Selma Blair

Date of Birth
June 23, 1972, Southfield, Michigan, USA

Height
5′ 4″ (1.63 m)

Mini Biography
One of our most exciting and versatile actresses, Selma Blair first gained attention for her performance in Cruel Intentions (1999), a youthful retelling of the classic novel “Les Liaisons Dangereuses”.

Selma was born in Southfield, Michigan, to Molly Ann (Cooke), a judge, and Elliot I. Beitner, a lawyer. She had a Jewish upbringing. 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 Conservatory and Stonestreet Studios.

Selma starred for two seasons as the title character in the WB’s Zoe, Duncan, Jack & Jane (1999) and then appeared in the hit comedy, Legally Blonde (2001) opposite Reese Witherspoon. She then starred opposite Cameron Diaz and Christina Applegate in The Sweetest Thing (2002) and in two independent films that garnered her much critical acclaim: Dana Lustig‘s Kill Me Later (2001) and Todd Solondz‘s controversial Storytelling (2001).

In 2004, Selma starred in Guillermo del Toro‘s Hellboy (2004) and appeared in John Waters‘s A Dirty Shame (2004). Her other film credits include Paul Weitz‘s In Good Company (2004), opposite Topher Grace in Pretty Persuasion (2005), opposite Stellan Skarsgård in w Delta z (2007), in Ed Burns‘s Purple Violets (2007), in Robert Benton‘s Feast of Love (2007) starring opposite Morgan Freeman and Greg Kinnear.and Newton Thomas Sigel‘s award-winning short film, The Big Empty (2005) opposite Elias Koteas.