She then returned to New York City to pursue a career in the arts. Īfter transferring from NYU, she graduated magna cum laude from the University of Michigan in 1994 with triple major in photography, psychology, and English. Later, she returned to Michigan to finish her studies. She attended New York University (NYU), as well as acting classes at the Stella Adler Conservatory, the Column Theatre, and the Stonestreet Screen Acting Workshop. Īt the age of 20 she moved to New York City, where she lived at The Salvation Army. At the time, she wanted to be a ballerina and a horse trainer.
She spent her freshman year (1990–1991) at Kalamazoo College, where she studied photography and acted in the play The Little Theater of the Green Goose. īlair attended Hillel Day School, a Jewish day school in Farmington Hills and Cranbrook Kingswood in Bloomfield Hills soon after. She has three older sisters, Katherine, Elizabeth, and Marie Beitner. Her parents divorced when Blair was 23 she subsequently legally changed her surname. Democratic Party, and labor arbitrator until his death in 2012 at the age of 82. Her father was an attorney, active in the U.S. She had a Jewish upbringing her Hebrew name is Bat-Sheva. She is the youngest of four daughters of Judge Molly Ann ( née Cooke) and Elliot I.
On television, she starred as Kim in the American remake of Kath & Kim (2008–2009) as Kate Wales on the sitcom Anger Management (2012–2014) and as Kris Jenner in the first season of the FX drama series American Crime Story (2016).
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), In Their Skin (2012), Ordinary World (2016), Mothers and Daughters (2016), Mom and Dad (2017), After (2019) and A Dark Foe (2020). She continued to find success with the comedies Legally Blonde (2001) and The Sweetest Thing (2002), and achieved international fame with her portrayal of Liz Sherman in the big-budget fantasy films Hellboy (2004) and Hellboy II: The Golden Army (2008). Her breakthrough came when she starred as Zoe Bean on the WB sitcom Zoe, Duncan, Jack and Jane (1999–2000), and as Cecile Caldwell in the cult film Cruel Intentions (1999). 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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