Gia (1998)
Gia Carangi meteorically rises to modeling fame in the late 1970s but becomes overconsumed by persistent loneliness and drug addiction.
Top billed cast
Angelina JolieGia
Elizabeth MitchellLinda
Eric Michael ColeT.J.
Kylie TravisStephanie
Louis GiambalvoJoe Carangi
John ConsidineBruce Cooper
Scott CohenMike Mansfield
Edmund GenestFrancesco
Mercedes RuehlKathleen Carangi
Faye DunawayWilhelmina Cooper
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