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Submitted by: Soni, (23 Apr 2000)
Birthdate: November 18, 1974
Birthplace: Darien, CT
Occupations: Actor, Model
"I'll never be a star in America...It's fine. I don't want to
be...Not in that way. In a Sissy Spacek way. In a Shelley Duvall way. In
a Sandy Dennis way. That's how I'd like to be a star. But movies aren't
as good now as they were in the '70s."Time Out New York, May 7-14,
1998
Claim to Fame: Gentle portrayal of Jennie, a young teenager who learns she is HIV positive in Kids (1995)
Significant Other(s): Harmony Korine, screenwriter, director; have on-again, off-again relationship Jarvis Cocker, musician; frontman for band Pulp; dated
1998-99. Shortly dated Justin Pierce, her costar in Kids.
Family:
Father: died February 1996
Brother: born 1972
Awards:
1999: Los Angeles Film Critics Association: Best Supporting Actress,
Boys Don't Cry
1999: Boston Society of Film Critics: Best Supporting Actress, Boys
Don't Cry 1999: National Society of Film Critics: Best Supporting
Actress, Boys Don't Cry
1999: Golden Satellite: Best Supporting Actress (Drama), Boys Don't Cry
Factoids:
Worked as an intern at Sassy magazine (1993). Moved to Brooklyn at age 18 Appeared in music videos for Sonic Youth's "Sugar Cane" and the Lemonheads' "Big Gay Heart"
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