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Selma Blair (born Selma Blair Beitner; June 23, 1972)〔(【引用サイトリンク】 Selma Blair- Biography; Also Credited As: Selma Blair Beitner )〕 is an American film, television and theater actress. Since Blair made her professional acting debut in 1995, she has starred in a variety of film genres, including blockbuster, indie and art house films.〔 Blair officially started her professional acting career in December 1995, in the Nickelodeon sitcom ''The Adventures of Pete & Pete''.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Selma Blair Biography )〕 Her early work consisted of numerous guest roles on television , brief appearances in mainstream films and lead roles in unreleased projects, including the New Zealand fantasy film ''Amazon High'' (1997). Blair was considered to have a breakthrouh with her role in the 1999 teen drama ''Cruel Intentions''. She achieved international fame as a result of her portrayal of the pyrokinetic heroine Liz Sherman in the fantasy films ''Hellboy'' (2004) and ''Hellboy II: The Golden Army'' (2008). Other notable films include ''Legally Blonde'' (2001), ''The Sweetest Thing'' (2002), ''The Fog'' (2005), ''Purple Violets'' (2007), ''The Poker House'' (2008) and ''Columbus Circle'' (2012). Blair also portrayed main roles on TV, in the 1990s as Zoe in the teen sitcom ''Zoe, Duncan, Jack and Jane'', in the 2000s, as Kim in the American remake of ''Kath & Kim'' and in the 2010s, as Kate Wales during the first two seasons of the TV series ''Anger Management''. Blair narrated the Holocaust-related documentary ''The Diary of Anne Frank''. Her performance, for which she was nominated for a Grammy Award in 2011, drew positive reviews from critics.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Award Winning Books - Music )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl: The Definitive Edition )〕 ==Early life and education== Blair was born Selma Blair Beitner in Southfield, in the Metropolitan area of Detroit, Michigan, the youngest child of Judge Molly Ann (née Cooke) and Elliot I. Beitner.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Selma Blair Biography (1972–) )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.tvguide.com/celebrities/selma-blair/bio/174182 )〕 Blair had a Jewish upbringing – her Hebrew name is Bat-Sheva.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Selma Blair )〕 Her father was an attorney, active in the U.S. Democratic Party and labor arbitrator until his death in 2012 at the age of 82. Her parents divorced when Blair was 23; she subsequently legally changed her surname. She has three older sisters – Katherine, Elizabeth and Marie Beitner.〔 Blair attended Hillel Day School, a Jewish day school in Farmington Hills; and Cranbrook Kingswood in Bloomfield Hills soon after, she spent her freshman year (1990–91) in Kalamazoo College, where she studied photography and acted the play ''The Little Theater of the Green Goose''.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Biography of Selma Blair )〕 At that time, she wanted to be a ballerina and a horse trainer. Later, at the age of 20, Blair moved to New York City, where she lived at The Salvation Army in poor living conditions.〔 She attended NYU as well as acting classes at the Stella Adler Conservatory, the Column Theatre and the Stonestreet Screen Acting Workshop; later, she returned to Michigan to finish her studies.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Summer 1993 Semester )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Blair Selma Biography )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Stonestreet Alumni )〕 After transferring from New York University, she graduated ''magna cum laude'' from the University of Michigan in 1994 with a BFA degree in Photography, BA in Psychology, and a Double major in Fine Arts and English.〔〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://movies.yahoo.com/person/selma-blair/biography.html )〕 〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Famous Alumni Directory )〕 After graduating from Michigan, Blair returned to New York City to pursue a career in the arts.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Selma Blair」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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