Gina Tribbiani
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| CHARACTER | ||||
| Gina Tribbiani | ||||
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| First appearance | The One Where Chandler Can't Remember Which Sister | |||
| Last appearance | Joey and the Wedding | |||
| Number of episodes | 1 + 46 | |||
| Portrayed by | K.J. Steinberg Drea de Matteo | |||
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| Gender | Female | |||
| Date of birth | 1967 | |||
| Occupation | Hair stylist | |||
| Relatives | Joseph Sr. (father) Gloria (mother) Michael Tribbiani (son) Jimmy Costa (husband) Tina (sister) Dina (sister) Mary-Angela (sister) Mary-Therese (sister) Veronica (sister) Cookie (sister) Joey Tribbiani (brother) | |||
Gina Tribbiani (born in 1967) is a heavy drinking and highly volatile fictional character on the TV show Joey, portrayed by Drea De Matteo, she also appeared in an episode of Friends portrayed by a different actress.
[edit] Background
Gina comes from an Roman Catholic Italian American family however, in the episode, of Friends, titled The One Where They All Turn Thirty, her brother Joey reveals that he is 1/16th Portuguese and presumably Gina is as well.
[edit] Age
Gina's age is basically a year younger than Joey due to them being 9 months apart. Her age throughout the series was; 1 (36-37), 2 (37-38)
[edit] Family
Gina has 1 brother (Joey Tribbiani), 6 Sisters ( Tina, Dina, Mary Angela, Mary Therese, Veronica and Cookie ), she also has one son Michael Tribbiani. Her mother and father are named Gloria and Joseph Tribbiani, Sr respectively. She also has a once mentioned but never seen cousin, Marie.
Gina is often over protective and over clingy with her son Michael even going so far as to breast feed him until the age of 6 and stopping him from playing little league baseball because she feared he may get hurt.
Gina often comes across as being selfish and harsh towards her only brother Joey in attempts to hide the fact that she loves him; for instance when he told her he loved her, she hit him.
Gina is shown to be jealous of her younger sister, Mary-Therese, claiming that she has always got everything she wanted because she is the baby, but in the same episode proved she still cares for her sister.
