Biography
Gina L. Gershon (born June 10, 1962) is an American film, television and stage actress, singer and author. She is known for her roles in the films Cocktail (1988), Showgirls (1995), Bound (1996), Face/Off (1997), The Insider (1999), Demonlover (2002), P.S. I Love You (2007), Five Minarets in New York (2010), Killer Joe (2011) and House of Versace (2013). She has also had supporting roles in FX's Rescue Me and HBO's How to Make It in America.
Known For
Complete Filmography

Fior Di Latte
2025
In this offbeat and surreal comedy, frustrated playwright Mark becomes addicted to huffing perfume to conjure memories from a previous Italian summer ...

High Rollers
2025
as Amelia Decker
A master thief must pull off a dangerous casino heist when his nemesis kidnaps his lover. Caught between rival criminals and FBI pursuit, he risks all...

The Trainer
2024
as Roberta "Bob" Campbell
Jack Flex, a penniless, muscle-bound "creative genius" who maniacally pursues his dream of appearing on his mother's favorite home shopping channel to...

Tapawingo
2024
as Dot
An oddball becomes the bodyguard for a misfit teenager and finds himself in the crosshairs of the town's family of bullies.

Borderlands
2024
as Moxxi
Returning to her home planet, an infamous bounty hunter forms an unexpected alliance with a team of unlikely heroes. Together, they battle monsters an...

Thanksgiving
2023
as Amanda Collins
After a Black Friday riot ends in tragedy, a mysterious Thanksgiving-inspired killer terrorizes Plymouth, Massachusetts - the birthplace of the holida...

12 Desperate Hours
2023
Director
It centers on Val who finds herself and her young children held hostage by Denny when he forces his way into her house after committing murder that da...

Emily the Criminal
2022
as Alice
Desperate for income, Emily takes a shady gig buying goods with stolen credit cards supplied by a charismatic middleman named Youcef. Seduced by the q...

With/In Volume 2
2022
An anthology film that centres around relationships, love and family. A man misses his flight and instead finds love in quarantine, a lonely therapist...

With/In Volume 2
2021
as (segment "Shell Game")
Giving creatives the chance to step outside the box while being confined to their own homes, the filmmakers behind With/In range from seasoned directo...

With/In Volume 2
2021
Director, Screenplay
Giving creatives the chance to step outside the box while being confined to their own homes, the filmmakers behind With/In range from seasoned directo...

The Mimic
2021
as The Woman at the Bar
Based on a true story, ‘the Narrator’ is befriended by his young new neighbor, after he joins the local newspaper team. Obsessed with the idea that ‘t...

Rifkin’s Festival
2020
as Sue
The story of a married American couple who go to the San Sebastian Film Festival. They get caught up in the magic of the festival, the beauty and char...

People in Landscape
2020
as Alex's Mother
A divorce brings about the end of the world for Sandra.

Time Warp Vol. 3: Comedy and Camp
2020
as Self
The final volume of Time Warp digs deep into what makes us laugh over and over again as we reveal the greatest cult comedies and campy classics of all...

Time Warp Vol. 2: Horror and Sci-Fi
2020
as Self
The greatest cult horror and science fiction films of all-time are studied in vivid detail in the second volume of Time Warp. Includes groundbreaking ...

Cagefighter: Worlds Collide
2020
as Max Black
Reiss is the greatest champion to ever fight in a LEGENDS cage. But when promoter Max Black pits him against wrestling superstar Randy Stone, Reiss fi...

Red Shoes and the Seven Dwarfs
2019
as Regina (voice)
Princes who have been turned into Dwarfs seek the red shoes of a lady in order to break the spell, although it will not be easy.

You Don't Nomi
2019
as Herself (archive footage)
Released in 1995, Paul Verhoeven's Showgirls was met by critics and audiences with near universal derision. You Don't Nomi traces the film's redemptiv...

Friedkin Uncut
2018
as Self
An introspective insight into the life and artistic journey of William Friedkin, an extraordinary and offbeat director of cult films such as The Frenc...

After Everything
2018
as Tracy
When Elliot, a brash 23-year-old living carefree in New York City, meets the sensible Mia and receives a damning diagnosis all in the same week, his w...

American Dresser
2018
as Sandra
When a recent widower consumed with regret seeks absolution in riding his motorcycle cross-country to confront the mistakes of his past, he unexpected...

The Little Mermaid
2018
as Peggy Gene
A young reporter and his niece discover a beautiful and enchanting creature they believe to be the real little mermaid.

Blockers
2018
as Cathy
When three parents discover that each of their daughters have a pact to lose their virginity at prom, they launch a covert one-night operation to stop...

Permission
2018
as Lydia
Anna and Will, were each other’s first every-things: first kiss, first love, first and only relationship. Now, 10 years in, at Anna’s 30th birthday pa...

9/11
2017
as Eve
Five random strangers find themselves trapped in an elevator in the World Trade Center's North Tower on 9/11. They work together, never giving up hope...

Inconceivable
2017
as Angela
A mother looks to escape her abusive past by moving to a new town where she befriends another mother, who grows suspicious of her.

Lost Cat Corona
2017
as Connie
A play-it-safe guy must search for his wife's missing cat, bringing him face-to-face with the colorful, wacky, and sometimes, the more dangerous eleme...

Bad Kids of Crestview Academy
2017
as Senator Wilkes
It's four years later, and a new group of students has been placed in Saturday detention at the infamous and prestigious Crestview Academy. When Sioux...

My Dead Boyfriend
2016
as Helene
Mary’s life has been defined by a string of temp jobs and a half-hearted attempt to become a writer. But all that changes when she comes home to find...

Palacetor
2016
as The Clairvoyant
Gary Graham assembles an inspiring cast of seven leading ladies—including Parker Posey, Kara Walker, and Sunrise Ruffalo—to bring his Fall ‘16 collect...

Staten Island Summer
2015
as Ms Greeley
Pals Danny and Frank spend the summer after high school working as lifeguards while figuring out their future.

Me
2014
as Gina Gershon
A down and out actress secretly sells a reality show about her friend, a delusional eccentric, a once famous creator of reality shows, who now believe...

The Scribbler
2014
as Cleo
Suki is a young woman confronting her destructive mental illness using "The Siamese Burn," an experimental machine designed to eliminate multiple pers...
Femme Fatales with Gina Gershon and Jennifer Tilly
2014
as Self
Retrospective interview with Gina Gershon and Jennifer Tilly included with the 2014 Blu-ray by Arrow Video.
Femme Fatales with Gina Gershon and Jennifer Tilly
2014
Thanks
Retrospective interview with Gina Gershon and Jennifer Tilly included with the 2014 Blu-ray by Arrow Video.

The Lookalike
2014
as Lee Garner
Two crooks looking out for a drug lord's love interest scramble to find a look-alike after she dies unexpectedly.

Mall
2014
as Donna
Malcom's done with his life. Only the noise of Crystal Meth gives him a reason to keep going - everything else it has long regardless. Equipped with a...

House of Versace
2013
as Donatella Versace
A chronicle of Donatella Versace's triumph over tragedy by carrying on her brother's powerful legacy after his 1997 murder.

Hunt for the Labyrinth Killer
2013
as Karen Donovan
Young, ace assistant DA, Shelby Cook, works with driven cop, Mike Holland, to catch Daedalus, a serial killer infamous for luring his victims to their...

Dealin' with Idiots
2013
as Sophie
Faced with the absurd competitiveness surrounding his son's youth league baseball team, Max Morris, a famous comedian, decides to get to know the colo...

Killer Joe
2012
as Sharla Smith
A cop who moonlights as a hit man agrees to kill the hated mother of a desperate drug dealer in exchange for a tumble with the young man's virginal si...

LOL
2012
as Kathy
In a world connected by YouTube, iTunes, and Facebook, Lola and her friends navigate the peer pressures of high school romance and friendship while do...

Breathless
2012
as Lorna
Lorna is a strong-willed Texas woman who’s had enough of her untrustworthy husband, Dale’s, criminal acts and lack of husbandry. Fed up, she enlists t...

Across the Line: The Exodus of Charlie Wright
2010
as Mariel Garza
The story centers on Charlie, a Los Angeles billionaire financial whiz who goes into self-imposed exile in Tijuana after his empire is revealed to hav...

Love Ranch
2010
as Irene
Story of a couple that starts the first legal brothel in Nevada and a boxer they own a piece of.

Five Minarets in New York
2010
as Maria
Two Turkish anti-terrorist agents are sent to New York City on a mission to find and bring back the dangerous Islamic leader codenamed "Dajjal", belie...

The Goods: Live Hard, Sell Hard
2009
as (uncredited)
Don Ready is many things, but he is best-known as an extraordinary salesman. When a car dealership in Temecula teeters on the brink of bankruptcy, he ...

Beer for My Horses
2008
as Cammie
"Beer for My Horses" tells the story of two best friends that work together as deputies in a small town. The two defy the Sheriff and head off on an o...

Just Business
2008
as Marty Jameson
Elizar Perla is a recently retired cat burglar who has succumbed to the temptation of one final score. The target is David Gray, famous for his collec...

P.S. I Love You
2007
as Sharon
A young widow discovers that her late husband has left her 10 messages intended to help ease her pain and start a new life.

The Light and the Dark: The Making of 'Face/Off'
2007
as Self
A five-part documentary with interviews from the director, cast and crew, and some behind-scenes footage.

Delirious
2007
as Dana
Les, a small-time celebrity photographer desperate to make it big, befriends Toby, a homeless young man with no direction except a vague desire to bec...

What Love Is
2007
as Rachel
It's Valentine's Day and Tom has big plans. He's about to get engaged and has a surprise party planned to share the good news with friends. But things...

Kettle of Fish
2006
as Ginger
A lifelong bachelor confronts his intimacy issues when he sublets his apartment to a fetching biologist. His heartsick fish and his wise best buddy ar...

Man About Town
2006
as Arlene Kreiner
A top Hollywood talent agent finds his cushy existence threatened when he discovers that his wife is cheating on him and that his journal has been swi...

I Want Someone to Eat Cheese With
2006
as Self as Marty's Mother
Life has its downs for James, living with his mom in Chicago at 39, an aging performer at Second City, eating and weighing too much. A woman he's been...

Dreamland
2006
as Mary
A young woman who lives in a desert trailer park must choose between caring for her hapless father and sick friend or fulfilling her own destiny.

Category 7: The End of the World
2005
as FEMA Director Judith Carr
It's tornadoes, hurricanes, electrical storms, and mass destruction as the effects of global warming brew into a super storm that threatens to rend th...

One Last Thing...
2005
as Arlene
Sixteen-year-old Dylan is dying of cancer. When a charitable organization offers to grant Dylan his final wish, the teen has a surprising request: to ...

Out of Season
2004
as Eileen Phillips
When a young drifter is forced to stay the winter in a small seaside town, he inadvertently becomes the catalyst for deceit, double crossings and murd...

Three Way
2004
as Florence DeCroix Hagen
Lew is a small time loser with a troubled past and a very big secret. Overhearing a couple plan a kidnapping, Lew is tempted to come up with a scheme ...

Prey for Rock & Roll
2003
as Jacki
In late 1980s Los Angeles, Jacki and her all-girl punk rock band, Clam Dandy, are trying to make it big. On the verge of turning 40, Jacki decides tha...

Prey for Rock & Roll
2003
Producer
In late 1980s Los Angeles, Jacki and her all-girl punk rock band, Clam Dandy, are trying to make it big. On the verge of turning 40, Jacki decides tha...

Making of 'Demonlover'
2003
as Self
Twenty years after David Cronenberg prophesied the dark side of the Internet age in Videodrome, acclaimed French filmmaker Olivier Assayas updated it ...

Totally Gay!
2003
as Self
Totally Gay! is a 2003 television special on VH1 that discusses gay pop culture in the United States. The content of the show includes the hottest sit...

Comedy Central Roast of Denis Leary
2003
as Self
Caustic comic Denis Leary gets a taste of his own medicine when Comedy Central hosts a celebrity roast in his honor, emceed by Jeff Garlin. Dishing ou...

Borderline
2002
as Dr. Lila Coletti
Psychiatrist Dr. Lila Colleti is divorcing her husband and is devastated when he wins custody of their two little girls, whom he gets largely because ...

Demonlover
2002
as Elaine Si Gibril
A French corporation goes head-to-head with an American web media company for the rights to a 3-D manga pornography studio, resulting in a power strug...

Slackers
2002
as Girl at Trendy Club
Dave, Sam and Jeff are about to graduate from Holden University with honors in lying, cheating and scheming. The three roommates have proudly scammed ...

The Making and Meaning of 'We Are Family'
2002
as Self
Featuring inverviews from: Afrika Bambaataa, Ashford & Simpson, Jackson Browne, Kim Burell, Taylor Dayne, Carmen Electra, Faith Evans, Roberta Flack, ...

Picture Claire
2001
as Lily Warden
Quebec native Claire Beaucage has a one-night stand with a photographer of some renown. Despite the language barrier between them, he invites her to v...

Driven
2001
as Cathy Heguy
Talented rookie race-car driver Jimmy Bly has started losing his focus and begins to slip in the race rankings. It's no wonder, with the immense press...

Black & White
1999
as Nora 'Hugs' Hugosian
Chris O'Brien, devote Catholic and rookie cop with LAPD, is assigned to partner with the hard-edged, street-smart Nora Hugosian. A serial killer is lo...

The Insider
1999
as Helen Caperelli
A research chemist comes under personal and professional attack when he decides to appear in a 60 Minutes exposé on Big Tobacco.

Guinevere
1999
as Billie
A young girl from an affluent family rebels and becomes involved with a much older photographer.

One Tough Cop
1998
as Joey O'Hara
A detective tries to remain loyal to his partner, and his best friend - a mobster.

Legalese
1998
as Angela Beale
When an actress is charged with murder, a charming celebrity lawyer uses trickery to defend her against the press as well as the prosecution.

I'm Losing You
1998
as Lidia
Based on Bruce Wagner's best selling novel, "I'm Losing You" is the gripping tale of a wealthy Los Angeles family and their journey from profound loss...

Lulu on the Bridge
1998
as Hannah
This film is about a famous jazz saxophonist, Izzy, whose life is forever changed after he is accidentally shot.

Palmetto
1998
as Nina
After spending two years in prison, framed for accepting a bribe, former newspaper reporter Harry Barber is released, bitter and disillusioned. Feelin...

Prague Duet
1998
as Lauren Graham
Dr. Lauren is staying in Prague for a conference and falls in love with Czech writer Jiri Kolmar.

This World, Then the Fireworks
1997
as Carol Lakewood Morton
In 1950s, two incestuous lovers, a depraved suave journalist and his equally depraved prostitute sister, plan to get rich through seduction and murder...

Face/Off
1997
as Sasha Hassler
In order to foil a terrorist plot, an FBI agent undergoes facial transplant surgery and assumes the identity of a criminal mastermind. The plan turns ...

Touch
1997
as Debra Lusanne
At the discovery of his ability to work miracles, Juvenal becomes a media sensation, but now he's prone to those who want to exploit him.

Bound
1996
as Corky
Corky, a tough female ex-convict working on an apartment renovation in a Chicago building, meets a couple living next door, Caesar, a paranoid mobster...

Showgirls
1995
as Cristal Connors
Fresh to Las Vegas with no connections, Nomi Malone takes a job as an exotic dancer. Her talents are quickly noticed by Cristal, a headlining dancer w...

Best of the Best 3: No Turning Back
1995
as Margo Preston
A martial arts instructor comes to the defense of a schoolteacher who has taken a stand against a local white supremacist organization.

Flinch
1994
as Daphne James
Two live store window mannequins witness a murder late at night.

Love Matters
1993
as Heater
Married couple Tom and Julie begin to question the stability of their relationship when an old friend comes to visit... with his latest mistress in to...

Joey Breaker
1993
as Jenny Chaser
Joey is a player, a hot-shot movie agent in New York. If a deal can be made, he'll make it. If a rising talent can be snapped up, he'll be the first i...

The Player
1992
as Whitney Gersh
A Hollywood studio executive is being sent death threats by a writer whose script he rejected - but which one?

Miss Rose White
1992
as Angie
Two sisters, one a Polish concentration camp survivor, the other safely relocated to America with her father, are reunited in New York in 1947.

City of Hope
1991
as Laurie Rinaldi
This gritty inner-city film follows various people living in a troubled New Jersey setting, most notably Nick Rinaldi, a disillusioned contractor who ...

Out for Justice
1991
as Patti Madano
Gino Felino is an NYPD detective from Brooklyn who knows everyone and everything in his neighborhood. Killing his partner was someone's big mistake......

Voodoo Dawn
1990
as Tina
Group of immigrant Haitian farm workers tries to fight off an evil Haitian voodoo priest who tries to kill them & use their body parts to make up a zo...

Suffering Bastards
1989
as Sharnetta
Two brothers try to get back the nightclub that was swindled from their mother.

Cocktail
1988
as Coral
After being discharged from the Army, Brian Flanagan moves back to Queens and takes a job in a bar run by Doug Coughlin, who teaches Brian the fine ar...

Red Heat
1988
as Cat Manzetti
A tough Russian policeman is forced to partner up with a cocky Chicago police detective when he is sent to Chicago to apprehend a Georgian drug lord w...

Sweet Revenge
1987
as K.C.
Nancy Allen plays an investigative news reporter Jillian Gray, who, along with her daughter is kidnapped by white slave king Cicero, after getting too...

Stark: Mirror Image
1986
as Alison Cromwell
Sequel to the original movie about a hard-boiled Kansas City cop finds him tracking a colleague's killer to Las Vegas.

Pretty in Pink
1986
as Girl Friend/Gym Class - Trombley
Andie is an outcast, hanging out either with her older boss, who owns the record store where she works, or her quirky high school classmate Duckie, wh...

3:15 the Moment of Truth
1986
as Cobrettes
Violent crime is routine. Organized drug trade runs rampant in the face of powerless authority. And a vicious street gang holds dominion with a savage...

Girls Just Want to Have Fun
1985
as Dancer
Janey is new in town, and soon meets Lynne, who shares her passion for dancing in general, and "Dance TV" in particular. When a competition is announc...

The Cars: Heartbeat City
1984
The Cars were on the cutting edge when it came to music videos. And this Heartbeat City video compilation, with songs from three of the band's most s...
Beatlemania
1981
as Dancer
Four guys who look and sound moderately like the Beatles play a plethora of Lennon/McCartney classics, while footage of memorable sixties events flash...

Breed of Greed
N/A
as Susan Wendolyn
The death of a patriarch leads to a scramble for power among his family, leading to some deadly actions.

Goddess: The Fall and Rise of Showgirls
N/A
as Self
A look at the production and enduring popularity of a modern trash classic from those bad boys behind 1992's Basic Instinct, the infamous screenwriter...
The Designer
N/A
Gerry's need for an identity pushes her to join the massive multi-level marketing company, Kismetta, opening her up to a world of chaos that succumbs ...

Breed of Greed
N/A
Producer
The death of a patriarch leads to a scramble for power among his family, leading to some deadly actions.