Alicia Silverstone

Name: Alicia Silverstone
Date of Birth: October 04, 1976
Place of Birth: San Francisco, California, USA

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 attenda...( read more)

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"I don't feel like a dream girl, but I think it's really nice.
I guess a part of me wishes I got that sort of attention
in my real life. Because in my real life, I'm this weird,
dorky girl who just hangs out with her dog."

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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Alicia Silverstone Information:

Eye color: Emerald Green

Height: 5' 5" (1.65 m)

Nickname(s): Queen Slice

Notable feature(s): eyes , seductive look.

Education: High school graduate equivalency diploma.

Family: Father: Monty; mother: Didi; half-sister: Kezi ;
half-brother: David; companion: Christopher Jarecki (musician)

Resides in: Los Angeles

Religious affiliations: Alicia Silverstone was born to Jewish parents
but is not known to be an observant Jew in any religious sense.
Alicia Silverstone is a committed Ethical Vegan, i.e., an adherent of the
religion known as Ethical Veganism.

Political affiliation: Silverstone is noted for being an animal welfare and
environmental activist. She became a vegan in 1998 after attending an
animal rights meeting. "I realized that I was the problem," she told
InStyle Home, in spring 2007.

Federal campaign contribution records also reveal that Silverstone contributed
US$500 to Dennis Kucinich's 2004 Presidential campaign.

Silverstone supported Barack Obama's presidential candidacy.

Personal interests/hobbies: likes to swim , trampoline and gardening naked ;

Charities/Causes:

PETA
Starlight Children's Foundation

Starlight Starbright Children's Foundation

AIDS, Animals, Cancer, Children,
Environment, Family/Parent Support, Health

Other:

Alicia claims to be a dog lover, and owns several dogs, yet she is ironically a strong supporter of PETA, an organization against the private ownership of animals.
In 2002 she received an Emmy Award Nomination for Outstanding Performer in an Animated Program.
She won a Blockbuster Entertainment Award as Favorite Female Newcomer in 1996.
She was nominated for a Favorite Supporting Actress - Sci-Fi Blockbuster Entertainment Award for Batman & Robin in 1998.
Alicia won an American Comedy Award in 1995 for Funniest Actress in a Motion Picture, for her role in Clueless.
Alicia owns her own production company called First Kiss Productions.
Her Bat Mitzvah was held at Temple Beth Jacob in Redwood City, California.
She attended William H. Crocker Middle School in Hillsborough, California.
She briefly attended Old Dominion University (ODU) in Virginia.
In 2002 she was voted a Fun and Fearless Female by Cosmopolitan Magazine.
She attended San Mateo High School in San Mateo, California.
Alicia married rock musician Christopher Jarecki in June of 2005.
She did her first modeling work at six years old.
Her mother was born in Scotland.
Her father was born in England.
Her brother is actor David Silverstone.
She is the sister of actress Kezi Silverstone.
Her first acting role was in a Domino’s Pizza commercial.
Alicia appeared in several popular Aerosmith music videos.
She was offered a role in Scream 3.
Was turned down for the role of Juliet in Romeo + Juliet in 1996.
Was turned down for the lead in My Father the Hero in 1994. They said she was too heavy for the part.
She is a vegetarian.
Alicia dated actor/comedian Adam Sandler at one time.
She was offered the role of Valerie Malone, on Beverly Hills, 90210. Since it was the beginning of her career, Alicia turned it down, and Tiffani-Amber Thiessen got the role instead.
Refuses to appear nude in any of her movies. She requires a body double in her place for nude scenes. Also, when starring in the stage version of "The Graduate," she insisted on wearing underwear for the famous nude-scene. The producers were forced to let her do this because, otherwise, she would have resigned from the show.
Dated Christopher Jarecki, lead singer of the unsigned rock band, Underdogs, for eight years, before marrying him.
Became legally emancipated at 15 in order to work the hours required for the shooting schedule of The Crush (1993).
Born at 3:44pm-PDT
Signed a $10,000,000 3-movie deal with Sony after Clueless (1995).
Measurements: 33-24-34 (Source: Celebrity Sleuth magazine).
She is an animal rights activist. During the filming of Clueless (1995), she adopted a raggedy old mutt, whom she found wandering the streets of Los Angeles. She named him "Samson," and kept him on the set.
In answer to the question 'Is it true that you like to do gardening naked?' in the UK's 'Radio Times' magazine (22.5.04) she said, 'Yes, that is something that I enjoy doing. I don't know how you know about that but it's ... not untrue. It's just that if it's really hot and you're in LA, and you happen to be doing some gardening -- your clothes come off. I also like to swim naked and trampoline naked and do all those kind of things'.
Voted sexiest female vegetarian, 2004.
Got a surprise grab-and-smooch by Jim Carrey at the 1997 MTV Movie Awards when she presented the Best Comedic Performance award to Carrey.Carrey apologized to her backstage after realizing that she felt very humiliated.
Speaks French fluently.
Her wedding ring was made by Neil Lane.
Her wedding dress was designed by Monique Lhuillier.
She and her husband Christopher Jarecki are both vegans.
She married Jarecki at Lake Tahoe.
Is involved with PETA.

Personal Quotes:
Alicia Silverstone

"I hate people to call me 'that Aerosmith chick!'"
I think that Clueless (1995) was very deep. I think it was deep in the way that it was very light. I think lightness has to come from a very deep place if it's true lightness.
"My boyfriend calls me 'princess', but I think of myself more along the lines of 'monkey' and 'retard'".
On her 'chocolate is better than sex' quote: "I was interviewed when I was 17 and I didn't actually say that. It was the worst piece of journalism that I've ever been involved with."
Some days I wake up and think 'what's wrong' and I'd realize it's nothing other than waking up in a not so great a mood. Generally I feel good though. I go to yoga, I feel great. I love to wake up on Sundays - just hang out with the dogs.
"My parents taught me about other cultures. I spent time in Africa, Cuba, Europe, Jamaica, the Amazon and that was nothing to do with work."
"To be put in a position at 15 where people are saying how sexy you are is really awkward, so I did all I could to try and diffuse that. It's only now that I've started to feel like I've become a lady."
"I'm not obsessed with being in the public eye. It's not my job to impress people - I'm really just a working actress and I like to pick projects and do things that really inspire me."
"The things that move me and excite me aren't necessarily going to be box-office hits all the time. My favorite film I've ever done was Love's Labour's Lost (2000) and I think - in box-office terms - barely one person saw it. But I still think it's the greatest movie and I don't care if anybody doesn't like it. I saw it in seven different countries and the audience would leave the theatre dancing. I think that's a pretty incredible thing."
"I think people that genuinely do good are great people. And I don't think, "Oh, there must be something wrong with them". I think that there's something wrong with the people who aren't doing good."
"Everything you do in the name of the environment not only saves your health, it saves your soul."
"I love cooking and one of my favourite things to do with my husband is open up the refrigerator."
"I didn't want to be married- I thought it was like a cult! It seemed so conservative and unnatural. And also the way that word wife or husband sounds- who made those words up? But then once I was married I was like, I love saying "my husband." That's surprising!"
"When I was a little girl, I used to carry around other people's babies and say "My baby." So I was pretty determined to have babies!"
"All I care about is being healthy."
"Nobody's ever tried to set me up. I wish they had- I think it would be fun."
"The worst date I've ever had was when I was 15. The guy must've been 16, because he was driving. I had a crush on him in summer school because he was so cute. And then he came to pick me up and, all of a sudden he was a complete gangster. He was wearing his hood really low and I had to open my door, because he'd let it slam in my face."
(when asked if she could eat brownies, as a vegan) "I wouldn't eat, like, a regular brownie. Because it would have, stuff."

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anaalana1

Hi

posted 3 days ago
shairajade

hi!

posted 113 days ago
jeda1971

PLEASE HELP ME B4 I GO CRAZY!! There's a movie that stars Alicia Silverstone where she plays a queen. Anyone know the name of it? This is giving me a brain pretzel trying to figure this out. Any help is appreciated. Thanks

posted 133 days ago
dharmalaksana

I love u Alicia, your are the best.

posted 349 days ago
gtohammer

Clueless???

posted 375 days ago
senorita106

Happy Belated Birthday Alicia Siilverstone!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I really thought you were an awesome superhero in Batman and Robin with Chris O'Donnell and George Clooney.

Keep Up with the great work:)

Hope you had a terrific day.

posted 491 days ago
bmodina

hi alicia my name is Benjie and i live from cebu city Philippines i like all of your movies, im one of your avid fan take care always keep it a good work in your future movies bye.

posted 529 days ago
sillyhappyperson

my parents named me after you so now my name is Alicia

posted 544 days ago
prissyrodz

I'm a fan of Alicia Sliverstone, since i saw the movie Clueless, i was just a teenager, and i started to dress like her. Some people and my friends say i look just like alicia sliverstone.

posted 565 days ago
k9dot

I have been a big fan of Alicia's since her first starring role in the Crush.Her crusade for animal rights makes me an even bigger fan of hers being an animal lover myself.Just love that smile.Will continue to follow Alicia's career and hope she continues to have great success.

posted 647 days ago

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Alicia Silverstone Movies

Elektra Luxx (Unrated, 2010)
Candles on Bay Street (Unrated, 2006)
Stormbreaker (Alex Rider: Operation Stormbreaker) (PG, 2006)
Pink Collar (Unrated, 2006)
Beauty Shop (PG-13, 2005)
Silence Becomes You (R, 2005)
Queen B (Unrated, 2005)
Scorched (PG-13, 2003)
Rock My World (Global Heresy) (R, 2001)
Braceface (Unrated, 2001)

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