Alicia Silverstone

Silverstone was born on October 4, 1976, in San Francisco, California, the daughter of British parents: Deirdre "Didi" Silverstone (née Radford), a Scottish former Pan Am flight attendant; and Monty Silverstone, an English real estate agent.{{cite web |url=https://www.allmovie.com/artist/alicia-silverstone-p65707| title = Alicia Silverstone|first=Rebecca Flint |last=Marx|website=AllMovie}}[http://www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m1285/is_n2_v24/ai_15129880+%22parents+are+english%22&gl=uk&ct=clnk&cd=20 Interview, Feb, 1994 by Graham Fuller] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151103200530/http://www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m1285/is_n2_v24/ai_15129880%20%22parents%20are%20english%22%26hl%3Den%26gl%3Duk%26ct%3Dclnk%26cd%3D20 |date=November 3, 2015}} She grew up in Hillsborough, California.{{cite web|title=Alicia Silverstone- Biography|url=https://movies.yahoo.com/person/alicia-silverstone/biography.html|work=Yahoo! Movies|access-date=October 12, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121022171247/https://movies.yahoo.com/person/alicia-silverstone/biography.html|archive-date=October 22, 2012}} Her father was born to a Jewish family and her mother converted to Conservative Judaism before marriage. Silverstone had a Bat Mitzvah ceremony.{{cite web|last=Davis |first=Ivor |url=http://www.interfaithfamily.com/arts_and_entertainment/popular_culture/Profile_of_Alicia_Silverstone--Daughter_of_Scottish_Mom_and_Jewish_Dad.shtml |title=Profile of Alicia Silverstone--Daughter of Scottish Mom and Jewish Dad |website=Interfaith Family |date=July 2000 |access-date=April 10, 2012}} She began modeling when she was six,{{cite web |url=https://www.empireonline.com/interviews/interview.asp?IID=122 |title=Golden Girl |website=Empire |date=December 5, 2006 |access-date=April 14, 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130615080226/http://www.empireonline.com/interviews/interview.asp?IID=122 |archive-date=June 15, 2013}} and was subsequently cast in television commercials, the first being for Domino's Pizza.{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=DIpOAAAAIBAJ&dq=domino's-pizza%20alicia-silverstone&pg=3112%2C4427998 |title= Moving Up: Music video-vixen Alicia Silverstone hits the big screen| first= Luaine|last= Lee| newspaper= Star-News| date= July 26, 1995}} She attended Crocker Middle School, then San Mateo High School.{{cite web |url= https://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/Historic-San-Mateo-High-demolished-2711238.php |title=Historic San Mateo High demolished / Preservationists lose battle over school with seismic problems|first= Ryan|last= Kim|work=SFGate |date= December 14, 2002|access-date=September 25, 2011}}

Her first credited acting role was on The Wonder Years in 1992, in the episode "Road Test", as Kevin's high school "dream girl".{{Cite news|url=https://screenrant.com/iconic-sitcoms-a-lister-cameos-completely-missed/|title=20 A-Lister Cameos Fans Completely Missed In Iconic Sitcoms|date=August 23, 2018|work=ScreenRant|access-date=August 30, 2018|language=en-US}} Silverstone made her film debut when she obtained the leading role in the erotic thriller The Crush, playing a teenage girl who sets out to ruin an older man after he spurns her affections; she became legally emancipated at the age of 15 to work the hours required for the shooting schedule of the film. She won two awards at the 1994 MTV Movie Awards for the role—Best Breakthrough Performance and Best Villain. Silverstone made some television films in her early career, including Torch Song, Cool and the Crazy, and Scattered Dreams.

After seeing her in The Crush, Marty Callner decided Silverstone would be perfect for a role in a music video he was directing for Aerosmith, called "Cryin'." Silverstone is shown getting a navel piercing in the music video, which has largely been credited as introducing the navel piercing to mainstream culture.{{cite web|url=http://wiki.bmezine.com/index.php?title=Aerosmith&printable=yes|title=Aerosmith - BME Encyclopedia|access-date=June 29, 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120210075845/http://wiki.bmezine.com/index.php?title=Aerosmith&printable=yes|archive-date=February 10, 2012|url-status=dead}} She was subsequently cast in two more Aerosmith videos, "Amazing" and "Crazy". These were hugely successful for both the band and Silverstone, making her a household name.{{cite book|last=Jackson|first=Laura|title=Steven Tyler: The Biography|year=2008|publisher=Hachette|isbn=978-0748110278|pages=Chapter 2}} After seeing Silverstone in the three videos, filmmaker Amy Heckerling decided to cast her in the coming-of-age comedy Clueless, in the role of Cher Horowitz, a sweet but spoiled girl living in Beverly Hills.{{cite news|url=https://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/washingtonpost/access/18608355.html?dids=18608355:18608355&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Jul+23%2C+1995&author=Malcolm+Gladwell&pub=The+Washington+Post+%28pre-1997+Fulltext%29&desc=Get+a+Clue!+It%27s+No+Secret+How+Alicia+Silverstone+Went+From+Video+Star+to+Screen+Queen&pqatl=google|newspaper=The Washington Post|title=Get a Clue! It's No Secret How Alicia Silverstone Went From Video Star to Screen Queen|date=July 23, 1995|author-link=Malcolm Gladwell|first=Malcolm|last=Gladwell|access-date=July 5, 2017|archive-date=July 25, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120725060039/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/washingtonpost/access/18608355.html?dids=18608355:18608355&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Jul+23%2C+1995&author=Malcolm+Gladwell&pub=The+Washington+Post+%28pre-1997+Fulltext%29&desc=Get+a+Clue!+It%27s+No+Secret+How+Alicia+Silverstone+Went+From+Video+Star+to+Screen+Queen&pqatl=google|url-status=dead}} Clueless became a hit and critical darling during the summer of 1995,{{cite news|url= https://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/sun_sentinel/access/18341806.html?dids=18341806:18341806&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Jul+26%2C+1995&author=BERNARD+WEINRAUB+New+York+Times+News+Service&pub=South+Florida+Sun+-+Sentinel&desc=%60CLUELESS%27+A+SURPRISE+HIT+ON+THE+CHEAP&pqatl=google|newspaper= Sun Sentinel|title= "Clueless" A Surprise Hit on the Cheap|first= Bernard|last= Weinraub|date= July 26, 1995|access-date= July 5, 2017|archive-date= July 25, 2012|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20120725105025/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/sun_sentinel/access/18341806.html?dids=18341806:18341806&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Jul+26%2C+1995&author=BERNARD+WEINRAUB+New+York+Times+News+Service&pub=South+Florida+Sun+-+Sentinel&desc=%60CLUELESS%27+A+SURPRISE+HIT+ON+THE+CHEAP&pqatl=google|url-status= dead}} and as a result, Silverstone signed a deal with Columbia-TriStar valued between $8 and $10 million.{{cite news|url=https://www.smh.com.au/articles/2004/06/08/1086460286068.html |title=Labourer of love |newspaper=The Sydney Morning Herald |date=June 9, 2004 |access-date=April 15, 2012}}{{cite news |last1=Welkos |first1=Robert W. |last2=Riemenschneider |first2=Chris |name-list-style=and |date=August 12, 1995 |title=Carrey ! Schwarzennegger ! Stallone ! Silverstone ? |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1995-08-12-ca-34277-story.html |access-date=January 29, 2025 |newspaper=Los Angeles Times}} As part of the package, she got a three-year first-look deal for her own production company, First Kiss Productions. Silverstone also won Best Female Performance and Most Desirable Female at the 1996 MTV Movie Awards, plus awards from Blockbuster Entertainment Award, Kids' Choice Awards, National Board of Review and an American Comedy Award for her performance in the film.{{cite web|title=Awards for Alicia Silverstone|url=https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000224/awards|work=Internet Movie Database| access-date=October 13, 2012}}

Silverstone had three other film releases in 1995—Le Nouveau monde, Hideaway and The Babysitter. The French drama about Americans Le Nouveau monde saw her play the love interest of a French boy. In the film adaptation of the novel by Dean Koontz, Hideaway, she took on the role of the daughter of a man who dies in a car accident and is revived two hours later, and the film The Babysitter was a B erotic thriller directed by Guy Ferland based on the eponymous short story by Robert Coover in his 1969 collection Pricksongs and Descants.

In 1996, she starred in the direct-to-video thriller True Crime as a Catholic school student searching for a murderer of teenage girls. Her next role was Barbara Wilson/Batgirl in Batman & Robin (1997). Budgeted at $160 million,{{cite web|url=https://archive.seattletimes.com/archive/?date=19970620&slug=2545507|title='Batman' Bites! -- 'Er's' Clooney Brings His Bedside Manner To This Cloyingly Cuddly Caped Crusader|first=John|last=Hartl|work=The Seattle Times |date=June 20, 1997|access-date=March 14, 2021|url-status=live|archive-date=March 23, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200323074205/https://archive.seattletimes.com/archive/?date=19970620&slug=2545507}} the film grossed a modest $238 million worldwide,{{cite web|url=https://boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=batmanrobin.htm |title=Batman and Robin (1997) |website=Box Office Mojo |access-date=May 8, 2009| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20090517122035/http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=batmanrobin.htm| archive-date= May 17, 2009 | url-status=live}} and her turn as Batgirl received polarized reviews from critics, who also considered the film to be one of the worst films of all time.{{Cite book |last=Nelson |first=Michael J |url=https://archive.org/details/mikenelsonsmovie00nels |title=Mike Nelson's Movie Megacheese |date=June 20, 2000 |publisher=Harper Collins |isbn=978-0-380-81467-1 |page=[https://archive.org/details/mikenelsonsmovie00nels/page/79 79] |url-access=registration}}{{cite web |date=February 4, 2010 |title=The 50 Worst Movies Ever |url=https://www.empireonline.com/movies/features/50-worst-movies-ever-2/ |access-date=January 29, 2025 |work=Empire}} Silverstone won a Razzie Award for Worst Supporting Actress,{{cite web|url= http://www.razzies.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=347&PN=1|title= The Official RAZZIE Forum: 1997 Razzie Nominees and Winners|access-date= February 14, 2008|publisher= razzies.com|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20080219020901/http://www.razzies.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=347&PN=1|archive-date= February 19, 2008|url-status=dead|df= mdy-all}} but received a Blimp Award at the Kids' Choice Awards for the role.

Also in 1997, the first film by Silverstone's production company, Excess Baggage, was released. In the film, she plays a neglected young woman who stages her own kidnapping to get her wealthy father's attention, only to actually be kidnapped by a car thief. The film only grossed $14.5 million in North America,{{cite web|url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=excessbaggage.htm |title=Excess Baggage (1997) |website=Box Office Mojo |date=September 26, 1997 |access-date=March 16, 2017}} and received mediocre reviews from critics; Roger Ebert mentioned that she was "no better than OK" as he felt that she was miscast.{{cite web|last=Ebert |first=Roger |author-link=Roger Ebert|url=https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/excess-baggage-1997 |title=Excess Baggage Movie Review & Film Summary (1997) |newspaper=Chicago Sun-Times|via=RogerEbert.com|date=August 29, 1997 |access-date=March 16, 2017}} Silverstone starred as the female lead in the romantic comedy Blast from the Past (1999), directed by Hugh Wilson and co-starring Brendan Fraser, Christopher Walken and Sissy Spacek. Critical response towards the film was mixed,{{cite web |url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/blast_from_the_past/reviews/ |title=Blast from the Past Reviews |website=Rotten Tomatoes}} while it made a modest $40 million globally.{{cite web |url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=blastfromthepast.htm |title=Blast from the Past |website=Box Office Mojo}}

In the 1990s, her public profile and film career saw significant growth. For the next decade, Silverstone stepped aside from the spotlight and opted to focus on smaller-scale films and theater.{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2015/jun/26/alicia-silverstone-new-play-of-good-stock |title=Alicia Silverstone: 'I went on a quest to change the world' |newspaper=The Guardian |first=Alexis |last=Soloski |date=June 26, 2015}} In Love's Labour's Lost (2000), a film adaptation of William Shakespeare's play, directed by Kenneth Branagh, Silverstone played the Princess of France, a role which required her to sing and dance. While critical response was mixed, the film received a limited theatrical release.{{cite web |url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/loves_labours_lost/ |title=Love's Labour's Lost (2000) |website=Rotten Tomatoes}}{{cite web |url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=loveslabourslost.htm |title=Love's Labour's Lost |website=Box Office Mojo}} Film critic James Berardinelli felt that Silverstone, "while not completely at ease with all of her dialogue, is surprisingly credible" in her portrayal.{{cite web |last=Berardinelli |first=James |author-link=James Berardinelli |date=2000 |title=Love's Labour's Lost |url=http://preview.reelviews.net/movies/l/loves_labours.html |website=Reelviews}}

Silverstone executive produced and provided the voice of Sharon Spitz, the lead part, in the Canadian animated television series Braceface, from 2001 to 2003. During this period, she played the bassist of a rock band in the independent comedy Global Heresy (2002), opposite Peter O'Toole and Joan Plowright, and made her Broadway debut alongside Kathleen Turner and Jason Biggs in a stage version of The Graduate, which ran between 2002 and 2003 at the Plymouth Theatre. Silverstone also starred as one of several disgruntled bank employees trying to rob the same bank in the small-scale comedy Scorched (2003), co-starring Rachael Leigh Cook, Woody Harrelson and John Cleese.{{citation needed|date=March 2022}}

Silverstone signed on to headline the 2003 NBC television series Miss Match, as Kate Fox, a Los Angeles matrimonial attorney who doubles as a high-end matchmaker. The show was canceled after only 11 episodes had aired, and Variety in its review for the show, wrote: "It's a shame that she's stuck with such wafer-thin material here, because Silverstone is undoubtedly a fun, perky presence on the small screen."{{cite magazine |url=https://variety.com/2003/tv/reviews/miss-match-1200539123/ |title=Miss Match |magazine=Variety |first=Ann |last=Donahue |date=September 21, 2003}} Nevertheless, she earned a Golden Globe Award nomination for Best Actress – Television Series Musical or Comedy.

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In 2004, Silverstone played a news reporter turned villainess in Scooby-Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed, opposite Sarah Michelle Gellar and Freddie Prinze Jr. Despite a negative critical response, the film grossed $181 million at the international box office.{{cite web|url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=scoobydoo2.htm |title=Scooby-Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed (2004) |website=Box Office Mojo |access-date=March 16, 2017}}

In the comedy Beauty Shop (2005), a spinoff of the Barbershop film franchise, Silverstone appeared with Queen Latifah, playing a naive and bubbly stylist of an Atlanta-area salon.{{cite news |first=Jane|last=Wollman|url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/2005/03/31/silverstone-relates-to-role-in-beauty/ |title=Silverstone relates to role in 'Beauty' |newspaper=Chicago Tribune |date=March 31, 2005 |access-date=May 11, 2018 |archive-date=May 11, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180511150152/http://articles.chicagotribune.com/2005-03-31/features/0503310073_1_clueless-beauty-shop-star |url-status=live}} The film was her final wide release of the decade in North America, where it grossed $37.2 million.{{cite web |url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=beautyshop.htm |title=Beauty Shop |website=Box Office Mojo}}

Her next film, the thriller Silence Becomes You, received a DVD release in 2005. Silverstone did a pilot episode in 2005 with Fox called Queen B, where she played a delusional former high school prom queen,{{cite web|archive-date=June 15, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110615035128/http://goliath.ecnext.com/coms2/gi_0199-2349278/Royal-gambit-LIFE-ARTS-ETC.html|date=November 1, 2014|work=The Washington Times|last=Toto|first=Christian|url=http://goliath.ecnext.com/coms2/gi_0199-2349278/Royal-gambit-LIFE-ARTS-ETC.html|title=Royal Gambit}} but it was not picked up for production. In 2006, she starred in an ABC pilot called Pink Collar as a woman working in a law firm, but like Queen B, this pilot was not picked up to series.

Silverstone portrayed the close friend of a teenager turned secret agent in the action-spy film Stormbreaker (2006), directed by Geoffrey Sax and co-starring Alex Pettyfer, Ewan McGregor and Mickey Rourke. Despite a $40 million budget, the film made $23 million worldwide and was largely dismissed by critics.{{cite web|url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=stormbreaker.htm |title=Alex Rider: Operation Stormbreaker (2006) |website=Box Office Mojo |date=December 10, 2006 |access-date=March 16, 2017}}{{cite web |url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/stormbreaker/ |title=Alex Rider: Operation Stormbreaker (2006) |website=Rotten Tomatoes}} USA Today described Silverstone as "simply ghastly" in her role,{{cite web |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/films/2006/07/20/stormbreaker_2006_review.shtml |title=Stormbreaker (2006) |website=bbc.co.uk |first=Neil |last=Smith |date=July 21, 2006}} while View London remarked that there was "strong support" from the actress.{{cite web |url=http://www.viewlondon.co.uk/films/stormbreaker-film-review-16282.html |title=Stormbreaker (PG) |website=viewlondon.co.uk |first=Matthew |last=Turner |date=July 19, 2006}} She obtained the role of a single mother returning to her hometown after a lengthy absence in the made-for-Hallmark Hall of Fame television film Candles on Bay Street, based on the book by Cathie Pelletier.

Silverstone continued her theater work, next appearing in David Mamet's Boston Marriage (2007), a play exploring the relationship between two upper-class women, where the actress played what was described by Los Angeles Times as the "clueless and hyper-emotional Scottish maid" of one of them.{{cite news |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2006-feb-05-ca-boston5-story.html |title=It's a Mamet for the ladies |newspaper=Los Angeles Times |first=Diane |last=Haithman |date=February 5, 2006}} The production was presented at the Geffen Playhouse theater in Los Angeles, with Variety writing that Silverstone "steals the show [in her role]. Her Scottish accent is good, her comic delivery is fresh, and she gets the maximum laugh value from each wobbly curtsey. Her character is the one thing in the show that Mamet gets absolutely right, although she is used a bit repetitively."{{cite magazine |url=https://variety.com/2006/legit/markets-festivals/boston-marriage-3-1200518621/ |title=Boston Marriage |magazine=Variety |first=Terry |last=Morgan |date=February 9, 2006}} In the same year, she starred as a secretary in the theater production Speed-the-Plow, a satire of Hollywood executives. The production, presented at Geffen Playhouse, was directed by Randall Arney and penned by David Mamet. The Hollywood Reporter concluded the play was "fueled" by "a spectacular tour de force" from Silverstone.{{cite magazine |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/review/theater-reviews-158819 |title=Theater Reviews |magazine=The Hollywood Reporter |first=Laurence |last=Vittes |date=February 13, 2007}}

In 2008, Silverstone filmed another unaired ABC pilot alongside Megan Mullally called Bad Mother's Handbook and made a cameo appearance in the action-comedy Tropic Thunder. In 2009, she starred in the music video for Rob Thomas's single "Her Diamonds",{{cite news|last=Gunnin|first=Lucinda|title=Rob Thomas' "Her Diamonds" New Anthem for AutoImmune Disease|url=http://voices.yahoo.com/rob-thomas-her-diamonds-anthem-autoimmune-3731422.html|access-date=October 13, 2012|newspaper=Yahoo! Voices|date=July 3, 2009|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130210100154/http://voices.yahoo.com/rob-thomas-her-diamonds-anthem-autoimmune-3731422.html|archive-date=February 10, 2013}} and acted in Donald Margulies' production of Time Stands Still, set in Brooklyn and revolving around the relationships of two couples.{{cite news |url=http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/culturemonster/2009/02/time-stands-sti.html |title=Review: 'Time Stands Still' at the Geffen Playhouse |newspaper=Los Angeles Times|first=Charles |last=McNulty |date=February 12, 2009}} Like Silverstone's previous few stage projects, it ran at the Geffen Playhouse in Los Angeles.{{cite news|url=https://www.huffingtonpost.com/regina-weinreich/alicia-silverstone-in-tim_b_442803.html|title=Alicia Silverstone in Time Stands Still|last=Weinreich|first=Regina|date=January 29, 2010|work=Huffington Post|access-date=February 4, 2010| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20100202182122/http://www.huffingtonpost.com/regina-weinreich/alicia-silverstone-in-tim_b_442803.html| archive-date= February 2, 2010 | url-status=live}} By the late 2000s, she ventured into writing, releasing her book The Kind Diet, a guide to vegan nutrition, in 2009; she simultaneously launched its associated website The Kind Life.{{cite news | url=http://www.jewishjournal.com/holiday_preview/article/vegan_adventures_with_alicia_silverstone_20091203/| title=Vegan Adventures With Alicia Silverstone |last=Pfefferman| first=Naomi| date=December 3, 2009| newspaper=The Jewish Journal of Greater Los Angeles| access-date=December 10, 2009| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20091205042304/http://www.jewishjournal.com/holiday_preview/article/vegan_adventures_with_alicia_silverstone_20091203/| archive-date= December 5, 2009 | url-status=live}}{{cite magazine|last=Duerr |first=Charlie |url=http://www.time.com/time/specials/packages/article/0,28804,1950966_1950979_1951009,00.html |title=The Kind Diet – Top 10 Notable New Diet Books |magazine=Time |date=December 31, 2009 |access-date=April 26, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100410050847/http://www.time.com/time/specials/packages/article/0%2C28804%2C1950966_1950979_1951009%2C00.html |archive-date=April 10, 2010 |url-status=dead}} The Kind Diet topped the "Hardcover Advice & Misc." category of The New York Times bestseller list.{{cite news | url=https://www.nytimes.com/2010/04/04/books/bestseller/besthardadvice.html |title=Hardcover Advice — List |newspaper=The New York Times|date=March 26, 2010 |access-date=April 25, 2010 |first=Jennifer |last=Schuessler}}

Silverstone continued to focus on theater and independent productions throughout the 2010s, but acted considerably more than in the previous decade.{{cite news |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/films/0/clueless-time-alicia-silverstone-have-comeback-deserves/ |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220111/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/films/0/clueless-time-alicia-silverstone-have-comeback-deserves/ |archive-date=January 11, 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |title=We were Clueless: why it's time for Alicia Silverstone to have the comeback she deserves |newspaper=The Daily Telegraph |first=Adam |last=White |date=November 3, 2017}}{{cbignore}} In 2010, she reprised her role in the Broadway production of Time Stands Still, alongside Laura Linney. Daniel Sullivan directed the play, and described Silverstone as "a breath of fresh air"{{cite news | title=Alicia Silverstone says working in a good play or film like going to camp| last=Rancilio| first=Alicia| date=February 22, 2010| publisher=The Canadian Press}} which had a general positive reception among critics. The New York Times felt that Silverstone "brings warmth, actorly intelligence, and delicate humor."{{cite news |last=Isherwood |first=Charles |author-link=Charles Isherwood |date=January 28, 2010 |title='Theatre Review — Time Stands Still |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2010/01/29/theater/reviews/29time.html |access-date=January 29, 2025 |newspaper=The New York Times}} She filmed a small segment in the independent comedy sequel Elektra Luxx (2010), but her part was not included in the final cut of the film.{{cite web | url=http://www.cinematical.com/2010/03/12/sxsw-interview-elektra-luxx-director-sebastian-gutierrez/| title='Elektra Luxx' director Sebastian Gutierrez| last=Chidlress| first=Erik| date=March 12, 2010| publisher=Cinematical| access-date=March 14, 2010| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20100314064515/http://www.cinematical.com/2010/03/12/sxsw-interview-elektra-luxx-director-sebastian-gutierrez/| archive-date= March 14, 2010 | url-status=live}}

Silverstone obtained the role of the teacher of a Manhattan private-school senior in the teen romance drama The Art of Getting By (2011),{{cite news | url= https://variety.com/2010/film/news/roberts-highmore-assigned-homework-1118018107/| title=Roberts, Highmore assigned 'Homework'| date=April 21, 2010| last=Cox| first=Gordon| work=Variety| access-date=March 1, 2019}} which premiered at the Sundance Film Festival.{{cite news | url=https://www.chron.com/entertainment/movies/article/The-Art-of-Getting-By-2078175.php| title=The Art of Getting By| date=June 16, 2011 |work=Houston Chronicle| access-date=July 6, 2012}} The ensemble comedy Butter (2011) saw her play the adoptive mother of a 12-year-old African-American girl who enters a local butter sculpturing competition in a small Iowa town. The film screened on the film festival circuit and was distributed in a limited release.{{cite web | url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?page=main&id=butter.htm |title=Butter (2012) |website=Box Office Mojo |date=October 11, 2012 |access-date=March 16, 2017}} She reunited with Clueless director Amy Heckerling in the independent film Vamps (2012), playing one of two vampires who fall in love and face a choice that could jeopardize their immortality.{{cite news | url=http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/breaking-news/entertainment/vampire-role-for-alicia-silverstone-14680267.html| title=Vampire role for Alicia Silverstone| date=February 12, 2010| work=Belfast Telegraph.co.uk| access-date=March 17, 2010}} She was offered the role after Heckerling came to see her in Time Stands Still.{{cite news | url=https://people.com/celebrity/alicia-silverstone-i-cant-wait-to-be-pregnant/| title=Alicia Silverstone: 'I Can't Wait to Be Pregnant'| work=People| last=Dyball| first=Rennie| date=April 25, 2010| access-date=March 1, 2019}} Despite a very limited release,{{cite web | url=https://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/11/05/vamps-box-office-flop_n_2077496.html |title='Vamps' Box Office Flops: 'Clueless' Reunion Earns $500 From One Theater |work=The Huffington Post |date=January 5, 2013 |access-date=March 16, 2017}} Variety found the film to be "a refreshing change of pace [...] with an irresistible cast".{{cite web | first=John|last=Anderson |url=https://variety.com/2012/film/reviews/vamps-1117948695/ |title=Vamps |work=Variety |date=November 6, 2012 |access-date=March 16, 2017}}

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Silverstone guest-starred in Childrens Hospital (2011) and obtained a four-episode role in the first season of Suburgatory (2012), reuniting with her Clueless castmate Jeremy Sisto.{{cite web| url=http://www.celebrityextraonline.com/2012/03/q-and-week-of-march-12.html| title=Celebrity Extra: Q and A| last=Elavsky| first=Cindy| work=Celebrity Extra| date=March 12, 2012| access-date=March 23, 2012| archive-date=April 2, 2015| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402121237/http://www.celebrityextraonline.com/2012/03/q-and-week-of-march-12.html| url-status=dead}}{{cite news| url=https://collider.com/childrens-hospital-screening-ucla/94526/| title=Children's Hospital Screening and Q&A event| date=June 3, 2011| website=Collider| first=Tommy| last=Cook| access-date=January 20, 2015| archive-date=January 20, 2015| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150120141405/http://collider.com/childrens-hospital-screening-ucla/94526/| url-status=dead}} In 2012, Silverstone returned to Broadway in the production of The Performers, a comedic performance set at the Adult Film Award in Las Vegas.{{cite news | url=http://www.broadway.com/buzz/163136/cheyenne-jackson-and-henry-winkler-confirmed-to-star-in-broadway-porn-play-the-performers/ | title=Cheyenne Jackson and Henry Winkler Confirmed to Star in Broadway Porn Play The Performers | work=Broadway.com| date=July 26, 2012 | access-date= August 12, 2012}} The play premiered in November at the Longacre Theatre, but was canceled after 23 previews and seven regular performances due to the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy.[https://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/theater_dance/broadway-comedy-the-performers-starring-alicia-silverstone-goes-limp-and-will-close-sunday/2012/11/15/de0295da-2fa5-11e2-af17-67abba0676e2_story.html The Washington Post]{{dead link|date=June 2021|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}} In 2013, she filmed the television pilot HR,{{cite magazine | url=https://deadline.com/2013/02/alicia-silverstone-to-topline-lifetime-pilot-hr-439837/| title=Alicia Silverstone To Topline Lifetime Pilot 'HR'| magazine=Deadline Hollywood| last=Andreeva| first=Nellie| date=February 25, 2013| access-date=February 26, 2013}} which was not picked up,{{cite news |last=Goldberg |first=Lesley |date=February 6, 2014 |title=Marti Noxon's 'Un-Real' Gets Series Order at Lifetime |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/marti-noxons-real-gets-series-678067/ |access-date=January 29, 2025 |work=The Hollywood Reporter}} and appeared in the Sundance comedy Ass Backwards, released for VOD and selected theaters.{{cite web |last=Duralde |first=Alonso |url=https://www.thewrap.com/movies/column-post/sundance-comedy-ass-backwards-acquired-gravitas-ventures-102316/ |title=Sundance Comedy 'Ass Backwards' Acquired by Gravitas Ventures |date=July 10, 2013 |website=The Wrap |access-date=March 16, 2017 |archive-date=March 16, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170316113804/http://www.thewrap.com/movies/column-post/sundance-comedy-ass-backwards-acquired-gravitas-ventures-102316/ |url-status=dead }} In 2014, Silverstone took on the role of a self-absorbed mother in the rural environment in the coming-of-age drama Angels in Stardust,{{cite news |last=McNary |first=Dave |author-link=Dave McNary |date=July 9, 2012 |title=Alicia Silverstone, Billy Burke Wear 'Boots' |url=https://variety.com/2012/film/news/alicia-silverstone-billy-burke-wear-boots-1118056378/ |access-date=August 1, 2012 |work=Variety}} and her Kind Life follow-up book, The Kind Mama, was published.{{cite news | url=http://www.slate.com/blogs/xx_factor/2014/04/24/alicia_silverstone_writes_a_parenting_book_enough_with_the_celebrity_mom.html| title=Celebrity Quack Moms Are a Terrible Influence on Everyday Parents| last= Grose| first=Jessica |website=Slate| date=April 24, 2014| access-date=May 3, 2015}}

In 2015, Silverstone starred in the New York production of Of Good Stock, a play revolving around a group of siblings who gather at their family home for a summer weekend.{{cite news | url=http://www.broadwayworld.com/article/Alicia-Silverstone-Stars-in-OF-GOOD-STOCK-Opening-Tonight-at-MTC-20150630| title=Alicia Silverstone Stars in Of Good Stock, Opening Tonight at MTC| publisher=MTC| date=June 30, 2015| access-date=April 18, 2016}} Entertainment Weekly remarked that she was "magnetic even as an engaged narcissist, ditzy" sister;{{Cite web |last=Biedenharn |first=Isabella |date=June 30, 2015 |title=Alicia Silverstone in 'Of Good Stock': EW stage review |url=https://ew.com/article/2015/06/30/alicia-silverstone-mtc-of-good-stock-ew-review/ |access-date=January 29, 2025 |website=EW.com}} however, The New York Times felt that her role was "the most cartoonish of the characters and a thankless part for [Silverstone], who tips into comic shrillness here".{{cite news |last=Brantley |first=Ben |date=July 2, 2015 |title=Review: In 'Of Good Stock,' Alicia Silverstone Is a Sister in Distress |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2015/07/02/theater/review-in-of-good-stock-alicia-silverstone-is-a-sister-in-distress.html |access-date=January 29, 2025 |newspaper=The New York Times}} She appeared in the romantic comedy Who Gets the Dog? (2016),{{cite news |last=McNary |first=Dave |author-link=Dave McNary |date=November 16, 2014 |title=AFM: Alicia Silverstone to Star in Romantic Comedy 'Who Gets the Dog?' |url=https://variety.com/2014/film/news/afm-silverstone-tops-dog-exclusive-1201349084/ |access-date=April 5, 2015 |work=Variety}} opposite Ryan Kwanten portraying a divorcing couple fighting over custody of their beloved dog. The production went straight to DVD. Her next film appearance was in the independent biographical drama King Cobra (2016), as the mother of gay film actor Brent Corrigan.{{cite magazine | url=https://deadline.com/2015/11/james-franco-king-cobra-porn-film-murder-tale-1201604636/| title=James Franco Stars In Porn Murder Tale 'King Cobra'| magazine=Deadline Hollywood | last=Fleming| first=Mike Jr.| date=November 3, 2015| access-date=April 18, 2016}}

In 2016's Catfight, Silverstone played the love interest of an outsider artist having a bitter lifetime rivalry with a wealthy housewife.{{cite news |last=McNary |first=Dave |author-link=Dave McNary |date=December 23, 2015 |title=Alicia Silverstone Playing Anne Heche's Love Interest in Dark Comedy 'Catfight' |url=https://variety.com/2015/film/news/alicia-silverstone-anne-heche-catfight-sandra-oh-1201667284/ |access-date=April 18, 2016 |work=Variety}} The black comedy was released for VOD and selected theaters, to largely positive reviews.{{cite news|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/catfight-nabbed-by-dark-sky-films-sets-march-release-968977|title='Catfight' Nabbed by Dark Sky Films, Sets March Release Play Video|date=January 26, 2017 |first= Ashley |last=Lee|work=The Hollywood Reporter| access-date=February 26, 2018}} Silverstone starred in three 2017 films—Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Long Haul,{{cite news | url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/diary-a-wimpy-kid-long-919135| title= 'Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Long Haul Adds Alicia Silverstone| work=The Hollywood Reporter| last=Ford| first=Rebecca| date=August 12, 2016| access-date=August 14, 2016}} The Killing of a Sacred Deer,{{cite news | url=https://variety.com/2016/film/global/alicia-silverstone-nicole-kidman-colin-farrell-the-killing-of-a-sacred-deer-1201842845/| title=Alicia Silverstone Joins Nicole Kidman, Colin Farrell in 'The Killing of a Sacred Deer'| work=Variety| last=Barraclough| first=Leo| date=August 23, 2016| access-date=September 2, 2016}} and The Tribes of Palos Verdes{{cite magazine| url=https://deadline.com/2016/02/justin-kirk-tribes-of-palos-verdes-movie-alicia-silverstone-1201705548/| title=Justin Kirk Moves In To 'Tribes Of Palos Verdes'; Alicia Silverstone & More Also Join| magazine=Deadline Hollywood| last=Hipes| first=Patrick| date=February 18, 2016| access-date=August 25, 2017}}—and filmed the television series American Woman in July of that year. On her busy workload, she remarked: "[T]hey were all happening at the same time. Everybody worked together. Yorgos [the Sacred Dee director] helped us to push my date and Diary of a Wimpy Kid held the movie for a week or two for me".{{cite web |url=https://www.vulture.com/2017/11/alicia-silverstone-on-killing-of-a-sacred-deer.html |title=Alicia Silverstone on Her Unexpected Cameo in the Year's Weirdest Movie |publisher=Vulture |first=Nate |last=Jones |date=November 21, 2017}} The comedy The Long Haul, the fourth film in the Diary of a Wimpy Kid film series, saw her portray the clueless and loving mother of the titular character, replacing Rachael Harris. The film was widely disliked and criticized by critics for the recasting of the main characters and its story development,{{cite web |url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/diary_of_a_wimpy_kid_the_long_haul |title=Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Long Haul (2017) |website=Rotten Tomatoes}} and while The Long Haul made a modest $40.1 million worldwide, it emerged as Silverstone's most widely seen film since Beauty Shop (2005).{{cite web |url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/people/chart/?id=aliciasilverstone.htm |title=Alicia Silverstone |website=Box Office Mojo}}

In the psychological thriller The Killing of a Sacred Deer, directed by Yorgos Lanthimos and co-starring Colin Farrell and Nicole Kidman, Silverstone took on the role of a widow and the mother of a mysterious boy who befriends his late father's cardiac surgeon. The film competed for the {{Lang|fr|Palme d'Or|italic=no}} at the 70th Cannes Film Festival and was an arthouse success.{{cite web |url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/the_killing_of_a_sacred_deer/ |title=The Killing of a Sacred Deer (2017) |website=Rotten Tomatoes}}{{cite web |url=https://www.the-numbers.com/movie/Killing-of-a-Sacred-Deer-The#tab=box-office |title=The Killing of a Sacred Deer (2017) |website=the-numbers.com}} Casting director Francine Maisler chose Silverstone after seeing her star in a previous play; her two-scene appearance was filmed in one day, and she remarked of the filming: "[I]t was just so wonderful. When you admire something so much, it's a little bit hard to imagine how you fit into it". In the independent coming-of-age drama The Tribes of Palos Verdes, she reunited with her Butter co-star Jennifer Garner, playing a real-estate agent living in Palos Verdes, an affluent, coastal suburb of Los Angeles. The film received a one-theater release by IFC.{{cite web |url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=tribesofpalosverdes.htm |title=Tribes of Palos Verdes |website=Box Office Mojo}}

Silverstone appeared in the comedy Book Club (2018),{{cite magazine|url=https://deadline.com/2017/08/alicia-silverstone-tommy-dewey-katie-aselton-book-club-movie-1202153207/|title=Alicia Silverstone, Tommy Dewey & Katie Aselton Cast In 'Book Club'| magazine=Deadline Hollywood| last=N'Duka| first=Amanda| date=August 21, 2017| access-date=August 25, 2017}} opposite Diane Keaton, Jane Fonda and Candice Bergen, playing the "domineering" daughter of a "skittish" widow reading Fifty Shades of Grey.{{Cite web|last=Bloomer|first=Jeffrey|date=May 18, 2018|title=The Very Fact That a Movie Such as Book Club Exists Is a Dream Come True|url=https://slate.com/culture/2018/05/book-club-the-new-movie-and-dream-come-true-reviewed.html|access-date=February 13, 2021|website=Slate}}{{Cite magazine |last=Greenblatt |first=Leah |date=May 18, 2018 |title=Jane Fonda, Diane Keaton, Candice Bergen, Mary Steenburgen have silly, salty fun in 'Book Club': EW review |url=https://ew.com/movies/2018/05/18/book-club-review/ |access-date=February 13, 2021 |magazine=Entertainment Weekly |language=en}} The series American Woman{{cite news | title=TV News Roundup: Alicia Silverstone to Star in Kyle Richards' TV Land pilot| url=https://variety.com/2016/tv/news/alicia-silverstone-kyle-richards-tv-land-show-american-woman-1201822449/| work=Variety| last=McClendon| first=Lamarco| date=July 25, 2016| access-date=August 14, 2016}}{{cite web | url=https://variety.com/2016/tv/news/american-woman-tv-land-series-greenlight-1201911704/| title=TV Land Greenlights Alicia Silverstone, Mena Suvari's Dramedy 'American Woman'| last=Wagmeister| first=Elizabeth| date=November 7, 2016| language=en-US| access-date=January 2, 2017}} starred Silverstone as a woman discovering her own brand of independence amid the rise of second-wave feminism in the 1970s.{{Cite web |url=http://www.laughspin.com/alicia-silverstone-mena-suvari-snag-tv-land-series-american-woman/ |title=Alicia Silverstone, Mena Suvari snag TV Land series 'AMERICAN WOMAN' - LaughSpin |access-date=February 24, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190213005913/https://laughspin.com/alicia-silverstone-mena-suvari-snag-tv-land-series-american-woman/ |archive-date=February 13, 2019 |url-status=usurped}} It aired for one season on the Paramount Network.{{Cite web|last=Turchiano|first=Danielle|date=February 6, 2018|title='Queen Sugar,' 'The Bold Type,' 'Drunk History' Among Programming Announced for ATX Television Festival Season 7|url=https://variety.com/2018/tv/news/atx-television-festival-season-7-queen-sugar-love-is-freeform-american-woman-david-simon-drunk-history-condor-1202688935/|access-date=February 13, 2021|website=Variety|language=en-US}} To promote the series, she appeared on an episode of Lip Sync Battle with co-star Mena Suvari. She appeared in the horror film The Lodge, which premiered at the 2019 Sundance Film Festival.

In 2020, Silverstone appeared in the comedies Bad Therapy, Sister of the Groom{{cite magazine| url=https://deadline.com/2018/11/alicia-silverstone-the-pleasure-of-your-presence-movie-amy-miller-gross-1202494041/| title=Alicia Silverstone To Star In 'The Pleasure Of Your Presence'| magazine=Deadline Hollywood | last=D'Nuka| first=Amanda| date=November 1, 2018}} and Valley Girl, and also narrated the eco-superhero fantasy novel Chendell: A Natural Warrior{{cite news| url=https://www.prweb.com/releases/adrian_grenier_and_alicia_silverstone_to_narrate_eco_superhero_fantasy/prweb16263745.htm| title=Adrian Grenier And Alicia Silverstone To Narrate Eco Superhero Fantasy| work=Cision PR Web| last=Casellas| first=Miguel| date=April 24, 2020| access-date=April 30, 2020}} and the Audible podcast Eat S-t Kenny Daniels.{{cite news| url=https://www.thewrap.com/audible-adds-podcasts-from-alicia-silverstone-andy-richter-yvette-nicole-brown-christian-slater-and-more/| title=Audible Adds Podcasts From Alicia Silverstone, Andy Richter, Yvette Nicole Brown, Christian Slater and More| first=Samson| last=Amore| date=June 16, 2020| access-date=July 2, 2020}} She began starring in the Netflix series The Baby-Sitters Club.{{cite web|first=Will |last=Thorne |url=https://variety.com/2019/tv/news/alicia-silverstone-mark-feuerstein-netflix-baby-sitters-club-reboot-1203293685/ |title=Alicia Silverstone, Mark Feuerstein Join Netflix 'Baby Sitters Club' Reboot |work=Variety |date=August 6, 2019 |access-date=March 25, 2020}}

In 2021, she appeared in the Netflix series Masters of the Universe: Revelation.{{cite web |first=Denise |last=Petski |url=https://deadline.com/2020/02/masters-of-the-universe-revelation-mark-hamill-lena-headey-chris-wood-sarah-michelle-gellar-cast-netflix-anime-series-1202860165/ |title='Masters Of The Universe: Revelation': Mark Hamill, Lena Headey, Chris Wood, Sarah Michelle Gellar Among Voice Cast For Netflix Anime Series |work=Deadline Hollywood |date=February 14, 2020 |access-date=March 25, 2020}}

In 2023, she appeared in crime drama thriller Reptile co-starring Benicio del Toro and Justin Timberlake.{{cite web |last=Kit |first=Borys |title=Alicia Silverstone, Michael Pitt, Ato Essandoh Join Benicio Del Toro Thriller 'Reptile' (Exclusive) |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/alicia-silverstone-michael-pitt-ato-essandoh-thriller-reptile-1235021933/ |website=The Hollywood Reporter |access-date=September 30, 2021 |date=September 28, 2021}} Her 2024 roles include the A24 film Y2K{{cite web |last=Grobar |first=Matt |title=A24 Sets Disaster Comedy Y2K, To Be Directed By SNL Alum Kyle Mooney; Jaeden Martell, Rachel Zegler, Julian Dennison & More To Star |url=https://deadline.com/2023/03/kyle-mooney-y2k-a24-movie-rachel-zegler-1235307295/ |website=Deadline Hollywood |access-date=March 23, 2023 |date=March 23, 2023}} and Netherlands-produced comedy horror Krazy House.

In 2024, Silverstone executive produced the British documentary film I Could Never Go Vegan.{{cite web |title=Dartmouth Films announces release of I Could Never Go Vegan documentary exploring objections to veganism |url=https://www.theupcoming.co.uk/2024/03/12/dartmouth-films-announces-release-of-i-could-never-go-vegan-documentary-exploring-objections-to-veganism/ |website=The Upcoming |date=March 12, 2024 |access-date=August 1, 2024}}

Silverstone is an animal rights and environmental activist. She became a vegan in 1998 after attending an animal rights meeting, saying, "I realized that I was the problem ... I was an animal lover who was eating animals." She has stated she struggled with childhood vegetarianism: "At eight years old it's hard to stick to your guns—and so through the years I was always starting and stopping trying to be a vegetarian."{{cite web|date=May 13, 2009|title=IOL ENTERTAINMENT – Silverstone struggled with childhood vegetarianism|url=http://breakingnews.iol.ie/entertainment/silverstone-struggled-with-childhood-vegetarianism-410571.html|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090521102646/http://breakingnews.iol.ie/entertainment/silverstone-struggled-with-childhood-vegetarianism-410571.html|archive-date=May 21, 2009|access-date=April 25, 2010|publisher=Breakingnews.iol.ie}} She has been criticized due to her anti-vaccine stance, promotion of pseudoscientific diet and lifestyle choices, and her claims regarding the medical and spiritual benefits of veganism.{{cite news|last=Crocker|first=Lizzy|date=April 22, 2014|title=From 'Clueless' to Clueless: Alicia Silverstone's 'The Kind Mama'|url=https://www.thedailybeast.com/from-clueless-to-clueless-alicia-silverstones-the-kind-mama|access-date=November 12, 2018|website=The Daily Beast|quote=Adding another misinformed voice to the debate, Silverstone offers this qualified defense of vaccine conspiracy theorists: "According to Drs. Roizen and Oz...While there has not been a conclusive study of the negative effects of such a rigorous one-size-fits-all, shoot-’em-up schedule, there is increasing anecdotal evidence from doctors who have gotten distressed phone calls from parents claiming their child was 'never the same' after receiving a vaccine. And I personally have friends whose babies were drastically affected in this way." Anecdotal evidence from friends? Case closed. [...] Eating plants during pregnancy, writes Silverstone, "means not only boosting the odds of conceiving but also setting the stage for a transcendent pregnancy, a smoother birth, a healthier baby, and long-term protection from almost every disease there is." By eating "kind foods"—plant-based foods—women can "supercharge fertility; reduce your likelihood of miscarriage; infuse breast milk with all kinds of nutrient goodness that make your kids smart and healthy; and help stave off diseases like cancer, heart disease, diabetes."}}

In 2004, Silverstone was voted "Sexiest Female Vegetarian" by PETA.{{cite news|last=Zaleski|first=Olivia|date=April 2, 2009|title=Marie Claire: The 7 greenest celebrities|url=http://www.seattlepi.com/lifestyle/article/Marie-Claire-The-7-greenest-celebrities-1303098.php|access-date=April 18, 2012|work=Seattle Post-Intelligencer}} In 2007, she appeared nude in a print advertisement and 30-second commercial for PETA championing vegetarianism; the TV spot was subsequently pulled from the Houston, Texas market by Comcast Cable.{{Cite journal|last=Orloff|first=Brian|title=Alicia Silverstone's PETA Ads Pulled|url=https://people.com/celebrity/update-alicia-silverstones-peta-ads-pulled/|url-status=live|journal=People|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070929145222/http://www.people.com/people/article/0%2C%2C20057845%2C00.html|archive-date=September 29, 2007|access-date=March 1, 2019}} In 2016, she posed nude in one of the group's "I'd Rather Go Naked" anti-wool ads.Kate Samuelson, "Alicia Silverstone Got Naked for PETA to Stop You from Buying Wool", [http://fortune.com/2016/11/23/alicia-silverstone-peta-ad/ Fortune], November 23, 2016. She has set up a sanctuary for rescued pets in Los Angeles.{{cite web|title=Alicia Silverstone's Charity Work|url=http://www.looktothestars.org/celebrity/605-alicia-silverstone|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090423075237/http://www.looktothestars.org/celebrity/605-alicia-silverstone|archive-date=April 23, 2009|access-date=May 8, 2009|website=Looktothestars.org}}{{cite news|last=Kettler|first=Sara|date=April 2, 2015|title=Animal Advocate: Alicia Silverstone|publisher=Biography.com|url=http://www.biography.com/news/alicia-silverstone-animal-sanctuary-animal-rights-advocate|access-date=May 6, 2015}}{{failed verification|date=May 2015}} In 2012, during the trial of Russian band Pussy Riot, she wrote a letter to Vladimir Putin asking that vegan meals be made available to all Russian prisoners.{{cite web|last=Nissim|first=Mayer|date=August 15, 2012|title=Alicia Silverstone: 'Pussy Riot have the right to vegan food'|url=http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/showbiz/news/a399647/alicia-silverstone-pussy-riot-have-the-right-to-vegan-food.html|access-date=August 17, 2012|website=Digital Spy|archive-date=August 16, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120816162144/http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/showbiz/news/a399647/alicia-silverstone-pussy-riot-have-the-right-to-vegan-food.html|url-status=dead}}

Federal campaign contribution records list Silverstone contributing $500 to Dennis Kucinich's 2004 presidential campaign.{{cite web|date=April 5, 2010|title=NEWSMEAT – Alicia Silverstone's Federal Campaign Contribution Report|url=http://www.newsmeat.com/celebrity_political_donations/Alicia_Silverstone.php|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100205134148/http://newsmeat.com/celebrity_political_donations/Alicia_Silverstone.php|archive-date=February 5, 2010|access-date=April 25, 2010|publisher=Newsmeat.com}} She supported Barack Obama's presidential candidacy,{{cite web|date=October 27, 2008|title=Photos of Matt Damon, Alicia Silverstone, Kerry Washington at VoteFest '08 Obama Rally in Miami|url=http://popsugar.com/2425847|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090511092921/http://www.popsugar.com/2425847|archive-date=May 11, 2009|access-date=May 8, 2009|website=PopSugar}} and endorsed Senator Bernie Sanders for president in the 2016 U.S. presidential election.{{cite tweet|first=Alicia|last=Silverstone|date=February 11, 2016|user=AliciaSilv|number=697917308681986049|title=This is so moving, a must watch! Takes 2 seconds|access-date=May 26, 2016}} In 2023, Silverstone endorsed Robert F. Kennedy Jr. in the 2024 Democratic primaries and announced that she had left the Democratic Party and registered as an Independent.{{Cite web |last=Parks |first=Kristine |date=June 8, 2023 |title=Alicia Silverstone endorses RFK Jr., says she's no longer a Democrat: 'Disappointed with political leadership' |url=https://www.foxnews.com/media/alicia-silverstone-endorses-rfk-jr-shes-longer-democrat-disappointed-political-leadership |access-date=July 11, 2023 |website=Fox News |language=en-US}}

In 2009, she appeared in "A Gaythering Storm", a Funny or Die spoof Internet video parodying anti-same-sex marriage commercial "Gathering Storm".{{cite web|date=April 21, 2009|title=A Gaythering Storm from Funny Or Die|url=http://www.funnyordie.com/videos/6eddb255b2/a-gaythering-storm|access-date=August 18, 2012|publisher=Funnyordie.com}}

In 2023, Silverstone appeared with her son in a PETA campaign encouraging schools to adopt alternatives to animal dissection.{{Cite web |title=Alicia Silverstone and Her Son Team Up for New PETA Campaign on Animal Dissection in Schools |url=https://people.com/alicia-silverstone-son-bear-team-up-new-peta-campaign-on-animal-dissection-8629191 |access-date=2025-03-02 |website=People.com |language=en}}

Silverstone has two older siblings: a half-sister from her father's previous marriage, Kezi Silverstone, and a brother, David Silverstone.

She married her longtime boyfriend, rock musician Christopher Jarecki, in a beachfront ceremony at Lake Tahoe on June 11, 2005.{{cite web |last=Pasquini |first=Maria |date=February 26, 2018 |title=Alicia Silverstone and Husband Christopher Jarecki Split After 20 Years Together |url=https://people.com/movies/alicia-silverstone-christopher-jarecki-split/ |access-date=January 29, 2025 |work=People}}{{cite web|last=Wihlborg|first=Ulrica|url=https://people.com/celebrity/alicia-silverstone-weds-in-lake-tahoe/|title=Alicia Silverstone Weds in Lake Tahoe|work=People |date=June 13, 2005 |access-date=April 18, 2012}} After meeting outside a theater in 1997, they dated for eight years prior to their marriage.Pener, Degan. "Alicia in Wonderland." InStyle Home spring 2007. They got engaged about a year before their marriage, and Jarecki presented Silverstone with an engagement ring that had belonged to his grandmother.{{cite web|url=https://people.com/archive/alicia-silverstone-christopher-jarecki-love-naturally-vol-63-no-25/|title=Alicia Silverstone & Christopher Jarecki: Love, Naturally|work=People|date=June 27, 2005|access-date=March 1, 2019}}

They lived in an eco-friendly Los Angeles house, with solar panels and an organic vegetable garden. Silverstone had bought the house, shared with a "menagerie of rescued dogs", in 1996.

On May 5, 2011, Silverstone gave birth to a son.{{cite web|last=|first=|date=May 9, 2011|title=It's a Boy for Alicia Silverstone|url=https://people.com/parents/alicia-silverstone-gives-birth-to-a-boy/|access-date=|work=People}} In March 2012, she received media attention for uploading a video of herself feeding chewed food to her son from her own mouth.{{cite web | last=Silverstone |first=Alicia |url=http://thekindlife.com/blog/post/home-video-breakfast-with-baby-bear |title=home video: breakfast with baby bear |date=March 23, 2012 |publisher=The Kind Life | access-date=September 3, 2012}}{{cite news | last=Hanes| first=Stephanie |url=http://www.csmonitor.com/The-Culture/Family/2012/0328/Alicia-Silverstone-taps-long-tradition-of-pre-chewing-baby-food | title=Alicia Silverstone taps long tradition of pre-chewing baby food |newspaper=The Christian Science Monitor |date=March 28, 2012 |access-date=January 6, 2013}}

Jarecki and Silverstone separated in February 2018.{{cite news| url=https://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/alicia-silverstone-husband-christopher-jarecki-separate_us_5a953a98e4b01f65f59a230e| title=Alicia Silverstone And Husband Christopher Jarecki Separate| work=HuffPost| last=Dicker| first=Ron| date=February 27, 2018| access-date= March 26, 2018}} In May 2018, she filed for divorce,{{cite web|url=https://people.com/movies/alicia-silverstone-files-divorce-husband-christopher-jareck/|title=Alicia Silverstone Files for Divorce from Husband Christopher Jarecki After 20 Years Together|last=Miller|first=Mike|work=People|date=May 25, 2018|access-date=May 29, 2018}} and it was finalized in November 2018.{{cite web|url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/life/people/2018/11/27/alicia-silverstone-must-pay-12-k-month-ex-christopher-jarecki/2123430002/|title=Alicia Silverstone agrees to pay ex-husband Christopher Jarecki $12,000 per month|last=McDermott|first=Maeve|work=USA Today|date=November 27, 2018|access-date=December 6, 2018}}

She was awarded a Heart Of Green Award in 2009, which "recognizes individuals, organizations or companies who have helped green go mainstream."{{cite news|url=http://www.thedailygreen.com/environmental-news/latest/alicia-silverstone-kind-diet-47101201|title=Actresses show a Heart of Green|work=NBC News|date=April 28, 2009|access-date=April 13, 2010| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20100417172434/http://www.thedailygreen.com/environmental-news/latest/alicia-silverstone-kind-diet-47101201| archive-date= April 17, 2010 | url-status=live}} In 2010, she was awarded a Voice Of Compassion Award by the Physician's Committee For Responsible Medicine for "shining a spotlight on the powerful health benefits of a vegan diet."{{cite news|url=http://www.thisdishisvegetarian.com/2010/04/0323alicia-silverstone-and-marilu.html|title=Alicia Silverstone and Marilu Henner to receive PCRM's Voice Of Compassion Award|publisher=This Is Dish|date=April 8, 2010|access-date=April 13, 2010| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20100416115923/http://www.thisdishisvegetarian.com/2010/04/0323alicia-silverstone-and-marilu.html| archive-date= April 16, 2010 | url-status=live}} In 2021, she was nominated for the Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Limited Performance in a Children's Program.{{Cite web|url=https://theemmys.tv/day-48th-nominations-childrens-lifestyle/|title=Children's & Lifestyle Nominations – The Emmys|website=theemmys.tv|date=June 28, 2021 }}

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