theOscarSite Facts:
Birth Name:
  • Chloë Stevens Sevigny
Birth Date:
  • 18 November 1974
Birthplace:
  • Darien, Connecticut
Quote:
  • "I'll never be a star in America ... it's fine. I don't want to be ... Not in that way. In a Sissy Spacek way. In a Shelley Duvall way. In a Sandy Dennis way. That's how I'd like to be a star. But movies aren't as good now as they were in the '70s." -- Time Out New York, May 7-14, 1998
Factoids:
  • Worked as an intern at Sassy magazine (1993)
  • Initially auditioned for the role of Brandon in BOYS DON'T CRY (1999)
Significant Other(s):
  • Harmony Korine, screenwriter, director; have on-again, off-again relationship since their teens
  • Jarvis Cocker, musician; frontman for band Pulp; dated 1998-99
Family:
  • Father: H. David Sevigny, accountant; d. February 1996
  • Mother: Janine Malinowski
  • Brother: Paul Sevigny, DJ; b. 1972
Feature Film
Credits:
  • The Killing Room (2008)
    Zodiac (2007)
    Sisters (2006)
    Lying (2006)
    3 Needles (2005)
    Broken Flowers (2005)
    Manderlay (2005)
    Melinda and Melinda (2004)
    The Brown Bunny (2003)
    Shattered Glass (2003)
    Dogville (2003)
    Party Monster (2003)
  • Demonlover (2002)
    Ten Minutes Older: The Trumpet (2002, segment "Int. Trailer Night")
    American Psycho (2000)
    Boys Don't Cry (1999)
    Julien Donkey-Boy (1999)
    A Map of the World (1999)
    Palmetto (1998)
    The Last Days of Disco (1998)
    Gummo (1997)
    Trees Lounge (1996)
    Kids (1995)
Academy Awards®:
  •  Nominated for Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role 1999: BOYS DON'T CRY

  • 1 nomination