Bijou Lilly Phillips (born April 1, 1980) is an
American actress,
fashion model, and
singer. Some of her larger film roles include
Bully,
Havoc,
Hostel: Part II, and
Tart.
Early life
Phillips was born in
Greenwich,
Fairfield County, Connecticut, and is the daughter of
John Phillips of
The Mamas & the Papas and his then-wife
Geneviève Waïte, a
South African model, artist, and actress.
[Bijou Phillips Biography (1980-)] The youngest of John Phillips's children, she has one brother, Tamerlane, and three half-siblings:
Mackenzie, Jeffrey, and
Chynna. After her parents split up, both were found unfit to have custody of Bijou and she was placed in foster care with a family in Bolton Landing, New York. She lived there on and off, doing extended visits with her parents, who had both gotten houses in the area. Her father won custody when she was in third grade and she moved with him to Long Island.
["Driving them wild", Glenn Waldron, guardian.co.uk, March 2 2002.]