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Alicia Silverstone was
born on October 4, 1976 in San Francisco, California. Her parents,
Monty Silverstone, a real estate investor, and Didi, a former
airline stewardess are both English and Alicia Silverstone spent
some of her summers as a child in England whilst having a Jewish
up-bringing in the San Francisco bay area. She has two older
siblings and she also owns a dog named Samson, who is part
rottweiler, part doberman and part pit bull.
Her early professional credits include a Domino's Pizza commercial
and a guest role on 'The Wonder Years'. She made her stage debut in
Los Angeles at the Met Theater playing a cocaine addict in 'Carol's
Eve' but her big break came in 1993 with the lead role in the film,
'The Crush', starring alongside Cary Elwes. This led to her being
cast in three Aerosmith music videos boosting her popularity. She
also won roles in a couple of TV movies allowing her to co-star with
recognized actors such as Raquel Welch and Tyne Daly. After a series
of moderately successful movies, of which some were given
straight-to-video releases, she finally found widespread recognition
starring as Cher in the hit comedy, 'Clueless'. On the strength of
this, Columbia Pictures have signed a multi-million dollar deal with
Alicia Silverstone giving her the opportunity to produce several
films, beginning with the soon-to-be-released 'Excess
Baggage'.
Alicia Silverstone has always been down-to-earth and strong of will,
achieving status as an emancipated minor at the age of fifteen in
order to work longer hours on her debut film, 'The Crush'. She is
adamant about her no-nudity policy in her films and repeatedly
turned down her role in 'The Babysitter' until all nudity was axed
from the script. Most recently, she is set to co-star alongside
George Clooney and Chris O'Donnell in the latest Batman adventure,
'Batman and Robin', playing the role of Batgirl. |
