Bijou Phillips Hospitalized for Second Kidney Transplant, Urgently Seeks Donor
Actor-singer Bijou Phillips has been hospitalized for a second kidney transplant and is urgently seeking a donor, a rep tells Variety. A previous transplant, in 2017, was unsuccessful; the rep says she is in stable but fragile condition, and a donor is needed soon.
“I’m asking as a friend, a sister, an aunt, and, most importantly, a single mother to an incredible and brave daughter,” Phillips wrote in a social media post.
Phillips was born with underdeveloped kidneys and spent the first three months of her life on dialysis.
She is the daughter of troubled former Mamas & the Papas singer-songwriter John Phillips, who died in 2001, and his third wife, Genevieve Waite, and her half-siblings include former actor Mackenzie Phillips and ex-Wilson Phillips singer Chynna Phillips.
Bijou Phillips made her acting debut in 1999 in “Black and White” and throughout the ‘00s appeared in “Almost Famous,” “Bully,” “The Door in the Floor,” “Havoc,” “Hostel: Part II” and “Choke.” She later played the recurring role of Lucy Carlyle on the television series “Raising Hope,” among other TV appearances.
She released one album, 1999’s “I’d Rather Eat Glass,” which was produced by ex-Talking Heads guitarist-keyboardist Jerry Harrison.
As a teenager she was a frequent presence in the tabloid press, socializing with the likes of Paris and Nicky Hilton and dating Sean Ono Lennon and Lemonheads frontman Evan Dando.
Phillips is the ex-wife of actor Danny Masterson, who is currently serving a prison sentence of 30 years to life after being convicted in 2023 of raping two women 20 years earlier.
The two were married from 2011 until 2025, and have a daughter together who turns 12 on Saturday.
“I’m asking as a friend, a sister, an aunt, and, most importantly, a single mother to an incredible and brave daughter,” Phillips wrote in a social media post.
Phillips was born with underdeveloped kidneys and spent the first three months of her life on dialysis.
She is the daughter of troubled former Mamas & the Papas singer-songwriter John Phillips, who died in 2001, and his third wife, Genevieve Waite, and her half-siblings include former actor Mackenzie Phillips and ex-Wilson Phillips singer Chynna Phillips.
Bijou Phillips made her acting debut in 1999 in “Black and White” and throughout the ‘00s appeared in “Almost Famous,” “Bully,” “The Door in the Floor,” “Havoc,” “Hostel: Part II” and “Choke.” She later played the recurring role of Lucy Carlyle on the television series “Raising Hope,” among other TV appearances.
She released one album, 1999’s “I’d Rather Eat Glass,” which was produced by ex-Talking Heads guitarist-keyboardist Jerry Harrison.
As a teenager she was a frequent presence in the tabloid press, socializing with the likes of Paris and Nicky Hilton and dating Sean Ono Lennon and Lemonheads frontman Evan Dando.
Phillips is the ex-wife of actor Danny Masterson, who is currently serving a prison sentence of 30 years to life after being convicted in 2023 of raping two women 20 years earlier.
The two were married from 2011 until 2025, and have a daughter together who turns 12 on Saturday.