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Gabrielle Mary Hoffmann (born January 8, 1982 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA) is an American actress. Hoffmann’s mother, Viva Hoffmann (aka Janet Susan Mary Hoffmann), is an actress and writer and appeared in many of Andy Warhol's movies during the 1960s. Hoffmann also has a half-sister, Alexandra Auder, who is 11 years older than her and also once worked as an actress before becoming a yoga teacher and author. Prior to Hoffmann’s birth, Alexandra wanted a little sister so badly that she and her mother Viva prayed at a shrine in Portugal for Viva to have another baby. Not long afterwards, Gaby came along. In her autobiography "Famous for 15 Minutes: My Years With Andy Warhol," Isabelle Collin Dufresne (known as 'Ultra Violet' and who was a member of Warhol’s 'Factory' clique along with Hoffmann’s mother Viva) says that Gaby's father was a soap opera actor who denied paternity. She did not name him. Hence, Hoffmann’s last name is her mother's maiden name. Viva had Gaby relatively late as she was 44 when Gaby was born. Gaby’s birth is documented in Brigid Berlin's “The Andy Warhol Diaries”. An entry dated the 10th January 1982, two days after Gaby was born, says that a friend of Warhol’s calls Warhol up and tells him that they are going to the Chelsea Hotel to see Viva and her new baby (i.e. Gaby).
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