Selma Blair Biography
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).
Selma Blair Age | How Old Is Selma Blair?
Selma Blair Beitner was born on June 23, 1972 in Southfield, Michigan, U.S. She is [agecalc birthdate=1972-06-23]
Selma Blair Family
Blair’s parents divorced when she was young, and her father remarried the renowned judge of the 22nd Circuit Court in Michigan, Judge Nancy W. Bank.
Blair has one older sister, Katherine Beitner. She has a son named Arthur Saint Bleick, who was born in 2011. His father is Jason Bleick, a fashion designer. Blair and Bleick were together from 2010 to 2012.
Blair was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis in 2018, and she has been very open about her struggles with the disease.
Selma Blair Education
Selma Blair attended Kalamazoo College in Michigan, where she studied photography and fine arts. After completing her undergraduate studies, she moved to New York City to pursue a career in acting.
She later attended the Stella Adler Conservatory of Acting and the Column Theatre, both in New York. Blair has also taken various workshops and classes throughout her career to further develop her craft as an actor.
Husband
Selma Blair was previously married to Ahmet Zappa, the son of musician Frank Zappa. The couple got married in January 2004 and filed for divorce in June 2006, citing irreconcilable differences.
Actress Selma Blair
Blair began her career in the mid-1990s with small roles in various films and television shows. She gained wider recognition for her role as Cecile Caldwell in the 1999 film “Cruel Intentions.” She then starred in several films throughout the 2000s, including “Legally Blonde,” “The Sweetest Thing,” and “Hellboy.”
In 2004, Blair made her stage debut in the off-Broadway play “Roar,” and later appeared in productions of “The Little Dog Laughed” and “The Family Room.” She continued to work in film and television, with notable roles in the TV series “Anger Management” and the film “The Poker House.”
In 2018, doctors diagnosed Blair with multiple sclerosis, which prompted her to take a break from acting and focus on her health. However, she made a comeback to the screen in 2019, playing a guest role on the TV show “Another Life” and making a cameo appearance in the film “Jay and Silent Bob Reboot.”
Blair won a Teen Choice Award for her role in “Cruel Intentions” and received a Grammy Award nomination for narrating the audiobook version of “The Diary of Anne Frank.” Additionally, she is renowned for actively advocating and raising awareness about multiple sclerosis through her activism work.
Net Worth
The Cruel Intentions actress has an estimated net worth of $14 million.
Height
The actress stands at a height of 1.6 m.
