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Before she became an actress, Chloë
Sevigny was Jay McInerney's "It" girl. After sighting the young Sevigny on
the streets of New York, where she repeatedly drew notice for her
distinct, idiosyncratic fashion sense, the yuppie author was moved to
dedicate a seven-page New Yorker spread to her, in the course of which he
anointed her with said title. Whether or not she was "It," Sevigny did
enjoy a rudimentary helping of fame: at the time, she was an intern at
Sassy magazine, where she had been employed after magazine writers spotted
her and used her as a model for their publication.
Born in the wealthy, conservative suburb of Darien, Connecticut in 1975,
Sevigny began hanging out in New York as a teenager. After her initial
recognition from Sassy and McInerney, she made her screen debut in Larry
Clark's Kids. Sevigny played one of the few sympathetic characters in the
controversial 1995 film, a teen infected with AIDS by the so-called
"virgin surgeon" to whom she had lost her virginity. The following year,
she appeared as a bored Long Island teen in Steve Buscemi's directorial
debut, Trees Lounge, and then went on to collaborate with Kids
screenwriter and then-boyfriend Harmony Korine on Gummo (1997). Her
pairing with the iconoclastic Korine led one magazine to dub them as the
new John Cassavetes and Gena Rowlands, but the film was savaged by some
critics and virtually ignored by its intended arthouse audience.
More substantial luck greeted Sevigny in her 1998 role in Whit Stillman's
The Last Days of Disco; the film won a number of positive reviews, with
praise for Sevigny's portrayal of a thoughtful Hampshire graduate trying
to make it in the publishing world. The actress' other film that year, the
little-seen Palmetto, cast her as a millionaire's stepdaughter. Sevigny
was back the following year in A Map of the World, which premiered at the
Toronto Film Festival; Boys Don't Cry, in which she played the girlfriend
of Brandon Teena, a real-life girl who passed as a boy; and Julien
Donkey-Boy, her third collaboration with screenwriter-turned-director
Korine. Sevigny's role in Boys Don't Cry courted particular notice and
critical praise, earning Sevigny Best Supporting Actress Golden Globe and
Oscar nominations. Further notice greeted her part in American Psycho,
Mary Harron's incredibly controversial 2000 adaptation of Bret Easton
Ellis' novel of the same name.
Continuing to appear in such features as Demonlover and Party Monster in
2003, Sevigny once again found herself involved in a controversial film
with her role in Vincent Gallo's The Brown Bunny. Premiering to much
critical derision at the 2003 Cannes Film Festival (film critic Roger
Ebert was quoted as saying it may be the worst film in the history of the
festival), Sevigny shocked audiences by performing fellatio on the
director/star in the film's explicit coda. |
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Catherine and Peter (2007)
Zodiac (2007) .... Melanie
"Big Love" .... Nicolette Grant (13 episodes, 2006-2007)
- Good Guys and Bad Guys (2007) TV Episode .... Nicolette Grant
- The Ceremony (2006) TV Episode .... Nicolette Grant
- Where There's a Will (2006) TV Episode .... Nicolette Grant
- The Baptism (2006) TV Episode .... Nicolette Grant
- A Barbecue for Betty (2006) TV Episode .... Nicolette Grant
(8 more)
Sisters (2006) .... Grace Collier
Lying (2006) .... Megan
Mrs. Harris (2005) (TV) .... Lynne Tryforos
3 Needles (2005) .... Sister Clara
Broken Flowers (2005) .... Carmen's Assistant
Manderlay (2005) .... Philomena
... aka Manderlay (France)
Melinda and Melinda (2004) .... Laurel
"Will & Grace" .... Monet (1 episode, 2004)
- East Side Story (2004) TV Episode .... Monet
Shattered Glass (2003) .... Caitlin Avey
The Brown Bunny (2003) .... Daisy
Dogville (2003) .... Liz Henson
... aka Dogville (France)
... aka U - Der Film 'Dogville' erzählt in neun Kapiteln und einem
Prolog. (Germany)
Death of a Dynasty (2003) .... Sexy Woman No. 1
Party Monster (2003) .... Gitsie
Demonlover (2002) .... Elise Lipsky
Ten Minutes Older: The Trumpet (2002) .... (segment "Int. Trailer
Night")
If These Walls Could Talk 2 (2000) (TV) .... Amy (segment "1972")
American Psycho (2000) .... Jean
A Map of the World (1999) .... Carole Mackessy
... aka Unschuldig verfolgt (Germany)
Julien Donkey-Boy (1999) (as Chloe Sevigny) .... Pearl
... aka Dogme # 6 - Julien Donkey-Boy (USA: series title)
Boys Don't Cry (1999) .... Lana Tisdel
The Last Days of Disco (1998) .... Alice Kinnon
Palmetto (1998) (as Chloe Sevigny) .... Odette
... aka Dumme sterben nicht aus
Gummo (1997) .... Dot
Trees Lounge (1996) (as Chloe Sevigny) .... Debbie
Kids (1995) (as Chloe Sevigny) .... Jennie |
