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Alicia Silverstone (born October 4, 1976) is an
United States|American actor|actress.  She first
came to widespread attention in the music video
for Aerosmith|Aerosmith's Cryin and later starred
in several Hollywood motion pictures.  According
to critics, she has demonstrated a versatile
acting talent in a range of parts, from femme
fatale in The Crush to quirky comedy in Clueless. 
She is also noted for her strong views on animal
welfare and is a committed vegan.  In 2004,
Silverstone was voted sexiest female vegetarian.  


Silverstone has continued to make a wide range of
movie and television appearances, appearing mostly
in comedy and action roles (she is still widely
known for her role in Clueless), although proving
herself versatile enough to tackle the major
William Shakespeare|Shakespeare production Love's
Labour's Lost (2000 movie)|Love's Labour's Lost. 
Recently, she has extended her repertoire by
working as a producer both in TV and film.

Silverstone reportedly refuses to appear nude in
any of her movies. Because of this, she requires a
body double in her place for nude scenes.  When
she starred in the stage version of The Graduate,
she insisted on wearing underwear for the famous
nude-scene.  The producers were forced to let her
do this because, otherwise, she would have
resigned from the show.

Silverstone was born in San Francisco, California,
to English Jewish parents Monty, real-estate
investor, and Didi, a former flight attendant. She
was raised in Hillsborough, California. Alicia is
the youngest of Monty and Didi's three children
but she also 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).

Alicia later attended San Mateo High School in San
Mateo, California where she was a cheerleader. 
During during this time she acquired some early
model (person)|modelling and advertising work and
eventually got the part of the 'dream girl' on
American TV series The Wonder Years.  She won a
leading part in the 1993 movie The Crush, playing
a girl who sets out to ruin an older man after her
teenage crush is spurned, for which she won two
awards at the 1994 MTV Movie Awards.  Silverstone
actually became legally emancipated at the age of
15 in order to work the hours required for the
shooting schedule of The Crush.

She went on to star in three Aerosmith music
videos, entitled Cryin, Crazy and Amazing which
were hugely successful both for the band and
Silverstone, making her a household name.  Around
this period, Silverstone was offered the role of
Valerie Malone, on Beverly Hills 90210.  After she
turned it down, the role went to Tiffani Thiessen.


After Clueless became a huge sleeper hit and
critical darling during the summer of 1995,
Silverstone was hailed as the woman of the hour,
and branded the spokeswoman for an emerging young
generation.  As a result, she was able to sign a
deal with Columbia Pictures|Columbia-TriStar
Pictures|TriStar worth $10 million.  As part of
the package, she got a three-year first-look deal
for her own production company, "First Kiss
Productions."  

The first movie to be released by "First Kiss
Productions" was a 1997 black comedy called Excess
Baggage.  Excess Baggage, a movie in which
Silverstone played a chain smoking, Legal drinking
age|underage drinking, rich brat, who fakes her
own kidnapping in order to get her father's
attention was not as criticially or commercially
embraced as Clueless.  Silverstone also came under
fire (especially by E!) for receiving such a
lucrative production deal so early in her career. 
Excess Baggage was such a disappointment, that
after just one film, Columbia-TriStar quietly let
their production deal with Silverstone expire.    

Around the time she was featured as Batgirl in
Batman and Robin (1997 film)|Batman and Robin,
Silverstone was lambasted by tabloid media and
mainstream press alike for putting on weight. 
Though hardly obese by any standard, Silverstone
had obviously put on more weight than the public
was used to seeing her carry, and this started a
whirlwind of rumours which affected her personal
life.  Ironically, she was turned down for the
lead in 1994's My Father the Hero because the
producers said that she was too heavy for the
part.  The role ultimately went to Katherine Heigl
instead.  It didn't help Silverstone's cause that
Batman and Robin was an even bigger critical and
commercial failure than her other movie from 1997,
Excess Baggage.  

For some time, Silverstone, despite her young age,
gained the reputation of being a "has-been", who
reached her peak with the Aerosmith videos and
Clueless.  She effectively removed herself from
the public eye for many years, resurfacing in the
critically acclaimed television show Miss Match,
which was cancelled after thirteen episodes.

Silverstone married her longtime boyfriend
Christopher Jarecki, lead singer of the band
S.T.U.N., at a beach front ceremony at Lake Tahoe
on June 11, 2005. The pair dated for eight years
before the wedding.

==Brief Filmography==
*Stormbreaker (2006 in film|2006)
*Beauty Shop (2005 in film|2005) 
*Scooby-Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed (2004 in
film|2004) 
*Braceface (2001 in television|2001) (TV Series)
(voice actor|voice)
*Love's Labour's Lost (2000 movie)|Love's Labour's
Lost  (2000 in film|2000)
*Blast from the Past (movie)|Blast from the Past 
(1999 in film|1999)
*Batman and Robin (1997 movie)|Batman & Robin 
(1997 in film|1997)
*Clueless (1995 in film|1995)
*True Crime  (1996 in film|1996)
*The Crush  (1993 in film|1993)

==External links==
*http://www.aliciasilverstone.com.ar/
AliciaSilverstone.com.ar - photos, biography,
filmography and quotes
*http://www.alicia-silverstone.com.ar Alicia
Silverstone
*imdb name|id=0000224|name=Alicia Silverstone
*http://www.adoredcelebrities.com/alicia_silversto
ne/ Alicia at Adorable

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Alicia Silverstone (born October 4, 1976) is an
United States|American actor|actress.  She first
came to widespread attention in the music video
for Aerosmith|Aerosmith's Cryin and later starred
in several Hollywood motion pictures.  According
to critics, she has demonstrated a versatile
acting talent in a range of parts, from femme
fatale in The Crush to quirky comedy in Clueless. 
She is also noted for her strong views on animal
welfare and is a committed vegan.  In 2004,
Silverstone was voted sexiest female vegetarian.  


Silverstone has continued to make a wide range of
movie and television appearances, appearing mostly
in comedy and action roles (she is still widely
known for her role in Clueless), although proving
herself versatile enough to tackle the major
William Shakespeare|Shakespeare production Love's
Labour's Lost (2000 movie)|Love's Labour's Lost. 
Recently, she has extended her repertoire by
working as a producer both in TV and film.

Silverstone reportedly refuses to appear nude in
any of her movies. Because of this, she requires a
body double in her place for nude scenes.  When
she starred in the stage version of The Graduate,
she insisted on wearing underwear for the famous
nude-scene.  The producers were forced to let her
do this because, otherwise, she would have
resigned from the show.

Silverstone was born in San Francisco, California,
to English Jewish parents Monty, real-estate
investor, and Didi, a former flight attendant. She
was raised in Hillsborough, California. Alicia is
the youngest of Monty and Didi's three children
but she also 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).

Alicia later attended San Mateo High School in San
Mateo, California where she was a cheerleader. 
During during this time she acquired some early
model (person)|modelling and advertising work and
eventually got the part of the 'dream girl' on
American TV series The Wonder Years.  She won a
leading part in the 1993 movie The Crush, playing
a girl who sets out to ruin an older man after her
teenage crush is spurned, for which she won two
awards at the 1994 MTV Movie Awards.  Silverstone
actually became legally emancipated at the age of
15 in order to work the hours required for the
shooting schedule of The Crush.

She went on to star in three Aerosmith music
videos, entitled Cryin, Crazy and Amazing which
were hugely successful both for the band and
Silverstone, making her a household name.  Around
this period, Silverstone was offered the role of
Valerie Malone, on Beverly Hills 90210.  After she
turned it down, the role went to Tiffani Thiessen.


After Clueless became a huge sleeper hit and
critical darling during the summer of 1995,
Silverstone was hailed as the woman of the hour,
and branded the spokeswoman for an emerging young
generation.  As a result, she was able to sign a
deal with Columbia Pictures|Columbia-TriStar
Pictures|TriStar worth $10 million.  As part of
the package, she got a three-year first-look deal
for her own production company, "First Kiss
Productions."  

The first movie to be released by "First Kiss
Productions" was a 1997 black comedy called Excess
Baggage.  Excess Baggage, a movie in which
Silverstone played a chain smoking, Legal drinking
age|underage drinking, rich brat, who fakes her
own kidnapping in order to get her father's
attention was not as criticially or commercially
embraced as Clueless.  Silverstone also came under
fire (especially by E!) for receiving such a
lucrative production deal so early in her career. 
Excess Baggage was such a disappointment, that
after just one film, Columbia-TriStar quietly let
their production deal with Silverstone expire.    

Around the time she was featured as Batgirl in
Batman and Robin (1997 film)|Batman and Robin,
Silverstone was lambasted by tabloid media and
mainstream press alike for putting on weight. 
Though hardly obese by any standard, Silverstone
had obviously put on more weight than the public
was used to seeing her carry, and this started a
whirlwind of rumours which affected her personal
life.  Ironically, she was turned down for the
lead in 1994's My Father the Hero because the
producers said that she was too heavy for the
part.  The role ultimately went to Katherine Heigl
instead.  It didn't help Silverstone's cause that
Batman and Robin was an even bigger critical and
commercial failure than her other movie from 1997,
Excess Baggage.  

For some time, Silverstone, despite her young age,
gained the reputation of being a "has-been", who
reached her peak with the Aerosmith videos and
Clueless.  She effectively removed herself from
the public eye for many years, resurfacing in the
critically acclaimed television show Miss Match,
which was cancelled after thirteen episodes.

Silverstone married her longtime boyfriend
Christopher Jarecki, lead singer of the band
S.T.U.N., at a beach front ceremony at Lake Tahoe
on June 11, 2005. The pair dated for eight years
before the wedding.

==Brief Filmography==
*Stormbreaker (2006 in film|2006)
*Beauty Shop (2005 in film|2005) 
*Scooby-Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed (2004 in
film|2004) 
*Braceface (2001 in television|2001) (TV Series)
(voice actor|voice)
*Love's Labour's Lost (2000 movie)|Love's Labour's
Lost  (2000 in film|2000)
*Blast from the Past (movie)|Blast from the Past 
(1999 in film|1999)
*Batman and Robin (1997 movie)|Batman & Robin 
(1997 in film|1997)
*Clueless (1995 in film|1995)
*True Crime  (1996 in film|1996)
*The Crush  (1993 in film|1993)

==External links==
*http://www.aliciasilverstone.com.ar/
AliciaSilverstone.com.ar - photos, biography,
filmography and quotes
*http://www.alicia-silverstone.com.ar Alicia
Silverstone
*imdb name|id=0000224|name=Alicia Silverstone
*http://www.adoredcelebrities.com/alicia_silversto
ne/ Alicia at Adorable