Selma Blair Beitner (born June 23, 1972) is an American actress.
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She played a number of roles in films and on television before obtaining recognition for her leading role in the film Brown's Requiem (1998).
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Her other notable film credits include Storytelling (2001), A Guy Thing (2003), A Dirty Shame (2004), The Fog (2005), WΔZ (2007), Feast of Love (2007), The Poker House (2008), Dark Horse (2011)
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In 2010, Blair narrated the audiobook The Diary of Anne Frank, earning a nomination for the Grammy Award for Best Spoken Word Album for Children.
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Her father and maternal grandfather were from Jewish families
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At the age of 20 she moved to New York City, where she lived at The Salvation Army.
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After 75 auditions, Blair got her first advertising contract for a television spot ad for a theater in Virginia, for which she received her Screen Actor's Guild membership.
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