ALICIA SILVERSTONE BIOGRAPHY & FILMOGRAPHY:
Alicia Silverstone was born on October 4th, 1976 in San Francisco, California, born to Monty and Didi Silverstone. She was the youngest of a total of three children. She became involved in the entertainment industry at quite a young age when her father took some photos of her that were seen an opened the door to a number of commercial jobs as a child actress, her first being for a Domino's Pizza commercial.
Soon he was making television appearances on such series as, "The Wonder Years" (1988) which soon lead to roles in such films as, "The Crush" (1993) which then opened the door for her to appear in a number of Aerosmith's music video's. She also managed to continue her education at San Mateo High School in California, however did not earn a diploma as she left early to pursue her career goals.
Although she was highly popular amongst teenagers, the film critics did not think much of her talent. That was until she was cast in the role of Cher in, "Clueless" (1995) and finally with the hit of the film, critics began to take her more seriously as an actress.
She was soon signed to a contract for the, "Batman" franchise for a three movie deal for, $10,000,000 and was even offered as part of this contract her own production company, Kiss Productions which released it's first film in 1997, "Excess Baggage".
Other film roles over the years that she has added to her resume are, "Love's Labour's Lost" (2000), "Global Hersy" (2001), "Scorched" (2001) and then took a brief break from the industry before returning to a television role on, "Miss Match".
She was cast in a couple other pilots for television but non ever became very successful. She continued to appear on the big screen in such films as, "Tropic Thunder" and also works as a stage actor sporadically throughout her career.
Silverstone has married only once to Christopher Jarecki in 2005 and they have one child and remain together today. Some of her latest film roles have been in, "The Art of Getting By" (2011), "Ass Backwards" (2011) and soon to release, "Gods Behaving Badly" (2012).
Alicia currently resides in Los Angeles, with her family and remains working in the industry. She is also known to be very eco friendly and her home has solar panels and an organic vegetable garden. She is also a animal rights activist and is a vegan. She was involved in the organization of a sanctuary in Los Angeles for rescued animals.
Filmography
2012 Gods Behaving Badly
2011 Ass Backwards
2011 Butter
2011 Vamps
2011 Childrens Hospital
2011 The Art of Getting By
2011 Fight for Your Right Revisited
2008 Bad Mother's Handbook
2007 The Singles Table
2006 Candles on Bay Street
2006 Alex Rider: Operation Stormbreaker
2006 Pink Collar
2005 Silence Becomes You
2005 Beauty Shop
2005 Queen B
2004 Scooby Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed
2003 Miss Match
2003 Scorched
2002 Global Heresy
2001 Braceface
2000 Love's Labour's Lost
1999 Blast from the Past
1997 Excess Baggage
1997 Batman & Robin
1996 True Crime
1995 The Babysitter
1995 Clueless
1995 Hideaway
1995 Le nouveau monde
1994 Rebel Highway
1994 Cool and the Crazy
1993 Scattered Dreams
1993 Torch Song
1993 The Crush
1992 The Wonder Years