Gina Philips (née Consolo; born May 10, 1970)[1][2] is an American actress. She had recurring roles on David E. Kelley's Ally McBeal, as Sandy Hingle, and Boston Public, as Jenna Miller. She is perhaps best known as Trish Jenner in the horror film Jeepers Creepers (2001). She reprised her role in a cameo in Jeepers Creepers 3 (2017).

Gina Philips
Born
Gina Consolo

(1970-05-10) May 10, 1970 (age 53)
OccupationActress
Years active1992–2019
Spouse
Lee Nelson
(m. 2009)
Children1

Early life and education edit

Philips was born in Miami Beach, Florida, to an Italian father and an Ashkenazi Jewish mother.[3] She attended the University of Pennsylvania but dropped out halfway through her senior year, in order to pursue acting. However, they allowed her to walk through graduation with the rest of her graduating class since she was only one class shy.[4] Philips is known for her recurring roles on David E. Kelley's Ally McBeal as Sandy Hingle and Boston Public as Jenna Miller. She has also made guest appearances on Star Trek: DS9, Sliders, ER, CSI, Medium and Monk.

Career edit

Philips landed her first supporting film role in Deadly Invasion: The Killer Bee Nightmare. It aired on the Fox Network on March 7, 1995.[5] In 1996, Philips had a small role in Unforgivable as Tammy, the daughter of an abusive father. The film premiered on April 30, 1996, on CBS, and received little to no critical acclaim. In 1997, Philips played her first lead role in Born Into Exile as Holly, a 14-year-old runaway.

In 2001, Philips was cast as a lead in the 2001 horror film Jeepers Creepers. The film received mixed reviews from critics.[6][7] In 2003, Philips was originally going to appear again as Trish Jenner in Jeepers Creepers 2, as the plot was about her character and Patricia Belcher's character hunting down The Creeper, but the plot changed considerably during script rewrites, with Philips turning down what had become a minor role.[8] Her next film was the American comedy drama The Anarchist Cookbook, which received mostly negative reviews.[9][10]

In 2004, she starred in the low budget horror films Dead & Breakfast and Jennifer's Shadow. In 2006, Philips again played a lead in a low-budget horror film, Ring Around the Rosie as a young woman plagued by horrible visions and dreams of tragic past events while spending time at her grandparents' secluded summerhouse. The next year she starred in the horror film The Sickhouse and the Lifetime television film My Baby Is Missing. The film was released as a DVD under the title Stolen Innocence on 7 January 2010.[11]

In 2011, she began work on the Jennifer Lynch film Chained (previously titled Rabbit) a Canadian psychological thriller filmed in Regina, Saskatchewan and released in 2012.[12][13]

She reprised her previous role, in a brief cameo, in the third Jeepers Creepers film, Jeepers Creepers 3. Shooting began in Louisiana in February 2017, and the film was released in September of that year.[14]

Filmography edit

Films edit

Year Film Role Notes
1993 Love, Honor & Obey: The Last Mafia Marriage Adult Gigi TV movie
Rave, Dancing to a Different Beat Lorri
1994 When the Bough Breaks Teenage Girl (as Gina Phillips)
Lies of the Heart: The Story of Laurie Kellogg Alicia TV movie
1995 A Leap of Faith Lindsay Kurtz
Deadly Invasion: The Killer Bee Nightmare Tracy Ingram TV movie
1996 No Greater Love Alexis 'Lexie' Winfield TV movie
Unforgivable Tammy TV movie (as Gina Phillips)
Her Costly Affair Tess Weston TV movie
1997 Born Into Exile Holly Nolan TV movie
The Advocate's Devil Emma TV movie
Bella Mafia Rosa Luciano TV movie
1998 Telling You Kristen Barrett
Living Out Loud Lisa Francato
2001 Nailed Mia Romano
Jeepers Creepers Trish Jenner
2002 The Anarchist Cookbook Karla
2003 Something More Orangina
2004 Dead & Breakfast Melody
Jennifer's Shadow Jennifer Cassi/Johanna
Sam & Joe Lisa
2006 Love & Debate/Thanks to Gravity Jordan Landa
Ring Around the Rosie Karen Baldwin
2007 My Baby Is Missing Jenna Davis TV movie
2008 The Sick House Anna
2012 Hijacked Michelle Leib
Chained Marie
2017 Jeepers Creepers 3 Trish Jenner cameo
2019 Doom: Annihilation Daisy voice

TV series edit

Year Title Role No. episodes
1992 Growing Pains Gail 1 episode
1993 Blossom Tracy 1 episode
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Varis Sul 1 episode, "The Storyteller"
Silk Stalkings Stacy 1 episode
1995 Strange Luck Jensen 1 episode
1996 Dark Skies Marnie Lane 1 episode
Sliders Devin 1 episode
1998 Michael Hayes Jessica Hartman 1 episode
Buddy Faro Tara Davies 1 episode
Seven Days Rebecca Ann Rhodes/"Teddy Bear"/Tatiana Zenkovskaya 1 episode
1999–2000 Ally McBeal Sandy Hingle 13 episodes
2001 Boston Public Jenna Miller 5 episodes
2002 ER ER Nurse Kathy 2 episodes
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation Raina Krell 1 episode
2004 Hawaii Harper Woods 4 episodes
2007 Medium Colleen Fitzpatrick Barlow 1 episode
Monk Brandy Barber 1 episode

References edit

  1. ^ Riggs, Thomas (December 2003). Contemporary Theatre, Film and Television. Vol. 52. Farmington Hills, Michigan: Gale. p. 209. ISBN 978-0-787-67095-5.
  2. ^ "Gina Philips Biography". Fandango. Retrieved September 14, 2018.
  3. ^ "Facts That Prove Gina Phillips' Success As an Actress, Her Net worth And Family Facts". Just Richest - People, Net Worth and Salary. June 24, 2019. Retrieved February 9, 2021.
  4. ^ "Gina Philips". IMDb. Retrieved September 30, 2016.
  5. ^ Sunday Star Ledger. TV Time Pullout Section. pg. 9. March 5–11, 1995.
  6. ^ "Jeepers Creepers (2001)". Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved July 25, 2014.
  7. ^ "Jeepers Creepers". Metacritic. Retrieved July 25, 2014.
  8. ^ "Jeepers Creepers II (2003)". Retrieved September 30, 2016 – via m.imdb.com.
  9. ^ The Anarchist Cookbook at Rotten Tomatoes  
  10. ^ The Anarchist Cookbook at Metacritic  
  11. ^ "Video Ezy - Error on Page". Retrieved September 30, 2016.
  12. ^ Bain, Whitney Scott (September 20, 2012). "Interview: Jennifer Lynch, Director of CHAINED". Starburst. Archived from the original on March 24, 2016. Retrieved April 6, 2014.
  13. ^ Knegt, Peter (June 20, 2012). "Fantasia Fest Announces First Wave of Programming; Jennifer Lynch's "Chained" to Have World Premiere". Indiewire. Retrieved April 6, 2014.
  14. ^ Aaron Couch (February 21, 2017). "'Jeepers Creepers 3' Casts Its Creeper Hunter". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved March 23, 2017.

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