Alicia Silverstone's Main TV Roles Show Character(s) Braceface (CA) Sharon Spitz Miss Match Kate Fox Friday Night's All Wright (UK) Alicia Silv…

Main Movie Roles 2008 - Tropic Thunder 2005 - Beauty Shop 2005 - Silence Becomes You 1999 - Blast from the Past 1997 - Batman & Robin 1997 - Excess Baggage 1996 - True Crime 1995 - The Babysitter 1995 - Clueless 1995 - Hideaway 1993 - The Crush

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:

• Daughter of 'Monty Silverstone' (qv)
• She is an animal rights activist. During the filming of _Clueless (1995)_ (qv), she adopted a raggedy old mutt, whom she found wandering the streets of Los Angeles. She named him "Samson," and kept him on the set.
• Is involved with PETA.
• 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.
• She married 'Christopher Jarecki' (qv) at Lake Tahoe.
• She and her husband 'Christopher Jarecki' (qv) are both vegans.
• Is a vegan.
• In an interview with "FHM", she denies that she is dating 'Kenneth Branagh' (qv). [January 2000]