Alicia Silverstone is an American actor, model, television and film producer, voice actor and even an author who started her career in 1992 and is still active today. Alicia Silverstone net worth is 16 million dollars, most of which is earned from appearing in the band’s Aerosmith music videos in the earlier days, as well her roles in hit Hollywood movies. She is most remembered as a Batgirl from ‘Batman and Robin’, as well as her role in a movie ‘Clueless’. Alicia has received numerous awards and nominations, including MTV Movie Award, Young Artist Award and American Comedy Award. She was nominated for Golden Globe and Emmy Awards.
Alicia Silverstone Net Worth $16 Million
Alicia Silverstone was born in San Francisco, California in 1976 in an upper-middle class Jewish family. Her career in entertainment began when she was 6 years old, her first jobs being modeling and acting for various TV commercials, including one of Domino’s Pizza. Her career took a serious turn towards film acting in 1992 when she got a chance to appear in one episode of ‘Fred Savage’s The Wonder Years’. Alicia portrayed main character’s “dream girl”. Following this, next year she already played a leading part in a 1993 movie ‘The Crush’. This love and revenge drama won her a MTV Movie Award for Best Breakthrough and Best Villain. In her early career she also starred in several TV film productions such as Torch Song, Cool and the Crazy and Scattered Dreams. Later with the help of a director Marty Callner she established herself as a teenage idol, mainly because of her appearances in several music videos for then very popular band Aerosmith. She even gained a nickname ‘Aerosmith chick’.
In 1995 Alicia acted in a film called ‘Clueless’ and soon after she was lucky enough to sign a multi-million dollar contract with Columbia Pictures. Obviously, this deal became a milestone in the accumulation of Alicia Silverstone net worth. Thanks to this contract, in 1997 she got her first role in a real big budget Hollywood production ‘Batman and Robin’ which was directed by Joel Schumacher. Alicia portrayed the character of Batgirl and had a chance to work together with such stars as George Clooney, Chris O’Donnell, Arnold Schwarzenegger and Uma Thurman. Her role, however, was not well received and she even received a Razzie Award for Worst Supporting Actor. Soon after she appeared alongside Benicio del Toro and Christopher Walken in ‘Excess Baggage’, a movie of her own production company.
In 2000’s Alicia worked with various TV productions including children shows, animation and comedies, as well as some Broadway shows. However, it seems like Silverstone is not aiming at big screen anymore and choosing to work behind the scenes as a producer. Additionally, she is known as an author and an activist encouraging vegetarianism and protection of the environment. She actively participates and donates money to various campaigns aimed at supporting animal rights and encouraging vegetarianism. Besides that, she also involves herself in politics on a broader scale.
