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Alicia Silverstone (born October 4, 1976) is an American actress and former fashion model. She first came to widespread attention in music videos for Aerosmith and later starred in Hollywood films such as Clueless. Biography Early life Silverstone was born in San Francisco, California, to Monty Silverstone, a real-estate investor, and Didi Radford, a former flight attendant. Silverstone's English-born father, a native of East London, is Jewish, and her mother, who is from Scotland, converted to Judaism upon marrying Silverstone's father. Silverstone is the youngest of three children and
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Alicia Silverstone (October 4, 1976 San Francisco, California ) is an American actor and the youngest of three children born to Monty and Didi Silverstone. She began her career in entertainment when her father showed pictures od her that helped her win roles in television commercials. Commercials led to a television guest role on The Wonder Years. She made her film debut in The Crush portraying a teen dangerously obsessed with a much older man. The role won her a 1994 MTV movie award for her "Breakthrough Performance" and "Best Villain". Silverstone became an emancipated minor allowing her to work more hours as an actress.
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Synopsis: A nubile young babysitter (Alicia Silverstone) has no idea that she is the center of a maelstrom of male sexual fantasies. Based on a disturbing short story by Robert Coover, the drama presents a non-linear account of a perfectly mundane event. Having a social engagement, a couple calls for theirRead More
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In 1993, Alicia Silverstone finally landed her first starring role in a feature film, entitled The Crush. Playing a teenager obsessed with an older man, Silverstone refused to pose nude in the film and a body double was hired for "behind" shots. Actually, Silverstone refuses to pose nude to this day. The film -- dubbed a Fatal Attraction for teenagers -- was a hit and earned Silverstone MTV Movie Awards for Best Villain and Best Breakthrough Performance in 1994. A couple of made-for-TV movies followed, namely Torch Song and Scattered Dreams, which were both released in 1993.
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Hitting it big as the ditzy blonde in "Clueless" (1995), Alicia Silverstone debuted in "The Crush" (1993). Her first commercial work was for Domino's Pizza and she turned down the role of Valerie Malone on "Beverly Hills, 90210" (1994) because her feature film career was just starting to take off. Alicia is ... known for her role in several Aerosmith videos including "Crazy" with Liv Tyler.
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Alicia Silverstone was born in San Francisco, California, to Monty Silverstone, a British-born Jewish real-estate investor, and Didi Radford, a Scottish-born former flight attendant who converted to Judaism upon marrying Silverstone's father. She was raised in Hillsborough, California. Alicia is the youngest of Monty and Didi's three children but she ... has a half-sister, Kezi Silverstone, who's a rock singer in London from Monty's previous marriage and a half-brother, David Silverstone. When Alicia was six, Monty took some photos of his young daughter. The photos allowed her to get some modeling gigs which then led to television commercials (the first being for Domino's Pizza).
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