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Trivia
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
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