alicia silverstone

Alicia Silverstone (pronounced Uh-liss-ee-uh) alicia silverstone was born October 4, 1976 in San Francisco, California. The daughter of Monty, a real estate investor and financial consultant, and Didi, a former airline stewardess, alicia silverstone traveled to England with her family during summer vacations to visit relatives.

alicia silverstone time in the spotlight began as a model at the age of six, after her father began taking pictures of her to submit to modeling agencies. Although her heart was really in acting, alicia silverstone landed several modeling gigs for companies such as Levi's Dockers and Marshall's. The modeling jobs led to television commercials -- such as a spot on a Domino's Pizza ad -- which eventually led to appearances on sitcoms, most notably as a "dream girl" in The Wonder Years.

In 1993, alicia silverstone finally landed her first starring role in a feature film, entitled The Crush. Playing a teenager obsessed with an older man, alicia silverstone refused to pose nude in the film and a body double was hired for "behind" shots. Actually, alicia silverstone refuses to pose nude until today. The film -- dubbed a Fatal Attraction for teenagers -- was a hit among teenagers and was recognized by the 1994 MTV Movie Awards by honoring alicia silverstone with the award for Best Villain and Best Breakthrough Performance. A couple of made-for-TV movies followed: Torch Songs and Scattered Dreams.

Marty Callner, the director of the Aerosmith videos, caught alicia silverstone performance in The Crush and knew she would be perfect for the Aerosmith video Cryin'. This was to be the first of a now famous trilogy of Aerosmith videos, as alicia silverstone was also cast in the videos for Crazy and Amazing (co-starring Steven Tyler's daughter, Liv Tyler). When Cryin' was released, it was voted number one video of all time on MTV.

Before hitting it big with the sleeper hit of 1995, Clueless, alicia silverstone worked on the films Hideaway, Babysitter, True Crime, and Le Nouveau Monde. It was alicia silverstone role as the spoiled rich girl, Cher Horowitz in Clueless, that launched her career. Clueless, a 90's version of Emma, earned alicia silverstone many awards, including the American Comedy Award for Best Actress in a Motion Picture, The National Board of Review of Motion Picture Awards for Best Breakthrough Performance, the 2nd Annual Blockbuster Entertainment Award for Best Female Newcomer Theatrical, as well as the 5th Annual MTV Movie Award for Best Female Performance and Most Desirable Female.

After the success of Clueless, Barry Josephson of Columbia Pictures signed alicia silverstone to a $7 million two-picture deal, the first of which was Excess Baggage. alicia silverstone not only starred in the film, it was also the first film produced by alicia silverstone First Kiss Production Company. Unfortunately, Excess Baggage did not enjoy the same box office numbers as Clueless.

alicia silverstone next feature film foray was as Batgirl in Batman and Robin, the fourth release of the Batman series. Batman and Robin did, on the other hand, attract moviegoers. In 1999, things started to pick up for alicia silverstone as her role in the romantic comedy Blast From The Past was more impressive and reminiscent of the alicia silverstone audiences saw in Clueless. Owner of many dogs, alicia silverstone is actively involved with several animal rights groups such as The Ark Trust and PETA.

alicia silverstone will next be seen in the summer release Love's Labour's Lost, directed by Kenneth Branaugh. alicia silverstone took lessons for her part in the musical adaptation of the William Shakespeare play.

alicia silverstone was born in San Francisco to English parents on October 4th, 1976. alicia silverstone spent many of her early summers in England, during one of which alicia silverstone became interested in theatre. alicia silverstone began with ballet and started modelling at the age of six. alicia silverstone had a very active imagination, often believing that her parents were aliens or that her mother, an airline stewardess, was Olivia Newton John. alicia silverstone made her stage debut in Carol’s Eve, playing a lesbian who overdoses on cocaine. alicia silverstone made her television debut in a Domino’s Pizza commercial at the age of fourteen. In 1992, alicia silverstone played Kevin’s dream girl in an episode of The Wonder Years.

Her movie debut came in The Crush. Because alicia silverstone was only fifteen when the movie was filmed, alicia silverstone had to become legally emancipated in order to get around the child labour laws. As well, a stand-in was used in a brief nude scene. In the movie, alicia silverstone played Darian Forrester, a fourteen-year-old girl who becomes obsessed with the man who has moved into her parent’s garage apartment. Although the movie was a failure both critically and commercially, many of the critics were able to recognise alicia silverstone as an emerging talent. That year, alicia silverstone won for Best Villain and Best Breakthrough Performance at the MTV Movie Awards.

After appearing in two made-for-TV movies, Torch Song and Scattered Dreams, alicia silverstone made her next big step towards fame by appearing in the video for Aerosmith’s “Cryin’”. This was the first of three videos that alicia silverstone did for the band. Before alicia silverstone became famous in her own right, alicia silverstone was often referred to as ‘the girl from the Aerosmith videos’.

After turning down an offer to replace Shannen Doherty on Beverly Hills 90210 and appearing in another Aerosmith video (Crazy), alicia silverstone appeared in more big-screen movies. None of them did as much for her career as the Aerosmith video (Amazing) that alicia silverstone appeared in after them. The same could not be said of Clueless. Written and directed by Amy Heckerling, who directed Fast Times at Ridgemont High, Clueless starred alicia silverstone as Cher Horowitz, a fashion-obsessed high school student. The character was the opposite of who alicia silverstone really was. alicia silverstone had gone to Beverly Hills High School, but had been a fashionless loner. alicia silverstone looked down on the clothes-obsessed, oh-so-popular girls that seemed to make up the majority of students at that school. Her parody of these girls went over well with the critics and even better with the audiences. The movie was a hit and alicia silverstone was a star.

alicia silverstone was not so fortunate with her next movie, Batman & Robin. The star-studded cast of George Clooney, Chris O’Donnel, alicia silverstone , Uma Thurman, and Arnold Schwarzenegger couldn’t save this movie from its script. The movie was nominated for eleven Razzies, the awards for bad movies. Among the awards it was nominated for were Worst Movie, Worst Screenplay, Worst Director, and Worst Disregard for Human Life and Public Property. alicia silverstone , who played Batgirl, won Worst Supporting Actress, the only one of the eleven nominations that the movie actually ‘won’. Fortunately, the success of the previous three Batman movies gave the movie enough momentum to make back its $110 million budget.

Somewhat more successful critically but far less successful commercially was Excess Baggage. alicia silverstone starred as Emily Hope, a girl who craves attention but must learn that acceptance comes from within. In her bid to get more attention, mostly from her rich father, alicia silverstone fakes her own kidnapping. Co-starring were Christopher Walken and Benecio Del Toro, two actors for whom alicia silverstone had great admiration. This was the first movie from First Kiss Productions, the company that alicia silverstone started with her manager Carolyn Kessler. alicia silverstone has said that with this movie alicia silverstone learnt the difference between making a Hollywood movie and making a good movie. alicia silverstone didn’t learn well enough in the minds of the critics, who gave the movie mediocre reviews.

Earlier this year, alicia silverstone has appeared in Blast From the Past, a ‘fish-out-of-water’ comedy that also stars Brendan Fraser, Christopher Walken, and Sissy Spacek. During the Cuban missile crisis, a nut-case scientist (Walken) locks himself and his pregnant wife (Spacek) in a bomb shelter for thirty-five years. Shortly after, their son Adam (Fraser) is born. Upon leaving the bomb shelter thirty-five years later, they discover that America has not been nuked. Fraser soon meets and falls in love with Eve (alicia silverstone ). What follows is a series of clichéd, person-from-the-wrong-decade, gags that were explored thoroughly in movies like Back to the Future and Austen Powers. What saved the movie was the quality of acting from alicia silverstone , Fraser, and Walken. So far, the movie has done respectably well at the box-office.

alicia silverstone has three more movies that should be released this year. Love’s Labour Lost, which has Kenneth Branagh co-writing, directing, and starring, is a musical version of the Shakespeare play. Breakers was written by Julie Bateman and will co-star Anjelica Huston. Andy Borowitz, the co-producer of Pleasantville, wrote Stand by Your Man. This will be the second movie from First Kiss Productions. It tells the story of a woman (alicia silverstone ) who attempts to win fame by marrying a notorious killer on death row. Things go wrong when he is released after the real killer confesses.

When alicia silverstone has not been making movies, alicia silverstone has been speaking out in favour of animal rights. She has worked extensively with Last Chance For Animals, The Ark Trust, and People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals. She has appeared in commercials advocated the neutering of pets and calling for non-participation in biology class dissections. She spends much of her free time with her dog, Samson.

alicia silverstone has established herself as one of Hollywood’s top sex symbols. But instead of exploiting this image, alicia silverstone has fought it by refusing to appear nude and not playing clones of her star-making characters in The Crush and Clueless. Instead, alicia silverstone has branched out into production, avoiding the traps of Hollywood clichés. Her future success will depend on whether audiences and critics can see her for more than just a pretty face.

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