Alicia Silverstone Profile and Biography

In her career, Alicia Silverstone first came to widespread attention in music videos for Aerosmith, and is best known for her roles in Hollywood films such as Clueless (1995) and her portrayal of Batgirl in Batman & Robin (1997). Alicia Silverstone has won several awards for her film performances, including MTV Movie Awards, National Board of Review, Young Artist Awards, and an American Comedy Award. Alicia Silverstone has been nominated for an Emmy award and a Golden Globe Award. During her career, Alicia Silverstone turned down several key roles in films, including a role in Scream 3. Alicia Silverstone was also considered for roles in Scream 2, Bewitched, Little Women and Heartbreakers. Alicia Silverstone went on to star in three Aerosmith music videos, entitled “Cryin,” “Crazy,” and “Amazing,” which were hugely successful both for the band and Alicia Silverstone, making her a household name (and also the nickname, “the Aerosmith Girl”). Around this period, Alicia Silverstone turned down the role of Valerie Malone on Beverly Hills, 90210 in 1994; Tiffani Thiessen was cast instead.

For some time, Alicia Silverstone, despite her young age, gained the reputation of being a “has been”, who reached her peak with the Aerosmith videos and Clueless. Alicia Silverstone effectively removed herself from the public eye for many years, resurfacing in the critically acclaimed NBC television show Miss Match, which was cancelled after thirteen episodes in the fall of 2003.

Alicia Silverstone reprised her role in Time Stands Still alongside Laura Linney in the New York production of the play on Broadway, which premiered on January 28, 2010, directed by Daniel Sullivan, who described Alicia Silverstone as “a breath of fresh air”. The play received good reviews with the New York Times praising Alicia Silverstone, saying she “brings warmth, actorly intelligence and delicate humour”.

Alicia Silverstone will next appear in the teen romance Homework, which will premiere at the 2011 Sundance Film Festival and also as the adoptive mother of a 12-year old African American girl who enters a local butter sculpture competition in a small Iowa town, alongside Jennifer Garner, Hugh Jackman, Olivia Wilde and Ashley Greene in Butter. The movie is said to be inspired by Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama’s battle to secure the Democratic nomination for president. Alicia Silverstone is also set to appear alongside Sigourney Weaver and Krysten Ritter in director Amy Heckerling’s vampire film, Vamps, playing one of two vampires who fall in love and face a choice that could jeopardise their immortality. Alicia Silverstone was offered the role after Heckerling came to see her in Time Stands Still.

In her political convictions, Alicia Silverstone is noted for being an animal rights and environmental activist. Alicia Silverstone became a vegan in 1998 after attending an animal rights meeting. In 2004, Silverstone was voted, “Sexiest Female Vegetarian,” by PETA (People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals). Alicia Silverstone on 2007 appeared artistic in a print advertisement and 30-second commercial for PETA championing vegetarianism; the TV spot was subsequently pulled from the Houston, Texas, market by Comcast Cable. Alicia Silverstone has set up a sanctuary for rescued pets in Los Angeles (LA), California (CA), United State of America (USA). Alicia Silverstone on May 23, 2007 was a guest on ABC’s The View. Alicia Silverstone on 2009 appeared in “The Gaythering Storm”.

In her personal life, Alicia Silverstone married her longtime boyfriend Christopher Jarecki, lead singer of the band S.T.U.N., in a beachfront ceremony at Lake Tahoe on June 11, 2005. Alicia Silverstone and Christopher Jarecki live in an eco-friendly Los Angeles (LA) house complete with solar panels and an organic vegetable garden. Alicia Silverstone bought the house, shared with a “menagerie of rescued dogs,” on 1996. Alicia Silverstone on 2009 released The Kind Diet, a guide to vegan nutrition, and launched its associated website The Kind Life. The Kind Diet has topped the New York Times best sellers list. The book was mostly ghostwritten by nutritionist Jessica Porter.

(Alicia Silverstone Profile and Biography source: MadeMan.com, Zimbio.Com, FanPix.Net, and Wikipedia.Org)