Cynthia Gibb
Born: 1963-12-14 in Bennington, Vermont, USA
Known For: Acting
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Cynthia Gibb (born December 14, 1963 in Bennington, Vermont, U.S.) is an American actress and former model who has starred in film and on television. Gibb grew up in Westport, Connecticut and got her big break at the age of 14 when she was discovered by the Eileen Ford Agency in New York City. She was on the cover of Vogue and Young Miss. Fate then intervened, as director Woody Allen saw her in one of those magazines and gave her her first film role in his 1980 movie Stardust Memories. In the 1986 war film, Salvador, directed by Oliver Stone and starring James Woods, she portrayed an American nun in El Salvador who was raped and murdered. Gibb's best known TV role was on the soap opera Search for Tomorrow as Susan "Suzi" Martin Wyatt Carter from 1981-1983. She was also a regular for three seasons on the original Fame TV show and appeared in the first three Diagnosis: Murder movies in 1992 as Dr. Amanda Bentley. In the TV adaptation of Gypsy she starred as the adult Rose Louise/Gypsy Rose Lee, opposite Bette Midler as Mama Rose. She later starred in the 1995 short lived TV series Deadly Games. She has also played in many TV movies, including the role of Karen Carpenter in The Karen Carpenter Story (1989). She has three children Description above from the Wikipedia article Cynthia Gibb, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia
Filmography
2023
- Karen Carpenter: Starving for Perfection as Self
- Lux Freer ... (Director)
2020
- Ivy & Mistletoe as Mary Anderson
- Christmas on the Menu as Shannon Byrde
2017
- Sharing Christmas as Helen
- Stalker's Prey as Sandy Wilcox
2016
- Broadcasting Christmas as Patrice Montgomery
- Caged No More as Lottie
2015
- Christmas Land as Elaine Richardson
2013
- The Cheating Pact as Brenda Marshall
- Before I Sleep as Caroline
2011
- My Dog's Christmas Miracle as Madeline
2010
- A Nanny for Christmas as Samantha Ryland
2009
- Accused at 17 as Jacqui Madler
- Beautiful Loser as Bonnie (adult)
2008
- Fall of Hyperion as Jenni Hansen
2007
- A Family Lost as Valerie Williamson
- An Accidental Christmas as Vicky
- Demons from Her Past as Marilyn Baxter
- Christie's Revenge as Miranda Colton
2005
- Criminal Minds as Kathy Gray
2003
- A Crime of Passion as Frederica Dumay
2002
- Without a Trace as Tracie Duncan
- Full Frontal as Pregnant Woman
- Mary Christmas as Mary Malone
2001
- The Division as Donna Packard
- The Wandering Soul Murders as Jill Dempsey
- A Colder Kind of Death as Jill Dempsey
2000
- This Is How the World Ends as Nicole Van Dyke
1999
- Law & Order: Special Victims Unit as Karen Campbell
- Judging Amy as Irene Kraft
1998
- Earthquake in New York as Laura Rykker
1997
- Volcano: Fire on the Mountain as Kelly Adams
- High Stakes as Annie Fitzgerald
- Love-Struck as Emily Vale
1996
- Superman: The Animated Series as Trish Mills (voice)
- 7th Heaven as Betsy
- Holiday Affair as Jodie Ennis
1995
- Deadly Games as Lauren Ashborne
1994
- Fatal Vows: The Alexandra O'Hara Story as Alexandra O'Hara
- Madman of the People as Meg Buckner
- Sin and Redemption as Billie Simms
- Sin & Redemption as Billie Simms
1993
- Gypsy as Louise Hovick / Gypsy Rose Lee
- The Woman Who Loved Elvis as Emily Shaw
- Diagnosis Murder: A Twist of the Knife as Dr. Amanda Bentley
1992
- Drive Like Lightning as Ginger McDaniel
- Diagnosis Murder: Diagnosis of Murder as Amanda Bentley
- Diagnosis Murder: The House on Sycamore Street as Dr. Amanda Bentley
1990
- Death Warrant as Amanda Beckett
1989
- Tales from the Crypt as Lorelei Phelps
- The Karen Carpenter Story as Karen Carpenter
- When We Were Young as Ellen Reese
1988
- Short Circuit 2 as Sandy Banatoni
- Jack's Back as Christina "Chris" Moscari
1987
- Malone as Jo Barlow
1986
- Youngblood as Jessie Chadwick
- Salvador as Cathy Moore
- Modern Girls as CeCe
1982
- Fame as Holly Laird
1980
- Stardust Memories as Young Girl Fan