Real Name : Selma Blair Beitner
Birth : 23 June 1972, Southfield, Michigan, USA
Height : 5' 3"
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One of our most exciting and versatile actresses, Selma Blair first gained our attention for her performance in _Cruel Intentions (1999)_ (qv), a youthful retelling of the classic novel "Les Liaisons Dangereuses". After graduating from high school in Michigan, Selma moved to New York City to pursue her goal of being a photographer but found her way to acting classes at The 'Stella Adler' (qv) Conservatory and The Column Theatre. Selma starred for two seasons as the title character in the WB's _"Zoe, Duncan, Jack & Jane" (1999)_ (qv) and then appeared in the hit comedy, _Legally Blonde (2001)_ (qv) opposite 'Reese Witherspoon' (qv). She then starred opposite 'Cameron Diaz' (qv) and 'Christina Applegate' (qv) in _The Sweetest Thing (2002)_ (qv) and in two independent films that garnered her much critical acclaim: 'Dana Lustig' (qv)'s _Kill Me Later (2001)_ (qv) and 'Todd Solondz' (qv)'s controversial _Storytelling (2001)_ (qv). In 2004, Selma starred in 'Guillermo del Toro' (qv)'s _Hellboy (2004)_ (qv) and appeared in 'John Waters (I)' (qv)'s _A Dirty Shame (2004)_ (qv). Her other film credits include 'Paul Weitz' (qv)'s _In Good Company (2004)_ (qv), opposite 'Topher Grace' (qv) in _Pretty Persuasion (2005)_ (qv), opposite 'Stellan Skarsgård' (qv) in _w Delta z (2007)_ (qv), in 'Ed Burns' (qv)'s _Purple Violets (2007)_ (qv), in 'Robert Benton (I)' (qv)'s _Feast of Love (2007)_ (qv) starring opposite 'Morgan Freeman (I)' (qv) and 'Greg Kinnear' (qv).and 'Newton Thomas Sigel' (qv)'s award-winning short film, _The Big Empty (2005)_ (qv) opposite 'Elias Koteas' (qv). Selma's upcoming projects include _My Mom's New Boyfriend (2008)_ (qv) opposite 'Colin Hanks' (qv), 'Antonio Banderas (I)' (qv) and 'Meg Ryan' (qv) and is in production on _Hellboy II: The Golden Army (2008)_ (qv).
Biography written by: Manager/Publicist
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- 'Hellboy': The Seeds of Creation (2004) (V) [Herself]
- 2000 MTV Movie Awards (2000) (TV) [Herself]
- A Dirty Shame (2004) [Caprice Stickles] <3>
- A Guy Thing (2003) [Karen] <3>
- All the Dirt on 'A Dirty Shame' (2005) (V) [Herself] <4>
- Amazon High (1997) (TV) [Cyane] <1>
- Arresting Gena (1997) [Drugged Woman]
- Bachelor Party Confidential (2003) (V) (also archive footage) [Herself - 'Karen Cooper'] <8>
- Brown's Requiem (1998) [Jane] <5>
- Can't Hardly Wait (1998) [Girl Mike Hits On #1] <42>
- Chlorine (2007) {{SUSPENDED}} [Elise]
- Coast to Coast (2003) (TV) [Stacey Pierce] <3>
- Coast to Coast: Behind the Scenes (2004) (V) [Herself]
- Columbus Circle (2010) [Abigail] <1>
- Cruel Intentions (1999) [Cecile Caldwell] <4>
- Dallas 362 (2003) [Peg] <9>
- Debutante (1998) [Nan] <1>
- DeMarco Affairs (2004) (TV) [Kate DeMarco]
- Different Kind of Love (2011) [Camilla] <3>
- Down to You (2000) [Cyrus] <3>
- Feast of Love (2007) [Kathryn Smith] <5>
- Full of Regret (2010) [Katt]
- Girl (1998) [Darcy] <5>
- Gone Again (1997) [Ayla]
- Hellboy (2004) [Liz Sherman] <3>
- Hellboy Animated: Blood and Iron (2007) (TV) (voice) [Liz Sherman] <2>
- Hellboy Animated: Sword of Storms (2006) (TV) (voice) [Liz Sherman] <2>
- Hellboy II: The Golden Army (2008) [Liz] <2>
- Hellboy: The Science of Evil (2008) (VG) (voice) [Liz Sherman] <2>
- Highway (2002/I) [Cassie] <3>
- In & Out (1997) [Cousin Linda] <54>
- In Good Company (2004) [Kimberly] <8>
- Inside 'A Guy Thing' (2003) (V) (also archive footage) [Herself - 'Karen Cooper'] <9>
- Inside 'Legally Blonde' (2001) (V) [Herself]
- Kids in the Hall: Brain Candy (1996) [Girl at rock concert]
- Kill Me Later (2001) [Shawn Holloway] <1>
- Legally Blonde (2001) [Vivian] <3>
- Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade (2008) (TV) [Herself]
- Max on Set: Hellboy II - The Golden Army (2008) (TV) [Herself - Liz Sherman]
- My Mom's New Boyfriend (2008) [Emily Lott] <4>
- No Laughing Matter (1998) (TV) [Lauren Winslow] <3>
- Pretty Persuasion (2005) [Grace Anderson] <18>
- Purple Violets (2007) [Patti Petalson] <3>
- Scream 2 (1997) (voice) (uncredited) [Cici's Friend on Phone]
- Seeing Through 'The Fog' (2006) (V) (also archive footage) [Herself - 'Stevie Wayne'] <6>
- Starz on the Set: Raising Hellboy (2004) (TV) [Herself]
- Storytelling (2001) [Vi (segment "Fiction")] <1>
- Strong Island Boys (1997) [Tara] <2>
- The 2004 IFP/West Independent Spirit Awards (2004) (TV) [Herself (presenter: Best First Screenplay)]
- The 20th IFP Independent Spirit Awards (2005) (TV) [Herself (presenter: Best Debut Performance)]
- The Alibi (2006) [Adelle] <12>
- The Big Empty (2005) [Alice] <1>
- The Broccoli Theory (1996) [Pretzel Cart Lesbian]
- The Deal (2005) [Abbey Gallagher] <2>
- The Family Tree (2010) [Ms. Delbo]
- The Fog (2005) [Stevie Wayne] <3>
- The Making of 'Hellboy' (2004) (TV) [Herself]
- The Making of 'The Sweetest Thing' (2002) (V) [Herself] <3>
- The Night of the White Pants (2006) [Beth Hagan] <3>
- The Poker House (2008) [Sarah]
- The Sweetest Thing (2002) [Jane Burns] <3>
- The Teen Choice Awards 2002 (2002) (TV) [Herself - Presenter]
- Two in the Morning (1997) [Shea] <2>
- w Delta z (2007) [Jean Lerner] <3>
- "American Idol: The Search for a Superstar" (2002) {Live Results Show: One Contestant Eliminated (#7.30)} [Herself]
- "Cinetipp" (2002) {Hellboy 2} [Liz Sherman]
- "Comedy Central Canned Ham" (1996) {The Sweetest Thing} [Herself]
- "Der Kabel 1 Kinotipp" (2002) {Hellboy 2} [Liz Sherman]
- "Entertainment Tonight" (1981) {(2007-07-26)} [Herself]
- "Entertainment Tonight" (1981) {(2008-01-17)} [Herself]
- "Entertainment Tonight" (1981) {(2008-08-14)} [Herself]
- "Entertainment Tonight" (1981) {(2008-09-04)} [Herself]
- "Entertainment Tonight" (1981) {(2009-02-04)} [Herself]
- "Friends" (1994) {The One with Christmas in Tulsa (#9.10)} [Wendy]
- "Isaac" (2005) {(2005-12-27)} [Herself - Guest]
- "Kath & Kim" (2008) {Bachelorette (#1.16)} [Kim Day] <2>
- "Kath & Kim" (2008) {Celebrity (#1.13)} [Kim Day] <2>
- "Kath & Kim" (2008) {Competition (#1.14)} [Kim Day] <2>
- "Kath & Kim" (2008) {Dating (#1.5)} [Kim Day] <2>
- "Kath & Kim" (2008) {Desire (#1.15)} [Kim Day] <2>
- "Kath & Kim" (2008) {Florida (#1.10)} [Kim Day] <2>
- "Kath & Kim" (2008) {Friends (#1.9)} [Kim Day] <2>
- "Kath & Kim" (2008) {Gay (#1.7)} [Kim Day] <2>
- "Kath & Kim" (2008) {Home (#1.17)} [Kim Day] <2>
- "Kath & Kim" (2008) {Idols (#1.12)} [Kim Day] <2>
- "Kath & Kim" (2008) {Jealousy (#1.6)} [Kim Day] <2>
- "Kath & Kim" (2008) {Money (#1.4)} [Kim Day] <2>
- "Kath & Kim" (2008) {News (#1.11)} [Kim Day] <2>
- "Kath & Kim" (2008) {Old (#1.3)} [Kim Day] <2>
- "Kath & Kim" (2008) {Pilot (#1.1)} [Kim Day] <2>
- "Kath & Kim" (2008) {Respect (#1.2)} [Kim Day] <2>
- "Kath & Kim" (2008) {Sacrifice (#1.8)} [Kim Day] <2>
- "Late Night with Conan O'Brien" (1993) {(2001-07-10)} [Herself]
- "Late Night with Conan O'Brien" (1993) {(2004-09-20)} [Herself]
- "Late Night with Conan O'Brien" (1993) {(2008-07-08)} [Herself]
- "Late Show with David Letterman" (1993) {(2005-10-14)} [Herself]
- "Live with Regis and Kathie Lee" (1989) {(2008-07-11)} [Herself]
- "Promised Land" (1996) {Designated Driver (#2.15)} [Carla Braver]
- "Rank" (2001) {25 Sexiest Movie Moments} [Herself]
- "SexTV" (1998) {Pink or Blue?: The Science of Sex Selection/John Waters (#7.1)} [Herself]
- "Soldier of Fortune, Inc." (1997) {La Mano Negra (#1.8)} [Tish August]
- "The Adventures of Pete & Pete" (1993) {Das Bus (#3.12)} [Penelope Ghiruto]
- "The Daily Show" (1996) {(2000-01-24)} [Herself]
- "The Isaac Mizrahi Show" (2001) {(2002-09-14)} [Herself]
- "The Jay Leno Show" (2009) {(#1.23)} [Herself]
- "The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson" (2005) {(#5.187)} [Herself]
- "The Rosie O'Donnell Show" (1996) {(2002-04-12)} [Herself]
- "The Showbiz Show with David Spade" (2005) {(#1.6)} [Herself]
- "The Tonight Show with Jay Leno" (1992) {(2000-01-26)} [Herself]
- "The Tonight Show with Jay Leno" (1992) {(2004-04-01)} [Herself]
- "The Tonight Show with Jay Leno" (1992) {(2004-09-17)} [Herself]
- "The Tonight Show with Jay Leno" (1992) {(2005-08-12)} [Herself]
- "The Tonight Show with Jay Leno" (1992) {(2008-07-07)} [Herself]
- "The Tonight Show with Jay Leno" (1992) {(2008-10-13)} [Herself]
- "The View" (1997) {(2004-03-26)} [Herself]
- "Web Therapy" (2008) {Bringing Up Babies (#3.7)} [Tammy Hines]
- "Web Therapy" (2008) {Maternity Leave (#3.9)} [Tammy Hines]
- "Xena: Warrior Princess" (1995) {Lifeblood (#5.16)} [Cyane] <3>
- "Zoe, Duncan, Jack & Jane" (1999) {A Midsummer Night's Nightmare (#2.6)} [Zoe Bean] <1>
- "Zoe, Duncan, Jack & Jane" (1999) {Crossing the Line (#2.7)} [Zoe Bean] <1>
- "Zoe, Duncan, Jack & Jane" (1999) {Desperately Seeking Zoe (#2.8)} [Zoe Bean] <1>
- "Zoe, Duncan, Jack & Jane" (1999) {Down and Out at Bleeker and Houston (#1.11)} [Zoe Bean] <1>
- "Zoe, Duncan, Jack & Jane" (1999) {Everything You Wanted to Know About Zoe (#1.2)} [Zoe Bean] <1>
- "Zoe, Duncan, Jack & Jane" (1999) {Hard Cheese on Zoe (#1.6)} [Zoe Bean] <1>
- "Zoe, Duncan, Jack & Jane" (1999) {I Don't Feel So Good (#2.3)} [Zoe Bean] <1>
- "Zoe, Duncan, Jack & Jane" (1999) {Kiss of Death (#2.4)} [Zoe Bean] <1>
- "Zoe, Duncan, Jack & Jane" (1999) {My Dinner with Andy (#2.10)} [Zoe Bean] <1>
- "Zoe, Duncan, Jack & Jane" (1999) {No Good Deed (#2.1)} [Zoe Bean] <1>
- "Zoe, Duncan, Jack & Jane" (1999) {Party Girls (#2.12)} [Zoe Bean] <1>
- "Zoe, Duncan, Jack & Jane" (1999) {Pilot (#1.1)} [Zoe Bean] <1>
- "Zoe, Duncan, Jack & Jane" (1999) {Run, Man Ray, Run (#1.13)} [Zoe Bean] <1>
- "Zoe, Duncan, Jack & Jane" (1999) {Sympathy for Jack (#1.5)} [Zoe Bean] <1>
- "Zoe, Duncan, Jack & Jane" (1999) {Tall, Dark and Duncan's Boss (#2.9)} [Zoe Bean] <1>
- "Zoe, Duncan, Jack & Jane" (1999) {The Advice (#1.9)} [Zoe Bean] <1>
- "Zoe, Duncan, Jack & Jane" (1999) {The Customer Is Always Vic (#2.2)} [Zoe Bean] <1>
- "Zoe, Duncan, Jack & Jane" (1999) {The Feud (#2.5)} [Zoe Bean] <1>
- "Zoe, Duncan, Jack & Jane" (1999) {The Trouble with Jane (#1.7)} [Zoe Bean] <1>
- "Zoe, Duncan, Jack & Jane" (1999) {Three Years Later (#2.13)} [Zoe Bean] <1>
- "Zoe, Duncan, Jack & Jane" (1999) {To Jack, from Zoe (#1.4)} [Zoe Bean] <1>
- "Zoe, Duncan, Jack & Jane" (1999) {Too Much Pressure (#2.11)} [Zoe Bean] <1>
- "Zoe, Duncan, Jack & Jane" (1999) {When Zoe Met Johnny (#1.3)} [Zoe Bean] <1>
- "Zoe, Duncan, Jack & Jane" (1999) {Zoe Under the Influence (#1.12)} [Zoe Bean] <1>
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- 'Ahmet Zappa' (qv) (24 January 2004 - 27 November 2006) (divorced)
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- "MovieScope Magazine" (UK), September 2008, Vol. 2, Iss. 3, pg. 30-32, by: Colleen Patrick, "Selma Blair: Modest, Versatile and On Fire!"
- "Playboy" (USA), August 2008, Vol. 55, Iss. 8, pg. 90-91+110, by: Stephen Rebello, "20Q: Selma Blair"
- "The Independent Magazine" (UK), 16 February 2008, pg. 12 - 17, by: Andrew Gumbel, "Blair apparent"
- "Dazed & Confused" (UK), September 2007, Vol. 2, Iss. 153, pg. 138 - 145, by: Jessica Hundley, "Filthy and Gorgeous"
- "The Independent Arts and Books Review" (UK), 3 September 2004, pg. 11, by: Ryan Gilbey, "Blair kitsch project"
- "Playboy" (USA), July 2002, Vol. 49, Iss. 7, pg. 26, by: Leonard Maltin, "Scene Stealer: Selma Blair"
- "Seventeen" (USA), June 1999, pg. 130-133, by: Gayle Forman, "Selma's Day Off"
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- "Veronica" (Netherlands), 1 March 2008, Iss. 9, by: Belinda Janssen, "Blair vs. Brooks"
- "FHM" (USA), October 2004, Iss. 49, pg. 51, by: Adam Winer, "Max Boobage!"
- "Spin" (USA), April 2004, Vol. 20, Iss. 4, pg. 33-34, by: Stephen Rebello, "Demon Lover"
- "Rolling Stone" (USA), 25 April 2002, Vol. 1, Iss. 894, pg. 56-57+60+88, by: Erik Hedegaard, "Seet Things"
- "Movieline" (USA), February 2002, Vol. 13, Iss. 5, pg. 58-59, by: Jeffrey Lantos, "The Blair Necessities"
- "Vanity Fair" (UK), April 2000, Vol. 1, Iss. 476, pg. 32+34, by: Eliza Griswold
- "Details" (USA), January 2000, pg. 80-83, by: Brantley Bardin, "Blair Club For Men"
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- "Veronica" (Netherlands), 1 March 2008, Iss. 9, by: Sunshine, "Blair vs. Brooks"
- "Dazed & Confused" (UK), September 2007, Vol. 2, Iss. 153, pg. 138 - 145, by: Rankin, "Filthy & Gorgeous"
- "Playboy" (USA), October 2005, Vol. 52, Iss. 10, pg. 28, by: staff, "Tease Frame: Selma Blair"
- "Celebrity Skin" (USA), October 2004, Vol. 28, Iss. 133, pg. 46-47, by: staff, "Jungle Fever Foxes: Selma Blair"
- "Celebrity Adult Spy" (UK), 31 December 2002, Vol. 1, Iss. 4, pg. 16-17, "Buffy's Lesbian Lover Strips!"
- "Teen People" (Canada), June/July 2002, pg. 69
- "High Society" (USA), December 2000, Vol. 25, Iss. 12, pg. 20, by: staff, "Hollywood's Hottest Lesbian Sex Scenes: 'Cruel Intentions'"
- "Celebrity Sleuth" (USA), 2000, Vol. 13, Iss. 8, pg. 38-39, by: staff, "The Hottie List: Cruel Intentions"
- "W" (USA), August, 1999
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- "The Independent Magazine" (UK), 16 February 2008
- "Dazed & Confused" (UK), September 2007, Vol. 2, Iss. 153
- "Seventeen" (USA), August 2002
- "Rolling Stone" (USA), 25 April 2002, Vol. 1, Iss. 894
- "Vanity Fair" (UK), April 2000, Vol. 1, Iss. 476
- "Cosmo girl!" (USA), February 2000
- "Details" (USA), January 2000
- "Seventeen" (USA), June 1999
- "Bikini" (USA), 1999
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- TV commercial for The Sims Online video game from EA games 2002.
- Music Video: "Every You, Every Me" by Placebo (1999)
- Print ads for Chanel (2005)
- Print ads for "Skin cancer" campaign (2006)
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- On husband 'Ahmet Zappa' (qv)'s noteworthy proposal: "I said, 'I need something to make sure that this is real,' a Ferrari or something, and so he gave me a highlighter pen. It was a yellow highlighter pen. ... He told me that his father, 'Frank Zappa' (qv), had asked his mother to marry him with a pen".
- [On performing in _Hellboy II: The Golden Army (2008)_ (qv)] I loved being surrounded by monsters and I guess it goes back to my childhood. I loved fairy tales - Aesop's Fables, Grimm's Fairy Tales. I was a big fan of Little Matchstick Girl.
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- Audtioned for the role of Buffy on the tv show _"Buffy the Vampire Slayer" (1997)_ (qv).
- Was supposed to be a regular on the TV show _"Getting Personal" (1998)_ (qv), but was fired after the original pilot.
- Originally moved to New York to pursue photography. Her plans soon changed, however, as she wound up studying at the 'Stella Adler' (qv) Conservatory and Column Theater.
- Before heading to New York, Selma spent her freshman year (1990-91) at Kalamazoo College where she did a play called "The Little Theater of the Green Goose" and studied photography.
- Throughout high school she disliked her first name and went by just Blair.
- Attended Cranbrook Kingswood School in Bloomfield, Michigan, at the same time as 'Elizabeth Berkley' (qv). Another graduate was 'Jaime Ray Newman' (qv).
- Engaged to 'Ahmet Zappa' (qv) (October 2003)
- Former sister-in-law of 'Moon Unit Zappa' (qv), 'Dweezil Zappa' (qv), and 'Diva Zappa' (qv).
- Wore a very large pair of fake breasts to play a stripper in the movie _A Dirty Shame (2004)_ (qv), directed by 'John Waters (I)' (qv).
- Graduated from the University of Michigan in 1994 (BFA in Photography).
- Wore a pale pink wedding dress for her wedding and had an identical dress made in black for the reception.
- She has a one eyed dog named Wink
- She and 'Ahmet Zappa' (qv) were married at the Beverly Hills mansion of actress 'Carrie Fisher' (qv).
- Went to camp at Black River Farm and Ranch, a horseback riding camp for girls.
- References 'Sissy Spacek' (qv), 'Julie Hagerty' (qv), and 'Judy Davis (I)' (qv) as her influences.
- Her mother was a judge and her sister was a police officer (for 11 years).
- Developed a fear of the water and sharks after seeing _Jaws (1975)_ (qv).
- Best friend with 'Reese Witherspoon' (qv).
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