Bobbie Phillips
Bobbie Phillips is an actress, animal advocate, and a true Chameleon (1998); both on screen and off. Bobbie has portrayed a variety of characters in various genres throughout her career. Widely recognized for her award winning role as the insect loving entomologist, Dr. Bambi Berenbaum on The X-Files: War of the Coprophages (1996); Phillips also received industry praise for her turn as Julie Costello on Steven Bochco's Murder One (1995); A genre favorite as the first female crow, "Talon", on The Crow: Stairway to Heaven (1998); Phillips left Hollywood in 2003 when Bobbie and her husband traveled to Costa Rica and then Fiji to begin Anthony's surfing career. The couple traveled extensively between Canada, Fiji, Australia and Mexico before Bobbie returned to acting in 2014. Bobbie Phillips continues to create in her unique style on diverse projects and she always reinvents herself like a great actress should.Brains and beauty are two words that have been repeatedly used to describe Bobbie Phillips throughout her career. Graduating high school at 16 years old, Bobbie tried several different career paths. After taking college classes to become a litigation attorney, it was suggested she also take drama classes. Upon insistence from her drama coach, Bobbie moved to Los Angeles to pursue acting. Mere months after arriving, Bobbie landed her first television role guest starring alongside actress Halle Berry on the sitcom They Came from Outer Space (1990).
Bobbie continued to appear in popular shows such as Married... with Children (1987) and Baywatch (1989) as well as the film TC 2000 (1993), in which she starred with Billy Blanks (developer of Tae Bo). The film sold well internationally, prompting the distributor to order a follow up film with Bobbie, Billy and Rowdy Roddy Piper_Back in Action (1993) (V)_.
Bobbie's first television series was for Paramount Studios on The Watcher (1995) and Bobbie was signed to thirteen episodes alongside famous rapper, Anthony Ray, aka Sir Mix A Lot.
In 1995, Bobbie landed the coveted role of Julie Costello on Steven Bochco's critically acclaimed Murder One (1995). Bobbie played the victim's sister and love interest of Stanley Tucci's character "Richard Cross". Bobbie's character, "Julie Costello" was originally a guest star, but after the first few episodes, Bochco called Bobbie with the news that they wanted to expand her role and make her a series regular.
Upon wrapping Murder One (1995), Bobbie accepted a role on the syndicated drama The Cape (1996) as Lt. Barbara DeSantos. A strong reason for this decision was Bobbie would to be close to her son in Florida. The entire series was filmed on and around The Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida.
In 1998 Bobbie re-joined Paramount Studios as the lead in the highly rated Paramount/UPN franchise "Chameleon". Where Bobbie had the opportunity to blend her acting with her martial arts abilities. Bobbie was signed to an exclusive contract with Paramount Studios and teamed up again with friends Christopher Crowe and Paramount Television President Kerry McCluggage.
Bobbie left Hollywood to travel the world on animal rescue missions in 2003.
Bobbie returned to acting in 2014. In 2016, Bobbie took part in a global project bringing together actors from 32 different countries on the film "Gandhi: The Conspiracy". The film was shot in Sri Lanka and India. Phillips is also a writer, philanthropist, animal advocate, and entrepreneur.