Chloë Stevens Sevigny (born November 18, 1974) is an American film actress, fashion designer, and former model. Her last name is pronounced say-veen-yee in French origin (Sévigny), although she herself has stated in interviews that she pronounces it as seven-knee.12 Sevigny became known for her highly individual style and broad 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.3
Sevigny made her film debut with a leading role in the controversial Larry Clark film Kids (1995), which was the beginning of a long line of roles in generally well-received independent and often avant-garde films which she starred in throughout the decade. It wasn't until 1999 that Sevigny gained serious critical and commercial recognition, for her first mainstream role in Boys Don't Cry. For her supporting performance Sevigny received Oscar and Golden Globe nominations for Best Supporting Actress. Sevigny has continued acting in mostly independent, 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, for which she received a Golden Globe for Best Supporting Actress in a Series, Miniseries, or Television Film in 2010.
In addition to her work in film and television, Sevigny also has two off-Broadway theatre credits, and has starred in several music videos, including "Gamma Ray" by Beck in 2008. Sevigny, who has shown consistent interest in the fashion world, has also pursued such work, designing several vintage style clothing lines, first beginning in 2006.
Early life
Born Chloë Stevens Sevigny in Springfield, Massachusetts,45 Sevigny was raised in Darien, Connecticut by her mother Janine (née Malinowski) and father H. David Sevigny, an accountant turned interior painter.5 Sevigny's mother is a Polish American6 who grew up in Roxborough7 and her father is of French Canadian heritage; he died from cancer in 1996.5 She has an older sibling, Paul, who is now a New York DJ. Sevigny often spent summers attending theater camp, and had always "aspired to be an actress".1 She was raised in a strict Roman Catholic household,89 and attended Darien High School. While in high school, she babysat Topher Grace on several occasions. Despite the reputation of the community of Darien for being wealthy, Sevigny has stated that her parents kept a "frugal" household, and that she worked as a teenager sweeping the tennis courts of a country club her family could not afford to join.10
During her teenager years, Sevigny became something of a rebel, describing her hometown of Darien as "Aryan Darien"11 and attempting to break free of the high class, "Ivy League" reputation of the community. Sevigny openly admitted to experimenting with drugs as a teenager, especially hallucinogens, but said she was never a "good drug user"; despite this, she was sent to Alcoholics Anonymous meetings by her parents after indulging in marijuana and hallucinogenic drugs.12 “I had a great family life — I would never want it to look as if it reflected on them. I think I was very bored, and I did just love taking hallucinogens ... But I often feel it’s because I experimented when I was younger that I have no interest as an adult. I know a lot of adults who didn’t, and it’s much more dangerous when you start experimenting [with drugs] as an adult", she told The Times in 2007. She often described herself as a "loner" in high school. Her only extracurricular activity was occasionally skateboarding with her older brother, and she spent most of her free time in her bedroom: "It was more interesting than the boys in Darien. Mostly I sewed. I had nothing better to do, so I made my own clothes."11
At age 18, Sevigny, whose aspirations for a future career were something in the "fashion industry",11 made a permanent residence in New York City, and moved into an apartment in Brooklyn. There, in 1993, after hanging out with Manhattan skateboarders, she 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.5 She later modeled 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 and wrote a seven-page article about her for The New Yorker in which he dubbed her the new "it-girl".13 She appeared on the album cover of Gigolo Aunts' 1994 recording Flippin' Out and the EP Full-On Bloom,14 as well as in The Lemonheads' music video for "Big Gay Heart".
Career
Early work, 1995–1999
Sevigny encountered young screenwriter and aspiring director Harmony Korine in Washington Square Park in New York City, during the early 1990s.15 The two struck up a friendship, which resulted in her being cast in the low-budget independent film Kids (1995).51617 Directed by Larry Clark and written by Korine—Sevigny plays Jennie—a New York teenager who discovers she is HIV-positive. According to Sevigny, she was originally cast in a much smaller role in the film, but got the role of Jennie after replacing Canadian actress Mia Kirshner. Kirshner had originally been the only professional actor cast, but producer Christine Vachon felt that "there was something that separated her from the rest of the kids", and the leading role went to the then-19-year-old Sevigny.11819 Hugely controversial; the film was given an NC-17 rating by the Motion Picture Association of America for its graphic depiction of sexuality and recreational drug use involving teenagers. Despite its controversy and somewhat negative publicity, Kids was taken note of critically and commercially: respected film critic Janet Maslin considered the film a "wake-up call to the modern world" about the nature of the youth in urban life at the time.20
Sevigny followed Kids with the independent film Trees Lounge (1996), starring in a relatively small role as the object of Steve Buscemi's affection, who also directed the film. Sevigny then starred in and worked as a fashion designer on Gummo (1997),21 directed and written by Harmony Korine, who was romantically involved with Sevigny during filming.2221 The film details the dysfunctional lives of residents of Xenia, Ohio. Gummo was as equally controversial as Sevigny's debut; the film depicts an array of nihilistic, unconventional characters in a poverty-stricken small-town America, and faces issues such as drug and sexual abuse as well as mental illness and suicide, among others. The film received a limited release with an NC-17 rating in the United States on October 17, 1997.23 Sevigny then starred in the 1998 neo-noir thriller Palmetto, directed by Volker Schlöndorff, playing Florida kidnappee victim Odette alongside Woody Harrelson and Elisabeth Shue.
She then had a leading role as an Ivy League graduate in the sardonic period piece The Last Days of Disco (1998), alongside Kate Beckinsale. The film was written and directed by cult director Whit Stillman and details the rise and fall of the Manhattan club scene in the "very early 1980s".24 Stillman said of Sevigny: "Chloë is a natural phenomenon. You're not directing, she's not performing — it's just real."21 Janet Maslin of The New York Times wrote that Sevigny "is seductively demure" in her performance as Alice.25 The film was generally well-received, however was not a box-office success in the United States, only grossing $3 million26—it has since become somewhat of a success as a cult film, receiving a DVD release by the elite Criterion Collection.27
Breakthrough, 1999–2004
Sevigny was cast in the independent drama Boys Don't Cry (1999) after director Kimberly Pierce saw her performance in The Last Days of Disco.21 Sevigny's role in Boys Don't Cry, a biopic of transman Brandon Teena,28 who was raped and murdered in 1993 in Humboldt, Nebraska, was responsible for her rise to prominence and her mainstream success.2930 Sevigny plays Lana Tisdel, a young woman who fell in love with Teena, initially unknowing to the fact that he was born female but willing to continue their relationship despite learning of Brandon's birth gender. Boys Don't Cry was extremely well-received by critics, and was a moderate box office success, grossing $11 million domestically.31 Sevigny's performance was particularly embraced: The Los Angeles Times noted that Sevigny "plays the role with haunting immediacy"32, Roger Ebert of The Chicago Sun Times stated that "it is Sevigny who provides our entrance into the story"33 and Rolling Stone wrote that Sevigny gives a "performance that burns into the memory".34 The role earned Sevigny Best Supporting Actress nominations for both an Academy Award and a Golden Globe Award.35 Sevigny won an Independent Spirit Award, a Satellite Award, and a Sierra Award for her performance.3637 Following Boys Don't Cry, Sevigny had a supporting role in American Psycho (2000), based on the hugely controversial 1991 novel by Bret Easton Ellis. Sevigny plays Christian Bale's characters office assistant. She also reunited with Kids writer and Gummo director Harmony Korine for the experimental piece Julien Donkey-Boy (1999), playing the pregnant sister of a schizophrenic man. The character was in sharp contrast to her role in the comedy drama film A Map of the World (1999), alongside Sigourney Weaver and Julianne Moore, which centers around a woman's life that falls apart after an accident takes place on her property.
Between 1998 and 2000, Sevigny moved back to Connecticut to live with her mother, and appeared in the Emmy Award-winning television movie If These Walls Could Talk 2 (2000), the sequel to the successful HBO television drama-film If These Walls Could Talk (1996).21 In the sequel, Sevigny plays the butch lover of actress Michelle Williams. Sevigny reportedly took the role in the film in order to help pay her mother's mortgage payment, and has credited it as the only film she ever made for financial benefit.21 Following this appearance, Sevigny was approached for a supporting role in the 2001 comedy Legally Blonde alongside Reese Witherspoon and offered $500,000; however she declined and the role was given to Selma Blair.21 Sevigny instead starred in the French neo-noir thriller Demonlover (2002) alongside Connie Nielsen; in order to prepare for the role, she was required to learn her lines in French.17 In 2003, Sevigny had a bit part in Death of a Dynasty, followed by a semi-large role in Party Monster (2003), playing a friend and fellow club kid of Michael Alig (played by Macaulay Culkin).
Sevigny then obtained a role in Lars von Trier's parable film Dogville (2003), playing one of the various residents of a small mountain town, alongside Nicole Kidman, Lauren Bacall, and Paul Bettany. She also had a small unrelated role in the sequel to Dogville, titled Manderlay (2005). The sequel featured Bryce Dallas Howard in Kidman's role, and took place after the events in Dogville. Sevigny also had a large supporting role in 2003's Shattered Glass, which tells the true story of fraudulent Washington D.C. journalist Stephen Glass, alongside Hayden Christensen (playing Glass), Melanie Lynskey, and her former Boys Don't Cry co-star Peter Sarsgaard. The film was generally well-received by critics. Finishing out 2003, Sevigny garnered a major supporting role as a fellow Manhattanite in Woody Allen's two-sided tragedy/comedy Melinda and Melinda, alongside Radha Mitchell and Jonny Lee Miller.
The Brown Bunny controversy and aftermath, 2004–2006
In 2003, Sevigny took on the lead female role in the art house film The Brown Bunny, after Kirsten Dunst and Winona Ryder were turned down. The Brown Bunny details a lonely traveling motorcycle racer reminiscing of his former lover. The film achieved notoriety for its final scene, which involves Sevigny performing alleged unsimulated fellatio on co-star and director Vincent Gallo.2138 The film premiered at the Cannes Film Festival, and opened to significant controversy and criticism from both audiences and critics alike. Sevigny was reportedly brought to tears after giving a press conference for the film's Cannes Film Festival screening.39 She went on to defend the movie, saying "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."40414243 After the film's release at the 2003 Cannes Film Festival, the William Morris Agency dropped Sevigny as a client.4445 The Agency believed the scene was "one step above pornography", and claimed that Sevigny's career "may never recover".46 Sevigny's spokesperson, Amanda Horton, however, responded by stating that Sevigny had made a personal choice to resign from the agency, and the she was never "dropped" in the first place.43 In an interview with The Telegraph in 2003, Sevigny reflected on the film, and when asked if she regretted it, responded: "No, I was always committed to the project on the strength of Vincent alone. I have faith in his aesthetic, so I knew it wouldn't be gratuitous or anything... there was a time when we [herself and Gallo] did not speak. But people change, and everyone's done things they regret, and things they don't regret. I try to forgive and forget, otherwise I'd just become a bitter old lady."47
And, despite the large backlash toward the film, some critics praised Sevigny's daring decision; Manohlia Dargis of The New York Times, when reviewing the film, ended her article with: "Even in the age of girls gone wild it's genuinely startling to see a name actress throw caution and perhaps her career to the wind. But give the woman credit. Actresses have been asked and even bullied into performing similar acts for filmmakers since the movies began, usually behind closed doors. Ms. Sevigny isn't hiding behind anyone's desk. She says her lines with feeling and puts her iconoclasm right out there where everyone can see it; she may be nuts, but she's also unforgettable."48
Despite the William Morris Agency's disapproval of Sevigny's work in The Brown Bunny (and fear that the actress may have forever tarnished her career), she still gained several roles in film and television directly following the premiere of the film. In 2004, Sevigny guest-starred on the popular television show Will & Grace, playing a lesbian partner of Edie Falco. A string of film roles followed for the actress, including a bit part alongside Bill Murray in Broken Flowers as Jessica Lange's secretary. Sevigny followed this by playing a novice nun who makes great sacrifices to ease the spread of AIDS in an African village in the film 3 Needles (2005), alongside Olympia Dukakis and Sandra Oh. Sevigny's performance in the film was praised: Dennis Harvey of Variety called her performance in the film "convincing"49, while Kevin Thomas of the Los Angeles Times also referred to Sevigny as "ever-daring and shrewd".50 After completing 3 Needles, Sevigny starred as the lead character in the 2006 experimental art house film Lying with Jena Malone and Leelee Sobieski, playing a pathological liar who gathers three female acquaintances for a weekend at her country house; the film premiered at the Cannes Film Festival in 2006, but was not available in the United States until its home video release in spring 2009. She also played one of the leading characters in the 2006 Canadian remake of Brian DePalma's horror film Sisters, as a nosy reporter who witnesses a murder; this film also never saw a theatrical release.
2006 to the present
In 2006, Sevigny attained a starring role in the critically-acclaimed HBO television series Big Love, about a family of polygamists. She plays the conniving, shopaholic daughter of a cult leader and second wife to a polygamist husband. As of 2010, she is still actively working on the television series. She also had roles in Peter and Catherine, scheduled for release in 2009, and played Jake Gyllenhaal's wife in David Fincher's critically-acclaimed true-crime thriller film Zodiac, which was released in early 2007. The controversy surrounding The Brown Bunny followed Sevigny for some time: while promoting the new HBO television series Big Love in 2006, Joy Behar of The View brought up the scene from The Brown Bunny in an interview with Sevigny and Big Love co-star Bill Paxton. Sevigny and Paxton were described as going "ballistic" off camera, and although Sevigny had openly talked about the film prior, Paxton didn't want her to "have to relive it" and purportedly vowed to never appear on the daytime talk show again.51
In October 2007 the French fashion house Chloé announced that she would be one of the spokesmodels for their new fragrance. In addition, she has been in a number of cover photo shoots and interviews, such as in the January 2007 issue of House and Garden titled "Subversive Spirit". Sevigny is currently releasing a clothing line in conjunction with downtown New York City boutique Opening Ceremony, which is expected to open in mid 2008.52 She also starred in Smog's 2006 film clip for "Mother of the World". Sevigny also has several film projects that are currently in post-production, including two comedy films: Barry Munday and Mr. Nice; as well as My Son, My Son, What Have Ye Done, a true-crime/horror film based on murderer Mark Yarovsky, produced by David Lynch.53 In 2008, Sevigny starred in the video to Beck's "Gamma Ray", and featured in the Coconut Records video "Any Fun" alongside skateboarder Mark Gonzales. She also had a role in The Killing Room, a psychological horror film about a governmental research study and its human subjects; the film debuted at the Sundance Film Festival in January 2009, and was released on DVD in the United States that fall.
As of 2009, Sevigny is still continuing work on Big Love, with the show's fourth season slated to air in January 2010. As with many other films in Sevigny's career, the television series has also ignited bits of controversy due to its dealings with polygamy, Mormon compounds, and alternative lifestyle; during a table interview by the Los Angeles Times with her cast members, Sevigny said: "I think the mainstream, perhaps, has a harder time embracing our show. But they have these shows with gay characters that are really embraced; it seems that's more acceptable... I think mainstream America does have a problem with the show, because of the subject".54
On January 17, 2010, Sevigny won a Golden Globe award for Best Supporting Actress – Series, Miniseries or Television Film for her role on Big Love. The series itself also received nominations in two other categories.55
Personal life
Sevigny owns an apartment in East Village, Manhattan, which she purchased for $1.2 million in 2006.5657 Although her father died when she was in her early 20s, Sevigny stated in a 2006 interview with Selma Blair that she came from a "close-knit" family, that she speaks to her mother "every day", and that her brother lives three blocks away from her Manhattan apartment.58
Interests
Sevigny has expressed interest in fashion design consistently throughout her acting career, particularly because of her former fashion model past and the growing interest in it that began in her childhood years. She has stated in interviews that she would play dress up as a child with trunks of clothing her mother would buy for her at local thrift shops; she described it as "instinctual" for her.59 Sevigny has since released several collections designed by herself as well in collaboration with others, first beginning in 2007. Her most recent collection was a new line of unisex/men's clothing released in fall 2009.60 Her clothing collections have generally been vintage in style. In a 2000 interview, she cited the Australian film Picnic at Hanging Rock (1975), which features schoolgirls dressed in elaborate Victorian clothing, as an inspiration for her clothing style; she has also cited it as one of her favorite films.59
She is also a fan of 1980s rock band The Smiths, and particularly the lead singer, Morrissey: "It went way beyond the Smiths for me. Like, I’m a stalker... not really! But I did drive past Morrissey’s house and I followed him on tour for 10 shows. I don’t want to meet him, though. I’d be too nervous. I’d make a fool of myself. His manager saw me on the tour in Boston and told me, ‘I said to Morrissey, “That girl Chloë is there.” Morrissey said, “You mean the model?”’ And I wanted to kill myself that he thinks I’m a model, not an actress. God. That’s disappointing".61 During the same interview, which entailed Sevigny's musical tastes, she also listed Kate Bush, Slint, Brian Eno, and Nico as musicians whose albums she loved.61
Religion
Sevigny is a practicing Roman Catholic, although she admits she rebelled against the church as a teenager after growing up in a fairly strict household. She said that her yearning to attend church services again was re-ignited when she played a Satan-worshipping, Pentecostal teenage murderer in a 1998 off-Broadway production of Hazelwood Junior High: "I had to murder this girl every night on stage, and you know, sodomize her and light her on fire and I got really disturbed. I started having nightmares and thinking horrible things."9
Relationships
Sevigny has pursued various relationships with high-profile men throughout her life. She stated in an interview with the gay male-aimed Genre Magazine that she has had "lesbian tendencies her whole life", and that she was "teased in school by the other kids" who would call her a lesbian, but that she "has never had a full-on relationship [with a woman]".62 In 2006 she stated to the New York Post Gossip column: "I've questioned issues of gender and sexuality since I was a teenager, and I did some experimenting."63 Sevigny has also accumulated a fairly large gay fanbase due to her appearances in LGBT-themed films (Boys Don't Cry, If These Walls Could Talk 2, Party Monster). Following her relationship with Harmony Korine (which ended in the late 1990s), Sevigny dated Matt McAuley, a member of the noise-rock band A.R.E. Weapons. The two were together for eight years, but eventually ended their relationship in late 2007.64
Filmography
See also
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