| Chloe Stevens Sevigny is an Academy Award and Golden Globe-nominated American actress. Sevigny, who became well known for starring in a string of critically acclaimed, well received independent films in the 1990s, experienced her mainstream breakout role as Lana in Boys Don't Cry (1999), for which she received an Oscar and Golden Globe nomination for Best Supporting Actress. Sevigny is known today for her role as Lana, as well as Nicki Grant, on the American television, series Big Love, playing a woman married to a polygamist. She has 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". Sevigny is well known today for her fashion icon status. She appeared on the album cover of The Gigolo Aunts' 1994 recording Flippin' Out. She made her debut in the controversial low budget film independent film Kids (1995) The film was written by independent filmmaker Harmony Korine, with whom she has been romantically involved off. The film was given an NC-17 rating by the MPAA for its graphic sexuality involving minors, and drug use. Sevigny then starred in the critically divisive, cult classic Gummo (1997), directed and written by Korine. This followed with roles in other independent films such as Palmetto (1997) and The Last Days of Disco (1998). In 2006, Sevigny co-starred in a new HBO television series, Big Love, about a family of polygamists. She plays the conniving, shopaholic daughter of a cult leader. She also had roles in Catherine and Peter, scheduled for 2008, and Zodiac, which was released in early 2007. Sevigny currently owns an apartment in East Village in Manhattan, which she bought for .2 million in 2006. While her romantic life is often hidden from the limelight, Sevigny has been romantically linked to actors such as Vincent Gallo, Jared Leto, and Leonardo DiCaprio as well as filmmakers Jesse Richards and Harmony Korine.
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