Selma Blair

Blair was born Selma Blair Beitner en Southfield, Michigan, the daughter of Molly Ann, a un juez, y Elliot Beitner. She has three older sisters, Katherine (a book publicist), Elizabeth and Marie. Blair attended Hillel Day School, a Jewish day school en Farmington Hills, Michigan, y Cranbrook Kingswood school en Bloomfield Hills, Michigan. She attended Kalamazoo College en Michigan, then later transferred to the University of Michigan, where she earned her licenciatura's degree en 1994. After training at the Stella Adler Conservatory of Acting, Blair comenzó actuando en the mid-90s. Blair se iniciaba la vuelta de career with small roles and guest roles en various serie de televisión. Blair apareció with co-estrellas de Sarah Michelle Gellar y Ryan Phillippe en the 1999 la película Cruel Intentions , for which Blair won en los MTV Movie Award for Best Kiss - Lesbian Kiss between Blair and co-estrella de Gellar. Blair went on to star as Zoe Bean en two seasons of TV series Zoe, Duncan, Jack y Jane (1999-2000), She rejoined actriz Reese Witherspoon en the comedy película Legalmente Rubia (2001). Later, Blair apareció en Highway (2002). She also starred opposite Cameron Diaz and Christina Applegate en The Sweetest Thing and two independent film that garnered her much critical acclaim: Dana Divertido's Kill Me Later and Todd Solondz's controversial Storytelling, and one of her most recognized roles, Liz Sherman en Hellboy (2004) and its successful secuela lanzado en 2008, Hellboy II: The Golden Army basado en el popular cómic. Other films include the political thiller The Deal, The Big Empty, Feast of Love (opposite Greg Kinnear and Morgan Freeman), Ed Burn's Purple Violets and the horror, novela de suspense W?Z (opposite Stellan Skarsgard). Blair starred opposite, Molly Shannon, en the TV series Kath & Kim, based on the Australian television series of the same name. Blair's upcoming projects are Happy Together (2009), el as de la Señora de la Delbo, Columbus Circle (2010) and Different Kind Of Love (2011) with Juliette Lewis . Selma can also be seen in the My Friend Steve 1998 music video Charmed . Her stage de trabajo includes the role of Kayleen en Rajiv Joseph Gruesome Playground Injuries, which had its world premiere at Houston's Alley Theatre en Octubre de 2009.