Alicia Silverstone was born on October 4, 1976, in San Francisco, California, the youngest of three children to Monty Silverstone,
a real-estate investor, and Didi Silverstone, a former flight
attendant. Alicia's career began at the tender age of six when her dad
took some photos of his young daughter, which eventually led to her
getting several television commercials. After a guest spot on "The Wonder Years" (1988) as a literal "dream girl" she moved on to movies. She landed a role in The Crush (1993), a sort of Fatal Attraction
(1987) for teenagers in which she portrayed a disturbed young girl
obsessed with an older man. The nasty little role didn't impress the
critical establishment but it wowed its target audience: teenagers. In
fact, the role won her the 1994 MTV Movie Award
for "Best Villain" and "Breakthrough Performance". It is interesting to
note that during the filming of the movie, Alicia became an emancipated
minor in order to get around child labor laws which would have
interfered with her working hours. She was a dedicated actress from
early on. The film also caught the attention of Aerosmith,
who hired her to appear in a string of their music videos. The first of
them, "Cryin'", was voted the #1 video of all time on MTV. Silverstone
was definitely a hit with the MTV crowd, but larger commercial success
still eluded her. That all changed when she landed the role of "Cher" in
Amy Heckerling's Clueless
(1995). Cher was the antithesis of Alicia's role in "The Crush; this
time around she was a rich, naive yet endearing girl from Beverly Hills
in search of love in the 1990s. The film was a huge box-office hit and
wowed both audiences and critics alike and demonstrated Alicia's
strength and bankability. She was hailed as the woman of the hour, and
branded the spokeswoman for an emerging young generation. She signed a
deal with Columbia Tristar worth $10 million and got the coveted role of
Batgirl in the Batman franchise. Also, as part of the package, she got a
three-year first-look deal for her own production company, First Kiss
Productions. The first film released by First Kiss was Excess Baggage (1997).
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