
As Gina Russo on
Nip/Tuck,
Jessalyn Gilsig was known as the troubled sex addict who had a love-hate sexual relationship with Dr. Christian Troy (
Julian McMahon). She had a Borderline Personality Disorder and suffered from various issues such as bulimia, self-hatred, rage, and self-destruction, which further strained her relationship with the womanizing doctor. Nevertheless, the two were able set aside their differences with the emergence of Gina's son Wilbur, whom Christian treated as his own despite not being his child as he is half black. In due course, Gina was revealed to have HIV, which forced Christian to rethink his sex life and prompted him to help Gina finance her medication and rent. Their friendship abruptly changed as they embarked on a lengthy child custody battle, which gained closure when she realized that Wilbur belonged to Christian. Next year, the Canadian actress will be gracing the big screen with a new horror movie and will be returning on the small screen with a crime-drama pilot.
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