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Selma Blair
Blair holding a postcard for The 1 Second Film, September 2004
Born	Selma Blair Beitner June 23, 1972 (1972-06-23) (age 36) Southfield, Michigan, U.S.

Selma Blair (born June 23, 1972) is an American actress. After numerous supporting roles in the 1990s, she starred in the film Cruel Intentions and the short-lived TV series Zoe, Duncan, Jack and Jane in 1999. She has since had notable roles in Hollywood feature films such as Legally Blonde (2001), The Sweetest Thing (2002), and Hellboy (2004). She will also play the titular role of Kim in the upcoming US remake of the popular Australian sitcom Kath & Kim.

Biography

Early life

Blair was born Selma Blair Beitner in Southfield, Michigan,^[1] the daughter of Molly Ann and Elliot Beitner. She has three older sisters, Katherine (a book publicist), Elizabeth, and Marie.^[2] Blair attended a Jewish day school^[3] and Cranbrook Kingswood school in Bloomfield Hills. She attended Kalamazoo College in Michigan, then later transferred to the University of Michigan, where she earned her bachelor's degree in 1994.

Career

After training at the Stella Adler Conservatory of Acting,^[4] Blair began acting in a few small roles during the early 1990s.^[2] She starred in the film Cruel Intentions (1999), opposite Sarah Michelle Gellar and Reese Witherspoon, and won the "Best Kiss" category at the MTV Movie Awards with co-star Gellar.^[5] Blair went on to star as Zoe Bean in two seasons of TV series Zoe, Duncan, Jack and Jane (1999-2000) on The WB network.^[6] In 2001, she again worked alongside Witherspoon in the film Legally Blonde. Blair then took the role of Liz Sherman, a pyrokinetic human in the 2004 film Hellboy, and again in the film's 2008 sequel, Hellboy II: The Golden Army. Blair played the wife of Greg Kinnear's character in the film Feast of Love in 2007.^[7]

Personal Life

She was married to Ahmet Zappa from 2004 - 2006. Blair filed for divorce in 2006, citing "irreconcilable differences".^[8]

Filmography

• The Dana Carvey Show (1996) (TV; uncredited)
• In & Out (1997)
• Scream 2 (1997) (voice) (uncredited)
• Girl (1998)
• Can't Hardly Wait (1998)
• Brown's Requiem (1998)
• Cruel Intentions (1999)
• Zoe, Duncan, Jack and Jane (TV Series) (1999-2000)
• Down to You (2000)
• Kill Me Later (2001)
• Storytelling (2001)
• Legally Blonde (2001)
• Highway (2002)
• The Sweetest Thing (2002)
• A Guy Thing (2003)
• Coast to Coast (TV film) (2003)
• Dallas 362 (2003)
• Hellboy (2004)
• A Dirty Shame (2004)
• In Good Company (2004)
• Pretty Persuasion (2005)
• The Fog (2005)
• The Alibi (2006)
• The Night of the White Pants (2006)
• Hellboy: Sword of Storms (TV; voice only) (2006)
• Hellboy: Blood and Iron (TV; voice only) (2007)
• Purple Violets (2007)
• Feast of Love (2007)
• Hellboy II: The Golden Army (2008)
• Hellboy: The Science of Evil (Video Game; voice only) (2008)
• My Mom's New Boyfriend (2008)
• WΔZ (2008)
• Kath & Kim (TV series) (2008)
• The 1 Second Film (2009) (producer)

References

External links

• Selma Blair at the Internet Movie Database
• Selma Blair at Allmovie
• Demure in pearls, bawdy in leather: Who's the real Selma Blair? By Alanna Nash. USA WEEKEND January 12, 2003
• Selma Blair Producer Profile for The 1 Second Film
• Blair in June 2008 issue of Men's Vogue