Selma Blair Trivia
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Birth name: Selma Blair Beitner
Date of birth: 23 June 1972
Place of birth: Southfield, Michigan, USA
Height: 5′ 3″ (1.60 m)
Spouse: Ahmet Zappa (24 January 2004 – present)
- She was born to a Jewish family in Southfield, Michigan with the Hebrew name Batsheva.
- As a child attended Hillel Day School and Cranbrook Kingswood school near Detroit, Michigan.
- She studied acting at the famous Stella Adler Acting School.
- She studied at Kalamazoo College from 1990–1992, then transferred to the University of Michigan, where she earned her bachelor’s degree in 1994.
- Audtioned for the role of Buffy on the tv show “Buffy the Vampire Slayer” (1997).
- Was supposed to be a regular on the TV show “Getting Personal” (1998), but was fired after the original pilot.
- Originally moved to New York to pursue photography. Her plans soon changed, however, as she wound up studying at the Stella Adler Conservatory and Column Theater.
- Dated actor Jason Schwartzman. [2001]
- Before heading to New York, Selma spent her freshman year (1990-91) at Kalamazoo College where she did a play called “The Little Theater of the Green Goose”.
- Throughout high school she disliked her first name and went by just Blair.
- Attended Cranbrook Kingswood School.
- Engaged to Ahmet Zappa (October 2003)
- Sister-in-law of Moon Unit Zappa, Dweezil Zappa, and Diva Zappa.
- Wore a very large pair of fake breasts to play a stripper in the movie A Dirty Shame (2004), directed by John Waters.
- Graduated from the University of Michigan in 1994 (BFA in Photography).
- Wore a pale pink wedding dress for her wedding and had an identical dress made in black for the reception.
- She has a one eyed dog named Wink.
- Her stage work includes the role of Kayleen in Rajiv Joseph’s Gruesome Playground Injuries, which had its world premiere at Houston’s Alley Theatre in October 2009.
- Blair starred opposite Molly Shannon in the TV series Kath & Kim, based on the Australian television series of the same name.
- Blair was married to Ahmet Zappa from 2004 to 2006. She filed for divorce in 2006, citing “irreconcilable differences.”
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