Selma Blair

At 51 years old, Selma Blair has this physical status:

Career

Blair was involved in a T.S. production in 1990 while she was at Cranbrook Kingswood. Eliot's Murder in the Cathedral. She thought it was a failure, but her English teacher told her not to give up; this was the first time she felt she might be an actress. She began attending acting classes in New York in 1993. Blair subsequently signed with her after an agent discovered her in an acting class. Blair earned her first advertisement gig for a theater in Virginia, for which she was given her Screen Actor's Guild membership after 75 auditions.

In the mid-1990s, Blair first started auditioning. She had attended her first audition for a cereal company. She appeared in her first professional role in 1995 on the children's television sitcom Adventures of Pete & Pete, in which she portrayed Big Pete's love interest. She appeared in The Broccoli Theory, a "unromantic comedy" set in New York in 1996. In 1997, she made her first appearance in a mainstream feature film, the Kevin Kline comedy In & Out. She auditioned six times for the role and stayed on set for several weeks, but the bulk of her scenes were cut from the film's final version. She made her debut in a teen drama Strong Island Boys, based on true events involving a Long Island '80s street gang. Blair, according to actor Alec Baldwin, is "a cross between Debra Winger and Marlene Dietrich."

Later, she was chosen to lead the Amazon High fantasy film, co-starring Karl Urban. She was a present-day orphaned high school student who mistakenly traveled back in time to the Amazons' golden days. The film, which was also listed as a third show set in the Hercules and Xena mythological genre, has never been broadcast. Portions of the pilot were later converted and edited into the Xena: Warrior Princess episode "Lifeblood" in 2000. Blair was cast as Joey Potter on Dawson's Creek in the same year, but Katie Holmes replaced him later. Sarah Michelle Gellar was selected shortly afterward for the role of Buffy the Vampire Slayer, but she was refused. In the family drama No Laughing Matter as a pregnant teenager, Blair appeared opposite Suzanne Somers. She appeared in a number of independent and short films, including Debutante, opposite Josh Hartnett, which was shot in NYC and received numerous accolades after its premiere in September 1998.

Blair appeared in the teen drama Girl in 1998 and in Brown's Requiem, based on the crime novel of that name, he starred Dominique Swain. She appeared in "Charmed" (which was also the opening theme for the first season of Zoe, Duncan, Jack, and Jane in 1999); and in the music video for the British alternative rock band Placebo's single "Everybody Me" that was featured on the Cruel Intentions soundtrack.

Blair made her breakthrough appearance in the 1999 coming-of-age drama Les Liaisons Dangereuses, following several auditions, independent film roles, and guest appearances in a television series. It received mixed reviews, with Variety finding "newcomer" Blair "too broad" and "overdoing [her role]'s clumsiness" and "overdoing [her role]. Despite this, the film earned Blair an MTV Movie Award nomination for "Best Breakthrough Performance" and a win for "Best Kiss," which was shared with Gellar. Cruel Intentions has since established a cult.

Along with Azura Skye and Michael Rosenbaum, Blair went on to appear as Zoe Bean, Duncan, Jack, and Jane. The lives of four high school seniors from Manhattan are chronicled in the first season. The second season was just renamed Zoe..., which refers to the title character as a psychology researcher a few years ago; the show was not renewed for a third season. For her role in Zoe, Duncan, Jack & Jane, she was nominated for the Teen Choice Awards for "TV – Breakout Performance" category.

Blair received a Young Hollywood Award in 2000, portraying a seductive college student in the teen comedy Down to You alongside Freddie Prinze, Jr. and Julia Stiles. On its debut, a lukewarm critical and commercial reaction was welcomed. Her film career continued with the independent drama Kill Me Later starring Max Beesley. She starred in a bank robbery and is attempting to convince her captors not to kill her. In September 2001, the film was limited to film in New York and Los Angeles.

Blair co-starred opposite Reese Witherspoon in the comedy Legally Blonde, portraying a preppiese snobby law student and the "rival" for the ex-boyfriends of Witherspoon's ex-boyfriend. "coming on as a bitch right away and then softening into feminine allegiance with [Witherspoon's] heroine," the Hollywood Reporter found her to be a "strong presence" in her role. The film was released on July 13, 2001, topping the US box office in its first weekend; it went on to gross US$96.5 million in North America and a global total of US$141.7 million. She starred in the controversial independent drama Storytelling, alongside Leo Fitzpatrick. It premiered at the 2001 Cannes Film Festival and was limited to a select number of international markets. In its review of the film, SPLICEDwire said that Blair and Fitzpatrick gave "true performances as an emotionally fragile coed and her cerebral palsy-stricken dorm neighbor and lover."

In the crime drama Highway, she appeared with Jared Leto and Jake Gyllenhaal, which was then immediately available on DVD in March 2002. The independent film, which was shot in Seattle, is set in the mid-90s grunge music scene and follows a road trip to the 1994 Kurt Cobain vigil. In the comedy The Sweetest Thing, Blair Diaz's roommate appeared alongside Cameron Diaz and Christina Applegate. Although the film received mixed reviews, it still earned US$68.6 million worldwide. She was nominated for the Teen Choice Awards in the "Best Actress in a Comedy" category for her participation.

Blair appeared on Rolling Stone's cover and in a television commercial for The Sims Online video game in 2002. In addition, she appeared in the episode "The One with Christmas in Tulsa" on the hit sitcom Friends. Blair co-starred Jason Lee in A Guy Thing in 2003, portraying a man who wakes up after his bachelor party in bed with another woman (played by Julia Stiles). The film received critical praise and a poor US$15.5 million at the North American box office.

She appeared in the television film Coast to Coast alongside former NBA star John Salley and Judy Davis in the independent road film Dallas 362 (2003) and the well-received comedy-drama In Good Company (2004). In Guillermo del Toro's blockbuster fantasy film Hellboy, co-starring Ron Perlman, Blair played Liz Sherman, a wounded pyrokinetic superhero. Critics praised the film based on Mike Mignola's well-known comic book series; The New York Times reported, "Blair's heavy-lidded eyes appear to be at half mast from some lovely lewd fantasy." She has a sleepy carnality and a dry, tense timing, making her a perfect foil for Mr. Perlman's straightforward bravado." In its first weekend, Hellboy dominated the box office in the United States and Canada, grossing US$99.3 million around the world.

Blair appeared in John Waters' satirical sex comedy A Dirty Shame, as well as Tracey Ullman. A.V. The film had a limited theatrical run in North America, receiving general mixed feedback. The production was described as a "proud retreat back to a sandbox of sexual jujuence" and a "potty-mouthed manifesto from an elder statesman of shock," according to the club, who pointed out that Blair and Ullman "throwned head first into the sanity, reveling in the loss of value, self-respect, and self-consciousness in their roles. Blair participated in the social project "The 100 Sexiest Women of 2004" and was listed on the FHM list of "The 100 Sexiest Women of 2004."

In the political thriller The Deal (2005), Blair starred as a young Harvard-trained economist implicated in an international oil crisis, opposite Christian Slater and Angie Harmon. It was limited to publication in the United States and the UAE. She then appeared in the independent black comedy Pretty Persuasion (2005), starring Evan Rachel Wood. The Fog, John Carpenter's production, was her last film release in 2005, in which she did her own stunts and spent 12 hours in a water tank over two days to film her submerged scenes. The film, co-starring Tom Welling and Maggie Grace, received mainly critical feedback and generated only $486.2 million worldwide. Blair appeared in Elias Koteas' fantasy short film The Big Empty, which was based on the tale The Specialist and directed by George Clooney. It revolved around a young woman with a psychosomatic medical disorder.

Blair appeared in The Night of the White Pants, a dysfunctional family romance starring Nick Stahl. In 2006, the film premiered in New York for a limited theatrical run. She appeared in a small role in The Alibi (2006), a comedy-drama. Blair appeared in Edward Burns' Purple Violets, a romantic comedy co-starring Burns, Patrick Wilson, and Debra Messing in 2007. Blair played a troubled and lonely writer who falls in love with her childhood sweetheart in the film. It premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival, and it was the first feature film to debut exclusively on iTunes.

She co-starred in Robert Benton's romantic dramedy Feast of Love (2005), opposite Greg Kinnear and Morgan Freeman, portraying a woman who begins a lesbian relationship due to her marital resentment. On its limited theatrical premiere in North America, the film received mixed critical feedback. Stellan Skarsgrd, Melissa George, and Tom Hardy appeared in the British crime drama WZ (2007). Blair played a lab assistant who is sexually assaulted by a gang and became a serial murderer after witnessing her mother's murder. The film had limited theatrical run, but critics were overwhelmingly in favour of it.

Blair was included in People Magazine's "World's Most Beautiful People 2007" list. She revived her role in Hellboy II: The Golden Army in 2008, where her character has a larger part in the storyline than its predecessor. The film received mainly critical feedback from critics and became a worldwide commercial hit, grossing US$160 million. She was nominated for the Scream Awards for Best Actress in a Fantasy Film or TV Show.

Blair starred in Lori Petty's independent drama The Poker House, starring Jennifer Lawrence (in her first role) and Chloe Moretz, who appeared as her daughters. The film was shot in 1976 and was based on Petty's true story, in which she and her two little sisters were assaulted by their mother and a violent pimp. Behind Closed Doors was initially limited to theaters, but it was later re-released in the United Kingdom as Behind Closed Doors in 2015; critics generally applauded her performance, with The Hollywood Reporter naming her performance as one of the best of her film career. Blair appeared on My Mom's New Boyfriend (2008), where she appeared as a young FBI agent. Meg Ryan appeared on My Mom's New Boyfriend (2008). In Anglo America, the film was only in Latin American theaters and went straight to DVD.

Blair, opposite Molly Shannon, has been given the titular role on NBC sitcom Kath & Kim. The sitcom was based on an Australian television series of the same name about a mother and her daughter who are obsessed with celebrity culture. Blair had to gain weight and use hair extensions to play her role as Kim, a self-absorbed suburban teenage princess who is forced to reassess her child's relationship with her mother. After one season, the show was cancelled. Blair appeared on Rainn Wilson's "Baby, It's Cold Outside" for the 2008 Gap winter ad campaign, and was included in Glamour's list of the 50 Most Glamorous Women of 2008.

Blair came back to the stage in 2009 as the lead role of Kayleen in Rajiv Joseph's Gruesome Playground Injuries, opposite stage actor Brad Fleischer. The drama's world premiere at Alley Theatre in Houston, 2009, attracted mainly critical feedback. Blair lent her voice to narrate The Diary of a Young Girl: The Definitive Edition, written by Holocaust survivor Anne Frank in 2010. Critics and readers generally gave the audiobook high marks. Her achievement was recognized for the Best Spoken Word Album for Children in 2011.

Blair appeared in "Full of Regret" by Danko Jones; the film also featured Elijah Wood and Lemmy Kilmister. Lisa Kudrow appeared in three episodes of the online series Web Therapy starring Lisa Kudrow and appeared as a guest judge in Heidi Klum's fashion reality show Project Runway. She appeared in a supporting role as a lesbian educator in Madeline Zima's small-scale black comedy The Family Tree (2011), with Amy Smart and Giovanni Ribisi, playing an agoraphobic woman who must face her fears after murdering a man in her apartment. In 2009, shooting for Columbus Circle began in 2009, but the film was released in March 2012 as a straight-to-DVD version.

Blair appeared in Animal Love, a short college film about life in the post-global warming world premiered at the Los Angeles Film Festival, directed by Jaime King, in 2011. Blair appeared in the independent comedy-drama Dark Horse (2011), portraying her role as a "overmedicated depressive" woman. Dark Horse's limited theatrical debut and received a favorable reception from critics. A.V. A.V. "The scenes between Gelber and Blair are the best in [the film]], according to the club because they form a bond that is not based on shared interests or passion but rather a weary kind of compromise.

Blair appeared in the short film Slideshow of Wieners: A Love Story, a satirical love tale on the internet in 2012. Shortly after, she returned to the small screen as the female lead in FX's Anger Management co-starring Charlie Sheen's premiere. Dr. Kate Wales, Sheen's neurotic therapist and love interest, appeared in 53 episodes. The series premiered to mixed critical reviews, but it saw viewers reach 5.74 million viewers in its debut and ranked as the most watched sitcom premiere in cable history. Blair departed the show in June 2013 following differences with Sheen during the second season's shooting.

In two episodes of the revivalist television version of Web Therapy, Blair narrated Xfinity TV commercials, including the London 2012 Olympics ads, and reprised her role as a woman pretending she is pregnant. In the film In Their Skin (2012), Rachel Miner and James D'Arcy played a woman and her family who experience a violent home invasion by their psychopathic neighbors following their daughter's death. Since its world premiere at the Tribeca Film Festival, it received a mixed critical reception, with just a limited theatrical release in North America.

In 2013, Blair appeared in Destiny's animated film Out There. She appeared on the television show Comedy Bang! Bang! She appeared in Anger Management's second small-screen role since leaving Anger Management when she was cast as Joanna in the Amazon's comedy pilot Really Along Sarah Chalke in August 2014. As of May 2015, the comedy about a group of friends in their 30s is only available in the United States and the United Kingdom.

Blair appeared in the drama Sex, Death And Bowling (2015) alongside Adrian Grenier and Bailey Chase. The film tells the tale about an American soldier who died in Iraq but who has terminal pancreatic cancer. The film premiered in October 2013 and was released in select American theaters in October 2015. In the musical drama Ordinary World (2016), Blair played as the hardworking lawyer wife of Armstrong's aging rock star character. In April 2016, the film premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival.

Blair appeared in FX's American Crime Story: The People vs. O. J. Simpson, where she appeared with Cuba Gooding Jr., John Travolta, and David Schwimmer as Kris Jenner, Simpson's former wife of Simpson's prosecutor Robert Kardashian. The initiative reconstructed the 1995 publicized O. J. Simpson murder case and broadcasts to critical and acclaim. In addition to this year, Blair appeared in the independent film Mothers and Daughters as a member of a large ensemble cast, including Susan Sarandon, Sharon Stone, Mira Sorvino, and Courteney Cox. The film was released on 6 May 2016 in digital markets and received mainly mixed feedback. The Hollywood Reporter discovered that the "talent actors" in the film were "hamstrung" by the film's "unsubtle script, which piles on much too many melodramatic plot contrivances for a 90-minute [production]", and that "the [...] device is quickly scrapped, with the proliferation of barely interconnected characters."

In July 2016, Blair was cast alongside Nicolas Cage and Anne Winters in Brian Taylor's horror comedy Mom and Dad, which was released in theaters on January 19, 2018. Critics loved the film.

Blair was cast in a recurring role on Netflix's science-fiction drama series Another Life on August 21, 2018. Before being cancelled, the program lasted for two seasons from 2019 to 2021.

Blair was announced as a contestant on season 31 of Dancing with the Stars on September 8, 2022. She is partnered with Sasha Farber. Blair departed the sport in the fifth week of the season on her doctors' suggestion.

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