SELMA BLAIR

'Selma Blair' (born June 23 1972) is an American actress. She became known in the late 1990s and has appeared in several supporting and lead roles in Hollywood films.

Contents

Biography

Early life

Career

Personal life

Selected filmography

Trivia

Footnotes

External links

Biography

Early life

Blair was born 'Selma Blair Beitner' in Southfield, Michigan, to Molly Ann and Elliot Beitner, who divorced when Blair was 23; she subsequently legally changed her surname to reflect that she has "nothing to do" with her father and he is "out of" her life.^[1] She has three older sisters, Katherine (a book publicist), Elizabeth, and Marie.^[2] Blair had a Jewish upbringing^[3] and was given the Hebrew name Batsheva. As a child, Blair attended Hillel Day School in Farmington Hills and Cranbrook Kingswood school in Bloomfield Hills. She studied at Kalamazoo College from 1990–92, then transferred to the University of Michigan, where she earned her bachelor's degree in 1994. She also studied with Stella Adler.

Career

Blair began acting in the 1990s, starring in the film ''Cruel Intentions'' (1999), opposite Sarah Michelle Gellar and Reese Witherspoon. Blair and Witherspoon later starred together in ''Legally Blonde'' (2001). More recently, she appeared alongside Cameron Diaz and Christina Applegate in ''The Sweetest Thing'' (2002), and in ''Hellboy'' (2004) and played in ''A Dirty Shame'' (2004). Also in 2002 she had a guest role on the hit sitcom Friends. She played the character of "Zoe" in the year-long TV series, ''Zoe, Duncan, Jack and Jane''. She was ranked #93 on the FHM 100 Sexiest Women of 2004.^[4]

Personal life

Blair was married to musician Ahmet Zappa on January 24 2004, in Los Angeles. She filed for divorce at the Los Angeles Superior Court on June 21 2006, citing 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
(People magazine) In February 2007 she spoke to people about her new relationship with actor and writer Matthew Felker.

Selected filmography

★ ''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)

★ ''The Sweetest Thing'' (2002)

★ ''A Guy Thing'' (2003)

★ ''Hellboy'' (2004)

★ ''A Dirty Shame'' (2004)

★ ''In Good Company'' (2004)

★ ''Pretty Persuasion'' (2005)

★ ''The Fog'' (2005)

★ ''The 1 Second Film'' (2006) (producer)

★ ''The Night of the White Pants'' (2006)

★ ''Feast of Love'' (2007)

★ '' (2008)

★ ''My Mom's New Boyfriend'' (2008)

Trivia

★ Selma was originally the choice for Joey Potter in Dawson's Creek but was replaced after Kevin Williamson saw Katie Holmes's audition tape.

★ Won best kiss at the teen choice awards along with co-star Sarah Michelle Gellar for her role in Cruel Intentions.

★ She was in the 2004 ABC David E. Kelly pilot with Sabrina Lloyd called the 'DeMarco Affairs'.
Had a long term relationship with actor Jason Schwartzman.

Footnotes

1. http://www.usaweekend.com/03_issues/030112/030112selma.html
2. http://movies.yahoo.com/movie/contributor/1800018816/bio
3. http://www.jewishsf.com/content/2-0-/module/displaystory/story_id/22022/edition_id/445/format/html/displaystory.html
4. FreeJose.com

External links

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