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Selma Blair

Selma Blair

32 movies on Netflix

Biography

Selma Blair is an American actress whose first professional part was a 1995 guest spot on the children's sitcom The Adventures of Pete & Pete, after she moved from photography studies at Kalamazoo College and the University of Michigan into acting. Born in Southfield, Michigan, she broke through in the 1999 drama Cruel Intentions, for which she was nominated for an MTV Movie Award for Best Breakthrough Performance and shared a Best Kiss win with Sarah Michelle Gellar. She went on to star in Legally Blonde (2001), Storytelling (2001) and The Sweetest Thing (2002), and played Liz Sherman in Hellboy (2004) and Hellboy II: The Golden Army (2008). Other work includes A Dirty Shame (2004), The Poker House (2008), the sitcom Kath & Kim, the series Anger Management and Another Life, and a stage lead in Gruesome Playground Injuries. She also recorded the audiobook of Anne Frank's The Diary of a Young Girl, earning a Grammy nomination.

54years old

Turns 55 on June 23in 224 days

  • Born Southfield
  • Star sign: CancerThe sign runs June 21 to July 22
  • Selma Blair Beitner (birth name)Also credited as Bat-Sheva

Movie Career

Films
32
Career span
23 years1998 to 2021

Genres

First and latest

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  1. A role that slipped away

    Selma Blair was considered for the part of Joey Potter in Dawson's Creek, but the role ultimately went to Katie Holmes.

  2. First role

    Blair landed her first acting role after going through 75 auditions. That job was a television commercial for the Theater of Virginia.

  3. First role

    Blair's first appearance in a mainstream feature film was in the 1997 comedy In & Out, a part she auditioned six times for and mostly had cut from the final version.

  4. Early training

    Blair took acting classes at the Stella Adler Conservatory, the Column Theater and Stonestreet Studios after moving to New York City at 21.

Selma Blair movies on Netflix

Best known for

The films on Netflix they are best known for, with the part played in each.

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  1. Hellboy2004 Action, Fantasy, Horroras Liz Sherman

    IMDb rating 6.9373K votes

  2. Hellboy II: The Golden Army2008 Action, Adventure, Fantasyas Liz Sherman

    IMDb rating 7.0300K votes

  3. Legally Blonde2001as Vivian Kensington

    IMDb rating 6.5293K votes

  4. Cruel Intentions1999as Cecile Caldwell

    IMDb rating 6.8223K votes

  5. The Sweetest Thing2002as Jane Burns

    IMDb rating 5.267K votes

  6. The Fog2005as Stevie Wayne

    IMDb rating 3.742K votes

  7. Mom and Dad2018as Kendall Ryan

    IMDb rating 5.630K votes

  8. Storytelling2001as Vi (segment "Fiction")

    IMDb rating 6.819K votes

Most often with

Roger Kumble directed three of these films, Guillermo del Toro two and Todd Solondz two. Two actors appear in four of them each. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.

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Ron Perlman, 4 films togetherSee the 4 films with Ron PerlmanDoug Jones, 4 films togetherSee the 4 films with Doug JonesJohn Hurt, 3 films togetherSee the 3 films with John HurtRichard Riehle, 2 films togetherSee the 2 films with Richard RiehleJeffrey Tambor, 2 films togetherSee the 2 films with Jeffrey TamborReese Witherspoon, 2 films togetherSee the 2 films with Reese WitherspoonRoger KumbleDirector, 3 filmsSee the 3 films by Roger KumbleGuillermo del ToroDirector, 2 filmsSee the 2 films by Guillermo del ToroTodd SolondzDirector, 2 filmsSee the 2 films by Todd Solondz

Films together

Box office

What Selma Blair's films earned in cinemas worldwide.

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Combined worldwide box office

$804 million

18 of the 32 films have a worldwide figure.

Of the 32 films: 18 worldwide figure; 4 us gross only; 4 never in cinemas; 6 figure not found.

  • 18Worldwide figure
  • 4US gross only
  • 4Never in cinemas
  • 6Figure not found

Top grosser

Hellboy II: The Golden Army2008as Liz Sherman$160 million

Highest grossing

The eight biggest films earned 90% of the total. The bars are drawn to scale.

  1. 1
    Hellboy II: The Golden Army2008as Liz Sherman
    $160M19.9% of the total
  2. 2
    Legally Blonde2001as Vivian Kensington
    $142M17.6% of the total
  3. 3
    Hellboy2004as Liz Sherman
    $99M12.4% of the total
  4. 4
    Cruel Intentions1999as Cecile Caldwell
    $76M9.5% of the total
  5. 5
    After2019as Carol Young
    $69M8.6% of the total
  6. 6
    The Sweetest Thing2002as Jane Burns
    $69M8.5% of the total
  7. 7
    In Good Company2004as Kimberly
    $61M7.6% of the total
  8. 8
    After We Collided2020as Carol Young
    $48M6.0% of the total
The Fog (2005), $46.2 millionA Guy Thing (2003), $17.4 millionMy Mom's New Boyfriend (2008), $7.9 millionFeast of Love (2007), $3.5 millionA Dirty Shame (2004), $1.9 millionStorytelling (2001), $1.3 millionMom and Dad (2018), $169,209Dark Horse (2011), $166,228The Alibi (2006), $138,704The Family Tree (2011), $6,035

$78.7 millionfrom the other 10 films with a worldwide figure, 10% of the total

Awards

One award and honor.

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Selma Blair's awards and nominations, grouped by award
YearAwardFilmResult
Other honors
2022BBC 100 WomenWon

Online

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