Profile: Selma Blair
Full Name: Selma Blair Beitner
Birth Date: June 23, 1972
Birth Place: Southfield, Michigan, USA
Height: 5' 3"
Husband: Ahmet Zappa (January 24, 2004 - present)
Quote: "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, had asked his mother to marry him with a pen."
Selma Blair Biography
In the town of Southfield, Michigan, Selma Blair Beitner was born June 23, 1972. After receiving a combined degree in Fine Arts and English from Michigan University, Blair decided to move to New York City to pursue a career in photography. Once in the Big Apple, she began taking photography classes at New York University, but soon realized that being a photographer wasn't what she really wanted and instead turned to acting.
At the Stella Adler Conservatory in New York City, Blair honed her raw skills and was soon discovered in one of her acting classes by an agent. She earned her Screen Actor's Guild card one week later, after doing a television commercial for the Theater of Virginia. Her official acting debut was on the TV series The Adventures of Pete and Pete in 1993, which was followed by spot roles in Soldier of Fortune, Inc. and Promised Land.
Her first few films were independent releases or mediocre films, with the exception of the Kevin Kline film In and Out. The independent films, however, garnered a great deal of praise for Blair, but were shown to a very limited audience. Girl (with Dominique Swain and Tara Reid) was a tremendous film, which certainly would have faired decently at the box office but was never given the funding. Additionally, Strong Island Boys and Brown's Requiem both received excellent reviews, particularly for Selma's performances. It was the praise from these films which helped get her name out among filmmakers' circles.
Blair's career began to snowball and her great performance in Cruel Intentions was all she needed to push herself over the edge. Contacts were made and the phone was ringing off the hook after the success of the film, for which Blair received a "Best Kiss" award from the MTV Movie Awards and a nomination for Best Breakthrough Performance for her role as Cecile Caldwell. The Warner Brothers network also grabbed her for the title role in the 1999 sitcom Zoe (formerly Zoe, Duncan, Jack & Jane), which received great reviews and amassed a sizeable audience.
Following Cruel Intentions, Blair appeared in Storytelling, in which she appears nude, after stripping to sleep with her college professor. This roll helped to keep Blair's name buzzing in Hollywood. Roles in hits Legally Blonde, The Sweetest Thing, and Hellboy followed, keeping her busy and continuing her success.
Blair is currently married Ahmet Zappa and in her spare time she enjoys horseback riding; collecting black and white photography and figure skating.
Selma Blair Filmography
Deal, The (2004) .... Abbey Gallagher
Alibi, The (2005)
Pretty Persuasion (2004) .... Gail
Synergy (2004)
DeMarco Affairs (2004) (TV) .... Kate DeMarco
Dirty Shame, A (2004) .... Caprice Stickles
Coast to Coast (2004) (TV) .... Stacey Pierce
Hellboy (2004) .... Liz Sherman
Dallas 362 (2003) .... Peg
Guy Thing, A (2003) .... Karen
Sweetest Thing, The (2002) .... Jane Burns
Highway (2002) .... Cassie
Legally Blonde (2001) .... Vivian Kensington
Storytelling (2001) .... Vi ('Fiction')
Kill Me Later (2001) .... Shawn Holloway
Down to You (2000) .... Cyrus
Amazon High (1999) .... Cyane
Cruel Intentions (1999) .... Cecile Caldwell
"Zoe, Duncan, Jack & Jane" (1999) TV Series .... Zoe Bean
Brown's Requiem (1998) .... Jane
Debutante (aka Modern Girl) (1998) .... Nan
Can't Hardly Wait (1998) .... Girl Mike Hits On #1
Girl (1998) .... Darcy
No Laughing Matter (1998) (TV) .... Lauren Winslow
Arresting Gena (1997) .... Drugged Woman
Gone Again (1997) .... Ayla
Strong Island Boys (1997) .... Tara
Two in the Morning (1997) .... Shea
Scream 2 (1997) (voice) (uncredited) .... Cici's Friend on Phone
In & Out (1997) .... Cousin Linda
Broccoli Theory, The (1996) .... Pretzel Cart Lesbian
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