Selma Blair Biography, Age, Husband, Son, Movies, Multiple Sclerosis, Brown’s Requiem

Who Is Selma Blair?

Selma Blair Beitner is an American actress who gained fame for her leading role in the film Brown’s Requiem (1998). She made her breakthrough when she starred as Zoe Bean on the WB sitcom Zoe, Duncan, Jack and Jane (1999–2000), and also as Cecile Caldwell in the cult film Cruel Intentions (1999).

How Old Is Selma Blair?

Selma Blair Beitner was born on June 23, 1972 in Southfield, Michigan, U.S (46 years old as of 2018).

Selma Blair Family

Selma was born the youngest of four daughters of Judge Molly Ann (née Cooke) and Elliot I. Beitner. Her father Elliot was an attorney, active in the U.S. Democratic Party, and labor arbitrator until his demise in 2012 at the age of 82. Blair has three older sisters, Katherine, Elizabeth, and Marie Beitner. Her parents divorced when she was 23 and she finally changed her surname.

Having a Jewish upbringing, she has a Hebrew name Bat-Sheva.

Selma Blair Education

Blair attended Hillel Day School, a Jewish day school in Farmington Hills and also Cranbrook Kingswood in Bloomfield Hills soon after. She then spent her freshman year (1990–1991) in Kalamazoo College where she then studied photography and acted in the play The Little Theater of the Green Goose. In her schooling days, Blair wanted to be a ballerina and a horse trainer

Selma Blair Husband

Selma got married to writer and producer Ahmet Zappa (son of musician Frank Zappa) at Carrie Fisher’s mansion in Beverly Hills, California on January 24, 2004 after six months of dating. The couple lived in Los Angeles in a 1920s-era home that they bought for $1.35 million in 2004.

Selma filed for divorce from Zappa at the Los Angeles Superior Court on June 21, 2006 where she cited irreconcilable differences. The divo0rce was finalized in December 2006.

Selma Blair Boyfriend

Selma’s childhood sweetheart died in an accident at the age of 18; later when she was talking about her tragic loss, Blair commented: “It made me realize I have to live… Having the boy I loved not anymore on this planet, I’d better live, I’d better do something.”

Selma then dated her Kath and Kim co-star Mikey Day from 2008 to 2010.

Selma Blair Jason Bleick

Blair began dating Jason Bleick a fashion designer in 2010.  Selma and Bleik announced in September 2011 that they had separated after two years of being together.

Selma Blair Pregnant

Selma’s representative announced in January 2011 that she was pregnant with her first child.

Selma Blair Son | Selma Blair Child

Blair welcomed a son Arthur Saint Bleick on  July 25, 2011.

Actress Selma Blair

Selma was involved in a production of T.S. Eliot’s Murder in the Cathedral in 1990 during her time at Cranbrook Kingswood.

According to her, it was a failure but then her English teacher told her not to give up and that was the first time she thought she could be an actress. Blair began training at acting schools in New York.

Blair was discovered by an agent in acting class and finally signed with her. Blair has her first advertising contract for a television spot ad for a theater in Virginia after 75 auditions for which she received her Screen Actor’s Guild membership.

Selma Blair Friends

In 2002, Blair had a guest role in the episode “The One with Christmas in Tulsa” on the hit sitcom Friends portraying Wendy.

Selma Blair Legally Blonde

She co-starred opposite Reese Witherspoon in the comedy Legally Blonde where she portrayed a preppy, snobby law student and the “rival” for the affections of Witherspoon’s ex-boyfriend.

The Hollywood Reporter then found her to be a “strong presence” in her role, “coming on as a bitch initially, then finally softening into feminine solidarity with [Witherspoon’s] heroine”. Legally Blonde was released on July 13, 2001, topping the US box office in its opening weekend, It then went on to gross US$96.5 million in North America and a worldwide total of US$141.7 million.

Selma Blair Hellboy

Blair gained international fame with her portrayal of Liz Sherman in the big-budget fantasy films Hellboy (2004) and also Hellboy II: The Golden Army (2008).

Selma Blair Cruel Intentions

Selma achieved her breakthrough opposite Sarah Michelle Gellar and Ryan Phillippe in the 1999 coming-of-age drama Cruel Intentions. The film was loosely based on the 18th-century novel Les Liaisons Dangereuses. She played the role of an innocent student manipulated by two of her classmates.

Cruel Intentions received mixed reviews, with Variety finding “newcomer” Blair to be ” too broad” while “overdoing [her role]’s clumsiness”. The film then received an impressive US$75.9 million at the international box office earning Blair an MTV Movie Award nomination for “Best Breakthrough Performance” and also a win for “Best Kiss”, shared with Gellar.

Selma Blair Net Worth

The Cruel Intentions actress has an estimated net worth of $14 million.

 

Selma Blair Multiple Sclerosis | Selma Blair Ms Diagnosis

Blair revealed in October 2018 that in August that year she had been diagnosed with multiple sclerosis. Selma explained that she thought for years she was suffering from minor illnesses or even a pinched nerve, but then the diagnosis finally explained her disabilities.

Her disabilities included her occasional falling, dropping things, foggy memory, and her left side acting like it was “asking for directions from a broken GPS.” She was inspired to reveal the news as a way to thank Allisa Swanson, her costume designer. Swanson had selflessly become her unofficial “dresser” for Blair’s role in the Netflix series Another Life. She also stated that Swanson “gets my legs in my pants, pulls my tops over my head, (and) buttons my coats.”

Selma Blair Height

The actress stands at a height of 1.6 m.

Selma Blair Movies and TV Shows

Selma Blair Movies List | Selma Blair Film | Selma Blair Movies

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