Alicia Silverstone is perhaps best known for her generation-defining turn as Cher Horowitz in 1995’s Clueless, a performance that won her national fame and the National Board of Review Award for Breakthrough Performance. Since that big break that made her a nineties critical darling, Silverstone went on to star in films including Batman & Robin, Excess Baggage, Beauty Shop, Stormbreakers, Love’s Labours Lost, Hideaway, Scorched, Bad Therapy, The Lodge, and Valley Girl. She’s also had great success on the small screen, lending her talents to television shows ranging from ABC Family’s animated series Braceface (for which she received a Daytime Emmy nomination) to NBC’s Miss Match (which earned her a Golden Globe nomination) to ABC’s hit Suburgatory. She’s also a standout in Netflix’s adaptation of The Baby-Sitters Club, in which she portrays Kristy Thomas’s mother Elizabeth Thomas-Brewer. A dynamic and well-connected fixture in the acting, political, and scientific communities, Silverstone is also a dedicated activist. She released her first book, The Kind Mama: A Simple Guide to Feeling Great, Losing Weight, and Saving the Planet in October 2009. After the success of that title, which became a New York Times best seller, Silverstone released a second book in April of 2014 entitled The Kind Diet: A Simple Guide to Supercharged Fertility, a Radiant Pregnancy, and a Healthier, More Beautiful Beginning. Also a health-focused entrepreneur, Silverstone founded the mykind organics vitamin line, which is the first ever food-based, organic, non-GMO vegan vitamin.

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