifkin's Festival (2020), Palmetto (1998)
24 archived facts 3 topics 1 source Last reviewed Oct 2026
Gina Gershon is an actor best known for Showgirls, Bound and Rifkin's Festival.
All facts (24)
- #001
Gina Gershon refused to recreate Sharon Stone's leg-crossing scene from Showgirls (1995) for director Paul Verhoeven.
- #002
Gershon said she would very much like to run Playboy magazine. She offered to make an image for them, but was disappointed when Playboy asked her to pose instead, and she withdrew her offer. Asked what she would do differently, she said the magazine should return to a "hip 70s style."
- #003
Gershon's favorite films are Bound (1996) and The Player (1992).
- #004
Gershon was a California Valley Girl; she moved to New York and tried to change her image.
- #005
Gershon attended high school with Lenny Kravitz.
- #006
Gershon played Lenny Kravitz's girlfriend in the "Again" music video.
- #007
The look of Electra Ovilo, a character in Cowboy Bebop: The Movie (2001), was based on Gershon.
- #008
As a little girl, Gershon nearly drowned while searching for starfish on the beach.
- #009
Gershon wrote songs with Linda Perry for Prey for Rock & Roll (2003).
- #010
Gershon appeared in The Cars' "Hello Again" video in 1984.
- #011
Gershon sang with former Guns N' Roses members Slash, Duff McKagan and Matt Sorum at the Sundance Festival (January 21, 2003).
- #012
Gershon is a founding member of the New York-based theater group Naked Angels.
- #013
Actress Helen Slater is one of Gershon's friends; she helped her found Naked Angels. Another friend was Jenifer Estess.
- #014
Gershon attended Beverly Hills High School, the same school as Angelina Jolie, Michael Klesic, Nicolas Cage, Lenny Kravitz, David Schwimmer, Jonathan Silverman, Rhonda Fleming, Jackie Cooper, Rob Reiner, Bahar Soomekh, Antonio Sabato Jr., Pauly Shore, Michael Tolkin, Betty White, Corbin Bernsen, Elizabeth Daily, Albert Brooks and Crispin Glover.
- #015
Gershon is the youngest of 3 children.
- #016
Before transferring to NYU, Gershon attended Emerson College in Boston, whose alumni include Henry Winkler and Jay Leno.
- #017
Gershon earned a BFA in Drama from New York University's Tisch School of the Arts (1983).
- #018
Gershon's surname was misspelled as "Gersohn" on her birth certificate.
- #019
Gershon is a close friend of Mario Cantone and Denis Leary from Emerson College.
- #020
Gershon is the younger sister of Dann Gershon and Tracy Gershon, who were judges on USA Network's Nashville Star (2003).
- #021
Gina Gershon was turned down for the lead role in Friday the 13th: Part 2 (1981) because of the film's topless scenes.
- #022
Gina Gershon appeared as a guest star on The Practice (1997).
- #023
Gina Gershon is Jack Elliott's niece.
- #024
Gina Gershon is Alan Elliott's cousin.
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