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- Birth nameGina Consolo
- Height5′ 3″ (1.60 m)
- Gina Philips, born Gina Dawn Consolo, is a native Floridian. She has one sibling, Bobby Consolo, and was raised in Miami by her parents, Fredi and Robert. None of them have been involved in the entertainment industry. She dropped out the University of Pennsylvania one class shy of earning her degree to take up acting as a full-time career.
After starting in guest roles on television, and eventually moving into independent and made-for-tv movies, Philips eventually established recurring roles on David E. Kelley's Ally McBeal (1997) and Boston Public (2000) She has also ventured into the mainstream horror genre as the lead in Victor Salva's Jeepers Creepers (2001). Playing the role of Trish brought a lot of attention and exposure to the doe-eyed beauty's ability to play strong, sometimes sarcastic, female leads, but she declined to reprise her role in the sequel. Philips continued to split her time between television and film. She has now segued into producing as well. She was in Love and Debate (2006) alongside Sean Astin, which she both produced and starred in.- IMDb Mini Biography By: Larry-115
- SpouseLee Nelson(October 24, 2009 - present) (1 child)
- ParentsRobert ConsoloFredi Consolo
- Gender / Gender identityFemale
- Dropped out of the University of Pennsylvania half way through her senior year (only one class away from her degree) in order to pursue acting. They allowed her to walk through graduation with the rest of her graduating class since she was only one class shy.
- Sister-in-Law to WPLG Local 10 Miami reporter Jacey Birch.
- Philips is of Italian (father) and Ashkenazi Jewish (mother) descent.
- She and husband, producer Lee Nelson, have one child.
- In 2001, Philips was cast as a lead in the 2001 horror film Jeepers Creepers.
- It's up to each person's parents whether they think it's too frightening or too violent, how much their kids can handle, what they want to teach them, what they want to show them.
- I think suspense is a big thing.
- I'm a horror movie fanatic.
- Number one is that it just scares people! Your hair is standing up on your arms, or at least that there's a few moments when you're jumping. That's what makes it a good horror movie.
- All these horror movies are slasher film now. I like them, they're fun, but they wink at the audience and you're really not terrified through the movie.
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