
She gave up modeling at the age of 17 to embark on a music career with her debut album “I’d Rather Eat Glass,” a reference to her former profession.

Phillips, the daughter of the late 1960s rock star John Phillips of the Mamas and the Papas, became a favorite in tabloid headlines as she hit the New York party scene in her teens after starting to model at age 13 and leaving home. Playboy Magazine April 2000 (Bijou Phillips) by Playboy 2 copies: Order: V47.04: Playboy Magazine May 2000 by Playboy 4 copies: Order: V47.05: Playboy Magazine June 2000 (Carre Otis-Playmate of the Year) by Playboy 4 copies: Order: V47.06: Playboy Magazine July 2000 (Jaime Bergman) by Hugh Hefner 4 copies: Order: V47. I would love to play the sweet, innocent nice girl down the street, but I don’t know if it will happen,” Phillips told Reuters in an interview ahead of the June 8 opening of her latest movie, “Hostel II.” “A lot of the time I end up playing the bad girl. Phillips, 27, who has appeared in a raft of films over the past eight years, says she is always being typecast due to her reputation of being a “wild child” during her teens. Bijou Phillips during Party To Celebrate Bijou Phillips Playboy Cover at Centro-Fly in New York City, New York, United States.

INTERVIEW: Rowland Evans and Robert Novak. Phillips, 27, who has appeared in a list of films in the past eight years, says she is always being typecast due to her reputation of being a "wild child" during her teens. COVER: Bijou Phillips PICTORIALS: Oh, Mama stunning pictorial of Bijou Phillips Spring Break features college girls taking it off at the beaches. Actress Bijou Phillips reacts to photographers as she arrives at the Young Hollywood Awards, which honors rising young artists in the entertainment field, in Hollywood April 22, 2007. Bijou is one of the three famous daughters from different mothers of Papa John Phillips of the '60s group, The Mamas and the Papas, the other two being MacKenzie, of American Graffiti and One Day at a Time, and Chynna, formerly of the pop band Wilson Phillips, and currently a Baldwin wife.
