Selma Blair Is Back: Beloved ’90s Star Returns to Acting After Thinking She’d Never Work Again

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There’s something deeply personal about watching an actress who shaped your teenage years fight her way back to the screen. 

For those who came of age with Selma Blair — who watched her deliver that iconic kiss in “Cruel Intentions,” cheered for her as the perfectly neurotic Vivian Kensington in “Legally Blonde,” and laughed until we cried at her antics in “The Sweetest Thing” — her return to acting feels like welcoming back an old friend.

The 53-year-old actress, who was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis (MS) in August 2018, appeared on the Jan. 26 episode of “Today with Jenna & Sheinelle” with news that many of her longtime fans have been waiting years to hear. 

She’s working again, and she’s doing well.

Selma Blair thought she would never act again

In the candid interview with hosts Jenna Bush Hager and Sheinelle Jones, Selma Blair opened up about where she stands ...