chloe sevigny

Biography

Early life

Sevigny was born and raised in Darien, Connecticut, where she attended Darien High School. Her father has distant French ancestry and her mother is Polish American.

Before she rose to fame as an actress, Sevigny was spotted on an East Village street by a fashion editor of Sassy Magazine, who was so impressed by Sevigny's style that she asked her to intern at the magazine.[1] This led to modeling in the magazine as well as for x-girl, the fashion label of Kim Gordon of Sonic Youth. During that time, author Jay McInerney saw her around New York City, admired her fashion sense, and wrote a seven-page spread about her for The New Yorker in which he dubbed her the new "it-girl."

Career

Sevigny made her film debut in Kids, which was written by independent filmmaker Harmony Korine, with whom she has been romantically involved off and on since they were both teenagers. She has also starred in two of his other films, Gummo and Julien Donkey-Boy.

Sevigny is recognized from roles in American Psycho and The Last Days of Disco, but it was her 1999 Oscar nomination at age 25 for the role of Lana in Boys Don't Cry that brought her national attention.

Sevigny gained notoriety in 2003 for an unsimulated fellatio scene in The Brown Bunny with co-star, director and then-boyfriend Vincent Gallo. After the film's release, the William Morris Agency dropped her as a client, claiming the scene made her unmarketable. But she quickly signed with another agency and continued her career.

She played a colleague of New Republic writer Stephen Glass in the 2003 movie Shattered Glass.

In 2006, Sevigny co-stars in a new HBO television series Big Love, about a family of polygamists. She plays the conniving, shopaholic daughter of a cult leader.

She is often seen as a hipster style icon for her offbeat fashion sense. She is a favorite of trendy magazines (she first graced the cover of Interview before Kids even came out), and she has modeled for a number of designers and brands, including Miu Miu, H&M, and MAC. But Sevigny is far from fond of her iconic status: “For some reason the public has embraced me as a fashion icon, and I feel like it has diminished me as an actress, or I don’t get as much recognition as an actress”, complained the star, “and that upsets me”.[2]

Trivia

She has been romantically linked to Vincent Gallo.

Her brother is New York-based DJ Paul Sevigny. She is currently dating musician Matthew McAuley.

Personal Quotes

• "I am most proud of my integrity and least proud of my cynicism."
• "I've always made films that are sort of avant-garde-y or whatever you call it."
• "I knew people would not understand it. It's a shame people write so many things when they haven't seen it. When you see the film, it makes more sense. It's an art film. It should be playing in museums. It's like an Andy Warhol movie." On the oral sex scene in The Brown Bunny.

Filmography

• Lying (2006)
• Zodiac (2006)
• Broken Flowers (2005)
• Death of a Dynasty (2005)
• Manderlay (2005)
• 3 Needles (2005)
• Melinda and Melinda (2004)
• Shattered Glass (2003)
• Party Monster (2003)
• Dogville (2003)
• The Brown Bunny (2003)
• Demonlover (2002)
• American Psycho (2000)
• If These Walls Could Talk 2 (1999)
• Boys Don't Cry (1999)
• A Map of the World (1999)
• Julien Donkey-Boy (1999)
• Palmetto (1998)
• The Last Days of Disco (1998)
• Gummo (1997) (also Costume Designer)
• Trees Lounge (1996)
• Kids (1995)

External links

• Chloë Sevigny at the Internet Movie Database
• Chloe Sevigny at the Notable Names Database