Meet Gigi
A working actor and veteran of stage and screen
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Recurring on Clipped, Loot, Platonic, Chicago Fire, General Hospital.
Guest roles on The Terminal List, 9-1-1 Lone Star, Death and Other Details, American Horror Stories, NCIS: L.A., S.W.A.T.. Netflix film The Out-Laws.
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Recent film and TV appearances include a self-involved grandma who ignores her daughter-in-law Rose Byrne in Platonic, a crotchety neighbor who softens when faced with her own mortality in 9-1-1 Lone Star, a panicky nurse arguing with Margot Robbie while trying to save the lives of Christian Bale and John David Washington in Amsterdam; a bubbly sales agent pitching to Chris Pratt in The Terminal List, a melodramatic stage actress in Loot, and a condescending French diplomat whose lies are exposed by Angela Bassett in Black Panther: Wakanda Forever.
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Gigi has won numerous acting honors including two L.A. Stage Alliance Ovation Awards and an L.A. Drama Critics Circle Award, and was named Most Watchable Actress by the L.A. Weekly for her multiple-character comedy Non-Vital Organs. She has appeared on many Southern California stages including Center Theatre Group’s Kirk Douglas Theatre, Pasadena Playhouse, Old Globe, International City Theatre, La Mirada, Rubicon, MainStreet and others. She is a member of the award-winning theater company Antaeus where she has taught in the Academy, directs, and where she has performed in many productions including Native Son, Cloud 9, Picnic, The Liar, The Seagull, Mother Courage, etc. She is directing Antaeus' production of The Importance of Being Earnest in the fall of 2024.
In American Theatre Magazine Gigi has been featured as an actor and a journalist; her article Small World draws a comparison between the actor’s life in Paris, London, and L.A.
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American Theatre Magazine Articles
Actor: Gigi Bermingham plays the Judy Garland that got away
Writer: Small World: The Actor's Lot Across the Atlantic
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Training
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Gigi Bermingham grew up in Northern California and attended U. C. Berkeley graduating with a degree in Dramatic Art. She spent eight years in New York where she studied acting at HB Studio with Aaron Frankel and privately with Zina Jasper, as well as improv at Chicago City Limits, and she performed with The First Amendment Improv Troupe. Gigi arrived in L.A. in 1990 and studied under the legendary John Lehne from whom she learned Affective Memory technique. Gigi's teaching methods derive from her own experience as an actor and reference the work of masters Uta Hagen and Stanislavski.