Selma Blair is most known for her roles in various popular television episodes and films, including In Their Skin, The Fog, Mothers and Daughters, Feast of Love, and others. Blair rose to prominence after roles in films such as Cruel Intentions (1999), Legally Blonde (2001), and The Sweetest Thing (2002).
Selma began her acting career in the mid-1990s and has since established herself as one of the leading ladies in the entertainment industry, starring in numerous successful television episodes and films. Selma Blair gained prominence after starring as Liz Sherman in the 2004 supernatural superhero film series Hellboy.
Blair rose to international prominence through her role in this big-budget picture, and she was soon offered central roles in films such as Kath & Kim (2008–2009) and Anger Management (2012–2013), among others. Let’s quickly go over Selma Blair’s net worth, salary, sources of income, affiliations, and more.
Selma Blair Biography
| Name | Selma Blair |
| Annual Salary | $500,000 |
| Profession | Actress, Voice Actor |
| Gender | Female |
| Zodiac Sign | Cancer |
Selma Blair Beitner (born June 23, 1972, 53 years old) is from Southfield, Michigan, a Detroit suburb. Her father, Elliot I. Beitner (Attorney, Labor Arbitrator), and mother, Molly Ann (aka née Cooke) Beitner, were both Jewish (Judge). Selma is the youngest of Elizabeth, Marie, and Katherine, her three sisters. When her parents split when she was 23, she legally changed her last name to Blair. Elliot, her father, died in 2012 when he was 82 years old.
Educational Background
Blair attended Hillel Day School in Farmington Hills before enrolling at Kalamazoo College in Michigan to study photography. Selma had the opportunity to perform in “The Little Theater of the Green Goose” while attending Kalamazoo College.
She later traveled to New York University (NYU) to pursue further studies at age 20. While residing at The Salvation Army, she began attending acting workshops at the Stella Adler Conservatory, Column Theatre, and the Stonestreet Screen Acting Workshop.
She eventually returned to her birthplace, Michigan, to study at the University of Michigan, where she earned her magna cum laude degree in 1994. Selma Blair has a bachelor’s degree in psychology, a double major in English and visual arts, and a bachelor’s degree in photography. After graduating from Michigan, she moved back to New York City.
Career
Selma went through 75 auditions while attending New York University in 1990, and was discovered by an acting class. Virginia Theater booked her for a television commercial, and she earned her Screen Actors Guild membership.
Selma made her television debut in 1995, in an episode of Nickelodeon children’s “The Adventures of Pete & Pete” titled Das Bus, in which she played Penelope Ghiruto. Balair made her film debut the following year in The Broccoli Theory, playing Pretzel Cart Lesbian.
In the same year, she appeared in the Canadian kids’ in-the-hall film Brain Candy as a girl at a rock concert, followed by an uncredited role in the sketch comedy show The Dana Carvey Show.
Blair played alongside Kevin Kline in the 1997 comedy picture In & Out and was cast in the starring role of Tara in Strong Island Boys. In the popular horror film Scream 2, she also voiced Cici’s Friend on the Phone.
Blair starred with Gellar, Reese Witherspoon, and Ryan Phillippe in Cruel Intentions, a young romance drama film released in 1999. She won an MTV Movie Award for her exceptional portrayal of Cecile Caldwell in the film. She starred as Zoe Bean in the sitcom Zoe, Duncan, Jack, and Jane from 1999 to 2000.
She rose to prominence in the entertainment industry after appearing in various shows and films, and in 2000, she joined the cast of the romantic comedy Down to You as Cyrus.
She reconnected with high-profile actress Reese Witherspoon the following year for the comedy picture Legally Blonde, in which she played Vivian Thelma Kensington. The picture was a huge success, grossing more than $14.8 million at the box office and garnering favorable reviews from critics.
Blair appeared alongside Cameron Diaz and Christina Applegate in the 2002 comedy The Sweetest Thing. She also appeared as a guest star in an episode of the comedy Friends and was featured on the cover of Rolling Stone magazine.
Blair’s career took off in 2004 when she was cast as Liz Sherman in the Hellboy superhero film series. She reprised her role as Liz in 2008’s Hellboy II: The Golden Army, as well as the animated straight-to-DVD films 2006’s Hellboy: Sword of Storms and 2007’s Hellboy: Blood and Iron.
She rose to prominence after acting in the sitcom Kath & Kim, in which she played Kim for 17 episodes between 2008 and 2009. Blair then began appearing as a guest star on Web Therapy in the 2010s and Portlandia in 2011. She got the part of Dr. Kate Wales on the FX sitcom Anger Management in 2012, which aired for 43 episodes from 2012 to 2013.
Selma played Karen Miller in the 2016 comedy Ordinary World and Rigby in the 2017 drama Mothers and Daughters. In the same year, she starred as Kris Jenner, the ex-wife of O.J. Simpson’s lawyer Robert Kardashian, in the first season of Ryan Murphy’s critically acclaimed FX crime series The People v. O. J. Simpson: American Crime Story.
Blair continued to appear in films such as Mom and Dad in 2017, After in 2019, and After We Collided in 2020. She was cast as Jessica Harris in the 2018 to 2019 Netflix version of Lost in Space, in which she guest-starred in three episodes.
Heathers, a 2018 black comedy television series, featured her as Jade Duke in four episodes. This famous series was based on the 1988 film starring Winona Ryder and Christian Slater. Selma Blair portrayed Harper Glass in Netflix’s science-fiction drama Another Life for two seasons, from 2019 to 2021.
Personal Life and Relationships
Selma Blair and writer/music producer Ahmet Zappa began dating in 2002, and after six months of dating, the two became engaged in October of 2003. The pair married on January 24, 2004, in Carrie Fisher’s Beverly Hills residence. Their romance didn’t continue long, and after over two years of marriage, they divorced in December 2006.
Selma Blair began dating Mikey Day, her Kath & Kim co-star, in December 2008, but their relationship ended in late 2009.
Blair had a romantic relationship with fashion designer Jason Bleick in 2010. They met while working on the EVER clothing line. On July 25, 2011, the couple welcomed their first child, a son named Arthur Saint Bleick. Bleick and Blair split up in September 2012.
Selma Blair Net Worth
Selma Blair is an American actress, theatre artist, producer, and voiceover artist who has a net worth of $6 million.
