“s Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps subjected her to “the most severe mental, emotional and physical torture and sexual threats for at least 1,200 hours”
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Selma Blair
Selma Blair is an American actress. She is known for her roles in Cruel Intentions, Legally Blonde, The Sweetest Thing, and the Hellboy franchise.
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entertainment · American actress (born 1972) · actor · film actor · television actor · voice actor · also Selma Blair, Selma Blair Beitner, Bat-Sheva, Blair
Born 23 June 1972 · Q264748
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2026· 11 entries
“do not scare us with the threat of death. We have hope for Iran’s freedom.”
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“He’s a spinal neurologist. Maybe he can help. I’ll call him now. Stand by.”
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“s girlfriend to derail her career, she did not speak to her father for 12 years. Blair”
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AsiaOne: Selma Blair shares heartbreak over death of Hayden Panettiere
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Public attention spiked: 15,619 Wikipedia readers in one day, 7.5× the usual 2,072, with 0 article edits. Coverage that week: “Selma Blair shares heartbreak over death of Hayden Panettiere” (AsiaOne).
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The Mirror: Selma Blair leads heartbreaking tributes to Hayden Panettiere after her death aged 36
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Yahoo: Selma Blair leads tributes to Hayden Panettiere
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The Sun: Selma Blair, Tia Mowry and Hollywood celebs pay tribute as Hayden Panettiere dies aged 36
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The News International: Selma Blair reacts to Hayden Panettiere's untimely death: 'Don’t be gone'
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AOL: Selma Blair Remembers Hayden Panettiere After Her Tragic Death
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2025· 3 entries
Today: Selma Blair Gives Update on MS Remission: ‘I Am Feeling Well’
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New York Post: Selma Blair is ‘truly in remission’ after MS diagnosis — and wants to get back into acting
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“s Ynet that October 7, 2023, was a turning point for her, convincing her to return to acting and star in an Israeli film about the hostage crisis. In December 2025, Blair, who plays a hostage in the film, titled Stay Forte, told United Press International that the story was”
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2024· 2 entries
The Guardian: Selma Blair apologises for Islamophobic comment on social media
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7NEWS Australia: Actress Selma Blair gives heartbreaking update on multiple sclerosis
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2022· 3 entries
The Guardian: Mean Baby by Selma Blair review – negotiations with adversity
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Awarded BBC 100 Women (2022).
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The Guardian: Selma Blair on living with MS: ‘My doctors urged me not to go public. They worried I wouldn’t get work’
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2021· 2 entries
The Guardian: Selma Blair: ‘Things fell into place when I was diagnosed with MS’
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Blair starred in Introducing, Selma Blair, a documentary about her life since being diagnosed with MS
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2020· 1 entry
Appeared as a judge on a Project Runway special
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2018· 2 entries
Has shared her experience with the condition, contributing to her advocacy work
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Blair was cast in a recurring role on the Netflix science-fiction drama series Another Life; it ran from 2019 to 2021 before being canceled
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2015· 1 entry
Received the Universal Smile Award during THE SMILE GALA LA 2015 to benefit children with cleft lip and palate
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2014· 1 entry
Obtained her first television role since Anger Management when she was cast as Joanna in the Amazon's comedy pilot Really
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2012· 4 entries
Blair was a special guest at the National Memorial Day Concert at the U
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Became the spokesperson for, and first actress to appear on, the "Get Real For Kids" campaign
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Blair returned to television as the female lead with the premiere of FX's Anger Management, co-starring Charlie Sheen
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Blair narrated Xfinity TV commercials, including the London 2012 Olympics ads
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2010· 3 entries
Blair began dating fashion designer Jason Bleick; they have a son, Arthur Saint Bleick
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Blair lent her voice to narrate the audiobook of The Diary of a Young Girl: The Definitive Edition, originally written by Holocaust victim Anne Frank
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Blair posed with Demi Moore and Amanda De Cadenet for a spread in Harper's Bazaar magazine
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2009· 1 entry
Blair returned to the stage when she took on the lead role of Kayleen in Rajiv Joseph's Gruesome Playground Injuries
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2008· 3 entries
Blair starred as a drug-addicted and alcoholic mother in Lori Petty's independent drama The Poker House
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Reprised her role of Liz Sherman in Hellboy II: The Golden Army, where her character had a larger role than its predecessor
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Blair accepted the titular role on the NBC sitcom Kath & Kim
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2005· 1 entry
Appeared in The New York Times Magazine award-winning photography gallery, "The Selma Blair Witch Project: Fall's Dark Silhouettes Have a Way of Creeping Up on You" by the art photographer Roger Ballen, at the Palau Robe
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2004· 3 entries
Blair married writer and producer Ahmet Zappa at Carrie Fisher's mansion in Beverly Hills, California
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Blair took on the role of Liz Sherman, a depressed pyrokinetic superhero, in Guillermo del Toro's blockbuster fantasy film Hellboy, co-starring Ron Perlman
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Blair played the role of an exhibitionist dancer in John Waters' satirical sex comedy A Dirty Shame, alongside Tracey Ullman
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2000· 2 entries
Following her performance in the teen comedy Down to You, Blair won the Young Hollywood Award for "Exciting New Face"
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And 2002, Blair was included in Vanity Fair's "Hollywood's Next Wave of Stars" issues
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1999· 2 entries
Blair starred as Zoe Bean on Zoe, Duncan, Jack and Jane, and was nominated for the Teen Choice Awards for "TV – Breakout Performance"
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Appeared in Seventeen, and in subsequent years, in Vanity Fair, Marie Claire, Vogue, Glamour, Rolling Stone, The Lab Magazine, Interview, Dazed & Confused, Hunger, and Elle
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1997· 1 entry
Made her first appearance in a mainstream feature film, the comedy In & Out
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1996· 1 entry
Landed her first feature film role in the comedy The Broccoli Theory
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1994· 1 entry
Graduated magna cum laude with a triple major in photography, psychology, and English
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1993· 1 entry
In New York, an agent discovered her in an acting class and Blair signed with her
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1990· 1 entry
During her time at Cranbrook Kingswood, Blair was involved in a production of T
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1972· 2 entries
Born 1972-06-23.
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In the Detroit suburb of Southfield, Michigan, the youngest of four daughters of Molly Ann (née Cooke) and Elliot I
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