Gray Jennifer (photo below) is an American film actress who gained worldwide popularity after playing the role of Baby, the main character in the Dirty Dancing melodrama, which appeared on the screens in 1987. Despite this, she cannot boast of a large number of different works. The girl was born in New York on March 26, 1960. Her family was closely associated with show business. In particular, mom, Joe Wilder, worked as a singer, and dad Joel - a dancer and actor, who performed in the theater and acted in films. Thanks to this, Jennifer spent a lot of time behind the curtains.
Grand debut
After graduating from secondary school, she received some knowledge also in theater courses. Speaking somewhere in adolescence, the girl was not lucky. Jennifer Gray, whose biography as an actress began in 1984, began her career with small supporting roles. At this time, she took part in the films Red Dawn, Reckless, and Cotton Club. In all cases, the director was Francis Ford Coppola. For three years after this, she had to play exclusively secondary characters in various projects. The reward for hard work was the role of the young Francis Houseman, which she received in the film "Dirty Dancing", which became a cult in the late eighties of the last century. According to the plot, the main character of the melodrama (Baby) fell in love with a dancer named Johnny, performed by Patrick Swayze. It should be noted that the actress was ten years older than her character. The picture collected two hundred million dollars unthinkable at that time in world box office, despite the fact that only six million was spent on the filming. Jennifer Gray herself was awarded the Golden Globe - an award that became the only one in her creative career.
In 1993, the girl made her debut on Broadway - she took part in the film "Golden Twilight", where a pregnant woman became her character. According to the script, she was confronted with the fact that her unborn child is likely to be homosexual.
Further work
After such a stunning success, everything went to the point that the actress would be strewn with offers from different directors in the literal sense of the word. However, this did not happen. Jennifer mainly played minor characters. Moreover, films with her participation did not find laudatory reviews among viewers and critics, but rather failed. A vivid confirmation of this can be called such a picture as “The Bloodhounds from Broadway”, released in 1989, where Madonna became her partner on the site. Three years later, Jennifer Gray got the main role in the film "Wind". Unfortunately, this film at the box office failed miserably.
More actively, the actress participated in television projects. In 1990, she starred in two films at once - Criminal Justice and Murder in the Mississippi. Two years later, the murder case thriller appeared on wide screens. In 1995, the actress took part in the film “West Side Waltz”, as well as in one of the episodes of the popular American series “Friends”.
Operation
According to Jennifer Gray, the reason for so many failures and unsuccessful roles was her "not quite perfect" appearance. First of all, it concerned the shape of the nose. The actress herself called him not quite direct, large and with a hump. In this regard, she decided to have plastic surgery for herself. According to unofficial information, the first of them was unsuccessful, so the actress turned to the services of surgeons for the second time. Her appearance has changed so much that even relatives were not immediately accustomed to this and for a long time could not recognize her. After plastic surgery, Jennifer Gray has repeatedly admitted that she went to the clinic with a celebrity, but she came out nobody. Moreover, she had the impression that she had become invisible. The changed appearance so influenced the acting career that she repeatedly seriously thought about changing the name.
It would be wrong to say that the operation was unsuccessful. On the contrary, Jennifer got a completely new, beautiful face. Be that as it may, now among many fans of the actress, there is an opinion that the unusual nose was its main highlight and emphasized individuality. It is simply impossible to recognize in her now the former charming Baby.
Personal life
At different times, Jennifer had various novels, which were rumored in the press. She was associated with such famous actors as William Baldwin, Matthew Broderick and Liom Neeson. In 1990, she was even engaged to Johnny Depp. Be that as it may, in 2001, Jennifer got married. Her chosen one was actor Clark Gregg, to whom she gave birth to a daughter. After the birth of the girl, the legendary Baby took a break in filming for a period of five years and devoted herself to her upbringing.
Return to the set
Jennifer Gray returned to work in 2006. Her career, in fact, had to start from scratch. At this time, she first performed one of the secondary roles in the melodramatic film "Whale". Later, together with her husband, they were invited to play the main characters in the comedy film "Road to Christmas." There is currently no information on further projects with the participation of the actress.