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Selma Blair Beitner (born on June 23 1972) is an American actress. Blair's best known film roles were in Cruel Intentions (1999), which also starred Sarah Michelle Gellar and Reese Witherspoon. Both Blair and Witherspoon later starred together in Legally Blonde (2001).

More recently she appeared alongside Cameron Diaz and Christina Applegate in The Sweetest Thing (2002), and in Hellboy (2004). She played the character of "Zoe" in the year-long TV series, Zoe, Duncan, Jack and Jane.

Personal life

She was born to Jewish parents, Molly Ann and Elliot Beitner, in Southfield, Michigan, with the Hebrew name Batsheva. As a child, Blair attended Hillel Day School and Cranbrook Kingswood school in Bloomfield Hills. She has a sister, Katherine Cooke Beitner.

She studied at Kalamazoo College from 1990 – 1992, then transferred to the University of Michigan, where she earned her bachelor's degree in 1994. She studied with Stella Adler.

Blair married musician Ahmet Zappa on January 24 2004 in Los Angeles. She filed for divorce at the Los Angeles Superior Court on June 21 2006, citing irreconcilable differences. In a statement to People, a spokesperson for the couple said, "Selma and Ahmet have decided to divorce but love each other very much and will continue to be close friends."E! Online

Selected filmography

• The Night of the White Pants (2006)
• The 1 Second Film (2006) (producer)
• The Fog (2005)
• Pretty Persuasion (2005)
• In Good Company (2004)
• A Dirty Shame (2004)
• Hellboy (2004)
• A Guy Thing (2003)
• The Sweetest Thing (2002)
• Legally Blonde (2001)
• Storytelling (2001)
• Kill Me Later (2001)
• Down to You (2000)
• Cruel Intentions (1999)
• Can't Hardly Wait (1998)
• Girl (1998)
• Scream 2 (1997) (voice) (uncredited)
• In & Out (1997)

References

External links

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