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[[LIFE]] About Selma Blair

Selma Blair at the Pretty Persuasion at the ArcLight Cinerama Dome. (Photo: Frazer Harriso / Getty Images)

In 2002, Vanity Fair magazine anointed Selma Blair as one of Hollywood’s next wave of stars, an honor bestowed to the acting elite. Fearless and versatile throughout her career when it came to choosing her film projects, she played everything from a ditzy prep school student to a big-breasted stripper. Blair even made an icy law student seem likeable in the comedy “Legally Blonde” (2001), the film in which audiences first took notice of her. Seven years after her blockbuster debut, she still had everyone laughing in “Kath and Kim” (NBC, 2008- ), a remake of a popular Australian sitcom, where she co-starred with TV funny gal Molly Shannon and continued to enthrall fans with her quirky beauty and comedic gifts.

Born Selma Blair Beitner on June 23, 1972 in Southfield, MI, the actress was the youngest of four girls. Her parents, Elliot and Molly Ann Beitner, divorced when she was 23; after which, she legally dropped her father’s name. “I have nothing to do with my father,” she said. “He is out of my life.” Her mother introduced her daughters as “the brain, the athlete, the klutz… and then there was Selma – the manic-depressive.” Blair said she really was not that troubled, although her mom gave her a necklace with a smile on one side and a frown on the other to reflect her quick-changing moods. She attended a Jewish day school and then Cranbrook Kingswood school in Bloomfield Hills, MI before attending Kalamazoo College her freshman year, where she acted in a play titled “The Little Theater of the Green Goose.”

Blair moved to New York City to pursue photography after graduating magna cum laude from University of Michigan in 1994 with a degree in photography and a minor in English, but she soon took interest in a different field – acting. Her training at the Stella Adler Conservatory of Acting and Column Theater helped her land a few small roles in the early 1990s. She auditioned for the title role in “Buffy the Vampire Slayer” (WB, 1997-2007; UPN, 2001-03) in 1997, but lost out to her future co-star Sarah Michelle Gellar. That same year, she had an uncredited role in “Scream 2” as Gellar’s character’s friend. Unfortunately, she did not receive any screen time, as it was merely her voice used during a phone call scene.

In what was regarded as her breakout role, the actress appeared in the 1999 film “Cruel Intentions,” based on the classic novel, Les Liaisons Dangereuses and the Stephen Frears-directed “Dangerous Liaisons” (1988). The movie starred Reese Witherspoon, Ryan Philippe and Gellar, whom Blair shared a passionate onscreen lip lock with. The scene where Gellar’s mean queen taught Blair’s naïve Cecile how to French kiss won the MTV Movie Award for “Best Kiss.” The wheels started turning faster for the star when she was cast as Zoe Bean in the twenty-something TV series “Zoe, Duncan, Jack and Jane” (WB, 1999-2000). The show, unfortunately, failed to connect with the audience and only lasted two seasons.

Blair formed a close friendship with her “Cruel” costar Witherspoon. They worked together again in the hilarious “Legally Blonde,” playing law school archrivals. Their brunette vs. blonde clash onscreen was comical and entertaining in a Betty vs. Veronica kind of vein. "She's a little wacky," Witherspoon said of her raven-haired co-star. "But wacky in that great way, (like) a Mary Tyler Moore sort of personality. She’s just one of the great comediennes of her generation.” Blair continued starring in more girl-power movies in the early millennium, acting alongside Cameron Diaz and Christina Applegate in the sometimes vulgar comedy “The Sweetest Thing” (2002), and playing a preppie girl about to get married in “A Guy Thing” (2003).

Even though Blair could have taken on strictly mainstream projects and been successful, she also chose cutting edge roles in critically praised independent films, such as “Kill Me Later” (2001) with Max Beesley. She took the offbeat step further in the controversial “Storytelling” (2001) from director Todd Solondz, where her troubled character was described in the movie as “a spoiled, suburban white girl with a Benetton complex.” The movie’s first scene took off with a bang, with Blair having raunchy sex with her onscreen boyfriend who suffers from cerebral palsy.

By the mid-2000s, Blair was one of the busiest and most in-demand actresses in Hollywood. She took on the role of Liz Sherman in Guillermo del Toro’s “Hellboy” (2004). She reprised the role four years later in “Hellboy II: The Golden Army” (2008), also directed by del Toro. Yet playing a girl with pyrokinetic powers in the “Hellboy” films did not compare to her role in “A Dirty Shame” (2004). In the John Waters’ comedy, the actress wore humongous prosthetic breasts to play stripper, Caprice Stickles.

Despite acting alongside a who’s-who of Hollywood leading men – from Topher Grace in “In Good Company” (2004) to Edward Burns in “Purple Violets” (2007) to Greg Kinnear in “Feast of Love” (2007) – Blair’s personal life was never a hot topic in tabloids, compared to other actresses of her time. She married actor and musician Ahmet Zappa, the son of the late singer-songwriter Frank Zappa, in January 2004, but they divorced in 2006. However, Blair’s fashion forward style was closely followed, not only by Hollywood cameras, but also by young fashionistas who looked up to her as one of its hipster princesses. Experimenting with different looks in short periods of time, she sported everything from a Mohawk, a pixie cut and a Louise Brooksesque bob, stating that she had “no fears when it comes to my hair and clothes.”

Aside from the short-lived “Zoe, Duncan, Jack and Jane” and a 2002 holiday-themed episode of “Friends” (NBC, 1994-2004), Blair’s big screen work had filled up the majority of her resume. However some of the better parts – particularly for actresses – were becoming increasingly found on television by the turn of the millennium. So like many of her fellow film “It” girls, Blair turned her attention back to the small screen, with “Kath and Kim,” co-starring with the hilarious Molly Shannon. In the series based on an Australian TV show of the same name, the twosome recreated the dysfunctional duo of a foxy 40-something mother (Shannon) and her childish and celebrity-obsessed daughter (Blair). Interestingly enough, Shannon was only eight years older than her onscreen daughter. Critics had their knives sharpened for any successful television overseas import that has been Americanized, but it was one of the more hotly anticipated series of the fall 2008 season.

[[HELLBOY]] Interview to the game Hellboy Science of Evil

Selma Blair who interpreted Liz Sherman on both Hellboy movies gives an exclusive interview to the game Hellboy Science of Evil of PSP.

Selma Blair, la atriz que interpretó a Liz Sherman

[[PHOTOSHOOTS]] No Hair or Clothing Fears

[[ARTICLES]] Tank Girl Makes Her Directorial Debut With Gritty Life Story

TANK GIRL star LORI PETTY has turned her tough Iowa upbringing into a new movie, and cast SELMA BLAIR as her mother.

Petty wrote and directed The Poker House, staging a lengthy casting call to find the newcomer who would play her as a child, Jennifer Lawrence - and called on the Hellboy star to play her mum.

Perry's autobiographical directorial debut, about her poverty-stricken teenage years, will premiere at the upcoming Los Angeles Film Festival.

A film insider says, "It's a ravishing portrait of poor, small town life in Iowa, circa 1976 - Marvin Gaye, seedy bars, and the ever present allure of illicit activities and substances."

Blair plays a mum of three daughters in the film. Her eldest, Agnes, is inspired by Lori herself.

The film includes Petty's "pimp father figure, and a memorable assortment of dangerous yet colourful gamblers, thieves and johns."

Petty says, "This is a movie that had to be made, so it showed up uninvited as my adolescence. The movie is the eldest daughter, me, realising between a heartbeat, that things may happen to you, but they don't happen to you forever unless you let them."

[[ARTICLES]] Has She or Hasn’t She – Selma Blair and Botox

Thirty-five year old actress, Selma Blair doesn’t feel she is at that age yet where she can justify getting Botox for wrinkles. According to an in-depth interview published online, Blair said, “I wanted to get Botox once to make me feel younger. But I don’t really have to justify it yet.”

The star of the Hellboy movies and The Fog also said that she was not ruling out having plastic surgery later on, but it wasn’t something she has given much thought to.

Blair also revealed that as she gets older she prefers the less is more application of makeup as she does not want “to feel like my face is cracking from too much foundation”.

[[PHOTOCALLS]] Kath and Kim

[[TV APARENCES]] Selma Blair on Regis and Kelly (Video)

[[PROJECTS]] For YouTube "The Big Empty"

Esta muy bueno, es un corto de un poco más de 20 minutos, es fantasioso, donde dentro del utero del personaje de Selma Blair, hay un propio ecosistema formado.
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[[ARTICLES]] Selma no necesita Botox

Selma Blair isn’t wrinkled enough for Botox or plastic surgery, she says

by Colin Stewart

Photo: Actress Selma Blair, age 35, visits the NBC Universal Experience at Rockefeller Center on May 12, 2008. (AP Photo)

Survey: Does anyone disagree with Selma Blair and think she already needs cosmetic work?

Actress Selma Blair tells In Style magazine in its June edition that she’s not yet ready for Botox or plastic surgery, but she doesn’t reject them.

“I wanted to get Botox once to make me feel younger. But I don’t really have [enough wrinkles] to justify it yet. As for going under the knife, I can’t say I wouldn’t, but I haven’t thought too much about it,” she said.

She co-stars in the movie Hell Boy II: The Golden Army, scheduled to open locally next month.

Blair said she isn’t interested in breast implants. “I wore huge prosthetic boobs for a John Waters movie. They were glued on every day by a really handsome guy, but ripping them off every night was definitely outside my realm of comfort. After those bosoms, I didn’t mind being flat-chested anymore!” she said.

As for skin care and cosmetics, she said, “I go to a spa in L.A. called Kinara for its Skin Care Boot Camp. You go once a week for 12 sessions and they’ll look at your skin and tell you how to get it in better condition. They really helped me a lot. I also stay out of the sun.

“Egyptian Magic cream is my saving grace for everything. It works for my friend’s baby’s bottom, and I can also use it instead of Chapstick.”

Survey: Does anyone disagree with Selma Blair and think she already needs cosmetic work?

Photo: Actress Selma Blair, age 32, at the nominations for the 20th IFP Independent Spirit Awards Nov. 30, 2004, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo)

Photos: Left: Selma Blair in 2002, age 29, at Oscar party. Right: In January 2008, age 35, at Chanel “A Night of Diamonds” dinner in New York. (AP Photos)

Does Selma Blair already need cosmetic work?

• I agree with her: She doesn’t need it yet.
  10149% of all votes
• I disagree: She needs it.
  105% of all votes
• She should always refrain from Botox and plastic surgery.
  3818% of all votes
• What a gorgeous person. Stay natural!¹
  5728% of all votes

Total Votes: 206 Started: June 2, 2008