Selma Blair
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| Selma Blair | |
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 Blair holding a postcard for The 1 Second Film, September 2004 |
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| Born | Selma Blair Beitner June 23, 1972 Southfield, Michigan, U.S. |
Selma Blair (born June 23, 1972) is an American actress. After numerous supporting roles in the 1990s, she starred in the film Cruel Intentions and the short-lived TV series Zoe, Duncan, Jack and Jane in 1999. She has since had notable roles in Hollywood feature films such as Legally Blonde (2001), The Sweetest Thing (2002), and Hellboy (2004).
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[edit] Biography
[edit] Early life
Blair was born Selma Blair Beitner in Southfield, Michigan, the daughter of Molly Ann and Elliot Beitner. She has three older sisters, Katherine (a book publicist), Elizabeth, and Marie.[1] Blair attended a Jewish day school[2] and Cranbrook Kingswood school in Bloomfield Hills. She attended Kalamazoo College in Michigan, then later transferred to the University of Michigan, where she earned her bachelor's degree in 1994.
[edit] Career
After training at the Stella Adler Conservatory of Acting,[3] Blair began acting in a few small roles during the early 1990s.[1] She starred in the film Cruel Intentions (1999), opposite Sarah Michelle Gellar and Reese Witherspoon, and won the best kiss category at the MTV Awards with co-star Gellar.[4] Blair and Witherspoon later starred together in Legally Blonde (2001). Blair played the wife of Greg Kinnear's character in the film Feast of Love in 2007.[5]
[edit] Personal life
Blair was married to musician Ahmet Zappa on January 24, 2004,[3] in Los Angeles. She filed for divorce at the Los Angeles Superior Court on June 21, 2006, citing irreconcilable differences. In 2007 she checked into a Malibu rehabilitation center for addiction treatment.[6] In February 2007 she opened up to people magazine about her relationship with Matthew Felker[7] In 2008 Matthew and Selma split when reports of her infidelity surfaced.[8]
[edit] Filmography
- The Dana Carvey Show (1996) (TV; uncredited)
- In & Out (1997)
- Scream 2 (1997) (voice) (uncredited)
- Girl (1998)
- Can't Hardly Wait (1998)
- Brown's Requiem (1998)
- Cruel Intentions (1999)
- Down to You (2000)
- Kill Me Later (2001)
- Storytelling (2001)
- Legally Blonde (2001)
- Highway (2002)
- The Sweetest Thing (2002)
- A Guy Thing (2003)
- Coast to Coast (TV film) (2003)
- Dallas 362 (2003)
- Hellboy (2004)
- A Dirty Shame (2004)
- In Good Company (2004)
- Pretty Persuasion (2005)
- The Fog (2005)
- The Alibi (2006)
- The Night of the White Pants (2006)
- Hellboy: Sword of Storms (TV; voice only) (2006)
- Hellboy: Blood and Iron (TV; voice only) (2007)
- Purple Violets (2007)
- Feast of Love (2007)
- Hellboy II: The Golden Army (2008)
- Hellboy: The Science of Evil (Video Game; voice only) (2008)
- My Mom's New Boyfriend (2008)
- WΔZ (2008)
- Kath & Kim (TV series) (2008)
- The 1 Second Film (2009) (producer)
[edit] References
- ^ a b Selma Blair bio, Yahoo Movies.
- ^ j. - Celebrity Jews
- ^ a b Selma Blair, mini bio at the Internet Movie Database
- ^ Awards for Cruel Intentions at the Internet Movie Database
- ^ Feast of Love (2007) at the The Internet Movie Database
- ^ http://www.hollywood.com/news/Selma_Blair_In_Rehab/3682590
- ^ http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20012276,00.html
- ^ http://www.nydailynews.com/gossip/2008/02/28/2008-02-28_blair_switch_project_ends_badly.html
