Gersha Phillips

Gersha Phillips is a costume designer who worked in this capacity on , the live-action episodes of , the first season episode , and .
She was also credited as "costume consultant" on the Strange New Worlds episodes , , and .
Her work on Discovery earned her two Costume Designers Guild Award nominations in the category Excellence in Sci-Fi/Fantasy Television in and , augmented with an additional 2019 award nomination for her work on the episode , yet not winning one.
Phillips was interviewed for the special feature "Dress for Success", released on the DVD and Blu-ray of the first season. G. Phillips and G. Phillips (mirror), names on set decoration, were named after her.
== Career ==
Phillips was born in England to parents of Caribbean and African descent, and moved to Canada with her family when she was twelve.
She has started her career in the costume department in the mid-1990s when she worked as costume designer on the short projects Why I'll Never Trust You (In 200 Words or Less) (1995), Bangs (1996), Heart of My Heart (1996), and My Father's Hands (1999), (1999), and the thriller Prisoner of Love (1999).
Further work as costume designer include (2000, with Alan van Sprang and working with Kim Harkness), Platinum (2003, produced by Frank Siracusa), Barbershop (2005), Breakout Kings (2011), the first season of Falling Skies (2011, with Bruce Gray), Perception (2012, created and executive produced by Kenneth Biller and Michael Sussman, co-starring LeVar Burton, and casting by Mary Jo Slater), the second season of House of Cards (2014), The Secret Life of Marilyn Monroe (2015, with Jeffrey Dean Morgan and Adam Winlove-Smith), Harley and the Davidsons (2016), and Incorporated (2016, starring Mimi Kuzyk and Saad Siddiqui, co-executive produced by John Weber and Frank Siracusa, and production design by Tamara Deverell).
Film work include (2001), (2001), (2001, assistant costume design by Kim Harkness), (2002, with Alan van Sprang), (2002, with Marnie McPhail), the drama Time of the Wolf (2002, with John Neville), (2003), (2003), the comedy My Baby's Daddy (2004, with Tommy "Tiny" Lister, Jr. and set decoration by Mark Steel), (2004, with Dwayne Johnson, Neal McDonough, and Barbara J. Tarbuck), (2004, with Alan van Sprang), (2005, with Jerry Hardin and Nichelle Nichols), (2006), (2007, with Martin Sheen), (2008), (2008), (2008, with Neal McDonough, Ali Momen, and Nick Alachiotis), (2008), (2009), (2009, with Scheryl W. Brown), the crime drama The Owls (2010), (2010), the crime drama The Whistleblower (2010, with Benedict Cumberbatch), (2010, with Rebecca Romijn), the television drama Poe (2011), the crime drama Foxfire (2012), (2013) for which she received a Canadian Screen Award nomination in the category Achievement in Costume Design in 2014, (2013, with Angela Bassett), the drama Life (2015), (2015), and (2016, with Andrea Martin, Bruce Gray, and Mark Margolis).
In addition, Phillips worked as wardrobe assistant, wardrobe supervisor, or assistant costume designer on the television crime drama Gang in Blue (1996, with Zach Grenier), (1996, with Ronny Cox, Cress Williams, Clarence Williams III, and Eriq La Salle), the television series Ready or Not (1996), the drama Blind Faith (1998), the drama Down in the Delta (1998, starring and produced by Alfre Woodard and Wesley Snipes), the television drama My Father's Shadow: The Sam Sheppard Story (1998, with John Colicos), the short films Win/Loss/Tie (1998) and I'm a Big Girl (1998), (1999, with Barbara Williams and Nicole de Boer), (1999), (2000, with Reg E. Cathey Catherine Black and Josh Lucas), (2005, with Jack Kehler, James B. Sikking, and Willie Garson), (2005, starring Mark Wahlberg, with Fionnula Flanagan), and the television documentary True Bond (2007).
== External links ==
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