Chloe Sevigny
Chloe Sevigny was born on November 18, 1974.She is the an American film actress and former model.Sevigny became known for her fashion career in the mid-1990s, both for modeling and for her work at New York’s Sassy magazine, which labeled her the new “it girl” at the time.Sevigny made her film debut with a leading role in the controversial 1995 film Kids, which was the beginning of a long line of roles in critically acclaimed independent and often avant-garde films which she starred in throughout the decade. It wasn’t until 1999 when Sevigny gained serious critical recognition for her first mainstream role as Brandon Teena’s girlfriend, Lana Tisdel, in Boys Don’t Cry. For her performance Sevigny received Oscar and Golden Globe nominations for Best Supporting Actress.Sevigny has continued acting in mostly independent, but critically acclaimed roles in art house films and has recently enjoyed success on the American television series Big Love, playing Nicki Grant, a fundamentalist Mormon woman married to a polygamist.
In addition to her work in film and television, Sevigny also has two off-Broadway theatre credits, and has starred in several music videos. Still iconic for her New York-based fashion sense, she has also continued to pursue work in the fashion industry, designing several vintage style clothing lines. Her last name, Sevigny, of French origin, is often debated over its pronunciation; it is formally pronounced seven-yee by French standards, although Sevigny herself has stated in interviews that she pronounces it as seven-knee.
Sevigny currently owns an apartment in East Village, Manhattan, which she bought for $1.2 million in 2006.Although her father passed away when she was in her early 20s, Sevigny stated in a 2006 interview with Selma Blair that she came from a “close-knit” family, that she speaks to her mother “every day”, and that her brother lives three blocks away from her Manhattan apartment.
A former fashion model herself, Sevigny has expressed interest in fashion design consistently throughout her career. She has stated in interviews that she would play dress up as a child with trunks of clothing her mother would buy for her at local thrift shops; she described it as “instinctual” for her. Sevigny has since released several collections designed by herself as well in collaboration with others, first beginning in 2007. She currently has a new line of unisex/men’s clothing slated for release in fall 2009.Her clothing collections have generally been vintage in style. In a 2000 interview, she cited the eerie 1975 Australian film Picnic at Hanging Rock, which features schoolgirls dressed in elaborate Victorian clothing, as an inspiration for her style; she has also cited it as one of her favorite films.
