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Contents
Articles Alicia Silverstone The Crush (1993 film) Le Nouveau monde Hideaway (film) Clueless (film) The Babysitter True Crime (1996 film) Batman & Robin (film) Excess Baggage Blast from the Past (film) Love's Labour's Lost (2000 film) Global Heresy Scorched (film) Scooby-Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed Beauty Shop Silence Becomes You Stormbreaker (film) Tropic Thunder The Art of Getting By Vamps (film)
Butter (2011 film) Torch Song (1993 film) Scattered Dreams Rebel Highway Cool and the Crazy Wildlife Vet Braceface Miss Match Pink Collar Candles on Bay Street The Singles Table The Bad Mother's Handbook
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Alicia Silverstone
Alicia Silverstone
Born
Alicia Silverstone
Occupation
Years active
Spouse
Silverstone in 2006
October 4, 1976 San Francisco, California, U.S.
Actress
1992–present
ChristopherJarecki(m.`2005–present)
Website
http://www.thekindlife.com
Alicia Silverstone( `/əˈliːsiəˈsɪlvərstoʊn/; born October 4, 1976) is an American actress, author, and former fashion model. She first came to widespread attention in music videos for Aerosmith, and is perhaps best known for her roles in Hollywood films such asClueless(1995) and her portrayal of Batgirl inBatman & Robin(1997).
Early life Silverstone was born in San Francisco, California, the daughter of Deirdre "Didi" (nae Radford), a Scottish-born [1] former Pan Am flight attendant, and Monty Silverstone, an English-born real-estate investor and part-time actor. [2] [3] Silverstone was raised in a "traditional Jewish household"; her father, a native of east London, is Jewish, and [4] her mother converted to Conservative Judaism before marriage. Silverstone is the youngest of three children and [5] also has a half-sister, London-based rock singer Kezi Silverstone, and a half-brother, David Silverstone, both from [6] her father's previous marriage. Silverstone attended Crocker Middle School and then San Mateo High School, but did not complete her high school studies. When she was six years old, she began modeling and was subsequently cast in television commercials, the first being for Domino's Pizza. She acquired some early modeling and advertising work and was eventually cast as "dream girl" Jessica on the episode "Road Test" ofThe Wonder Years.
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Career Silverstone won several awards for her film performances, including MTV Movie Awards, National Board of Review, Young Artist Awards, and an American Comedy Award. She has been nominated for an Emmy award and a Golden Globe Award. During her career, she turned down several key roles in films, including Dede Truitt inThe Opposite of Sexand a role inScream 3. She was also considered for roles inScream 2,Bewitched,Little Womenand Heartbreakers. She turned down the role of Valerie Malone onBeverly Hills, 90210in 1994; Tiffani Thiessen was cast instead.
1990s Silverstone won a leading part in the 1993 filmThe Crush, playing a teenaged girl who sets out to ruin an older man after he spurns her affections; she won two awards at the 1994 MTV Movie Awards for the role—Best Breakthrough Performance and Best Villain. Silverstone became legally emancipated at the age of 16 in order to work the hours required for the shooting schedule of the film. Also in 1993, Silverstone auditioned for the lead role of Angela Chase in the ABC TV seriesMy So-Called Life, but Claire Danes was chosen for the role instead. Alicia made some television movies in her early career includingTorch Song,Cool and the CrazyandScattered Dreams. After seeing her inThe Crush, Marty Callner decided Silverstone would be perfect for a role in a music video he was directing for the band Aerosmith, called "Cryin'"; she was subsequently cast in two more videos, "Amazing" and "Crazy". These were hugely successful for both the band and Silverstone, making her a household name (and also gaining her the nickname, "the Aerosmith chick"). They also got her noticed by filmmaker Amy Heckerling, who, after seeing them, decided to cast her inClueless. Cluelessbecame a sleeper hit and critical darling during the summer of 1995. Silverstone's performance was well received, and she was branded the spokeswoman for an emerging young generation. As a result, she signed a deal with Columbia-TriStar worth $10 million. As part of the package, she got a three-year first-look deal for her own production company, First Kiss Productions. Silverstone also won "Best Female Performance" and "Most Desirable Female" at the 1996 MTV Movie Awards for her performance in the film. In the same year Silverstone starred in the erotic thriller,The Babysitter, film adaptation of the novel by Dean Koontz,Hideaway, and the French drama about Americans,New World. [7] Silverstone's next role was as Batgirl inBatman & Robinthe film grossed, and while it was not a critical success, [8] $238,207,122 worldwide. Silverstone's turn as Batgirl was not well received, and won her a Razzie Award for [9] Worst Supporting Actress. She also, however, won a Blimp Award at the Kid's Choice Awards for the role. She [10] [11] suffered further bad press for allegedly striking a pedestrian with her vehicle in a crosswalk. In addition to Batman & Robin, Silverstone also starred alongside Benicio del Toro and Christopher Walken in 1997's dark comedyExcess Baggage, which was the first movie to be released by her production company, First Kiss [12] Productions. Silverstone ended the 1990s with the Saturn Award-nominated romance/comedy filmBlast from the Pastwhich also stars Brendan Fraser, Christopher Walken and Sissy Spacek. In 40 Hottest Hotties of the '90s she was ranked #5. [13] Topsocialite.comlisted her as the 3rd Sexiest woman of the '90s.
2000s In 2000, Silverstone appeared in Kenneth Branagh's film adaptation of the Shakespeare playLove's Labour's Lost, in which she was required to sing and dance. In 2001, Silverstone provided the voice of Sharon Spitz, the lead character in the Canadian animated televisionBraceface. During this time she also made the filmsGlobal Heresyand Scorched. In 2002, she made her Broadway debut alongside Kathleen Turner and Jason Biggs in The Graduate. After removing herself from the public eye for a few years, she resurfaced in the short-lived 2003 NBC television show Miss Match, which was canceled after 11 episodes. Silverstone later acknowledged that she hates the trappings of
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fame, saying, "Fame is not anything I wish on anyone. You start acting because you love it. Then success arrives, [14] and suddenly you're on show". After the cancellation ofMiss Matchin 2003, Silverstone did a pilot with Fox calledQueen B, in which she played a former high school prom queen named Beatrice (Bea) who has discovered that the real world is nothing like high [15] school. It was not picked up for production. In 2005, she co-starred with Queen Latifah inBeauty Shop, a spinoff of theBarberShopfilms, as one of the stylists in the beauty shop. In the same year, she played a reporter alongside Sarah Michelle Gellar and Freddie Prinze Jr. inScooby Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed, which did well financially, and appeared in the direct-to-video film Silence Becomes You.
In 2006, Silverstone starred in an ABC pilot calledPink Collar, in which her character worked in a law firm. LikeQueen B, this pilot was not picked up for Alicia Silverstone in 2005. syndication. That year she also starred alongside Alex Pettyfer, Ewan McGregor and Mickey Rourke in the filmStormbreaker, and appeared in the Hallmark Hall of Fame made-for-TV movieCandles on Bay Street, based on the book by Cathie Pelletier. Silverstone continued her theatre work, next appearing in David Mamet's Boston Marriage and Speed-the-Plow. In 2008, she filmed another ABC pilot alongside Megan Mullally calledBad Mother's Handbookand made a cameo appearance in the comedy filmTropic Thunder.
In early 2009, Silverstone starred in the world premiere of Donald Margulies'sTime Stands Stillat the Geffen [16] Playhouse LA. The play focuses on a longtime couple and journalistic team who return to New York from an extended stint in the war-torn Middle East. In a review, Silverstone was described as "a formidable stage presence [17] who creates sparks whenever she performs". Silverstone filmed a small segment inElektra Luxx, a sequel toWomen In Trouble. Director Sebastian Gutierrez cut [18] her segment but will possibly use it for a third installment, tentatively titledWomen In Ecstasyalso starred in. She the music video for Rob Thomas's 2009 single "Her Diamonds".
2010s She reprised her role inTime Stands Stillalongside Laura Linney in the New York production of the play on Broadway, which premiered on January 28, 2010, directed by Daniel Sullivan, who described Silverstone as "a [19] breath of fresh air." The play received good reviews withThe New York Timespraising Silverstone, saying she [20] "brings warmth, actorly intelligence and delicate humour." [21] Silverstone next appeared in the teen romanceThe Art of Getting By, which premiered at the 2011 Sundance Film [22] Festival. She will appear inButteras the adoptive mother of a 12-year old African American girl who enters a local butter sculpture competition in a small Iowa town, alongside Jennifer Garner, Hugh Jackman, Olivia Wilde and Ashley Greene. The movie is said to be inspired by Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama's battle to secure the Democratic [23] nomination for president. Rob Corddry, who plays her husband, invited her to appear in an episode of his show [24] Childrens Hospital. She is also set to appear alongside Sigourney Weaver and Krysten Ritter in director Amy Heckerling's vampire film, [25] Vamps, playing one of two vampires who fall in love and face a choice that could jeopardise their immortality. [26] She was offered the role after Heckerling came to see her inTime Stands Still. [27] Silverstone will also appear inGods Behaving Badly.
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Personal life Silverstone married her longtime boyfriend, rock musician (for the band S.T.U.N.) and basketball coach Christopher [28] Jarecki, in a beachfront ceremony at Lake Tahoe, on June 11, 2005. After meeting outside a movie theater in [29] 1997, the couple dated for eight years prior to their marriage. They got engaged about a year before their marriage [30] and Jarecki presented Silverstone with an engagement ring that had belonged to his grandmother. Silverstone and Jarecki live in an eco-friendly Los Angeles house complete with solar panels and an organic [29] [30] vegetable garden. She bought the house, shared with a "menagerie of rescued dogs," in 1996. In 2009, Silverstone releasedThe Kind Diet, a guide to vegan nutrition, and launched its associated websiteThe Kind [31] [32] [33] Life.The Kind Diethas toppedThe New York Timesbest sellers list. The book was mostly ghostwritten by [34] nutritionist Jessica Porter. [35] On January 14, 2011, it was announced that Silverstone and Jarecki were expecting their first child together. On [36] May 5, 2011, they welcomed a baby boy named Bear Blu Jarecki.
Political beliefs Silverstone is noted for being an animal rights and environmental activist. She became a vegan in 1998 after attending an animal rights meeting. "I realized that I was the problem," she toldInStyle Home, in Spring 2007. "I was [29] an animal lover who was eating animals." She has revealed she struggled with childhood vegetarianism stating "There were times when I would get selfish and eat meat—at eight years old it's hard to stick to your guns—and so [37] through the years I was always starting and stopping trying to be a vegetarian." In 2004, Silverstone was voted "Sexiest Female Vegetarian" by PETA. In 2007, Silverstone appeared nude in a print advertisem*nt and 30-second commercial for PETA championing vegetarianism; the TV spot was subsequently pulled from the Houston, Texas, [38] [39] market by Comcast Cable. Silverstone has set up a sanctuary for rescued pets in Los Angeles. Federal campaign contribution records also reveal that Silverstone contributed US$500 to Dennis Kucinich's 2004 [40] [41] presidential campaign. She also supported Barack Obama's presidential candidacy. In 2009, she appeared in "The Gaythering Storm," a Funny or Die spoof internet video parodying anti-same-sex marriage commercial "The Gathering Storm." She also appeared in "My Mother's Red Hat" with Alanis Morissette parodying indie movies.
Filmography and credits
Year
1993
1995
1995
1995
1995
1996
1997
1997
1998
1999
The Crush
Title
Le Nouveau monde
Hideaway
Clueless
The Babysitter
True Crime
Batman & Robin
Excess Baggage
Junket whor*
Blast from the Past
Film
Role
Adrienne Forrester
Trudy Wadd
Regina Harrison
Cher Horowitz
Jennifer
Mary Giordano
Batgirl/Barbara Wilson
Emily Hope
Herself
Eve Rustikove
Notes
MTV Movie Award for Breakthrough Performance
direct-to-video
also uncredited producer
documentary
4
TV series Golden Globe nomination
TV movie
Episode: "Cool and the Crazy"
TV movie
TV documentary
Notes
Sharon Spitz (voice)
Beatrice 'Bea'
Herself
Owen's Wife
Roslyn
Roslyn
Role
Karen
Georgia
The Bad Mother's Handbook
Dee Dee Michaud
Delphine
Jessica Thomas
Sheila Rio
Tropic Thunder
Herself
Goody
Jack Starbright
Ms. Herman
Natalie "Nat" Bevin
Heather Jasper-Howe
5
Kate Fox
Global Heresy
The Art of Getting By
2011
2008
Butter
2011
Vamps
Stormbreaker
Lynn
2006
2011
The Princess of France
Scooby Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed
2000
Love's Labour's Lost
Alicia Silverstone
Beauty Shop
The Wonder Years
Year
Title
[42] Wildlife Vet
Cool and the Crazy
2002
2004
2003
Scorched
2005
1994
1992
1993
1994
Candles on Bay Street
Pink Collar
Torch Song
Scattered Dreams
Rebel Highway
1998
1993
2007
2001–2005
2006
2008
2003
2005
2006
2011
2005
Silence Becomes You
Braceface
Children's Hospital
Miss Match
The Singles Table
Queen B
Cameo appearance
TV pilot co-executive producer
TV cartoon series also executive producer Emmy nomination
TV series
TV movie
TV pilot
direct-to-video
Violet
Television
Phyllis Messenger
a.k.aRock My World
Hayden
Episode: "Road Test"
TV series (unreleased)
TV movie
Episode: "Munch By Proxy"
Girl
Music videos
Alicia Silverstone
1993
"Amazing"
1996
1994
Blockbuster Entertainment Award
1998
MTV Movie Awards
MTV Movie Awards
Won
Clueless
Clueless
The Crush
The Crush
The Crush
The Crush
Writer
Director
6
Worst Supporting Actress
Favorite Supporting Actress, Sci-Fi
Favorite Movie Actress
Clueless
Awards and nominations
Title of work
Most Desirable Female
Best Female Performance
Speed-the-Plow
Title
Year
Role
Boston Marriage
Karen
Daniel Sullivan
Awards and nominations
Batman & Robin
Won
Clueless
Won
Won
Batman & Robin
Nominated
Clueless
Nominated
Artist
Aerosmith
Aerosmith
2006
2002
2007
1993
Terry Johnson
Terry Johnson
Karen Kohlhaas
David Mamet
Aerosmith
Outstanding Performer in an Animated Program
MTV Movie Awards
Randall Arney
Valerie Mayhew
Donald Marguiles
Best Breakthrough Performer
Most Desirable Female
Best Comedic Performance
Won
Nominated
Result
Best Young Leading Actress, Feature Film
Clueless
Won
Nominated
Nominated
Clueless
Won
Won
Won
Braceface
Batman & Robin
Clueless
Nominated
Nominated
1994
Year
1996
1994
Young Artist Awards
1994
1996
Blockbuster Entertainment Award
1996
"Cryin'"
1993
Year
Time Stands Still
2009–2010
Favorite Movie Actress
Best Young Leading Actress, Drama
Daytime Emmy Awards
Golden Raspberry Awards
Best Female Newcomer
Funniest Actress in a Motion Picture
Mandy
Kids' Choice Awards
1998
Kids' Choice Awards
Award
MTV Movie Awards
American Comedy Awards
Role
Title
MTV Movie Awards
Young Artist Awards
"Crazy"
1994
Girl
2009
Girl #1
Theatre
"Her Diamonds" Frozen Girl Rob Thomas (musician)
1996
1998
2002
National Board of Review
1996
1996
MTV Movie Awards
1996
The Graduate
Carol's Eve
Category
Best Breakthrough Performance
Pauline Lepor
David Mamet
Debbie
Catherine
Elaine Robinson
Best Villain
Alicia Silverstone
2004
2004
2004
Genesis Awards
Golden Globe Awards
Satellite Awards
Children's TV Series
Best Performance by an Actress in a Television Series, Musical or Comedy
Best Actress, Musical or Comedy Series
Braceface
Miss Match
Miss Match
Nominated
Nominated
Nominated
She was awarded aHeart Of Green Awardin 2009, which "recognises individuals, organizations or companies who [43] have helped green go mainstream." In 2010, she was awarded aVoice Of Compassion Awardby the Physician's [44] Committee For Responsible Medicine for "shining a spotlight on the powerful health benefits of a vegan diet."
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