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Date/place of Birth
October 4, 1976 in San Francisco.
Family
Her mother Didi is a former airline stewardess and her father
Monty is a real estate investor. Alicia also has a brother named
David. Having English parents, she spent her early summers in
England.
Vital Statistics
Alicia Silverstone is 5'9" emerald colored eyes Carolyn Kessler
is her best friend in addition to being her agent.
Career Beginnings
Alicia began with a commercial for Domino's Pizza. In 1988 her
first role was on the TV-show "The Wonder Years", where she played
Kevin's dream girl. She became legally emancipated at the age
of 15 to work the long hours required by "The Crush's" shooting
schedule.
Misc.
- Alicia refused to appear nude in "The Crush." A body double
was hired for the nude shots. Alicia stood firm on her no-nudity
policy,turning down the title role in "The Babysitter" numerous
times until the filmmakers got rid of all nudity from the
script
- She won "best villan" and "breakthrough performance" at
the 1994 MTV movie awards for her performance in "The Crush."
- Alicia became very famous by appearing in three music videos
with Aerosmith. The were all big hits. Cryin, the first of
Alicia's three Aerosmith videos, was honored as the best video
of all time on MTV.
- Alicia also did some theatre work. She played a lesbian
coke addict in a play "Carol's Eve".
- Film roles Alicia turned down or missed:
- Missed on My Father the Hero because she was a little
bit heavy compared to Katherine Heigl.
- Missed on Little Women due to age.
- Turned down replacing Shannon Doherty on Beverly Hills
90210.
- She made "Clueless" which was a major success and made
Alicia a superstar.
- She recently started a production company called "First
Kiss Production". The company has produced the movie "Excess
Baggage" together with Columbia Pictures.
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