Alicia Silverstone is an American actress, author, and former fashion model

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. She first came to widespread attention in music video

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s for Aerosmith

Aerosmith

Aerosmith is an American rock band, sometimes referred to as "The Bad Boys from Boston" and "America's Greatest Rock and Roll Band". Their style, which is rooted in blues-based hard rock, has come to also incorporate elements of pop, heavy metal, and rhythm and blues, and has inspired many...

, and is perhaps best known for her roles in Hollywood films such as Clueless (1995) and her portrayal of Batgirl in Batman & Robin (1997).
Silverstone was born in San Francisco, California

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, the daughter of Deirdre "Didi" (née

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 Radford), a Scottish

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-born former Pan Am

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 flight attendant

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, and Monty Silverstone, an English

England

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-born real-estate investor

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 and part-time actor

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