Actress, author and advocate Selma Blair will speak at UB on March 15 to close the 2022-23 Distinguished Speakers Series.

The talk will take place at 7 p.m. in the Mainstage Theatre in the Center for the Arts, North Campus.

Blair’s longstanding and versatile career began with roles in such pop culture classics as “Cruel Intentions,” and she is perhaps best known for her scene-stealing performance as Vivian Kensington in the romantic comedy “Legally Blonde,” alongside Reese Witherspoon. Other film credits include “The Sweetest Thing,” Guillermo del Toro’s “Hellboy” and “Hellboy II: The Golden Army,” and the comedy/horror thriller “Mom and Dad,” alongside Nicolas Cage.

On television, Blair starred as Kim on NBC’s “Kath & Kim” from 2008-09, and has made memorable guest star appearances on such shows as “Friends,” “Another Life,” “Heathers,” “Portlandia” and “Web Therapy.”

Blair was among the Silence Breakers of the #MeToo movement selected as TIME magazine’s “People of The Year” in 2017. 

In May, Blair released her first memoir, “Mean Baby,” in which she documents an addiction to alcohol, her devotion to her brilliant and complicated mother, the moments she flirted with death, and her diagnosis with multiple sclerosis.

Her journey with MS is also documented in the film “Introducing, Selma Blair,” which premiered to rave reviews at the 2021 SXSW Festival, where the feature won the Special Jury Recognition for Exceptional Intimacy in Storytelling. The film also won the New York Women in Film & Television Documentary Award at the Hamptons Film Festival and received three Critics Choice Documentary Award nominations, including Best Documentary Feature. After opening in theaters in fall 2021, it was subsequently released on Discovery+.

Tickets for Blair’s lecture range from $50 to $70 and can be purchased online through Ticketmaster or in person at the Center for the Arts box office from noon to 6 p.m. Tuesday through Friday.

Submit your question for Blair in advance.