Alicia Silverstone Biography
Alicia
Silverstone
Date
of birth location
Nickname
Queen
Slice
Height
1.65 m
Biography
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).
Filmography
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