
1972-06-23 ( 52 years old ) in Southfield, Michigan. USA
Selma Blair Beitner (born June 23, 1972) is an American actress. She's known for her roles in the comedies Legally Blonde (2001) and The Sweetest Thing (2002), and achieved international fame with her portrayal of Liz Sherman in the big-budget fantasy films Hellboy (2004) and Hellboy II: The Golden Army (2008).
After training at the Stella Adler Conservatory of Acting, Blair began acting in the mid-90s. Blair began her career with small roles and guest roles in various television series. Blair appeared with co-stars Sarah Michelle Gellar, and Ryan Phillippe in the 1999 film Cruel Intentions, for which Blair won an MTV Movie Award for Best Kiss - Lesbian Kiss between Blair and co-star Gellar.
She went on to star as Zoe Bean in two seasons of TV series Zoe, Duncan, Jack and Jane (1999-2000), She rejoined actress Reese Witherspoon in the comedy film Legally Blonde (2001). She also starred opposite Cameron Diaz and Christina Applegate in The Sweetest Thing and in two independent films that garnered her much critical acclaim: Dana Lustig's Kill Me Later and Todd Solondz's controversial Storytelling, and one of her most recognized roles, Liz Sherman in Hellboy (2004) and its successful sequel released in 2008, Hellboy II: The Golden Army, based on the popular comic.
Her films include The Deal, The Big Empty, and Ed Burn's Purple Violets. Her other notable film credits include Highway (2002), A Guy Thing (2003), A Dirty Shame (2004), The Fog (2005), WΔZ (2007), Feast of Love (2007), The Poker House (2008), Dark Horse (2011), In Their Skin (2012), Ordinary World (2016), Mothers and Daughters (2016), Mom and Dad (2017), After (2019) and A Dark Foe (2020).
She starred opposite Molly Shannon in the TV series Kath & Kim, based on the Australian television series of the same name. She also starred as Kate Wales on the sitcom Anger Management (2012–2014); and as Kris Jenner in the first season of the FX drama series American Crime Story (2016). In 2010, Blair narrated the audiobook The Diary of Anne Frank, earning a nomination for the Grammy Award for Best Spoken Word Album for Children.
She can also be seen in the My Friend Steve 1998 music video Charmed. Her stage work includes the role of Kayleen in Rajiv Joseph's Gruesome Playground Injuries, which had its world premiere at Houston's Alley Theatre in October 2009.
In October 2018, Blair revealed that she had been diagnosed with multiple sclerosis in August of that year.
Movies
Introducing, Selma Blair
2021-10-15
A Dark Foe
2021-07-30
After We Collided
2020-09-02
After
2019-04-11
Mom and Dad
2018-01-19
Ordinary World
2016-10-14
Mothers and Daughters
2016-05-06
Eva Hesse
2016-04-27
Sex, Death and Bowling
2015-07-01
In Their Skin
2012-11-09
Dark Horse
2012-06-08
Kingdom Come
2012-04-28
Columbus Circle
2012-03-05
The Family Tree
2011-09-26
Animal Love
2011-01-22
Hellboy: In Service of the Demon
2008-11-11
Hellboy II: The Golden Army
2008-07-11
The Poker House
2008-06-20
Starz Inside: Comic Books Unbound
2008-06-10
My Mom's New Boyfriend
2008-04-30
Feast of Love
2007-09-28
WΔZ
2007-05-19
Purple Violets
2007-04-30
Hellboy Animated: Blood and Iron
2007-03-10
Hellboy Animated: Sword of Storms
2006-10-28
The Night of the White Pants
2006-04-27
The Alibi
2006-01-12
The Fog
2005-10-14
The Big Empty
2005-07-01
The Deal
2005-06-17
All the Dirt on 'A Dirty Shame'
2005-06-14
Dallas 362
2005-05-06
Pretty Persuasion
2005-01-22
Demarco Affairs
2004-12-31
In Good Company
2004-12-29
A Dirty Shame
2004-09-24
Hellboy: The Seeds of Creation
2004-07-27
Coast to Coast
2004-04-03
Hellboy
2004-04-02
A Guy Thing
2003-01-17
The Sweetest Thing
2002-04-12
Highway
2002-03-26
Storytelling
2001-11-08
Kill Me Later
2001-09-14
Legally Blonde
2001-07-13
Down to You
2000-01-21
Cruel Intentions
1999-03-05
Girl
1998-11-05
Brown's Requiem
1998-11-01
Debutante
1998-09-01
Can't Hardly Wait
1998-06-12
No Laughing Matter
1998-04-01
Scream 2
1997-12-12
In & Out
1997-09-10
Arresting Gena
1997-01-27
Strong Island Boys
1997-01-03
Amazon High
1997-01-01
The Broccoli Theory
1996-01-05
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