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 also plays the titular role of Kim in the
Kath & Kim, a remake of the popular Australian
sitcom of the same name.
Biography
Early life
Blair was born
Selma Blair Beitner in
Southfield, Michigan,
[Selma Blair Biography (1972-)] the daughter of Molly Ann and Elliot Beitner. She has three older sisters, Katherine (a book publicist), Elizabeth, and Marie.
[Selma Blair bio, Yahoo Movies.] Blair attended Hillel Day School, a
Jewish day school in Farmington Hills, Michigan
[j. - Celebrity Jews] and
Cranbrook Kingswood school in
Bloomfield Hills, Michigan. 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,
[Selma Blair, mini bio at the Internet Movie Database] Blair began acting in a few small roles during the early 1990s.
[ 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.][Awards for Cruel Intentions at the Internet Movie Database] 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.[Zoe, Duncan, Jack and Jane (1999) at the The Internet Movie Database] 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.[Feast of Love (2007) Selma is currently starring as Kim in the new hit series Kath&Kim at the The Internet Movie Database]
