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Selma Blair (born June 23, 1972) is an American actress. With more than fifteen years of work under her belt, she has performed in feature films including Cruel Intentions, Legally Blonde, The Sweetest Thing, Hellboy, The Fog, Purple Violets and Hellboy II: The Golden Army. She also played the titular role of Kim in the TV Series Kath & Kim.
Early life
Blair was born Selma Blair Beitner in Southfield, Michigan, the daughter of Molly Ann, a judge, and Elliot Beitner. She has three older sisters, Katherine (a book publicist), Elizabeth, and Marie. Blair attended Hillel Day School in Farmington Hills, Cranbrook Kingswood inBloomfield Hills, and Kalamazoo College. In 1994, she graduated magna cum laude from theUniversity of Michigan, with a degree in photography.
Career
Early work
After training at the Stella Adler Conservatory of Acting, Blair was discovered by an agent, one week later Selma received her membership card at the Actors' union, and she gave her first appearance in a television spots advertising for a theater in Virginia.
After this Blair began acting in the mid-90s, and won her first professional role in one episode of the children's television sitcom The Adventures of Pete & Pete.
She won her first lead role in the fantasy tv series Amazon High with karl Urban which was cancelled after one episode and later was transmitted in the episode "Lifeblood" of the series Xena: Warrior Princess, [9] also starred in several independent movies like "The Broccoli Theory" (her first film), "Debutante" with Josh Hartnett, Girl opposite Dominique Swain and "Strong Island boys" based on true events about a Long Island teen gang. [10]
Selma also had an appearance in the My Friend Steve 1998 music video Charmed and the Placebo music video Every You Every Me.
Film career
With several film roles and guest roles in various television series, Blair starred in a mainstream movie with Sarah Michelle Gellar and Ryan Phillippe in the 1999 film Cruel Intentions. Blair was nominated for her role for an MTV Movie Award for "Best Breakthrough Performance" and won for "Best Kiss" with Gellar.
From 1999-2000, Blair also starred as Zoe Bean on Zoe, Duncan, Jack and Jane, the first season follow the lives of four high school classmates and the second season was just called "Zoe" and follows Zoe a few years later as a college student studying psychology, for her role she was nominated for the Teen Choice Awards for TV – Breakout Performance category.
In 2000 Blair won a Young Hollywood Award in the Exciting new face—female Category and she starred the teen comedy Down to youalongside Freddie Prinze, Jr. and Julia Stiles where Blair played a predatory and sexy seductress college girl.
Her film career continued in the 21st Century with the comedy Legally Blonde opposite Reese Witherspoon, she played Vivian Kensington a snobby, preppy and charismatic law student.[15] Blair also starred in several independent dramas like Dana Lustig's Kill Me Later where Blair played the role of Shawn, a bright but clinically depressed bank teller fed up with her life, followed by Todd Solondz's controversialStorytelling, Selma interpreted the role of Vi, a college creative writing student whose boyfriend has cerebral palsy.
Blair later was nominated for the DVD Exclusive Awards for Best Actress in a leading Role for the indie film Highway featuring Jake Gyllenhaaland Jared Leto.
In 2002 Blair starred the comedy The Sweetest Thing, with Cameron Diaz and Christina Applegate, and she was nominated again for an Teen Choice Award, this time for "Best Actress in a Comedy". She also appeared as Wendy in a guest role on the smash hit TV seriesFriends.
At the same time Selma Blair appeared on the cover of Rolling Stone magazine and in a 5 pages feature on April 25, 2002.
In the next years Blair starred the romantic comedy A Guy Thing with Jason Lee where she rejoined Stiles, Blair played Karen, a girl who has a boyfirend who was allegedly unfaithful with her cousin Becky.[24] Selma also appeared in several supporting roles like the television movieCoast to Coast with Judy Davis, the action film Dallas 362, the comedy-drama In Good Company, the black comedy Pretty Persuasion withEvan Rachel Wood and the drama The Alibi with Rebecca Romijn-Stamos.[25]
Blair's followed these with one of her most recognized roles as pyrotechnic superhero Liz Sherman in the Guillermo Del Toro blockbusterHellboy alongside Ron Perlman, the film is based on the Mike Mignola's popular comic. In the fall 2004, Blair played the role of exhibitionist adolescent Caprice Stickles (Ursula Udders) in John Waters’ satirical sex comedy A Dirty Shame, and she takes part on the social project The 1 Second Film as producer.
Selma Blair was included on the FHM 100 list Sexiest Women of 2004.
In 2005 she played a young Harvard-trained economist in the political thriller The Deal alongside Christian Slater,[30] Selma starred immediately after in John Carpenter's ghost movie The Fog opposite Smallville star Tom Welling where she did all dangerous scenes, and finally the Short film The Big Empty, Blair starred as Alice in a description about an unusual condition that baffles scientists, the film was produced by George Clooney. The following year Selma starred the comedy drama The Night of the White Pants with Tom Wilkinson as her immature father.
In 2007 Blair starred in Edward Burns´ Purple Violets, a romantic comedy, which was premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival and being the first feature film to debut on the iTunes Store, in this story Selma interpreted the role of Patti Petalson, an unhappy promising writer who finds love again with her childhood sweetheart, followed by the horror thriller WΔZ (opposite Stellan Skarsgard) in this film Selma played Jean Lerner, a disturbed rape victim involved in serial murders and also appeared in Feast of Love (opposite Greg Kinnear and Morgan Freeman) where Blair played the confused identity wife of Kinnear's character.
In 2008 she again played Liz Sherman in Hellboy II: The Golden Army, for which she was nominated for the Scream Awards for Best Actress in a Fantasy Movie or TV Show, the film ranked First at the Box-office in the United States, Canada and many other countries.
Later she returns to indie film territory as a drugged out abusive mother in Lori Petty's The Poker House opposite Jennifer Lawrence and co-starred the family comedy My Mom's New Boyfriend with Antonio Banderas and Meg Ryan, where Blair played a young FBI agent.
Selma was included in Glamour's The 50 most glamorous women of 2008.
From 2008-2009, Blair starred in the TV series Kath & Kim, opposite Molly Shannon based on the Australian television series of the same name about a mother and daughter who are obsessed with celebrity culture, Selma plays kim a self-absorbed suburban young princess, who is forced to reassess her relationship with her mother when she moves home after just a few weeks of marriage. Blair also appeared singing a christmas carol (Baby, It's Cold Outside) with Rainn Wilson for an extensive christmas commercial campaign.
In 2009, she returned to the stage as Kayleen in Rajiv Joseph's Gruesome Playground Injuries, which had its world premiere at Houston'sAlley Theatre. Blair also appeared as Ms. Delbo, a seductive teacher in the Black comedy "The family Tree" with Madeline Zima, the film not to be released until 2011.
In 2010 Selma had the lead in the indie thriller Columbus Circle, featuring Amy Smart and Beau Bridges, where Blair played a reclusive heiress. Selma Blair also appeared again in a music video, this time with Elijah Wood in Danko Jones´ spy story Full of Regret and she starred as a funny pregnant girl in three episodes of the on line television series Web Therapy starring Friends star Lisa Kudrow.
In the same year Blair appeared as a guest-judge in Heidi Klum's fashion reality show Project Runway.[51] Later Selma starred the trailer shot for Jamie Foxx's drama project "Tommy's Little Girl", where she plays a young girl become an attorney by day, and a deadly killer by night.
She was recently nominated for the Grammy Award for Best Spoken Word Album for Children (2011 Edition) for the audio book Anne Frank: The Diary Of A Young Girl: The Definitive Edition.
Selma Blair's upcoming projects include the World War I drama "Four Saints" where she play the lead role and portrays a heroic medic,she also take the lead in the cross-cultural comedy-drama "Different Kind Of Love" with Juliette Lewis and Richard Dreyfuss, recently the film won two awards for Best Comedy-Drama Screenplay and Best Special Mention screenplay at the Angel Film Awards in Monaco.
Selma also will star in the home invasion thriller "The Replicas" where Selma portrays a mother trying to enjoy some quality time with her family when things go horribly wrong and she has agreed to appear in the upcoming independent drama "Dark Horse" with Christopher Walken and Mia Farrow, she plays a woman in arrested development in search of success.
[edit]Personal life
Blair was married to Ahmet Zappa from 2004 to 2006, divorcing due to irreconcilable differences, in a statement to People, a spokesperson for the couple said, "Selma and Ahmet have decided to divorce but love each other very much and will continue to be close friends”.
She dated Kath & Kim co-star Mikey Day from 2008 to 2010. She is expecting her first child with fashion designer Jason Bleick in 2011.
Selma has some cute dogs (like Wink) and enjoys child care and horses, she started riding seriously at 17 and recently bought a horse.
Selma Blair's charity work and causes include the Marc Jacobs' Skin Cancer Awareness Campaign, and supported the Staying Alive Foundation and the Multiple Sclerosis Society.
Filmography
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1996 | The Broccoli Theory | Pretzel Cart Lesbian | |
| 1996 | Brain Candy | Girl at rock concert | |
| 1997 | Strong Island Boys | Tara | |
| 1997 | Gone Again | Ayla | |
| 1997 | Arresting Gena | Drugged woman | |
| 1997 | Two in the Morning | Shea | |
| 1997 | In & Out | Cousin Linda | |
| 1997 | Scream 2 | Cici's Friend on Phone | Uncredited |
| 1998 | Brown's Requiem | Jane | |
| 1998 | Girl | Darcy | |
| 1998 | Can't Hardly Wait | Girl Mike Hits On #1 | |
| 1998 | Debutante | Nan | |
| 1999 | Cruel Intentions | Cecile Caldwell | |
| 2000 | Down to You | Cyrus | |
| 2001 | Kill Me Later | Shawn Holloway | |
| 2001 | Storytelling | Vi | |
| 2001 | Legally Blonde | Vivian Kensington | |
| 2002 | Highway | Cassie | |
| 2002 | The Sweetest Thing | Jane Burns | |
| 2003 | A Guy Thing | Karen | |
| 2003 | Dallas 362 | Peg | |
| 2004 | Hellboy | Liz Sherman | |
| 2004 | A Dirty Shame | Caprice Stickles / Ursula Udders | |
| 2004 | In Good Company | Kimberly | |
| 2005 | Pretty Persuasion | Grace Anderson | |
| 2005 | The Deal | Abbey Gallagher | |
| 2005 | The Fog | Stevie Wayne | |
| 2005 | The Big Empty | Alice | Short subject |
| 2006 | The Alibi | Adelle | |
| 2006 | Chlorine | Elise | Suspended |
| 2006 | The Night of the White Pants | Beth Hagan | |
| 2007 | Purple Violets | Patti Petalson | |
| 2007 | WΔZ | Jean Lerner | |
| 2007 | The Listening Party | Suspended | |
| 2007 | Feast of Love | Kathryn Smith | |
| 2008 | My Mom's New Boyfriend | Emily Lott | |
| 2008 | The Poker House | Sarah | |
| 2008 | Hellboy II: The Golden Army | Liz Sherman | |
| 2009 | The Family Tree | Ms. Delbo | Not yet released |
| 2010 | Full of Regret | Katt | Music video for Danko Jones |
| 2010 | Columbus Circle | Abigail | Completed |
| 2011 | Animal Love | Sorrel | Short Subject |
| 2011 | Four Saints | Dorothy Fielding | Pre-production |
| 2011 | Different Kind Of Love | Camilla | In Production |
| 2011 | Dark Horse | Miranda | Filming |
| 2011 | Replicas | Mary | Filming |
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1995 | The Adventures of Pete & Pete | Penelope Ghiruto | 1 episode |
| 1997 | Amazon High | Cyane | |
| 1997 | Soldier of Fortune, Inc. | Tish August | 1 episode |
| 1998 | No Laughing Matter | Lauren Winslow | |
| 1999– 2000 | Zoe, Duncan, Jack and Jane | Zoe Bean | 24 episodes |
| 2000 | Xena: Warrior Princess | Cyane | 1 episode |
| 2002 | Friends | Wendy | Episode: "The One with Christmas in Tulsa" |
| 2003 | Coast to Coast | Stacey Pierce | Television movie |
| 2004 | DeMarco Affairs | Kate DeMarco | |
| 2006 | Hellboy: Sword of Storms | Liz Sherman (Voice) | Television movie |
| 2007 | Hellboy: Blood and Iron | Liz Sherman (Voice) | Television movie |
| 2008–2009 | Kath & Kim | Kim | 18 episodes |
| 2010 | Project Runway | Herself (guest judge) | 1 episode |
| 2010 | Web Therapy | Tammy Hines | 2 episodes |
Awards and nominations
| Year | Award | Result | Category | Title of work |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1999 | Teen Choice Awards | Nominated | TV – Breakout Performance | Zoe, Duncan, Jack and Jane |
| 2002 | Teen Choice Awards | Nominated | Film – Choice Actress, Comedy | The Sweetest Thing |
| 2000 | MTV Movie Awards | Nominated | Breakthrough Female Performance | Cruel Intentions |
| 2000 | MTV Movie Awards | Won | Best Kiss | Cruel Intentions (Shared with Sarah Michelle Gellar) |
| 2000 | Young Hollywood Awards | Won | Exciting New Face – Female | |
| 2002 | Young Hollywood Awards | Won | Next Generation | |
| 2003 | DVD Exclusive Awards | Nominated | Best Actress | Highway |
| 2010 | Grammy Award | Nominated | Best Spoken Word Album – Children | Diary of Anne Frank |
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