| Alicia Silverstone was born in San Francisco,
California, the daughter of Deirdre "Didi" (née Radford), a Scottish-born
former flight attendant who worked for Pan Am, and Monty Silverstone, an
English-born real-estate investor.[1][2] Silverstone was raised in a "traditional
Jewish household"; her father, a native of East London, is Jewish, and her
mother converted to Conservative Judaism before marriage.[3] Silverstone
is the youngest of three children and also has a half-sister, London-based
rock singer Kezi Silverstone, and a half-brother, David Silverstone, both
from her father's previous marriage. Silverstone attended Crocker Middle
School, then San Mateo High School but did not complete her high school
studies. Silverstone visited England over a summer during childhood. When
she was six, she began modeling and was subsequently cast in television
commercials, the first being for Domino's Pizza. She acquired some early
modeling and advertising work and was eventually cast as 'dream girl' Jessica
on The Wonder Years. |
