ALICIA SILVERSTONE
Born: October 4th, 1976 Height: 5' 4"
Alicia Silverstone was born on October 4, 1976, in San Francisco, California is an American actress. Alicia's career began at the tender age of six when her dad, Monty, took some photos of his young daughter. The photos allowed her to get some modeling gigs which then led to television commercials. After a guest spot on
The Wonder Years (1988) as a literal "dream girl" she moved on to movies. She made her film debut in the thriller
The Crush (1993), a sort of Fatal Attraction for teenagers in which she portrayed a disturbed young lady obsessed with an older man. The nasty little role didn't impress the critical establishment but it wowed its target audience of teenagers. The role won her the 1994 MTV Movie Award for "Best Villain" and "Breakthrough Performance." It is interesting to note that during the filming of
The Crush, Alicia became an emancipated minor in order to get around child labor laws which would have interfered with her working hours. She was a dedicated actress from early on.
The Crush also caught the attention of Aerosmith, who hired her to appear in a string of their music videos. The first of them, "Cryin'" was voted the number one video of all time on MTV. Silverstone also appeared in the Aerosmith music video "Crazy". That all changed when she landed the role of Cher in Amy Heckerling's
Clueless (1995). The Cher character was the antithesis of her role in
The Crush. This time around Silverstone was a naive yet endearing girl from Beverly Hills in search of love in the nineties. The film was a huge sleeper hit at the box office and wowed both audiences and critics alike. It also demonstrated Alicia's strength and bankability. She was hailed as the woman of the hour, and branded the spokeswoman for an emerging young generation. She signed a deal with Columbia Tristar worth $10 million and got the coveted role of Batgirl in the superhero film
Batman & Robin (1997). Also, as part of the package, she got a three-year first-look deal for her own production company, First Kiss Productions. The first film released by First Kiss was
Excess Baggage (1997) which received very muted reviews.
Silverstone received a Golden Globe nomination for Best Actress – Television Series Musical or Comedy for her role in the short-lived NBC series
Miss Match (2003). She has continued to act in film and television and on stage.
A vegan, Silverstone has endorsed PETA activities and published two cookbooks:
The Kind Diet (2009) and
The Kind Mama (2014).
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