Alicia Silverstone

She married her boyfriend, Christopher Jarecki on June 11, 2005, after eight years of relationship. They currently live in an eco-friendly house in Los Angeles, with their son, Bear Blu Jarecki.

She has written a cookbook with vegan recipes, since she is a vegan herself, titled, ‘The Kind Diet’. She plans on writing two more books, ‘The Kind Mama’ and ‘The Kind Diet Cookbook’.

She is an avid animal rights activist and supports PETA. She is also an environmental activist.

Alicia Silverstone was born to Monty Silverstone and Deirdre Radford in Hillsborough, California. She has a half-brother and a half-sister from her father’s previous marriage.

She had a typical upper-middle class rearing and grew up in the town of San Francisco. At the age of 6, she began modeling and consequently appeared in her first television commercial for Domino’s Pizza.

She studied at Crocker Middle School and San Mateo High School. She earned her first accredited role as a young actress in the show, ‘The Wonder Years’, in 1992, playing the character of ‘Jessica Thomas’.

She earned the role of a protagonist in the film, ‘The Crush’, which was released in 1993. Her acting garnered the praise of critics and audiences and she went on to win accolades for her role. The same year, she was seen in two of Aerosmith’s music videos, ‘Cryin’ and ‘Amazing’.

1993 also saw her acting in the television films, ‘Torch Song’ and ‘Scattered Dreams’. This was followed by her starring in a television film the next year titled, ‘Cool and the Crazy’.

In 1995, she earned her biggest break as an actress with her role as ‘Cher Horowitz’ in the sleeper hit film ‘Clueless’. She immediately signed a deal with Columbia-TriStar worth $8-10 million.

The same year, she also starred in the films, ‘Le Nouveau Monde’, ‘Hideaway’ and ‘The Babysitter’, which made 1995 an extremely busy year for the actress.

From 1996 to 1998, she was cast in the films, ‘True Crime’, ‘Batman & Robin’ and ‘Excess Baggage’. She was also seen as herself in an episode of the television show, ‘Wildlife Vet’.

Alicia Silverstone was cast in the box-office hit, ‘Clueless’, which released in 1995. The movie is roughly based on the novel ‘Emma’ by Jane Austen. The film became a huge success, earning Silverstone a permanent spot in Hollywood and also earning her a multi-million dollar deal. The movie earned $56,631,572 at the box-office and gathered a huge cult-following post-release. The film is also listed at the 42nd position in a list called ‘New Classics’, by the ‘Entertainment Weekly’.