Biography
Fearless and versatile throughout her career when it came to choosing her film projects, she played everything from a ditzy prep school student to a big-breasted stripper. Blair even made an icy law student seem likeable in the comedy "Legally Blonde" (2001), the film in which audiences first took notice of her. Seven years after her blockbuster debut, she still had everyone laughing in "Kath and Kim" (NBC, 2008- ), a remake of a popular …
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Career Milestones
| Began studying acting at the Stella Adler Studio | ||
| Moved to NYC to pursue career as a photographer | ||
| Raised in Southfield, Michigan | ||
1997 | Feature film debut in the comedy, "In & Out" | |
1998 | Appeared in the USA Network TV-movie "No Laughing Matter" | |
1998 | Played the female lead in "Brown's Requiem" based on the novel by James Ellroy | |
1999 | Cast as Zoe Bean in the WB sitcom, "Zoe, Duncan, Jack & Jane" | |
1999 | Featured as Cecile in a modern-day reworking of "Les Liaisons Dangereuse" titled "Cruel Intentions" | |
2001 | Offered a supporting role in the comedy, "Legally Blonde" | |
2002 | Appeared on an episode of NBC's "Friends" as Chandler's co-worker | |
2002 | Co-starred with Cameron Diaz and Christina Applegate in the comedy "The Sweetest Thing" | |
2003 | Cast opposite Jason Lee and Julia Stiles in the comedy feature "A Guy Thing" | |
2004 | Cast as Pyrokenetic Liz Sherman in Guillermo del Toro's "Hellboy" | |
2004 | Starred opposite Tracey Ullman and Johnny Knoxville in the John Waters comedy "A Dirty Shame" | |
2005 | Cast opposite Christian Slater in the political thriller "The Deal" | |
2005 | Co-starred with Tom Welling and Maggie Grace in the remake of John Carpenter's classic horror film, "The Fog" | |
2007 | Played the wife of Greg Kinnear's character in Robert Benton's "Feast of Love" | |
2008 | Re-teamed with director Guillermo del Toro for "Hellboy II: The Golden Army" | |
2010 | Earned a Grammy nomination for narrating Anne Frank: The Diary Of A Young Girl: The Definitive Edition | |
Awards
2000 | MTV Movie Award for Best Female Breakthrough Performance in Cruel Intentions |