Biography

After training at The Stella Adler Conservatory, pretty dark-haired Selma Blair began her acting career with a series of small roles on film and television. In 1997 she appeared briefly in the features "In & Out" and "Arresting Gena" and had a larger role in the independent "Strong Island Boys". The following year, Blair acted in the series premiere of the Fox comedy "Getting Personal" and had a featured guest role in the CBS drama "Promised Land" as a troubled teenager with a drinking problem. She appeared in the 1998 USA Network TV-movie "No Laughing Matter" before landing a role in the ensemble of the teen comedy feature "Can't Hardly Wait" (1998). Blair had her first starring film role in the thriller "Brown's Requiem" (1998) and was chosen to head the cast of the coming-of-age midseason replacement series "Zoe, Duncan, Jack & Jane" (The WB, 1999-2000), playing Zoe Bean, a witty and blunt Manhattan teenager. She was also tapped for the role of shy Cecile in "Cruel Intentions", a contemporary reworking of "Les Liaisons Dangereuses" set in New York starring Sarah Michelle Gellar and Ryan Phillippe, and was featured in the music-themed "Girl" (both 1999).

Filmography

Dallas and Rusty (2003) .... Peg
Guy Thing, A (2003) .... Karen
Sweetest Thing, The (2002) .... Jane
Highway (2001) .... Cassie
Inside 'Legally Blonde' (2001) (V) .... Herself
Legally Blonde (2001) .... Vivian Thelma Kensington
Storytelling (2001) .... Vi ('Fiction')
Kill Me Later (2001) .... Shawn Holloway
Down to You (2000) .... Cyrus

Amazon High (1999) .... Cyane
Cruel Intentions (1999) .... Cecile Caldwell
... aka Sexual Provocation (1999) (Belgium: English title)
"Zoe, Duncan, Jack & Jane" (1999) TV Series .... Zoe Bean
... aka "Zoe" (1999) (Australia) (USA: new title)
... aka "Zoe..." (1999) (USA: new title)
Brown's Requiem (1998) .... Jane
Debutante (1998) .... Nan
... aka Modern Girl (1998) (USA)
Can't Hardly Wait (1998) .... Girl Mike Hits On #1
Girl (1998) .... Darcy
No Laughing Matter (1998) (TV) .... Lauren Winslow
Arresting Gena (1997) .... Drugged Woman
Gone Again (1997)
Strong Island Boys (1997) .... Tara
Two in the Morning (1997) .... Shea
Scream 2 (1997) (uncredited) (voice) .... Cici's friend on the phone
In & Out (1997) .... Cousin Linda