Alicia's father is a real estate investor and financial
consultant and her mother is a former flight attendent.
She began her career at the age of six when she began
doing commercials. These commercials led her into a
role in the Wonder Years with Fred Savage. She played
the character of the dream girl. But it was her role
in the film Crush that garnered her the most attention
from the public. Her role in that movie was as a young
teenager obsessed with a thirty-something man.
During filming, Silverstone hired a body double to pose nude for her. She also gained some fame from the Aerosmith video, Cryin, Crazy and Amazing. Since then she has won MTV film awards a couple times over and has even stared in a Batman film as Batgirl. Other information about her includes that she was a cheerleader in high school and that she was offered a role in Beverly Hills 90210. She was also refused the lead role in Romeo and Juliet. |
