Gigi Orsillo

Gigi OrsilloName: Jeneva Orsillo

Nickname: Gigi

Age: 30

Hometown: Tulsa, Oklahoma

Ethnic Origin: This is a question I get asked a lot!  People can never figure out what I am.  I'm just an Okie Mutt!Cherokee Indian, Irish, French, English... among many others.

Favorite things: Making my homemade salsa, watermelon on a hot summer day, a good chick flick with a friend, the first fresh powder of the season, hearing my babies laugh, out-driving the guys on the golf course, a picnic on the top of a mountain after a hard hike, a good clean joke, being on set, playing in the sprinkler with my girls, a good long run, and the roar of an Oklahoma thunderstorm!

Hobbies: designing children's clothes and accessories, sewing, cooking, refinishing furniture, party planning and anything that gets my creative juices flowing!

Favorite piece of clothing: comfy jeans and my red cowboy boots!

Favorite modeling/acting experience so far? That's a hard one!  I loved the feature I did "Magdelena," a film that has been translated into 70 languages and distributed worldwide.  It was a month of grueling shoot days in the hot summer sun with full headdresses.  I always love a challenge and the opportunity to use my Meisner technique training.  I also loved my year hosting "Inside Looks" and "Movie Moments" with Starz.  We always shot somewhere fun, like Sony Studios or Santa Monica pier and it's great to work with such nice people!

What’s the best thing about your hometown/country? My family is there. I love spending time doing artsy projects with my mom and bass fishing the many lakes of Oklahoma with my dad.

Where do you hang? Currently...the zoo, the pool, the backyard...somewhere outside!

Who would play you in the movie of your life?  Me, of course!!!  :)  Know anyone who wants to fund it?

Which kind of puppies do you hate the most? Really?!? Could anybody hate a puppy? I guess if I had to pick...maybe a Chihuahua?  I'm not really a tiny dog person.  I have a basset hound named Lola.  Bassets are probably the cutest puppies ever.  I love how they trip over their ears!

What would you name your boat? The Danger Zone.  Fish don't want to get near me!!! :)

What was your favorite childhood injury?  I used to go flying around the farm on my 4 wheeler.  I got thrown off a time or two.  Made for some fun pictures of a 7 year old in muddy overalls and a pouty lip!

You've just been hired to a promotions position at Kellog Co. What would you put in a new breakfast cereal box as a gimmick?  Giant red wax lips. 

What is the first thing you think of when you wake in the morning?  The marathon I will be running in October! Training comes early when you have 2 kids! 5:30 a.m.!  I love spending that time in the morning thinking of all the things I have to be thankful for. 

Favorite ‘Colorado Experience’: Back country snowshoeing in Crested Butte.  It has become an annual family tradition.