Bobbie Phillips
{{short description|American actress}}
{{Use American English|date=July 2020}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=July 2020}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Bobbie Phillips
| image = Bobbie Phillips white dress charity.jpg
| caption = Phillips in 2011
| birth_name =
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1968|1|29}}
| birth_place = Charleston, South Carolina, U.S.
| occupation = Actress
| years_active = 1990–2004, 2014–2019
| spouse = {{marriage|Anthony Filipetto|2000}}
| children = 1
| homepage =
}}
Bobbie Phillips (born January 29, 1968)There are conflicting sources for the year of Phillips' birth. Film Reference, The New York Times and others give 1972 {{cite news |url=https://movies.nytimes.com/person/56546/Bobbie-Phillips/biography|department=Movies & TV Dept.|work=The New York Times|title=Bobbie Phillips – biography|access-date=January 21, 2012}} is an American actress.
Career
Born in Charleston, South Carolina, Phillips moved to Hollywood in 1990 and began working in television soon after. Her first acting job was guest-starring with Halle Berry on the science-fiction Fox comedy They Came from Outer Space. Phillips was also a sought-after fitness and swimsuit model. Canadian bodybuilder and entrepreneur Joe Weider placed her under contract.
She landed her first regular television series for Paramount Pictures alongside Sir Mix-a-Lot in The Watcher. Phillips continued to land roles in television and independent films from comedies to martial arts films; Phillips is a trained martial artist and performed most of her fighting and stunts in these films. On the television series The Crow: Stairway to Heaven (1998), Phillips played the dual role of Talon/Hannah Foster. Phillips was the first female to play the character of The Crow on screen.{{cite web |url=http://www.filmbug.com/db/29691 |title=Bobbie Phillips |website=Filmbug |date=December 4, 2003 |access-date=January 21, 2012}} In between The Crow: Stairway to Heaven filming, Phillips also showed off her martial arts abilities in a series of tele-films for Paramount Pictures.
Paramount Pictures offered Phillips a studio contract after high ratings for Chameleon. It was followed by two sequels: Chameleon II: Death Match and Chameleon 3: Dark Angel.
Phillips appeared on numerous popular television shows such as The Hitchhiker, Stargate SG-1, The X-Files (Winner: Best Guest Actress in a Genre TV Series),{{cite web|url=http://www.eofftv.com/awards/x/x-files_awards.htm|title=The X-Files (1993 - 2002) - Awards @ EOFFTV|work=eofftv.com|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150103190907/http://www.eofftv.com/awards/x/x-files_awards.htm|archive-date=January 3, 2015}} Married... with Children, Two Guys and a Girl and Baywatch.
Phillips won a 22nd People's Choice Awards for "Favorite New TV Dramatic Series" for Murder One.{{cite web|url=http://www.peopleschoice.com/pca/awards/nominees/index.jsp?year=1996|title=People's Choice Awards: Fan Favorites in Movies, Music & TV - PeoplesChoice.com|work=peopleschoice.com}} Phillips received praise from Variety for her role as Julie Costello.{{cite news |last=Lowry |first=Brian |url=https://www.variety.com/review/VE1117910165.html?categoryid=32&cs=1&query=bobbie+phillips#ixzz0wgAJokw6 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130205213501/http://www.variety.com/review/VE1117910165.html?categoryid=32&cs=1&query=bobbie+phillips%23ixzz0wgAJokw6 |url-status=dead |archive-date=February 5, 2013 |title=Variety Reviews – Murder One – TV Reviews – Review by Brian Lowry |website=Variety.com |date=September 17, 1995 |access-date=January 21, 2012 }}
She had a small role in the film Showgirls. She has also starred in several small independent films and has appeared on stage as well. Prior to acting professionally, Phillips starred in several musicals. She performed as a child at the Dock Street Theater in her hometown of Charleston, South Carolina. Phillips and Thomas Gibson later worked together, acting in the television series Dharma & Greg.
Phillips continued to perform in television sitcoms, dramas, and independent feature films up until her early retirement in 2003. Phillips' last film prior to retiring was Last Flight Out, in which she starred as a missionary doctor. Phillips returned to acting in 2014 with several independent feature films released in 2015 and 2016.
Personal life
Phillips is married to Anthony Filipetto, who was her hairstylist on several films and television shows, after meeting on the set of the film Hustle in 1999. Phillips retired and left Hollywood in 2003. Bobbie and her husband travelled to Costa Rica to rescue animals and begin Anthony's surfing career. The couple travelled extensively between Canada, Fiji, Australia and Mexico before Bobbie moved to Anthony's home country of Canada. She appeared on the April 17, 2010 episode of the HGTV home design show Divine Design, where it was disclosed that she had recently moved to her husband Anthony's home country of Canada with their three dogs.{{cite news | url=https://www.thestar.com/life/2010/10/15/lorne_park_gem_oozes_style.html |title=Lorne Park gem oozes style |location=Toronto | work=Toronto Star |first=Allison |last=Harness |date=October 15, 2010 |access-date=July 22, 2020}}
She has one son named Mark from her previous marriage.{{cite web|url=https://www.ew.com/article/1996/12/13/bobbie-phillips-cape|title=Bobbie Phillips on The Cape |first=Bruce |last=Fretts |website=ew.com |date=December 13, 1996}}{{cite news |url=http://www.nydailynews.com/archives/entertainment/role-mom-phillips-choosier-article-1.754676|title=IN HER ROLE AS MOM, PHILLIPS GETS CHOOSIER |work=New York Daily News |first=Richard |last=Huff |date=February 7, 1997 |access-date=July 22, 2020}}
Phillips is involved in animal rescue work around the world. Beginning in 2016, she expanded that role by becoming involved with several elephant rescue organizations. In the same year she visited Sri Lanka and learned about the inner workings of the organization Embark, whose main focus is street dogs in the island nation.{{cite web |title=Bobbie-Phillips-Visits-Embark |url=https://otara.lk/bobbie-phillips-visits-embark/bobbie-phillips-visits-embark/ |website=otara.lk |date=June 16, 2016 |access-date=July 22, 2020}}
In November 2018, The New York Times published an article in which Phillips alleged that Les Moonves sexually assaulted her during the mid-1990s and was attempting to bury the allegations.{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2018/11/28/business/les-moonves-bobbie-phillips-marv-dauer-cbs-severance.html|title='If Bobbie Talks, I'm Finished': How Les Moonves Tried to Silence an Accuser|access-date=November 28, 2018|language=en}}
Filmography
| class="wikitable sortable"
|+Film |
| Year
! Title ! Role ! class="unsortable" | Notes |
|---|
| 1993
| Body of Influence | First Woman | Video |
| 1993
| TC 2000 | Zoey Kinsella / TC 2000 X | |
| 1994
| Animal Instincts II | Waitress | Video |
| 1994
| Helen Lewinsky | |
| 1994
| Buffer Bidwell | |
| 1995
| Guns and Lipstick | Felicia | |
| 1995
| Lion Strike | Kelly | |
| 1995
| Dee | |
| 1996
| Cheyenne | Cheyenne | Bo Svenson, Gary Hudson, M.C. Hammer and Robert Bell co-stars |
| 1998
| Alex Grant | |
| 1999
| Raquel | |
| 2003
| Weed Man | Unknown | |
| 2003
| Evil Breed: The Legend of Samhain | Karen Douglas | |
| 2004
| Last Flight Out | Dr. Anne Williams | |
| 2014
| Doomsday | Mable | Short |
| 2015
| Chasing Valentine | Beth | |
| 2015
| Save Yourself | Elizabeth | |
| 2016
| Renaissance | Dr. Babette Winter | |
| 2016
| The Apostle Peter: Redemption | |
| 2019
| Elizabeth | |
| 2019
| Beast Within | Melanie | |
| class="wikitable sortable"
|+Television |
| Year
! Title ! Role ! class="unsortable" | Notes |
|---|
| 1991
| Mrs. Morley | Episode: "Hair Today, Gone Tomorrow" |
| 1991
| Melinda | Episode: "Love Handles" |
| 1991–1992
| Jill / Kara | "If Al Had a Hammer" |
| 1992
| Matlock | Lisa Loomis | Episode: "The Big Payoff" |
| 1992
| Tessa Shaver | Episode: "Goodtime Charlie" |
| 1992
| Lucy | Episode: "A Better Mousetrap" |
| 1992
| Baywatch | Lifeguard | Episode: "War of Nerves" |
| 1993
| {{sortname|The|Cover Girl Murders|nolink=1}} | Hetty Barnett | TV Movie |
| 1994
| Luscious Lola | Episode: "Luscious Lola" |
| 1994
| Honor Thy Father and Mother: The True Story of the Menendez Murders | Jamie Pisarcik | TV Movie |
| 1994
| Kelly Owen | Episode: "Stowaway" |
| 1994
| Baywatch | Kim | Episode: "Red Wind" |
| 1994
| Rhonda | 1 episode |
| 1995
| Pointman | Brenner | Episode: "Models" |
| 1995
| {{sortname|The|Watcher|The Watcher (1995 TV series)}} | Lori Danforth | 8 episodes |
| 1995–1996
| Julie Costello | 15 episodes |
| 1996
| {{sortname|The|X-Files}} | Dr. Bambi Berenbaum | Episode: "War of the Coprophages" |
| 1996
| Louanne | Episode: "I Never Sang for My Legal Guardian" |
| 1996–1997
| {{sortname|The|Cape|The Cape (1996 TV series)}} | Lieutenant Commander Barbara De Santos | 17 episodes |
| 1997
| Kynthia | Episode: "Brief Candle" |
| 1998
| Dr. Chris Cavanaugh | Episode: "Riley's New Job" |
| 1998
| Kam | TV Movie |
| 1998–2000
| Shawn | 3 episodes, including "Another Moving Script" |
| 1999
| Kam | TV Movie |
| 1999
| {{sortname|The|Magnificent Seven|The Magnificent Seven (TV series)}} | Alice | Episode: "Wagon Train": Parts 1 and 2 |
| 1999
| {{sortname|The|Crow: Stairway to Heaven}} | Hannah Foster / Talon | 2 episodes |
| 1999
| {{sortname|The|Strip|The Strip (US TV series)}} | Lilly Briscoe | Episode: "Winner Takes It All" |
| 2000
| {{Ill|The Hustle (2000 film)|de|3=Die Abzocker – Eine eiskalte Affäre|lt=The Hustle}} | Maya / Corinna | TV Movie |
| 2000
| Kam | TV Movie |
| 2001
| Raven | Episode: "Raven" |
| 2001
| Anna | Episode: "Dream a Little Dream of Her" |
| 2014
| The Good Sister | Mrs. Nelles | TV Movie |
| 2017
| Love Blossoms | Olivia Caine | TV Movie |
References
{{Reflist|30em}}[https://otara.lk/bobbie-phillips-visits-embark/bobbie-phillips-visits-embark/]
External links
- {{IMDb name|id=0004095}}
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Category:Actresses from Charleston, South Carolina
Category:American film actresses
Category:American television actresses