Gina L. Gershon is a film, television and stage actress as well as a singer and author, born on 10th of June 1962 in Los Angeles, California USA. She is best known for her roles in popular films such as “Cocktail”(1988), “Showgirls”(1995), “Face/Off”(1997), “P.S. I Love You”(2007), “Killer Joe”(2011) and “House of Versace”(2013).
Have you ever wondered how rich Gina Gershon is? According to sources it has been estimated that Gina Gershon’s overall net worth is over $4 million, acquired by her appearances in numerous film and TV productions since the early eighties. Her stage, literary and musical engagements have all added to her net worth.
Gina Gershon Net Worth $4 million
Gina was raised in a Jewish family in San Fernando Valley, the youngest child of the Gershon family. She attended Collier Street Elementary School and Woodland Hills Academy before going to Beverly Hills High School. Upon matriculation she moved to Boston to attend Emerson College, but then transferred to New York University from where she graduated from with a BFA in drama and psychology/philosophy in 1983. While in New York, she went to the Circle in the Square Professional Theater School, where she worked with David Mamet, Harold Guskin and Sandra Seacat who had a great influence on her. She appeared on Broadway in the revivals of “Cabaret” and “Bye Bye Birdie” at the Roundabout Theatre Company. These were a good start to her net worth.
In 1984, she appeared alongside Andy Warhol in The Cars’ video “Hello Again”. However her breakthrough as a film actress came two years later, when she appeared in “Pretty in Pink”, a performance which led to more significant roles in “Sweet Revenge” and “Cocktail” in which she played alongside Tom Cruise. In 1991 she appeared with Elisabeth Shue in the urban drama “City of Hope”. Concurrently working in television, Gina had a recurring role in “Melrose Place”, and received accolades for her portrayal of Nancy Sinatra in the biopic “Sinatra”. She also appeared in the neo-noir crime thriller film “Bound” in 1996 and then co-starred with John Travolta and Nicolas Cage in “Face-Off” the following year.
Following her roles in movies such as “Bound”, “Prey for Rock&Roll” and “Showgirls” in which she portrays lesbians or bisexuals, Gina is regarded as a gay icon. However, Gershon has had recurring roles in a variety of TV series – “Curb Your Enthusiasm”, “Rescue Me” and “Ugly Betty” – and in 2011 she was a part of the main cast in HBO series “How to Make It in America”. Two years later she received praise from fashion critic Cathy Horyn for her portrayal of Donatella Versace in “House of Versace” (2013). All contributed to her net worth.
Apart from her lucrative acting career, Gershon is also devoted to music and writing. She collaborated with musicians such as Scissor Sissters, Paul Simon, Herbie Hancock and Lenny Kravitz before releasing her own album “In Search of Cleo” in 2007, which added to her net worth.
Gina and her brother Dan are authors of the children’s book “Camp Creepy Time”, and her first book for adults “In Search of Cleo: How I Found My Pussy and Lost My Mind” was released in October 2012, also contributing to her wealth.
When it comes to her personal life, Gina stated in an interview with Larry King that she is in a relationship with Robert “Bobby” Dekeyser. “Maxim” magazine, ranked her no.23 on their “Hot 100 Women of 2004” list, a significant and popular recognition.
Saturn Award for Best Actress (1996, 2011), MTV Movie Award for Best Kiss (1996), Razzie Award for Worst Supporting Actress (1995)
Movies
“Cocktail”(1988), “Showgirls”(1995), “Bound” (1996), “Face/Off”(1997), “P.S. I Love You”(2007), “Killer Joe”(2011), “House of Versace”(2013)
TV Shows
“Curb Your Enthusiasm”, “Rescue Me”, “Ugly Betty”, “How to Make It in America” (2011), “House of Versace” (2013)
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[on studying - and in particular, doing dream work - with Sandra Seacat, from 1998 interview in Cigar Aficionado] Sandra totally changed my acting. Instinctively, I was always in love with psychology and my dream life had always been very important to me. Ever since I was 15 years old I had been writing down my dreams. What's really exciting to me about Sandra's work is that it changes your life, almost on a psychic level. Now I'll get parts and in working on them, she'll say, 'Well, let's see how you're developing, as a human being.' Because the parts you're doing, it's no accident. Those parts affect your life and they kind of illustrate the map that your life is following. When I'm working on a certain project, before I go to bed I actually ask questions. So you dictate what kind of dream you're going to have. You say, 'I need to find out this.' There's a whole ritual about how to go about it. And then Sandra will work on it with you. Then, in classes with her, you'll actually cast them and act them out, which is unbelievable. You almost change the molecules in your body by doing that. It's really powerful. The first couple of times I did that, I actually got physically sick the rest of the week. It was super-powerful... I've worked with Sandra for many years now and she's been a huge influence on my life. She was in the [Actors] Studio with Brando and those guys [sic], and everyone said that as an actress she was incredible. But I think her true calling in life was to become a teacher.
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I kinda wish I could be a lesbian. So many girls come up to me all the time, I keep thinking, "God, I should be a lesbian." But unfortunately, I'm straight.
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Showgirls (1995) was a great lesson in power. People would come up to me - like smarmy guys usually saying, 'So, you're doing Showgirls,' and they'd kind of look me over. And I would look them dead in the eye and go, 'Yeah. I run around naked in it and I kiss beautiful girls - it's great.' And they would visibly shrink away because I didn't back down. They were trying to have control over me, but as long as you're proud of what you're doing, and say so, people can't fuck with you, they'll respect you for your choices. If you act embarrassed, then you know you shouldn't be doing whatever it is.
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I'm just nervous and anxious all the time - I drink too much coffee. But you know, everything can be solved with a bottle; the bottle is a universal cure-all - and not just a booze bottle, any bottle. You break up with your boyfriend, you get a bottle of peroxide. You get sad, you have a drink. Need to sleep? Get a bottle of pills. Baby needs to be calmed down? Give it a bottle. There are genies in bottles.
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Actresses are nightmares. I don't hang out with any of them. That's a problem with my profession. I try not to be like an actress.
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A lot of my friends are struggling musicians. Being a struggling actor, it's just frustrating because you're not allowed to do what you want to do
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Being the control freak that I am, I want to know everything beforehand. At this point I'm just going along for the ride.
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All my roles are different parts of my personality. Hannah is the caretaker part of me, the psychologist in Prague Duet (1998) ... is the part of me that's always analyzing, Guinevere's Billie is the artistic side.
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All I wanted to do was play "Conrad Birdie"; I really wanted to be like the Elvis Presley guy, and they ended up giving me the lead, "Rosie".
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[on Showgirls (1995)] "I decided to make my part campy because I initially thought that it was going to be really dark and really intense and then it just turned out to be completely different. So instead of going in that direction, I decided to make it so that drag queens would want to dress as my character on Halloween".
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On Broadway in the revival of Boeing Boeing as the Italian bombshell 'air hostess'. [June 2008]
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Guest-starring on The Practice (1997). [April 2004]
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Release of the book, "Camp Creepy Time: The Adventures of Einstein P. Fleet" by Gina and her older brother, Dann Gershon. [2007]
Recently said that she would love to run Playboy Magazine. She had offered to do a pictoral for them, but was disappointed with how Playboy wanted her to pose and withdrew her offer. When asked what she'd like to see done differently, she said that the magazine should return to a "hip 70s style".
Laura / Prince of Darkness (segment "Time and Teresa Golowitz")
Sweet Revenge
1987/I
K.C.
Stark: Mirror Image
1986
TV Movie
Alison Cromwell
3:15
1986
Cobrettes
Pretty in Pink
1986
Girl Friend / Gym Class
Girls Just Want to Have Fun
1985
Dancer (uncredited)
The Cars: Hello Again
1984
Video short
Woman
Soundtrack
Title
Year
Status
Character
Glee
2015
TV Series performer - 1 episode
Rage
2008
TV Series 1 episode
Dreamland
2006/I
performer: "One Foot Out of Heaven" / writer: "One Foot Out of Heaven"
Prey for Rock & Roll
2003
performer: "My Favorite Sin", "Prey for Rock and Roll", "Hooked on a Feeling", "Ms. Tweak", "Sam", "The Ugly", "Every Six Minutes", "Pretty Pretty", "Bitter Pill", "Pink Rock Girl", "Post Nuclear Celebration Party Song"
Bound
1996
performer: "Chicago Is My Kind of Town"
Producer
Title
Year
Status
Character
Rocked with Gina Gershon
2004
TV Series documentary producer - 3 episodes
Prey for Rock & Roll
2003
producer
Thanks
Title
Year
Status
Character
The Matrix Revisited
2001
Video documentary special thanks
She's So Lovely
1997
special thanks
Self
Title
Year
Status
Character
Fameless
2015
TV Series
Herself
The View
2015
TV Series
Herself
Sinatra: All or Nothing at All
2015
TV Mini-Series documentary
Ava Gardner
Femme Fatales with Gina Gershon and Jennifer Tilly
2014
Video short
Herself
The Arsenio Hall Show
2013
TV Series
Herself - Guest
Larry King Now
2013
TV Series
Herself - Guest
The Wendy Williams Show
2009-2013
TV Series
Herself - Guest
The Haunting Of
2012
TV Series
Herself
Chelsea Lately
2012
TV Series
Herself - Guest
Big Morning Buzz Live
2012
TV Series
Herself - Guest
Piers Morgan Tonight
2012
TV Series
Herself - Guest
Late Night with Jimmy Fallon
2009-2012
TV Series
Herself - Guest
Up Close with Carrie Keagan
2007-2012
TV Series
Herself - Guest
MSN Exclusives
2012
TV Series
Herself (2013)
Mic Check Live: Ms. Lauryn Hill & Tyrese Gibson
2011
TV Special
Herself - Guest
Celebrity Ghost Stories
2008-2009
TV Series documentary
Herself
Broadway Beat
2009
TV Series
Herself
The 63rd Annual Tony Awards
2009
TV Special
Herself - Presenter
Entertainment Tonight
2008
TV Series
Herself
I Love the New Millennium
2008
TV Mini-Series
Herself
Live with Kelly and Ryan
2008
TV Series
Herself - Guest
Spread TV
2007
TV Series
Herself
The Light and the Dark: The Making of 'Face/Off'
2007
Video documentary
Herself
The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson
2005-2007
TV Series
Herself - Guest
Tavis Smiley
2007
TV Series
Herself - Guest
Tell Me Cuba
2006
Documentary
Narrator
I Want Someone to Eat Cheese With
2006
Herself as Marty's Mother
Herbie Hancock: Possibilities
2006
Documentary
Herself
Celebrity Poker Showdown
2005
TV Series
Herself
The Barry Z Show
2005
TV Series
Herself
The CMT Music Awards
2005
TV Special
Herself - Presenter
Rocked with Gina Gershon
2004
TV Series documentary
Herself
Last Call with Carson Daly
2004
TV Series
Herself - Guest
Dinner for Five
2004
TV Series
Herself
Howard Stern
2003
TV Series
Herself - Guest
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
1996-2003
TV Series
Herself - Guest
Totally Gay!
2003
TV Movie documentary
Herself
Comedy Central Roast of Denis Leary
2003
TV Movie
Herself
Making of 'Demonlover'
2003
Video documentary
Herself
The 56th Annual Tony Awards
2002
TV Special
Herself - Presenter
The Job
2002
TV Series
Herself
The Making and Meaning of 'We Are Family'
2002
Documentary
Herself
Breaking the Silence: The Making of 'Hannibal'
2001
Video documentary
Herself
The 55th Annual Tony Awards
2001
TV Special
Herself - Presenter
HBO First Look
2001
TV Series documentary short
Herself
Making the Video
2000
TV Series documentary
Herself
Sonic Cinema
2000
TV Series
Herself
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
1997-1999
TV Series
Herself - Guest
1998 Blockbuster Entertainment Awards
1998
TV Special
Herself
4th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards
1998
TV Special
Herself
Hollywood Salutes Arnold Schwarzenegger: An American Cinematheque Tribute
1998
TV Special
Herself
Late Show with David Letterman
1995-1996
TV Series
Herself - Guest / Herself
The Making of 'Showgirls'
1995
TV Short documentary
Herself
Archive Footage
Title
Year
Status
Character
Tellement Gay! Homosexualité et pop culture
2015
TV Mini-Series documentary
Cristal Connors
Lennon or McCartney
2014
Documentary short
Herself
American Masters
2013
TV Series documentary
Herself
Best of CMT Music Awards
2009
TV Special
Herself
The O'Reilly Factor
2008
TV Series
Herself
VH1 News Presents: Hollywood Secrets Revealed - Scenes They Don't Want You to See
2006
TV Short
Herself
Won Awards
Year
Award
Ceremony
Nomination
Movie
2012
TFCA Award
Toronto Film Critics Association Awards
Best Supporting Actress
Killer Joe (2011)
Nominated Awards
Year
Award
Ceremony
Nomination
Movie
2014
Prism Award
Prism Awards
Performance in a TV Movie or Miniseries
House of Versace (2013)
2013
ICS Award
International Cinephile Society Awards
Best Supporting Actress
Killer Joe (2011)
2013
NCFCA Award
North Carolina Film Critics Association
Best Supporting Actress
Killer Joe (2011)
2013
Saturn Award
Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films, USA
Best Supporting Actress
Killer Joe (2011)
1997
MTV Movie Award
MTV Movie Awards
Best Kiss
Bound (1996)
1997
Saturn Award
Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films, USA