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Selma Blair

Selma Blair

Birthday: 1972-06-23 | Place of Birth: Southfield, Michigan, USA

​Blair was born Selma Blair Beitner in Southfield, Michigan, the daughter of Molly Ann, a judge, and Elliot Beitner. She has three older sisters, Katherine (a book publicist), Elizabeth, and Marie. Blair attended Hillel Day School, a Jewish day school in Farmington Hills, Michigan, 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. After training at the Stella Adler Conservatory of Acting, Blair began acting in the mid-90s. Blair began her career with small roles and guest roles in various television series. Blair appeared with co-stars Sarah Michelle Gellar, and Ryan Phillippe in the 1999 film Cruel Intentions , for which Blair won an MTV Movie Award for Best Kiss - Lesbian Kiss between Blair and co-star Gellar. Blair went on to star as Zoe Bean in two seasons of TV series Zoe, Duncan, Jack and Jane (1999-2000), She rejoined actress Reese Witherspoon in the comedy film Legally Blonde (2001). Later, Blair appeared in Highway (2002). She also starred opposite Cameron Diaz and Christina Applegate in The Sweetest Thing and in two independent films that garnered her much critical acclaim: Dana Lustig's Kill Me Later and Todd Solondz's controversial Storytelling, and one of her most recognized roles, Liz Sherman in Hellboy (2004) and its successful sequel released in 2008, Hellboy II: The Golden Army based on the popular comic. 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 thriller W?Z (opposite Stellan Skarsgard). Blair starred opposite Molly Shannon in the TV series Kath & Kim, based on the Australian television series of the same name. Blair's upcoming projects are Happy Together (2009), as Mrs. 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 work includes the role of Kayleen in Rajiv Joseph's Gruesome Playground Injuries, which had its world premiere at Houston's Alley Theatre in October 2009.

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Known For

Acting

Year
Title

Role

2021
A Dark Foe

as    Dr. Doris Baxter

2021
Introducing, Selma Blair

as    Self

2020
After We Collided

as    Carol Young

2019
After

as    Carol Young

2018
Mom and Dad

as    Kendall Ryan

2016
Eva Hesse

as    Eva Hesse (voice)

2016
Ordinary World

as    Karen

2016
Mothers and Daughters

as    Rigby

2015
Sex, Death and Bowling

as    Glenn McAllister

2014
Really

as    Joanna

2012
Columbus Circle

as    Abigail

2012
Anger Management

as    Kate Wales

2012
In Their Skin

as    Mary

2012
Dark Horse

as    Miranda

2012
Kingdom Come

as    Self

2011
The Family Tree

as    Ms. Delbo

2008
Kath & Kim

as    Kim Baker

2008
Hellboy II: The Golden Army

as    Liz Sherman

2008
The Poker House

as    Sarah

2007
WΔZ

as    Jean Lerner

2007
Feast of Love

as    Kathryn Smith

2007
Hellboy Animated: Blood and Iron

as    Liz Sherman (voice)

2007
Purple Violets

as    Patti Petalson

2006
The Alibi

as    Adelle

2006
Hellboy Animated: Sword of Storms

as    Liz Sherman (voice)

2005
The Deal

as    Abbey Gallagher

2005
Pretty Persuasion

as    Grace Anderson

2005
2005
The Fog

as    Stevie Wayne

2004
Hellboy

as    Elizabeth 'Liz' Sherman