Category:
Richest CelebritiesActors
Net Worth:
$8 Million
Birthdate:
Jun 10, 1962 (62 years old)
Birthplace:
Los Angeles
Gender:
Female
Height:
5 ft 6 in (1.68 m)
Profession:
Actor, Singer, Author, Television producer, Voice Actor
Nationality:
United States of America
  1. What Is Gina Gershon's Net Worth?
  2. Early Life
  3. Career
  4. Personal Life
  5. Awards And Nominations

What Is Gina Gershon's Net Worth?

Gina Gershon is an American actress, producer, model, and author who has a net worth of $8 million. Gershon has more than 140 acting credits to her name, including the films "Showgirls" (1995), "Bound" (1996), "Face/Off" (1997), "Killer Joe" (2011), and "Blockers" (2018), the TV movie "House of Versace" (2013), and the television series "Snoops" (1999–2000), "Tripping the Rift" (2004), "Rescue Me" (2007–2009), "How to Make It in America" (2011), "Cleaners" (2013–2014), "Red Oaks" (2015–2016), and "Riverdale" (2018–2019). Gina starred in and produced the 2003 film "Prey for Rock & Roll" and the 2004 TV series documentary "Rocked with Gina Gershon," and she wrote and directed the "Shell Game" segment in the 2021 film "With/In: Volume 2." She has also performed on Broadway, appearing in productions of "Cabaret" (1998), "Boeing-Boeing"  (2008), and "Bye Bye Birdie" (2009).

Early Life

Gina Gershon was born Gina L. Gershon on June 10, 1962, in Los Angeles, California. She grew up in a Jewish household in the San Fernando Valley with mother Mickey, father Stan, older brother Dann, and older sister Tracy. Gina and Dann co-wrote the 2007 children's book "Camp Creepy Time: The Adventures of Einstein P. Fleet," and Tracy was a judge on the USA Network series "Nashville Star." Gershon's father worked in the import-export business, and her mother was an interior decorator. Gina attended Collier Street Elementary School, Woodland Hills Academy, and Beverly Hills High School, and she began acting when she was 14 years old. After graduating in 1980, Gershon enrolled at Emerson College in Boston, then she transferred to New York University, where she earned a BFA in drama in 1983.

Career

Gina studied with David Mamet, Harold Guskin, and Sandra Seacat at New York's Circle in the Square Professional Theater School, and her first professional acting jobs were theatrical productions of "The Substance of Fire" and "Camille." She co-founded the NYC theatre company Naked Angels in 1986, and on Broadway, she has played Sally Bowles in "Cabaret" and Rosie Alvarez in "Bye Bye Birdie." Gershon made her film debut as a dancer (uncredited) in 1981's "Beatlemania," and in 1984, she appeared in The Cars' music video for "Hello Again." In 1986, she had a small role in "Pretty in Pink," then she guest-starred on "The Twilight Zone" (1987) and "The Days and Nights of Molly Dodd" (1989) and appeared in the films "Sweet Revenge" (1987), "Red Heat" (1988), "Cocktail" (1988), and "Suffering Bastards" (1989). In 1990, she starred in the horror film "Voodoo Dawn," then she co-starred with Steven Seagal in 1991's "Out for Justice" and portrayed Nancy Barbato Sinatra in the 1992 miniseries "Sinatra." Gina guest-starred on "Melrose Place" (1993), "The Untouchables" (1994), and "Ellen" (1997), and from 1999 to 2000, she played the lead role of Glenn Hall on the ABC series "Snoops." She appeared in "The Player" (1992) and "Joey Breaker" (1993), and in 1995, she starred as Cristal Connors in "Showgirls." In 1996, Gershon co-starred with Jennifer Tilly in the crime thriller "Bound," which won a GLAAD Media Award for Outstanding Film (Wide Release) and earned Gina Saturn Award and MTV Movie Award nominations.

In 1997, Gershon co-starred with John Travolta and Nicolas Cage in "Face/Off," which grossed $245.7 million at the box office, and she starred in "Touch" alongside Bridget Fonda, Christopher Walken, and Skeet Ulrich. She appeared in the films "Palmetto" (1998), "I'm Losing You" (1998), "Guinevere" (1999), and "The Insider" (1999), and she guest-starred on "Just Shoot Me!" (2002–2003), "The Practice" (2004), "Curb Your Enthusiasm" (2004; 2007), "Crossing Jordan" (2005), "Ugly Betty" (2006–2007), and "Psych" (2007). In 2004, Gina voiced Six on the Sci Fi Channel series "Tripping the Rift," and from 2004 to 2007, she voiced Catwoman / Selina Kyle on "The Batman." In the early 2000s, she starred in the films "Driven" (2001), "Demonlover" (2002), "Borderline" (2002), and "Out of Season" (2004), and in 2007, she co-starred with Hilary Swank and Gerard Butler in "P.S. I Love You," which brought in $156.8 million at the box office. From 2007 to 2009, Gershon had a recurring role as Valerie, a love interest of Denis Leary's Tommy Gavin, on the FX series "Rescue Me," and in 2011, she played Nancy Frankenburg in seven episodes of HBO's "How to Make It in America." That year, she also co-starred with Matthew McConaughey in "Killer Joe," which earned her an award from the Toronto Film Critics Association.

In 2013, Gina portrayed Donatella Versace in the TV movie "House of Versace," and from 2013 to 2014, she starred as Mother on the Crackle series "Cleaners." She appeared in the films "Dealin' with Idiots" (2013), "The Lookalike" (2014), "Staten Island Summer" (2015), "Permission" (2017), "Inconceivable" (2017), and "9/11" (2017), and she guest-starred on "Elementary" (2014), "Community" (2014), "Glee" (2015), "Z Nation" (2015), "Empire" (2017), and "Brooklyn Nine-Nine" (2017). From 2015 to 2016, Gershon played Fay Getty on the Amazon Prime Video series "Red Oaks," and from 2018 to 2019, she had a recurring role on The CW's "Riverdale" as Gladys Jones, the mother of Jughead Jones and ex-wife of F.P. Jones, who was played by her "Touch" co-star Skeet Ulrich. In 2018, she co-starred with Leslie Mann, Ike Barinholtz, and John Cena in the comedy "Blockers," and from 2019 to 2020, she played Jeanie Bloom on the NBC medical drama "New Amsterdam." In recent years, Gina has appeared in the films "The Mimic" (2020), "Cagefighter: Worlds Collide" (2020), and "People in Landscape" (2020), and she starred in the Woody Allen-directed comedy "Rifkin's Festival" (2020).

Gina Gershon

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Personal Life

Gina dated Bobby Dekeyser from 2012 to 2016. Dekeyser is a former football goalkeeper who founded the outdoor furniture manufacturer DEDON and the luxury resort DEDON ISLAND. In 2012, Gershon published the book "In Search of Cleo: How I Found My Pussy and Lost My Mind," which "follows Gina's desperation and despair when her assistant loses her beloved cat, Cleo." A portion of the book's proceeds were donated to animal charities, such as Green Chimneys, North Shore Animal League, and Pets Alive Animal Sanctuary.

Awards and Nominations

In 2012, Gershon was named Best Supporting Actress for "Killer Joe" at the Toronto Film Critics Association Awards, and in 2020, she shared an AltFF Alternative Film Festival award for Best Cast with her "People in Landscape" co-stars. She received Saturn Award nominations (from the Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films) for Best Actress for "Bound" (1997) and Best Supporting Actress for "Killer Joe" (2013), and in 1997, she shared an MTV Movie Award nomination for Best Kiss with her "Bound" co-star Jennifer Tilly. She also earned a 20/20 Award nomination for "Bound" and an International Cinephile Society Award nomination and a North Carolina Film Critics Association Award nomination for "Killer Joe." In 2014, Gershon received a Prism Award nomination for Performance in a TV Movie or Miniseries for "House of Versace."

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