Silverstone, Alicia 1976–

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SILVERSTONE, Alicia 1976

PERSONAL

First name is pronounced "Aleeseeya"; born October 4, 1976, in San Francisco, CA; daughter of Monty (a real estate investor) and Didi (an airline flight attendant) Silverstone. Education: Attended San Mateo High School, San Mateo, CA, and Beverly Hills High School; studied acting with Judi O'Neil and with Shakespeare & Company; studied ballet. Religion: Judaism.

Addresses: Office First Kiss Productions, 468 North Camden Dr., Suite 200, Beverly Hills, CA 90210. Agent Mike Packenham, Innovative Artists, 1505 10th St., Santa Monica, CA 90401. Manager Concrete Entertainment, 468 North Camden Dr., Suite 200, Beverly Hills, CA 90210. Publicist Elizabeth Much, Much & House Public Relations, 8075 West Third St., Los Angeles, CA 90048.

Career: Actress and producer. First Kiss Productions, Beverly Hills, CA, founder, 1995. Worked as a model; appeared in commercials; also worked as a waitress at Cafe Mocha. Animal rights proponent; affiliated with People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) and Last Chance for Animals.

Awards, Honors: MTV Movie awards, best breakthrough performance and best villain, Young Artist Award nomination, Young Artist Foundation, best youth actress in a leading role in a motion picture drama, and MTV Movie Award nomination, most desirable female, all 1994, for The Crush; National Board of Review Award, best breakthrough performer, 1995, American Comedy Award, funniest actress in a motion picture (leading role), MTV Movie awards, best female performance and most desirable female, Blockbuster Entertainment Award, favorite female newcomer, and Young Artist Award nomination, best young leading actress in a feature film, 1996, all for Clueless; Blockbuster Entertainment Award nomination, favorite supporting actressscience fiction, 1998, for Batman & Robin; Daytime Emmy Award nomination, outstanding performer in an animated program, 2002, for Brace-face; Golden Globe Award nomination and Golden Satellite Award nomination, International Press Academy, both best actress in a musical or comedy television series, 2004, for Miss Match.

CREDITS

Film Appearances:

Darian Forrester, The Crush (also known as Darian ), Warner Bros., 1993.

Cher Horowitz, Clueless (also known as I Was a Teenage Teenager and No Worries ), Paramount, 1995.

Jennifer (title role), The Babysitter, Spelling Films, 1995.

Regina Harrison, Hideaway, TriStar, 1995.

Trudy Wadd, Le nouveau monde (also known as The New World ), Bac Films, 1995.

Mary Giordano, True Crime (also known as Dangerous Kiss and True Detective ), Vidmark, 1996.

Barbara Wilson/Batgirl, Batman & Robin, Warner Bros., 1997.

Emily Hope, Excess Baggage, Columbia, 1997.

Herself, Junket Whore, 1998.

Eve Rustikoff, Blast from the Past, New Line Cinema, 1999.

Princess of France, Love's Labour's Lost (also known as Peines d'amour perdues ), Miramax, 1999.

Natalie "Nat" Bevin, Global Heresy (also known as Rock My World and Au coeur du rock ), California Filmes, 2002.

Sheila Rilo, Scorched, Juniper Productions, 2002.

Herself, Earthlings, 2003.

Heather JasperHowe, Scooby Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed (also known as ScoobyDoo 2, Scooby Too, and Scooby Two ), Warner Bros., 2004.

Lynn, Beauty Shop, MetroGoldwynMayer, 2004.

Film Producer:

(Uncredited) Excess Baggage, Columbia, 1997.

Television Appearances; Series:

Voice of Sharon Spitz, Braceface (animated), Fox Family Channel, 2001, then ABC Family Channel, 20012003.

Kate Fox, Miss Match, NBC, 2003.

Television Appearances; Movies:

Delphine, Torch Song (also known as Judith Krantz's "Torch Song "), ABC, 1993.

Phyllis Messenger, Scattered Dreams (also known as Scattered Dreams: The Kathryn Messenger Story ), CBS, 1993.

Roslyn, The Cool and the Crazy (also known as Rebel Highway ), Showtime, 1994.

Television Appearances; Specials:

Masters of Fantasy: Joel Shumacher, SciFi Channel, 1997.

Wildlife Vet, TBS, 1998.

Macy's 4th of July Fireworks Spectacular, NBC, 2000.

Host, NBC Fall Preview Show, NBC, 2003.

(In archive footage) 101 Biggest Celebrity Oops, E! Entertainment Television, 2004.

Television Appearances; Awards Presentations:

The Third Annual MTV Movie Awards (also known as The 1994 MTV Movie Awards ), MTV, 1994.

Presenter, The Fourth Annual MTV Movie Awards (also known as The 1995 MTV Movie Awards ), MTV, 1995.

Presenter, The Ninth Annual Genesis Awards, The Discovery Channel, 1995.

Presenter, The 53rd Annual Golden Globe Awards, NBC, 1996.

Presenter, The 1996 MTV Movie Awards, MTV, 1996.

Presenter, The 68th Annual Academy Awards, ABC, 1996.

The Second Annual Blockbuster Entertainment Awards, UPN, 1996.

Presenter, The 1997 MTV Europe Music Awards, MTV, 1997.

Presenter, The 1997 MTV Movie Awards, MTV, 1997.

Presenter, The 11th Annual Kids' Choice Awards, Nickelodeon, 1998.

Presenter, The 1998 Genesis Awards, Animal Planet, 1998.

Presenter, The 1999 MTV Europe Music Awards, MTV, 1999.

Presenter, 2000 Blockbuster Entertainment Awards (also known as The Sixth Annual Blockbuster Entertainment Awards ), Fox, 2000.

Presenter, The 55th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards, Fox, 2003.

Presenter, The Ninth Annual Critics' Choice Awards, E! Entertainment Television, 2004.

The 61st Annual Golden Globe Awards, NBC, 2004.

Television Appearances; Episodic:

Jessica, "Road Test," The Wonder Years, ABC, 1992.

Herself, The Late Show with David Letterman, CBS, 1995, 1997, 1999, 2000.

Herself, The Rosie O'Donnell Show, syndicated, 1997, 2000, 2002.

Herself, Friday Night's All Wright, 2000.

Herself, The Tonight Show with Jay Leno, NBC, 2000, 2001, 2003.

Herself, Late Night with Conan O'Brien, NBC, 2000, 2002, 2003.

Herself, The Big Breakfast, Channel 4, 2001.

Herself, Clueless: The E! True Hollywood Story, E! Entertainment Television, 2001.

Herself, GMTV, ITV, 2001, 2004.

Herself, Last Call with Carson Daly, NBC, 2002.

Herself, The View, ABC, 2002, 2003.

Herself, Total Request Live (also known as Total Request with Carson Daly and TRL ), MTV, 2002.

(In archive footage) Celebrities Uncensored, E! Entertainment Television, 2003.

Herself, Ellen: The Ellen DeGeneres Show, syndicated, 2003.

Herself, Extra, syndicated, 2003.

Herself, Punk'd, MTV, 2003.

Herself, Tinseltown. TV, 2003.

Herself, "Scooby Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed," E! Behind the Scenes, E! Entertainment Television, 2004.

Herself, OnAir with Ryan Seacrest, syndicated, 2004 (multiple episodes).

Herself, T4, 2004.

Herself, TRL (also known as TRL UK ), MTV [Europe], 2004.

Television Appearances; Pilots:

Appeared in Me and Nick.

Television Executive Producer; Series:

Braceface (animated), Fox Family Channel, 2001, then ABC Family Channel, 20012003.

Stage Appearances:

Debbie, Carol's Eve, Met Theatre, Los Angeles, c. 1992.

Elaine Robinson, The Graduate, Plymouth Theatre, New York City, 2002.

Major Tours:

Elaine Robinson, The Graduate, U.S. cities, 2002.

RECORDINGS

Videos:

Performer in music videos, Aerosmith: Big Ones You Can Look At, 1994.

Music Videos:

"Amazing," by Aerosmith, 1993.

"Crazy," by Aerosmith, 1994.

"Cryin'," by Aerosmith, 1994.

OTHER SOURCES

Books:

Newsmakers, 1997 Cumulation, Gale, 1998.

Rich, Jason R., As If! The Not So Clueless Alicia Silverstone, Boulevard Books, 1997.

Periodicals:

Entertainment Weekly, March 31, 1995, pp. 1821; June 1, 2000.

FHM, February, 2000, pp. 13442.

Interview, February, 1994, p. 92.

Movieline's Hollywood Life, May, 2004, pp. 5661, 108.

Parade, May 28, 2000, p. 22.

People Weekly, August 21, 1995, p. 92; November 18, 1996, p. 41; August 25, 1997, p. 154; July 13, 1998, p. 128.

Premiere, August, 1997, pp. 7277, 110.

Premiere (Great Britain), issue 77, 1995, p. 65; September, 1997, pp. 3439, 4041.

Rolling Stone, September 7, 1995.

Seventeen, August, 1997, pp. 205207.

Teen, June, 1997, p. 50.

Vanity Fair, September, 1996.

W, June, 2000, pp. 23237.

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