Selma Blair

Selma Blair (born June 23, 1972) is an American actress. After numerous supporting roles in the 1990s, she starred in the film Cruel Intentions and the short-lived TV series Zoe, Duncan, Jack and Jane in 1999. She has since had notable roles in Hollywood feature films such as Legally Blonde (2001), The Sweetest Thing (2002), and Hellboy (2004).

Blair was born Selma Blair Beitner in Southfield, Michigan, the daughter of Molly Ann and Elliot Beitner, who divorced when Blair was 23; she subsequently legally changed her surname to reflect that she has "nothing to do" with her father and he is "out of" her life. She has three older sisters, Katherine (a book publicist), Elizabeth, and Marie. Blair had a Jewish upbringing and was given the Hebrew name Batsheva. As a child, Blair attended Hillel Day School in Farmington Hills and Cranbrook Kingswood school in Bloomfield Hills. She studied attended a junior college in Michigan then later transferred to the University of Michigan, where she earned her bachelor's degree in 1994.

Blair began acting in the 1990s, starring in the film Cruel Intentions (1999), opposite Sarah Michelle Gellar and Reese Witherspoon. Blair and Witherspoon later starred together in Legally Blonde (2001). She won the best kiss category at the Teen Choice Awards along with co-star Sarah Michelle Gellar for her role in Cruel Intentions.

Filmography
* In & Out (1997)
* Scream 2 (1997) (voice) (uncredited)
* Girl (1998)
* Can't Hardly Wait (1998)
* Brown's Requiem (1998)
* Cruel Intentions (1999)
* Down to You (2000)
* Kill Me Later (2001)
* Storytelling (2001)
* Legally Blonde (2001)
* Highway (2002)
* The Sweetest Thing (2002)
* A Guy Thing (2003)
* Coast to Coast (TV film) (2003)
* Hellboy (2004)
* A Dirty Shame (2004)
* In Good Company (2004)
* Pretty Persuasion (2005)
* The Fog (2005)
* The 1 Second Film (2006) (producer)
* The Night of the White Pants (2006)
* Feast of Love (2007)
* Purple Violets (2007)
* Hellboy 2: The Golden Army (2008)
* My Mom's New Boyfriend (2008)