Selma Blair

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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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Job Title

Actor

Born

Selma Blair Beitner on June 23, 1972 in Southfield, Michigan, USA

Career Milestones

2010

Earned a Grammy nomination for narrating Anne Frank: The Diary Of A Young Girl: The Definitive Edition

2008

Re-teamed with director Guillermo del Toro for "Hellboy II: The Golden Army"

2007

Played the wife of Greg Kinnear's character in Robert Benton's "Feast of Love"

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"

2004

Starred opposite Tracey Ullman and Johnny Knoxville in the John Waters comedy "A Dirty Shame"

2004

Cast as Pyrokenetic Liz Sherman in Guillermo del Toro's "Hellboy"

2003

Cast opposite Jason Lee and Julia Stiles in the comedy feature "A Guy Thing"

2002

Co-starred with Cameron Diaz and Christina Applegate in the comedy "The Sweetest Thing"

2002

Appeared on an episode of NBC's "Friends" as Chandler's co-worker

2001

Offered a supporting role in the comedy, "Legally Blonde"

1999

Featured as Cecile in a modern-day reworking of "Les Liaisons Dangereuse" titled "Cruel Intentions"

1999

Cast as Zoe Bean in the WB sitcom, "Zoe, Duncan, Jack & Jane"

1998

Played the female lead in "Brown's Requiem" based on the novel by James Ellroy

1998

Appeared in the USA Network TV-movie "No Laughing Matter"

1997

Feature film debut in the comedy, "In & Out"

Began studying acting at the Stella Adler Studio

Moved to NYC to pursue career as a photographer

Raised in Southfield, Michigan

Awards

2000

MTV Movie Award for Best Female Breakthrough Performance in Cruel Intentions