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Alicia Silverstone
Age: 33
Height: 5' 5"
Birth Place: San Francisco, California, USA
Born: Oct. 4th, 1976
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Alicia Silverstone's Main TV Roles
NOTE: Complete List of Works can be found at
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BIOGRAPHY: Alicia Silverstone was born on October 4, 1976, in San Francisco, California, the youngest of three children to Monty Silverstone, a real-estate investor, and Didi Silverstone, a former flight attendant. Alicia's career began at the tender age of six when her dad took some photos of his young daughter, which eventually led to her getting several television commercials. After a guest spot on "The Wonder Years" (1988) as a literal "dream girl" she moved on to movies. She landed a role in The Crush (1993), a sort of Fatal Attraction (1987) for teenagers in which she portrayed a disturbed young girl obsessed with an older man. The nasty little role didn't impress the critical establishment but it wowed its target audience: teenagers. In fact, the role won her the 1994 MTV Movie Award for "Best Villain" and "Breakthrough Performance". It is interesting to note that during the filming of the movie, Alicia became an emancipated minor in order to get around child labor laws which would have interfered with her working hours. She was a dedicated actress from early on. The film also caught the attention of Aerosmith, who hired her to appear in a string of their music videos. The first of them, "Cryin'", was voted the #1 video of all time on MTV. Silverstone was definitely a hit with the MTV crowd, but larger commercial success still eluded her. That all changed when she landed the role of "Cher" in Amy Heckerling's Clueless (1995). Cher was the antithesis of Alicia's role in "The Crush; this time around she was a rich, naive yet endearing girl from Beverly Hills in search of love in the 1990s. The film was a huge box-office hit and wowed both audiences and critics alike and demonstrated Alicia's strength and bankability. She was hailed as the woman of the hour, and branded the spokeswoman for an emerging young generation. She signed a deal with Columbia Tristar worth $10 million and got the coveted role of Batgirl in the Batman franchise. Also, as part of the package, she got a three-year first-look deal for her own production company, First Kiss Productions. The first film released by First Kiss was Excess Baggage (1997).
TRIVIA:
- Was turned down for the role of Juliet in _Romeo + Juliet (1996)_ (qv).
- Attended San Mateo High School in San Mateo, California. She was a cheerleader.
- Her wedding dress was designed by 'Monique Lhuillier' (qv).
- Is involved with PETA.
- Voted one of the "Fun and Fearless Females" by Cosmopolitan Magazine (2002.)
- Confirmed on BBC Radio 1 that she is not "going out" with 'Kenneth Branagh' (qv). [6 April 2000]
- Got a surprise grab-and-smooch by 'Jim Carrey' (qv) at the 1997 MTV Movie Awards when she presented the Best Comedic Performance award to Carrey. Carrey apologized to her backstage after realizing that she felt very humiliated.
- Daughter of 'Monty Silverstone' (qv)
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