Laura Mackenzie Phillips was born on November 10,1959 and is an American actress and singer, known for her roles as Carol Morrison in the film American Graffiti, as teenager Julie Mora Cooper Horvath on the sitcom One Day at a Time, and as Molly Phillips on the Disney Channel supernatural series So Weird.
21 Facts About Mackenzie Phillips
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Mackenzie Phillips is the sister of Jeffrey Phillips and a half-sister of Tamerlane Phillips, actress Bijou Phillips, and singer Chynna Phillips.
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At age 12, Mackenzie Phillips formed a band with three of her classmates and was spotted by a casting agent during one of their performances.
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Mackenzie Phillips was given an audition for a role in the 1973 film American Graffiti, which she won.
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Mackenzie Phillips was 12 years old during the filming of American Graffiti, and 13 when the movie was released.
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Mackenzie Phillips was cast as Carol Morrison, a young girl accidentally picked up by hot rodding teenager John Milner.
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Mackenzie Phillips gained stardom in the 1970s playing teenager Julie Cooper on the long-running television show One Day at a Time, for which she earned $50,000 a week.
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However, in 1982, Mackenzie Phillips relapsed into cocaine use and the following year, she collapsed on the show's set.
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In 1999, Mackenzie Phillips co-starred with Cara DeLizia in the Disney Channel series So Weird, playing a fictional rock star named Molly Mackenzie Phillips.
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Mackenzie Phillips sang original songs written by show producers Jon Cooksey and Ann Marie Montade.
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Mackenzie Phillips guest-starred on episodes of ER, Without a Trace, 7th Heaven, Cold Case, and Beverly Hills, 90210.
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Mackenzie Phillips won an Honorary Best Actress award on March 20,2011, at the closing night awards gala of the Female Eye Film Festival in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, for her performance as Sharon in the 2010 independent film Peach Plum Pear.
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In 2016, Mackenzie Phillips began working at the Breathe Life Healing Center in West Hollywood, California as a drug rehab counselor.
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In 2017, Mackenzie Phillips appeared in an episode of the rebooted One Day at a Time as Pam Valentine.
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Mackenzie Phillips reprised the role in 2019, in two episodes of the third season.
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In 2018, Mackenzie Phillips appeared as Barbara Denning in multiple episodes of Netflix original Orange Is the New Black.
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Mackenzie Phillips has been married three times: first to rock group manager Jeffrey Sessler, son of Freddie Sessler ; then to rock guitarist Shane Fontayne, and to Keith Levenson in 2005, and later divorced.
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Mackenzie Phillips appeared on the third season of Celebrity Rehab, which aired in January and February 2010.
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Mackenzie Phillips later discussed her recovery on the March 17,2010, episode of The View.
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Mackenzie Phillips told Winfrey that she first tried cocaine when she was 11 years old, and that her father had taken drugs with her, and had injected her with cocaine.
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The incest ended after Mackenzie Phillips became pregnant and subsequently had an abortion for which her father paid.