Alicia Silverstone

Alicia Silverstone mini-bio: Alicia Silverstone was born on October 4, 1976,
in San Francisco, California, the youngest of three children to Monty Silverstone,
a real-estate investor, and Didi Silverstone, a former flight attendant. Alicia's
career began at the tender age of six when her dad took some photos of his
young daughter, which eventually led to her getting several television commercials.
After a guest spot on "The Wonder Years" (1988) as a literal "dream girl" she
moved on to movies. She landed a role in The Crush (1993), a sort of
Fatal Attraction (1987) for teenagers in which she portrayed a disturbed young
girl obsessed with an older man. The nasty little role didn't impress the critical establishment but it wowed its target audience: teenagers. In fact, 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 movie, 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 film 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 #1 video
of all time on MTV. Silverstone was definitely a hit with the MTV crowd, but larger commercial success still eluded her. That all changed when she landed the
role of "Cher" in Amy Heckerling's Clueless (1995). Cher was the antithesis of
Alicia's role in "The Crush; this time around she was a rich, naive yet endearing
girl from Beverly Hills in search of love in the 1990s. The film was a huge box-office
hit and wowed both audiences and critics alike and 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 Batman franchise.
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).

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