Once described by The Observer as a "wild child", she experienced a rebellious childhood in New York City, where she used to party, drink and take drugs, such as cocaine, ecstasy, and heroin. Īccording to Waïte, when Phillips was 13 years old, her half-sister Mackenzie informed Bijou of her (Mackenzie's) ten-year incestuous relationship with their father, and the information had a devastating effect on Bijou's teenage years, stripping her of her innocence and leaving her "wary of father." Īt 14, Phillips quit school and moved into her own apartment with a housekeeper, just off Fifth Avenue. Her father won custody when she was in third grade, and she moved with him to Lloyd Harbor, a village of the Town of Huntington, Long Island. She lived there on and off, making extended visits with her parents, who had both acquired houses in the area. 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 is the youngest of Phillips's children she has one brother, Tamerlane, and three half-siblings ( Mackenzie, Jeffrey, and Chynna). She was named for the song "My Petite Bijou" by Lambert, Hendricks & Ross ( bijou means ' jewel' in French). Phillips was born on April 1, 1980, in Greenwich, Connecticut, and is the daughter of John Phillips of The Mamas and the Papas and his third wife, Geneviève Waïte, a South African model, artist, and actress. From 2010 to 2013, she played the recurring role of Lucy Carlyle on the television series Raising Hope. Phillips made her singing debut with I'd Rather Eat Glass (1999), and since her first major film appearance in Black and White (1999), she has acted in Almost Famous (2000), Bully (2001), The Door in the Floor (2004), Hostel: Part II (2007), and Choke (2008). The daughter of musician John Phillips and Geneviève Waïte, she began her career as a model. Bijou Lilly Phillips Masterson (born April 1, 1980) is an American actress, model and singer.
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