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Bijou Phillips says she could be 'gone in a few days' without a kidney transplant

Born with underdeveloped kidneys, Bijou Phillips returned to dialysis in February and has 50 to 60 potential donor matches out of nearly 1,300 volunteers, her team said.

Actor and model Bijou Phillips has revealed that she’s “hanging on by a thread” and urgently needs a kidney transplant in her first sit-down interview in a decade. “I’ve needed a transplant for a year,” Philips told Us Weekly in an exclusive interview. Phillips, 45, was born with underdeveloped kidneys and received her first kidney transplant at 36. In February, the actor revealed that she was back on dialysis — a treatment that Phillips emphasi…

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NBC Dallas-Fort Worth broke the news in Fort Worth, United States on Sunday, March 1, 2026.
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