Chloë Sevigny

Chloë Stevens Sevigny (born November 18, 1974) is 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.