Alicia Silverstone Biography
She was born on October 4,1976, in
San Francisco, California to parents of English decent. Her mom, Didi was a
former airline stewardess and her dad Monty, a real estate Investor. Alicia
attended San Mateo High School in San Mateo, California, where the movie
''Dangerous Minds'' was filmed. At the age of 6, Alicia received a series of
modeling jobs. Soon thereafter, she appeared in a Domino's Pizza television
commercial and then, who could forget her guest appearance as Kevin's (Fred
Savage) dream girl on ''The Wonder Years''?
Alicia landed her first movie, ''The Crush,'' at the age of 15. She starred as
the man-hungry Adrian Forrester opposite Cary Elwes, and won ''Best Villain''
and ''Breakthrough Performance'' at the 1994 MTV Movie Awards. During the
filming, she found an injured dog on the side of the road. Since then,
animal-lover Alicia contributes a portion of her movie earnings to an animal
foundation.
After ''The Crush,'' Alicia starred in three Aerosmith music videos entitled ''Cryin,''
''Crazy,'' and ''Amazing.'' ''Cryin,'' the first of the three music videos, was
honored as MTV’s Best Video of All Time. After a few made-for-TV movies, Alicia
could be seen in ''The Babysitter'', ''Hideaway'', ''True Crime'', and ''The
Nouveau Monde''. That same year, Alicia starred in the movie ''Clueless'' and
pulled heart strings of adolescent males everywhere. She then went on to co-star
as Batgirl in the fourth ''Batman and Robin'' -opposite names like George
Clooney, Uma Thurman, Chris O’Donnell, and Arnold Schwarzenegger. Alicia’s
recent movies include the romantic comedy ''Excess Baggage'', which was her
first release as a producer, and ''The Breakers''. As for now, she can be seen
starring with Brendan Fraser in the upcoming New Line Cinema film ''Blast From
the Past.''
