Alicia Silverstone
Silverstone photographed by Jerry Avenaim, 2005
Born	October 4, 1976 (1976-10-04) (age 31) San Francisco, California
Years active	1992 - present
Spouse(s)	Christopher Jarecki (2005–present)

Alicia Silverstone (pronounced /əˈliːsiə ˈsɪlvɚstoʊn/; born October 4, 1976) is an American actress and former fashion model. Jerry Avenaim (born August 21, 1961 in Chicago, Illinois) is an American Photographer best known for his fashion Events 610 - Heraclius arrives by ship from Africa at Constantinople, overthrows Byzantine Emperor Phocas Year 1976 ( MCMLXXVI) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The City and County of San Francisco is the fourth most populous city Events 610 - Heraclius arrives by ship from Africa at Constantinople, overthrows Byzantine Emperor Phocas Year 1976 ( MCMLXXVI) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. An actor, actress, player or thespian (see terminology) is a person who Acts in a Dramatic production and who works A model is a person who is posed or displayed for the purpose of Art, Fashion, or other products and Advertising. She first came to widespread attention in music videos for Aerosmith and is best recalled for her roles in Hollywood films such as Clueless (1995) and Batman & Robin (1997). A music video is a Short film or video that accompanies a complete piece of music most commonly a Song with lyrics Aerosmith is an American Hard rock band sometimes referred to as "The Bad Boys from Boston " and "America's Greatest Rock and Roll Band" Clueless is a 1995 Comedy film based on Emma by Jane Austen and set in a Beverly Hills high school " Batman & Robin " is a 1997 film from the Batman film series starring George Clooney as Batman, Chris O'Donnell returning

Early life

Silverstone was born in San Francisco, California, the daughter of Deirdre "Didi" (née Radford), a Scotland-born former flight attendant who worked for Pan Am, and Monty Silverstone, an England-born real-estate investor. The City and County of San Francisco is the fourth most populous city Scotland ( Gaelic: Alba) is a Country in northwest Europethat occupies the northern third of the island of Great Britain. Flight attendants or cabin crew (historically known as stewards air hosts/hostesses or stewardesses) are members of an Aircrew England is a Country which is part of the United Kingdom. Its inhabitants account for more than 83% of the total UK population whilst its mainland Real estate is a legal term (in some jurisdictions notably in the USA, United Kingdom See Investor AB for the Swedish investment company An investor is any party that makes an Investment. ^[1][2] Silverstone was raised in a "traditional Jewish household"; her father, a native of East London, is Jewish, and her mother converted to Conservative Judaism before marriage. East London is the name commonly given to the north eastern part of London, England on the north side of the River Thames. PLEASE TAKE NOTE************ A conversion to Judaism (גיור giyur) is a formal act undertaken by a non-Jewish person who wishes to be recognised as a full member of the Jewish community Conservative Judaism (also known as Masorti Judaism in Israel and Europe) is a modern stream of Judaism that arose out ^[3] Silverstone is the youngest of three children and also has a half-sister, London-based rock singer Kezi Silverstone, and a half-brother, David Silverstone, both from her father's previous marriage. London ( ˈlʌndən is the capital and largest urban area in the United Kingdom. Rock music is a genre of Popular music often though not necessarily employing Electric guitar, Bass guitar, and Drums. Silverstone attended Crocker Middle School, then San Mateo High School but did not complete her high school studies. William H Crocker Middle School is a public middle school located in Hillsborough California, a suburb about 20 miles south of San Francisco, as part of the San Mateo High School is an American public High school in San Mateo, California serving grades 9-12 as part of the San Mateo Union High School District Silverstone visited England over a summer during childhood. England is a Country which is part of the United Kingdom. Its inhabitants account for more than 83% of the total UK population whilst its mainland When she was six, she began modeling and was subsequently cast in television commercials, the first being for Domino's Pizza. Domino's Pizza Inc ( is an international Fast food Pizza delivery corporation headquartered just outside Ann Arbor Michigan, United States She acquired some early modeling and advertising work and was eventually cast as 'dream girl' Jessica on The Wonder Years. A model is a person who is posed or displayed for the purpose of Art, Fashion, or other products and Advertising. Advertising is a form of Communication that typically attempts to persuade potential Customers to Purchase or to consume more of a particular Brand

Career

1990s

Silverstone won a leading part in the 1993 film The Crush, playing a teenaged girl who sets out to ruin an older man after her affections are spurned; she won two awards at the 1994 MTV Movie Awards for the role for Best Breakthrough Performance and Best Villain. The 1994 ceremony was hosted by Will Smith. Performers included Bon Jovi, Nate Dogg & Warren G Silverstone became legally emancipated at the age of 15 in order to work the hours required for the shooting schedule of the film. After seeing her in The Crush, Marty Callner decided she'd be perfect for a role in a music video he was directing for the band Aerosmith, called "Cryin'", and then the following two videos "Amazing" and "Crazy". Marty Callner is a director His primary work is with music videos. Aerosmith is an American Hard rock band sometimes referred to as "The Bad Boys from Boston " and "America's Greatest Rock and Roll Band" " Cryin' " is a song by American Hard rock band Aerosmith. " Amazing " is a song performed by American Hard rock band Aerosmith. " Crazy " is a song performed by American Hard rock band Aerosmith and written by Steven Tyler, Joe Perry, and Desmond These were hugely successful both for the band and Silverstone, making her a household name (and also gaining her the nickname, "the Aerosmith chick"). They also got her noticed by film maker Amy Heckerling, who after seeing them decided to cast her in Clueless. Amy Heckerling (born May 7, 1954) is an American Film director, one of the few female directors to have produced multiple box-office hits Clueless is a 1995 Comedy film based on Emma by Jane Austen and set in a Beverly Hills high school

Alicia Silverstone

Clueless became a sleeper hit and critical darling during the summer of 1995. Silverstone's performance was well received, and she was branded the spokeswoman for an emerging young generation. As a result, she signed a deal with Columbia-TriStar worth $10 million. }} Columbia Pictures Industries Inc is an American Film production and distribution company TriStar Pictures Inc (spelled Tri-Star until 1991 is a film subsidiary of Columbia Pictures, itself a subdivision of the Columbia TriStar Motion As part of the package, she got a three-year first-look deal for her own production company, First Kiss Productions. Silverstone also won "Best Female Performance" and "Most Desirable Female" by the MTV Movie Awards in 1996 for her performance in the film. The MTV Movie Awards 1996 were hosted by Ben Stiller and Janeane Garofalo.

Silverstone's next role was as Batgirl in Batman & Robin, which was neither a critical^[4] nor a financial success. Batgirl is the name of several Fictional characters appearing in Comic books published by DC Comics, depicted as female counterparts to the Superhero " Batman & Robin " is a 1997 film from the Batman film series starring George Clooney as Batman, Chris O'Donnell returning ^[5] Silverstone won a Razzie Award for Worst Supporting Actress. ^[6] She suffered further bad press for allegedly striking a pedestrian with her vehicle in a crosswalk. ^[7] She also starred in 1997's dark comedy Excess Baggage, which was the first movie to be released by her production company. Black comedy, also known as black humor or dark comedy, is a sub-genre of Comedy and Satire where topics and events that are usually regarded In the film, Silverstone played a rich brat who fakes her own kidnapping in order to get her father's attention. In Criminal law, kidnapping is the taking away or Asportation of a person against the person's will usually to hold the person in False imprisonment While not as reviled as Batman & Robin, the film was not as critically or commercially embraced as Clueless. ^[8]

2000s

Silverstone at the Stormbreaker premiere in July 2006

Silverstone appeared in Kenneth Branagh's film adaptation of the Shakespeare play Love's Labour's Lost in 2000, in which she was required to sing and dance. Stormbreaker is a 2006 spy film based on the same titled novel, the first novel in the ''Alex Rider'' series. Kenneth Charles Branagh (born 10 December 1960) is an Emmy Award -winning Academy Award -nominated Northern Irish Actor William Shakespeare ( baptised Love's Labour's Lost is a 2000 adaptation of the comic play of the same name by William Shakespeare, directed by and starring In 2001, Silverstone provided the voice of Sharon Spitz, the lead character in the Canadian animated television Braceface. Country to "Dominion of Canada" or "Canadian Federation" or anything else please read the Talk Page Braceface is a Canadian Animated series currently broadcast on Teletoon in Canada and on the Disney Channel and ABC Family in the After removing herself from the public eye for a few years, she resurfaced in the 2003 NBC television show Miss Match, which was then cancelled after 18 episodes. The National Broadcasting Company ( NBC) is an American Television network headquartered in the GE Building in New York City's Miss Match is a 2003 American Television series created by Jeff Rake and Darren Star and produced by Twentieth Silverstone later acknowledged that she hates the trappings of fame. According to Silverstone, "Fame is not anything I wish on anyone. You start acting because you love it. Then success arrives, and suddenly you're on show". ^[9]

After the cancellation of Miss Match in 2003, she did a pilot with FOX called Queen B, in which she would have played a former high school prom queen named Beatrice (Bea), who has found out that the real world is nothing like high school. A television pilot is a test episode of an intended Television series. In 2005, she co-starred with Queen Latifah in Beauty Shop, a spin-off of the BarberShop films. Beauty Shop is a 2005 Comedy film, directed by Bille Woodruff. Barbershop is an American Comedy film directed by Tim Story, produced by State Street Pictures and released by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer She played one of the stylists in the beauty shop. For the pilot season of 2006-2007, she surfaced on a pilot being developed by ABC called Pink Collar, in which she would have worked in a law firm. The American Broadcasting Company ( ABC) is an American Television network. Silverstone's most recent movie, Stormbreaker, was released in the UK on July 21, 2006, and in North America on October 13, 2006. Stormbreaker is a 2006 spy film based on the same titled novel, the first novel in the ''Alex Rider'' series. Events 356 BC - Herostratus sets fire to the Temple of Artemis in Ephesus, one of the Seven Wonders of the World The year 2006 in film involved some significant events Releases of sequels took place with Superman Returns, Pirates of the Caribbean Dead Man's Chest Events 54 - Nero ascends to the Roman throne 409 - Vandals and Alans crossed the Pyrenees Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. She appeared alongside Ewan McGregor and Sophie Okonedo. Ewan Gordon McGregor (born 31 March 1971 ˌjuːən məˈgrɛgər is a Scottish Actor, who has had significant success in mainstream indie and art Sophie Okonedo (born 1 January 1969 is an Academy Award -nominated English actress. In November 2006, she starred in the made-for-TV movie Candles on Bay Street for Hallmark Hall of Fame, based on the book by Cathie Pelletier. Candles on Bay Street is a Hallmark special Tv movie starring Alicia Silverstone as a single mom who returns to her hometown after a lengthy Hallmark Hall of Fame is a long-running irregularly scheduled anthology program on American Television.

Personal life

She has dated famous actors including Leonardo DiCaprio, Benicio del Toro and Adam Sandler. Leonardo Wilhelm DiCaprio (born November 11 1974 is a three-time Academy Award -nominated and Golden Globe -winning American film actor. Benicio Monserrate Rafael del Toro Sánchez (born February 19 1967 is a Puerto Rican Actor and Film producer. Adam Richard Sandler (born September 9 1966 is an American Comedian,

Silverstone married longtime boyfriend, rock musician Christopher Jarecki (lead singer of group S. T. U. N. ), in a beachfront ceremony at Lake Tahoe on June 11, 2005. Lake Tahoe is a large freshwater Lake in the Sierra Nevada mountains of the United States. Events 1184 BC - Trojan War: Troy is sacked and burned according to the calculations of Eratosthenes. Year 2005 ( MMV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The couple had dated for eight years prior to being married, after meeting outside a movie theater in 1997. ^[10] They got engaged about a year before their marriage and Silverstone's engagement ring belonged to Jarecki's grandmother. ^[11] They live in an eco-friendly Los Angeles house complete with solar panels and an organic vegetable garden. Environmental friendly, eco-friendly, and nature friendly are synonyms used to refer to Goods and services considered to inflict minimal harm Los Angeles (lɑˈsændʒələs los ˈaŋxeles in Spanish) is the largest City in the state of California and the American West In the field of Photovoltaics, a photovoltaic module is a packaged interconnected assembly of photovoltaic cells also known as Solar cells An installation of Organic foods are produced according to certain production standards, meaning they are grown without the use of conventional Pesticides artificial Fertilizers ^[10] She bought the house, shared with a "menagerie of rescued dogs," in 1996. ^[11] Silverstone drives a Mercedes Benz. Mercedes-Benz is a German manufacturer of luxury Automobiles Buses coaches and Trucks It is currently a division of the ^[10] She is often seen around with gal pal socialite KJ Stevens. ^[10]

Political beliefs

Silverstone is noted for being an animal welfare and environmental activist. Animal welfare refers to the viewpoint that it is morally acceptable for humans to use nonhuman animals for food in animal research, as clothing and in entertainment Environmentalism is a broad philosophy and Social movement centered on a concern for the conservation and improvement of the environment. She also became a vegan in 1998 after attending an animal rights meeting. "I realized that I was the problem," she told InStyle Home in spring 2007. "I was an animal lover who was eating animals. "^[10] In 2004, Silverstone was voted "Sexiest Female Vegetarian" by PETA. In 2007, Silverstone appeared nude in a print advertisement and 30-second commercial for PETA championing vegetarianism, and the TV spot was subsequently pulled from the Houston, Texas, market by Comcast Cable. Comcast Corporation ( is the largest Cable television company the second largest Internet service provider and (according to the company the fourth largest telephone ^[12] Silverstone set up a sanctuary for rescued pets in Los Angeles. Los Angeles (lɑˈsændʒələs los ˈaŋxeles in Spanish) is the largest City in the state of California and the American West ^[13]

Federal campaign contribution records^[14] also reveal that Silverstone contributed $500 to Dennis Kucinich's 2004 Presidential campaign. The United States dollar ( sign: $; code: USD) is the unit of Currency of the United States; it has also been Dennis John Kucinich (kuˈsɪnɪtʃ (born October 8[[ 946]] is a Democratic member of the United States House of Representatives and was a candidate for The United States presidential election of 2004 was held on Tuesday November 2, 2004, to elect the President of the United States.

On May 23, 2007, Silverstone was a guest on ABC's The View. Events 1430 - Siege of Compiègne: Joan of Arc is captured by the Burgundians while leading an army to relieve Compiègne Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. The American Broadcasting Company ( ABC) is an American Television network. The View is an Emmy Award -winning American Talk show created by Barbara Walters and Bill Geddie and broadcast on Moments before she entered, hosts Rosie O'Donnell and Elisabeth Hasselbeck had a heated argument regarding the Iraq war. Roseann "Rosie" O'Donnell Elisabeth Hasselbeck (née Filarski; born May 28 1977 is an American former Reality show contestant of Survivor The Australian Outback The Iraq War, also known as the Second Gulf War, the Occupation of Iraq, or the War in Iraq, is an ongoing Military campaign The video segment^[15] shows Silverstone entering and walking past Hasselbeck to greet the other hosts. Though the interview continued normally and featured easy conversation between Silverstone and Hasselbeck, Access Hollywood^[16] deemed the act a deliberate snub. Access Hollywood is a weekday Television entertainment news program covering events and celebrities in the entertainment industry Hasselbeck later revealed, on an episode of The View which aired September 19, 2007, that Silverstone called and apologized for the incident. Events 335 - Dalmatius is raised to the rank of Caesar by his uncle Constantine I. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Hasselbeck said that Silverstone never meant to be rude, but was simply nervous when she walked on the stage and believed that incident was wrongly perceived by the media.

Awards and nominations

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Filmography

Plays

References

External links

• Alicia Silverstone at the Internet Movie Database
• Alicia Silverstone at PETA (including the ad)
• Alicia Fans - Fansite
• aliciasilverstone.com
• Alicia Silverstone Video at TV-Click