Cynthia Gibb

She received a Golden Globe nomination for her performance as Gypsy Rose Lee in the film Gypsy (1993).

• Name — Cynthia Gibb • Birth Name — Cynthia Lowrie Gibb • Born — 14 December 1963 • Birthplace — Bennington, Vermont, U.S. • Education — Staples High School • Occupation — * Actress • model • Years Active — 1980–present • Known for — Fame Gypsy Youngblood Short Circuit 2 Holiday Affair The Karen Carpenter Story Mary Christmas • Spouse — Scott Kramer (divorced) • Children — 3 • Website — cynthiagibb.me

Cynthia Lowrie Gibb was born December 14, 1963, in Bennington, Vermont. She grew up in Westport, Connecticut and attended Staples High School.

At the age of 14, she began assignments with the Ford Modeling Agency in New York City. She was on the cover of Vogue and Young Miss magazines. It was during this period that she was cast for her first film role in 1980, as a Young Fan in the Woody Allen film Stardust Memories. In 1986, Gibb had her first female lead role as Jessie Chadwick in the sports drama Youngblood, also starring Rob Lowe and Patrick Swayze. Later that year, she portrayed an American lay missionary in El Salvador who was brutally raped and murdered in the drama Salvador, directed by Oliver Stone and starring James Woods. On television, Gibb also played the role of Susan Martin Wyatt Carter on the soap opera Search for Tomorrow, appearing from 1981 to 1983. Gibb was also a regular for three of the six seasons of the television series Fame, which aired from 1982 to 1987. Gibb later starred in the NBC sitcom Madman of the People (1994–1995), and the UPN series Deadly Games (1995–1997). Over her career, Gibb has appeared in many various TV series, including 7th Heaven, Judging Amy, Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, Without A Trace, and Criminal Minds. Gibb has also appeared in many TV movies, most notably in the lead role of Karen Carpenter in The Karen Carpenter Story which aired on CBS on January 1, 1989 and was the highest-rated TV movie of that year, and in the 1993 TV adaptation of Gypsy, for which she was nominated for a Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress – Series, Miniseries or Television Film; where Gibb played the adult Gypsy Rose Lee opposite Bette Midler as Madame Rose. She played Dr. Amanda Bentley in a trio of Diagnosis: Murder TV movies between 1992 and 1993. In 2002, she played Mary Maloney opposite John Schneider in Mary Christmas.

• Year — Title — Role — Notes • 1981–1983 — Search for Tomorrow — Suzi Wyatt — 172 episodes TV series • 1983–1987 — Fame — Holly Laird — 57 episodes Nominated – Young Artist Award for Best Young Actress in a Drama Series (1984) • 1989 — The — Karen Carpenter — TV movie • When We Were Young — Ellen Reese — TV movie • 1990 — Midnight Caller — Willi — Episode: "Three for the Money" • Tales from the Crypt — Lorelei Phelps — Episode: "Korman's Kalamity" • 1992 — Diagnosis: Murder — Dr. Amanda Bentley — TV movie • Drive Like Lightning — Ginger McDaniel — TV movie • The — Dr. Amanda Bentley — TV movie • 1993 — A — Dr. Amanda Bentley — TV movie • The Woman Who Loved Elvis — Emily — TV movie • Gypsy — Louise / Gypsy Rose Lee — TV movie Nominated – Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress – Series, Miniseries or Television Film • 1994 — 51st Golden Globe Awards — Herself - Nominee — TV movie • Sin & Redemption — Billie Simms — TV movie • Fatal Vows: The Alexandra O'Hara Story — Alexandra O'Hara — TV movie • 1994–1995 — Madman of the People — Meg Buckner — 16 episodes • 1995–1997 — Deadly Games — Lauren Ashborne / The Girl — 13 episodes • 1996 — Holiday Affair — Jodie Ennis — TV movie • 1997 — Volcano: Fire on the Mountain — Kelly Adams — TV movie • Love-Struck — Emily Vale — TV movie • High Stakes — Annie — TV movie • Superman: The Animated Series — Trish Mills (voice) — Episode: "Prototype" • 1998 — Earthquake in New York — Laura Rykker — TV movie • 2000 — This Is How the World Ends — Nicole Van Dyke — TV movie • 2001 — The — Jill Dempsey — TV movie • A — Jill Dempsey — TV movie • Life with Judy Garland: Me and My Shadows — Narrator (voice) — TV movie • Judging Amy — Irene Kroft — Episode: "The Unforgiven" • 2002 — The — Donna Packard — Episode: "Hide and Seek" • Mary Christmas — Mary Maloney — TV movie • 2003 — Mary Higgins Clark: A Crime of Passion — Frederica Dumay — TV movie • 2004 — Law & Order: Special Victims Unit — Karen Campbell — Episode: "Poison" • 2005 — Missing — Dr. Susan Reynolds — Episode: "Patient X" • 2006 — 7th Heaven — Betsey — Episode: "You Don't Know What You've Got 'Til He's Gone" • 2007 — Demons from Her Past — Marilyn Baxter — TV movie • A — Valerie Williamson — TV movie • Christie's Revenge — Miranda Colton — TV movie • An Accidental Christmas — Vicky — TV movie • 2008 — Without a Trace — Tracie Duncan — Episode: "True/False" • 2009 — Criminal Minds — Kathy Gray — Episode: "Bloodline" • 2010 — Accused at 17 — Jacqui Miller — TV movie • 2011 — Cinnamon — Professor Madeline Walters — TV movie (aka "My Dog's Christmas Miracle") • 2013 — The Cheating Pact — Brenda Marshall — TV movie • 2015 — Christmas Land — Elaine Nickerson — TV movie • 2016 — Broadcasting Christmas — Patrice Montgomery — TV movie • 2017 — Stalker's Prey — Sandy Wilcox — TV movie (aka "Hunter's Cove) • Sharing Christmas — Helen — TV movie • 2020 — Ivy & Mistletoe — Mary Anderson — TV movie • Christmas on the Menu — Shannon Byrde — TV movie

• Year — Production — Notes • 1983-1985 — Fame — performer: "Hey Look Me Over", "One Dream", "If the Lady Wants to Play", "The Loser Gets to Win", "Lucky Star", "Geometry", "Shopping From A to Z", "Friends", "Let the Sunshine In", "Take Me to Your Heart", "Starting at the End", "We're All the Same", It's in Everyone of Us", "Rudy's Restaurant and Cabaret", "Out Here on My Own", "Rock 'n Roll World", "Watcha Gonna Do", "Drive Me Wild" (uncredited), "Little Red Corvette", "Heart Attack", "We Got Tonight", "Never Gonna Let You Go" (uncredited), "Childhood's End", "On the West Side", "I Can't Stand Up Alone", "Drive Me Wild", "By My Side" (uncredited) • 1989 — The Karen Carpenter Story — Genre: Biography Drama performer: "The End of the World" • 1993 — Gypsy — TV Movie performer: "Little Lamb", "Dainty June and Her Farmboys", "If Momma Was Married", "Together", "Wherever We Go", "Let Me Entertain You" • 1998 — Earthquake in New York — TV Movie performer:"Jose Can You See?" (uncredited)