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Bijou Phillips Urgently Seeks Kidney Donor Amid Illness

2/14/2026

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Bijou Phillips, an actress, is hospitalized in Los Angeles and urgently needs a kidney transplant.
Phillips was born with underdeveloped kidneys and received a transplant in 2017.
BK virus complications from the transplant have left her critically ill.
Doctors have not yet found a matching donor despite numerous offers, and Phillips seeks donors with specific blood types while under the care of Dr. Anjay Rastogi at UCLA.

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Story summary

Bijou Phillips, an actress, is hospitalized in Los Angeles and urgently needs a kidney transplant.
Phillips was born with underdeveloped kidneys and received a transplant in 2017.
BK virus complications from the transplant have left her critically ill.
Doctors have not yet found a matching donor despite numerous offers, and Phillips seeks donors with specific blood types while under the care of Dr. Anjay Rastogi at UCLA.