Chynna Phillips
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Chynna Phillips is an American
singer and actress, known for being a member of Wilson Phillips
. She is also known for being the daughter of The Mamas & the Papas
band members John
and Michelle Phillips
and the half-sister of Mackenzie Phillips
, Bijou Phillips
, Jeffrey Phillips (Daughter: Shelley Phillips), Tamerlane Phillips, and Austin Hines.
. Phillips began her career in acting. She appeared in films such as 1987's
Some Kind of Wonderful, 1988
's Caddyshack II
,1988's "Moving Target", 1989's Say Anything and as the title character Roxanne Pulitzer
in the 1989 television
biopic Roxanne: The Prize Pulitzer.
In 1995, she returned to acting appearing as Kim MacAfee in the television movie Bye Bye Birdie. In 2004, she voiced the character of Kitty along with her husband William Baldwin
as Johnny 13 in Danny Phantom
.
Phillips was a contestant on the 13th season of Dancing with the Stars
. Her professional partner is two time finalist Tony Dovolani
. While she seemed to be one of the frontrunners to win, Phillips was unexpectedly eliminated in the fourth week of competition. Despite her early exit, Phillips held a much higher average of scored compared to celebrities who lasted much longer than she did.
with her childhood friends Carnie
and Wendy Wilson
. The group released their self-titled debut album
in 1990. The album would go on to sell eight million copies. The group's second album, Shadows and Light, released in 1992, was a commercial failure despite being certified platinum. After the failure of that project, Phillips left the group, citing exhaustion.
In 1995, Phillips released her debut solo album, Naked and Sacred
, but failed to recapture the success she found with Wilson Phillips.
She became a Christian in 2003. In the October 15, 2007 issue of People magazine, she was said to be writing songs for a Christian album. She appeared in brother-in-law Stephen Baldwin
's documentary Livin It: Unusual Suspects. In 2009, Phillips teamed up with singer/songwriter Vaughan Penn
to form the duo "Chynna and Vaughan". The two released their debut album, "One Reason" on September 22, 2009.
In 2004, Wilson Phillips reunited to record their third album California, which featured cover tunes from West Coast singers from the 1960s and 1970s.
since 1995. The couple have three children: daughter Jameson (born 2000), son Vance (born 2002), and daughter Brooke (born 2004).
In September 2009, Chynna's half-sister Mackenzie Phillips
alleged in her memoirs that she and her father had a "non-consensual" ten-year incest
uous relationship. While both Genevieve Waite
, John's wife at the time, and Michelle Phillips
, John's second wife, told the media that they did not believe her claims, Chynna Phillips stated on the record that she did believe Mackenzie was telling the truth.
Chynna Phillips was treated for anxiety on Feb. 12, 2010. In a statement made on February 27, her manager Lizzie Grubman
said, "After successfully completing her in-patient treatment for anxiety, Chynna Phillips has happily returned home to celebrate her daughter's birthday with her family and close friends." Manager Lizzie Grubman claimed Phillips was "happy to be home with her family. She is in great spirits."
.
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singer and actress, known for being a member of Wilson Phillips
Wilson Phillips
-Studio albums:-Compilation albums:-Singles:-Other charted songs:-Awards and nominations:...
. She is also known for being the daughter of The Mamas & the Papas
The Mamas & the Papas
The Mamas & the Papas were a Canadian/American vocal group of the 1960s . The group recorded and performed from 1965 to 1968 with a short reunion in 1971, releasing five albums and 11 Top 40 hit singles...
band members John
John Phillips (musician)
John Edmund Andrew Phillips , was an American singer, guitarist, songwriter and promoter . Known as Papa John, Phillips was a member and leader of the singing group The Mamas & the Papas...
and Michelle Phillips
Michelle Phillips
Michelle Phillips is an American singer, songwriter, and actress. She gained fame as a member of the 1960s group The Mamas & the Papas, and is the last surviving original member of the group.-Early life:...
and the half-sister of Mackenzie Phillips
Mackenzie Phillips
Mackenzie Phillips is an American actress and singer best known for her roles in American Graffiti and as rebellious teenager Julie Cooper Horvath on the sitcom One Day at a Time...
, Bijou Phillips
Bijou Phillips
Bijou Lilly Phillips is an American actress, model, and singer. Phillips began her career as a model but soon transitioned herself into acting and singing. When she was 13, she started as a model and became one of the youngest people to grace the cover of Interview Magazine and Italian Vogue....
, Jeffrey Phillips (Daughter: Shelley Phillips), Tamerlane Phillips, and Austin Hines.
Early life and film work
Phillips was born Gilliam Chynna Phillips in Los Angeles, CaliforniaLos Angeles, California
Los Angeles , with a population at the 2010 United States Census of 3,792,621, is the most populous city in California, USA and the second most populous in the United States, after New York City. It has an area of , and is located in Southern California...
. Phillips began her career in acting. She appeared in films such as 1987's
1987 in film
-Events:*January 31 - The Cure for Insomnia premieres at The School of the Art Institute in Chicago, Illinois, to officially become the world's longest film according to Guinness World Records....
Some Kind of Wonderful, 1988
1988 in film
-Top grossing films :- Awards :Academy Awards:* Act of Piracy* Action Jackson, starring Carl Weathers, Craig T. Nelson, Vanity, Sharon Stone* The Adventures of Baron Munchausen* Akira* Alice...
's Caddyshack II
Caddyshack II
Caddyshack II is the 1988 sequel to the 1980 golf comedy film Caddyshack. The film stars Jackie Mason, Dan Aykroyd, Robert Stack, Dyan Cannon, Chevy Chase, Jonathan Silverman, and Jessica Lundy.-Plot:...
,1988's "Moving Target", 1989's Say Anything and as the title character Roxanne Pulitzer
Roxanne Pulitzer
Roxanne Pulitzer is a novelist and actress. She attracted media attention in the 1980s during her divorce trial.- Biography:Roxanne Renckens was married to Palm Beach-based newspaper tycoon Herbert Pulitzer Roxanne Pulitzer is a novelist and actress. She attracted media attention in the 1980s...
in the 1989 television
Television
Television is a telecommunication medium for transmitting and receiving moving images that can be monochrome or colored, with accompanying sound...
biopic Roxanne: The Prize Pulitzer.
In 1995, she returned to acting appearing as Kim MacAfee in the television movie Bye Bye Birdie. In 2004, she voiced the character of Kitty along with her husband William Baldwin
William Baldwin
William Joseph "Billy" Baldwin is an American actor, producer, and writer, known for his starring roles in such films as Flatliners , Backdraft , Sliver , Fair Game , Virus , Double Bang , as Johnny 13 in Danny Phantom , Art Heist , The Squid and the Whale , as himself...
as Johnny 13 in Danny Phantom
Danny Phantom
Danny Phantom is an American animated television series created by Butch Hartman for Nickelodeon, produced by Billionfold Studios. The show was about a teenage half-ghost boy, who frequently saves his town and the world from ghost attacks, while attempting to keep his ghost half a secret...
.
Phillips was a contestant on the 13th season of Dancing with the Stars
Dancing with the Stars
Dancing with the Stars is the name of several international television series based on the format of the British TV series Strictly Come Dancing, which is distributed by BBC Worldwide – the commercial arm of the BBC. Currently the format has been licensed to over 35 countries...
. Her professional partner is two time finalist Tony Dovolani
Tony Dovolani
Driton "Tony" Dovolani is an Albanian-American professional ballroom dancer, instructor and judge based in New York City. He is known for his involvement in the American version of Dancing with the Stars on ABC. Dovolani also portrayed a Latin bad boy in the hit film Shall We Dance? and spent time...
. While she seemed to be one of the frontrunners to win, Phillips was unexpectedly eliminated in the fourth week of competition. Despite her early exit, Phillips held a much higher average of scored compared to celebrities who lasted much longer than she did.
Music career
In the late 1980s, Phillips formed the trio Wilson PhillipsWilson Phillips
-Studio albums:-Compilation albums:-Singles:-Other charted songs:-Awards and nominations:...
with her childhood friends Carnie
Carnie Wilson
Carnie Wilson is an American singer and television hostess, perhaps best known as a member of the pop music group Wilson Phillips.-Early life and musical career:...
and Wendy Wilson
Wendy Wilson
Wendy Wilson is an American singer and member of the pop singing trio Wilson Phillips. She is the daughter of Beach Boys founder Brian Wilson and his first wife Marilyn, who was a member of girl group The Honeys; and she is the younger sister of Carnie Wilson.Wilson was born in Los Angeles,...
. The group released their self-titled debut album
Wilson Phillips (album)
Wilson Phillips is the 1990 debut album by Wilson Phillips. The singles, "Hold On", "Release Me" and "You're in Love", all hit number one on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 singles chart, while "Impulsive" reached the top five...
in 1990. The album would go on to sell eight million copies. The group's second album, Shadows and Light, released in 1992, was a commercial failure despite being certified platinum. After the failure of that project, Phillips left the group, citing exhaustion.
In 1995, Phillips released her debut solo album, Naked and Sacred
Naked and Sacred
Naked and Sacred was Chynna Phillips' debut solo album, released three years after her departure from the pop group Wilson Phillips. She was the only member of the group to remain on her label, EMI, after they went on an indefinite break in late 1992. It was released on November 7, 1995 in the U.S...
, but failed to recapture the success she found with Wilson Phillips.
She became a Christian in 2003. In the October 15, 2007 issue of People magazine, she was said to be writing songs for a Christian album. She appeared in brother-in-law Stephen Baldwin
Stephen Baldwin
Stephen Andrew Baldwin is an American actor, director, producer and author. One of the Baldwin brothers, he is known for his roles as William F. Cody in the western show The Young Riders and as Stuart in the movie Threesome...
's documentary Livin It: Unusual Suspects. In 2009, Phillips teamed up with singer/songwriter Vaughan Penn
Vaughan Penn
Vaughan Penn is an American singer/songwriter from North Carolina who has had over 100 major television and film placements featuring 35 different songs on shows such as Grey's Anatomy , Private Practice , Boston Legal , The Hills , Laguna Beach , Wildfire and Jockey's...
to form the duo "Chynna and Vaughan". The two released their debut album, "One Reason" on September 22, 2009.
In 2004, Wilson Phillips reunited to record their third album California, which featured cover tunes from West Coast singers from the 1960s and 1970s.
Personal life
Phillips has been married to actor William BaldwinWilliam Baldwin
William Joseph "Billy" Baldwin is an American actor, producer, and writer, known for his starring roles in such films as Flatliners , Backdraft , Sliver , Fair Game , Virus , Double Bang , as Johnny 13 in Danny Phantom , Art Heist , The Squid and the Whale , as himself...
since 1995. The couple have three children: daughter Jameson (born 2000), son Vance (born 2002), and daughter Brooke (born 2004).
In September 2009, Chynna's half-sister Mackenzie Phillips
Mackenzie Phillips
Mackenzie Phillips is an American actress and singer best known for her roles in American Graffiti and as rebellious teenager Julie Cooper Horvath on the sitcom One Day at a Time...
alleged in her memoirs that she and her father had a "non-consensual" ten-year incest
Incest
Incest is sexual intercourse between close relatives that is usually illegal in the jurisdiction where it takes place and/or is conventionally considered a taboo. The term may apply to sexual activities between: individuals of close "blood relationship"; members of the same household; step...
uous relationship. While both Genevieve Waite
Geneviève Waïte
Genevieve Waite is a South African actress, singer and former model. She married John Phillips on January 31, 1972, and they had two children, Tamerlane Phillips and Bijou Phillips. They divorced in 1985. She later married Norman Buntaine, now separated.-Filmography:* Just a Kiss ......
, John's wife at the time, and Michelle Phillips
Michelle Phillips
Michelle Phillips is an American singer, songwriter, and actress. She gained fame as a member of the 1960s group The Mamas & the Papas, and is the last surviving original member of the group.-Early life:...
, John's second wife, told the media that they did not believe her claims, Chynna Phillips stated on the record that she did believe Mackenzie was telling the truth.
Chynna Phillips was treated for anxiety on Feb. 12, 2010. In a statement made on February 27, her manager Lizzie Grubman
Lizzie Grubman
Elizabeth "Lizzie" Grubman is an American publicist. She is the daughter of entertainment lawyer Allen Grubman and his wife, the late Yvette Grubman.-Career:...
said, "After successfully completing her in-patient treatment for anxiety, Chynna Phillips has happily returned home to celebrate her daughter's birthday with her family and close friends." Manager Lizzie Grubman claimed Phillips was "happy to be home with her family. She is in great spirits."
Filmography
| Film | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Film | Role | Other notes |
| 1975 | Little Boy Blue | ||
| 1987 | Some Kind of Wonderful | Mia | |
| 1988 | The Invisible Kid | Cindy Moore | |
| Caddyshack II Caddyshack II Caddyshack II is the 1988 sequel to the 1980 golf comedy film Caddyshack. The film stars Jackie Mason, Dan Aykroyd, Robert Stack, Dyan Cannon, Chevy Chase, Jonathan Silverman, and Jessica Lundy.-Plot:... |
Mary Frances "Miffy" Young | ||
| 1989 | Say Anything... | Mimi | |
| 2011 | Bridesmaids Bridesmaids (2011 film) Bridesmaids is a 2011 American romantic comedy film written by Kristen Wiig and Annie Mumolo, directed by Paul Feig and produced by Judd Apatow, Barry Mendel, and Clayton Townsend. The plot centers on Annie .... |
Herself | |
| Television | |||
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 1988 | Moving Target | Megan Lawrence | Television movie Television movie A television film is a feature film that is a television program produced for and originally distributed by a television network, in contrast to... |
| Goodbye, Miss 4 July | Alma | Television movie | |
| 1989 | The Comeback | Jessica | Television movie |
| Traveling Man | Mona Voight | Television movie | |
| Roxanne: The Prize Pulitzer | Roxanne Pulitzer | Television movie | |
| 1995 | Bye Bye Birdie | Kim MacAfee | Television movie |
| 2004–2007 | Danny Phantom Danny Phantom Danny Phantom is an American animated television series created by Butch Hartman for Nickelodeon, produced by Billionfold Studios. The show was about a teenage half-ghost boy, who frequently saves his town and the world from ghost attacks, while attempting to keep his ghost half a secret... |
Kitty | 3 episodes |
Dancing with the Stars performances
Chynna Phillip's partner was Tony DovolaniTony Dovolani
Driton "Tony" Dovolani is an Albanian-American professional ballroom dancer, instructor and judge based in New York City. He is known for his involvement in the American version of Dancing with the Stars on ABC. Dovolani also portrayed a Latin bad boy in the hit film Shall We Dance? and spent time...
.
| Week # | Dance/Song | Judges' score | Result | ||
| Inaba | Goodman | Tonioli | |||
| 1 | Viennese Waltz Viennese Waltz Viennese Waltz is the genre of a ballroom dance. At least three different meanings are recognized. In the historically first sense, the name may refer to several versions of the waltz, including the earliest waltzes done in ballroom dancing, danced to the music of Viennese Waltz.What is now called... /"If I Ain't Got You If I Ain't Got You "If I Ain't Got You" is a song recorded, written, and produced by American recording artist Alicia Keys for her second studio album, The Diary of Alicia Keys. Released in February 2004 as the album's second single, the song peaked at number four on the Billboard Hot 100 and became Keys' second... " |
8 | 7 | 7 | Safe |
| 2 | Jive Jive (dance) In Ballroom dancing, Jive is a dance style in 4/4 time that originated in the United States from African-Americans in the early 1930s. It was originally presented to the public as 'Jive' in 1934 by Cab Calloway. It is a lively and uninhibited variation of the Jitterbug, a form of Swing dance... /"The Boy Does Nothing" |
7 | 7 | 7 | Safe |
| 3 | Rumba Rumba Rumba is a family of percussive rhythms, song and dance that originated in Cuba as a combination of the musical traditions of Africans brought to Cuba as slaves and Spanish colonizers. The name derives from the Cuban Spanish word rumbo which means "party" or "spree". It is secular, with no... /"Hold On Hold On (Wilson Phillips song) "Hold On" is the title of a song recorded by American vocal group Wilson Phillips. It was released in February 1990 as the lead single from their album, Wilson Phillips. The song won the Billboard Music Award for Hot 100 Single of the Year for 1990... " |
8 | 9 | 9 | Safe |
| 4 | Tango Tango Tango in its most general sense refers to:*Tango , a social dance form including Argentine, Uruguayan, and international ballroom tango*Tango music, a genre of music that originated in Argentina and Uruguay... /"Theme Theme from Mission: Impossible "Theme from Mission: Impossible" was the theme tune of the TV series Mission: Impossible . The theme was written and composed by Lalo Schifrin and has since gone on to appear in several other works of the Mission: Impossible franchise, including the 1988 TV series, the film series and the video... From Mission: Impossible" |
7 | 7 | 7 | Eliminated |
Albums
| Year | Album |
|---|---|
| 1995 | Naked and Sacred Naked and Sacred Naked and Sacred was Chynna Phillips' debut solo album, released three years after her departure from the pop group Wilson Phillips. She was the only member of the group to remain on her label, EMI, after they went on an indefinite break in late 1992. It was released on November 7, 1995 in the U.S...
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Singles
| Year | Single | Peak positions | Album | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| AUS ARIA Charts The ARIA charts are the main Australian music sales charts, issued weekly by the Australian Recording Industry Association. The charts are a record of the highest selling singles and albums in various genres in Australia. ARIA commenced compiling its own charts in-house from the week ending 26 June... |
UK UK Singles Chart The UK Singles Chart is compiled by The Official Charts Company on behalf of the British record-industry. The full chart contains the top selling 200 singles in the United Kingdom based upon combined record sales and download numbers, though some media outlets only list the Top 40 or the Top 75 ... |
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| 1995 | "Naked and Sacred" | 15 | 62 | Naked and Sacred |
| 1996 | "I Live for You" | 9 | — | |
| "Remember Me" | — | — | ||
| "Just to Hear You Say That You Love Me Just to Hear You Say That You Love Me "Just to Hear You Say That You Love Me" is a song written by Diane Warren and recorded by pop singer Chynna Phillips for her solo debut album, Naked and Sacred, released in 1995. The song was released as the fourth and final single from the album. In 1998, the song was recorded by country singer... " |
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