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ALICIA SILVERSTONE

She appeared as Batgirl in the atrocious Batman & Robin.

REAL NAME:

Alicia Silverstone

HEIGHT:

1,64 (5'6'')

BORN:

Oct 4, 1976

BIRTHPLACE:

San Francisco, California, US.

FAMILY:

Her mother Monty is a real-estate investor and her father Didi is a former flight attendant. She is the youngest of three children.

 

Alicia Silverstone was born on October 4, 1976, in San Francisco, California as the youngest of three children to parents 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, Monty, took some photos of his young daughter. The photos allowed her to get some modeling gigs which then led to 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 for teenagers in which she portrayed a disturbed young lady obsessed with an older man. The nasty little role didn't impress the critical establishment but it wowed its target audience of 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 Crush'', 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 Crush'' 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 number one video of all time on MTV. Silverstone was definitely a hit with the MTV crowd, but larger commercial success had still eluded her.

That all changed when she landed the role of Cher in Amy Heckerling's Clueless (1995). The Cher character was the antithesis of her role in ''The Crush''. This time around Silverstone was a naive yet endearing girl from Beverly Hills in search of love in the nineties. The film was a huge sleeper hit at the box office and wowed both audiences and critics alike. It also 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

 Won "Best Female Performance and "Most Desirable Female" by the MTV Movie Awards in 1996 for her performance in Clueless.

 (6 April 2000) Confirmed on BBC Radio 1 that she is not "going out" with Branagh.

 (January 2000) In an interview with "FHM", she denies that she is dating Kenneth Branagh.

 Refuses to appear nude in any of her movies. She requires a body double in her place for nude scenes.

 Believed to have dated Leonardo DiCaprio.

 Was a cheerleader in high school.

 (1994) Was offered the role of Valerie Malone, on Beverly Hills, 90210. Since it was the beginning of her career, Alicia turned it down, and Tiffani-Amber Thiessen got the role instead.

 (October 1999) Rumoured to be Dating Kenneth Branagh.

 Dated Adam Sandler

 Is a vegan

 Parents are English

 Has a half-sister, Kezi, a rock singer in London from Monty's previous marriage; David Silverstone is also her half-brother.

 Once dated Christopher Jarecki, lead singer of the unsigned rock band, Underdogs.

 First commercial was for Domino's Pizza.

 Became legally emancipated at 15 in order to work the hours required for the shooting schedule of Crush, The (1993)

 Was turned down for the lead in My Father the Hero (1994). They said she was too heavy for the part.

 Attended San Mateo High School in San Mateo, California

 Daughter of Monty Silverstone

 Sister of David Silverstone

 Born at 3:44pm-PDT

 Was turned down for the role of Juliet in Romeo + Juliet (1996).

 Was offered a role in Scream 3 (2000).

 Starred in a few Aerosmith music videos, and sometimes typecast as the "Aerosmith chick." She and Liv Tyler were cast in the Aerosmith video "Crazy".

 

FILMOGRAPHY:

2002

Scorched

2001

Global Heresy

2000

Love's Labour's Love

1999

Blast from the Past

1997

Excess Baggage

Actress and Producer (uncredited).

1997

Batman & Robin

Batgirl

1995

The Babysitter

1995

True Crime aka Dangerous Kiss

1995

Clueless

1995

Hideaway

1995

The New World

1993

The Crush

 

TELEVISION:

2001

Braceface

TV-series, voice and Executive Producer.

1998

Friday's Night All Wright

Guest app. As Herself

1994

Cool and Crazy

1993

Scattered Dreams

1993

Torch Song

1993

GMTV

Guest app. As Herself

1992

The Big Breakfast

Gues app. As Herself

1988

The Wonder Years

As Jessica in ''Road Test'' episode.