Bijou Philips - Biography

Last Editor: myonlymor				Bijou Philips Biography -   Name : Bijou Philips Birth Date : 1 April 1980 Birth Place : Greenwich, Connecticut, USA Birth Name : Bijou Lilly Phillips Height : 5' 4 Nationality : American Profession : Model, Singer

Bijou Philips Trivia -

Half sister of Chynna Phillips, Mackenzie Phillips and Jeffrey Phillips. Sister of Tamerlane Phillips. Aunt of 'Jameson Leon Baldwin' & 'Shane Fontayne Jr.' An animal lover, Bijou owns two dogs and a horse. One is a white male Pekinese named Mama's Flea Angel Eyes (called Flea), which she got in 1996. The other is a black female Pek-a-Poo (a Pekinese/Poodle mix) named Sweet Pea (called Pea), which she got in early 2000 after convincing a journalist who was interviewing her to buy the puppy for her. Her horse is named Finnegan. Has two tattoos: a frog on her ankle and the word 'Daddy' in flowery script on the upper part of one buttock. Named after the song 'My Petite Bijou' by Lambert, Hendricks and Ross. 'Bijou' means 'jewel' in French. Champion equestrienne as a child. On the cover of 'Interview' magazine when she was 13, and shortly thereafter became the youngest model to ever appear on the cover of Vogue (she was on the Italian edition). The title of her album 'I'd Rather Eat Glass' is a reference to what she's rather do than go back to modeling. Half-sister-in-law of William Baldwin. Dated Sean Lennon. [2000-February 2004] Her godfather was Andy Warhol. Is a big fan of Rickie Lee Jones, Led Zeppelin, Janis Joplin, Ella Fitzgerald, Billie Holiday and Motown. Close friends with Nicky Hilton and Paris Hilton.

Bijou Philips Detailed Biography -

Born in Greenwich, CT, in 1980, to Mamas & Papas founder John Phillips and actress Genevieve Waite, multi-talented Bijou Phillips spent her childhood in New York, California and South Africa. She excelled at equestrienne sport but spent little time in formal schooling. When she was 13, she became a model to escape boarding school, which she hated. Phillips went out on her own in New York City and although she initially resisted the lure of its cocaine-fueled nightlife soon began to experiment with drugs. Bijou appeared in several campaigns for Calvin Klein. She became an infamous party girl in New York from the ages of 14 to 16, then quit modeling because she thought it was creepy and exploitive. A few short months later recovering from her accelerated youth Phillips began to turn life around by focusing on her music and film career. She acquired a record deal with Alamo Sounds at 17 and began work on her debut album 'I'd Rather Eat Glass'. She was cast in 'Black and White' by director James Toback after being introduced to her by Leonardo DiCaprio, with whom she is friends. Bijou has said that she enjoys acting but that she doesn't really consider herself an actress. Bijou has continued to make films since then.