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During her early years, she played a large number of supporting roles in film and television, before obtaining recognition for her leading role in the film noir. Brown's Requiem (1. Her breakthrough came in 1.

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Early life and education[edit]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.[9][1. 0][1. Blair had a Jewish upbringing—her Hebrew name is Bat- Sheva.[1. Her father was an attorney, active in the U. Watch Ghost House Mojoboxoffice. S. Democratic Party and labor arbitrator until his death in 2.

Her parents divorced when Blair was 2. She has three older sisters—Katherine, Elizabeth, and Marie Beitner.[1. Blair attended Hillel Day School, a Jewish day school in Farmington Hills; [1. Cranbrook Kingswood in Bloomfield Hills soon after, she spent her freshman year (1. Kalamazoo College,[1. The Little Theater of the Green Goose.[1.

At that time, she wanted to be a ballerina and a horse trainer.[1. Later, at the age of 2. Blair moved to New York City, where she lived at The Salvation Army in poor living conditions.[1. 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.[2. After transferring from New York University, she graduated magna cum laude from the University of Michigan in 1.

Bachelor of Fine Arts in Photography, Bachelor of Arts in Psychology, and a double major in Fine Arts and English.[1. After graduating from Michigan, Blair returned to New York City to pursue a career in the arts.[1. Watch Glory Road Online Forbes on this page. Career beginnings[edit]In 1. Cranbrook Kingswood, Blair was involved in a production of T.

S. Eliot’s Murder in the Cathedral. According to Blair, it was a failure, but her English teacher told her not to give up; that was the first time she thought she could be an actress.[2.

In 1. 99. 3, she began training at acting schools in New York. She was discovered by an agent in acting class; subsequently, Blair signed with her.

After 7. 5 auditions, she got her first advertising contract for a television spot ad for a theater in Virginia,[2. Screen Actor's Guild membership.[2. Blair began auditioning in the mid- 1.

Her first audition was for a cereal commercial.[3. She won her first professional role in 1. The Adventures of Pete & Pete. She portrayed the love interest of the main character Big Pete.[3. In 1. 99. 6, she landed her first feature film role in The Broccoli Theory, an "unromantic comedy" set in NYC. In 1. 99. 7, she made her first appearance on a mainstream feature film, the Kevin Kline comedy In & Out.

Blair auditioned six times for the role and remained several weeks on the set, but most of her scenes were cut from the final screened edition.[2. She obtained her first lead role in a feature film on the teen drama Strong Island Boys, based on true events about a Long Island 8.

Alec Baldwin gave her a favorable review—he called her "a cross between Debra Winger and Marlene Dietrich".[2. Later, she was selected to take the lead in the fantasy film, Amazon High, alongside Karl Urban. Blair starred as a present- day orphaned high school student who accidentally travels back in time to the mythical days of the Amazons. Amazon High, which also was proposed as a third show set in the Hercules and Xena mythological genre, never has been aired. Later, portions of the pilot were adapted and edited into the Xena: Warrior Princess episode "Lifeblood" in 2. In the same year, Blair was cast as Joey Potter on Dawson's Creek, but was later replaced by Katie Holmes.[3.

Soon afterward, she auditioned for the title role in Buffy the Vampire Slayer, but Sarah Michelle Gellar was chosen, instead.[1. Blair starred opposite Suzanne Somers in the family drama No Laughing Matter as a pregnant teenager.[3. She subsequently appeared in several independent and short productions, including Debutante, opposite Josh Hartnett. The short drama was shot in NYC and won multiple awards after its premiere in September 1. In 1. 99. 8, Blair starred opposite Dominique Swain in the teen drama Girl,[4. Brown's Requiem, based on the crime novel of the same name.[4.

In the same year, Blair appeared in My Friend Steve's 1. Charmed" (which was also the opening theme for the first season of Zoe, Duncan, Jack and Jane in 1. She also appeared in the music video for the single "Every You Every Me" by the British alternative rock band Placebo; the track was featured on the Cruel Intentions soundtrack.[4. Breakthrough and mainstream success[edit]Following several auditions, independent film roles, and guest- roles in television series, Blair achieved her breakthrough opposite Sarah Michelle Gellar and Ryan Phillippe in the 1. Cruel Intentions, loosely based on the 1. Les Liaisons Dangereuses. Blair played the role of an innocent student manipulated by two of her classmates.[4.

The film received mixed reviews, with Variety finding "newcomer" Blair to be " too broad" while "overdoing [her role]'s clumsiness".[4. Nevertheless, the film made an impressive US$7. MTV Movie Award nomination for "Best Breakthrough Performance" and a win for "Best Kiss", shared with Gellar.[4. Cruel Intentions has since developed a cult following.[4.

Blair went on to star as Zoe Bean on Zoe, Duncan, Jack and Jane, alongside Azura Skye and Michael Rosenbaum.[5. The first season follows the lives of four high school classmates from Manhattan.

The second season was just renamed Zoe.., which follows the title character a few years later as a psychology student; the show was not renewed for a third season. She was nominated for the Teen Choice Awards for "TV – Breakout Performance" category for her role in Zoe, Duncan, Jack & Jane. In 2. 00. 0, Blair won a Movieline's Young Hollywood Award in the "Exciting New Face – Female Category", and portrayed a seductive college student in the teen comedy Down to You, alongside Freddie Prinze, Jr.

Julia Stiles. A lukewarm critical and commercial response greeted the film upon its release.[5. Her film career continued with the independent drama Kill Me Later opposite Max Beesley. She starred as a suicidal bank teller taken hostage during a bank robbery, who tries to persuade her captors to kill her. The film received a limited release in September 2.

New York and Los Angeles.[5. Blair co- starred opposite Reese Witherspoon in the comedy Legally Blonde, portraying a preppy, snobby law student and the "rival" for the affections of Witherspoon's ex- boyfriend.[5.

The Hollywood Reporter found her to be a "strong presence" in her role, "coming on as a bitch initially, then softening into feminine solidarity with [Witherspoon's] heroine".[5. The film was released on July 1. US box office in its opening weekend; it went on to gross US$9. North America and a worldwide total of US$1.