The cast of ‘Clueless’: Where are they now?

Alicia Silverstone (Cher Horowitz)

Alicia Silverstone effortlessly embodies Cher Horowitz, a “sporadically” intelligent young woman with a deep closet and a rich vocabulary.

Silverstone’s first film appearance was in the 1993 thriller The Crush. She also appeared in several Aerosmith music videos like “Cryin’” and “Crazy” around that time, but Clueless was her breakout role. Her next major movie was the 1997 superhero blockbuster Batman & Robin, in which she played Batgirl. 

She made her Broadway debut in 2002 in a stage version of The Graduate. The following year, she starred on the NBC comedy-drama Miss Match, which won her a Golden Globe for Best Actress — Television Series Musical or Comedy. Silverstone soon advocated for plant-based eating and wrote a book about vegan nutrition, The Kind Diet: A Simple Guide to Feeling Great, Losing Weight, and Saving the Planet, in 2009. This was paired with a website, The Kind Life, which is still active.

In 2012, Silverstone reunited with Clueless writer-director Amy Heckerling for the vampire comedy film Vamps. She also had a recurring role on the ABC sitcom Suburgatory alongside her Clueless castmate Jeremy Sisto. More recently, she’s appeared in The Killing of a Sacred Deer (2017), Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Long Haul (2017), Book Club (2018), Bad Therapy (2020), Reptile (2023), Y2K (2024), and Pretty Thing (2025).

Silverstone stepped back into her iconic yellow plaid outfit in February 2023, reprising her Clueless character in a Super Bowl ad for the online shopping platform Rakuten. She was joined by former costar Elisa Donovan as Amber, reenacting the film’s debate scene.

Reflecting on her connection with her Clueless cohorts, Silverstone told EW about her special bond with Heckerling, whom she’s now collaborating with on the upcoming follow-up series.

“Amy and I have seen each other a lot over the years,” she said in 2023. “In fact, not until I was about 30 did we really, deeply reconnect, just because life goes on and you just sort of go about your business. But when the movie kept getting retrospectives, we just came together and we have this special bond, a love and respect for each other.”

Silverstone was married to rock musician Christopher Jarecki from 2005 to 2018. Their son, Bear, was born in 2011.

Stacey Dash (Dionne Davenport)

Stacey Dash owns every hallway as Cher’s bestie, Dionne, who dazzled audiences with her collection of hair accessories.

Dash started working in Hollywood in the 1980s, notably appearing in the Richard Pryor comedy Moving (1988). She later worked in the Damon Wayans film Mo’ Money (1992) and the Danny DeVito movie Renaissance Man (1994) before landing her breakout role as Dionne. In fact, she was amazed to secure a gig portraying a teenager in Clueless.

“I was 27, and I was playing this high school student,” Dash told EW in October 2012, “and I had a son at home who was 6 years old.”

Still, she was a perfect fit for the part, going on to play Dionne for three seasons on the Clueless spinoff sitcom, which aired on ABC and UPN from 1996 to 1999. Years later, her character was set to lead a separate reboot for Peacock, but the project was canceled in 2021.

Outside of Clueless, Dash appeared in the Kanye West music video for “All Falls Down” in 2004. She later reunited with Clueless director Amy Heckerling in the film I Could Never Be Your Woman (2007). As for television, she had a recurring role on the CW drama The Game from 2009 to 2011 and starred in season 1 of the Queen Latifah VH1 series Single Ladies (2011). In 2014, Dash became a contributor for Fox News, a position she held until 2017.

Dash’s relationship with Alicia Silverstone is still going strong. In 2022, they reunited in a sweet TikTok, proclaiming, “Forever Cher & Dionne BFFs.” 

Dash has two children: a son, Austin, and a daughter, Lola. She’s been married four times. Her most recent marriage was to lawyer Jeffrey Marty from 2018 to 2020.

Brittany Murphy (Tai Frasier)

Brittany Murphy played Tai, the new girl in school whom Cher takes under her wing, but she secretly falls for the wrong guy. 

Clueless was Murphy’s breakthrough film, kicking off an impressive but tragically short career. In 1997, she began voicing Hank’s (voiced by Mike Judge) niece, Luanne, on the Fox animated sitcom King of the Hill, contributing to all 13 seasons. In 1999, she played supporting characters in the psychological drama Girl, Interrupted and the comedy Drop Dead Gorgeous.

In 2023, Alicia Silverstone fondly recalled meeting Murphy. “I always remember when she auditioned for the part,” Silverstone told EW. “It was the first time I was in a casting room where I was not auditioning. I was just there to help them facilitate chemistry reads. I just remember when she came in and did hers, because when she walked out of the room, I was like, ‘You guys! Did you see that?’ As if they wouldn’t know. They were like, ‘Yes, we saw that!’ They were excited too, but it was my first time. She was just so good.”

Murphy landed more film projects in the 2000s, including the 2001 biopic Riding in Cars With Boys, the 2002 drama 8 Mile (as Eminem’s love interest), and the 2003 rom-coms Uptown Girls (opposite a young Dakota Fanning) and Just Married (opposite Ashton Kutcher). She also appeared in the crime anthology film Sin City (2005) and voiced a penguin in the animated musical Happy Feet (2006). 

Murphy married Simon Monjack in 2007. She died suddenly in 2009 at age 32 due to uncertain circumstances. The official cause of death was pneumonia, with complications from anemia and intoxication from legal drugs. The following year, Monjack was also found dead at the home they used to share. Like Murphy, the coroner attributed his death to pneumonia and anemia.

Paul Rudd (Josh Lucas)

After beginning his career with TV appearances on Sisters and Wild Oats, Paul Rudd made his feature film debut in Clueless as Cher’s “kind of a Baldwin” stepbrother, Josh — a role he almost lost after getting a buzz cut just weeks after his audition.

“I went into a restaurant and Amy Heckerling was eating there. She looked at me and froze and said, ‘What did you do?! What did you do to your hair??!'” Rudd recalled during a May 2025 appearance on the Good Hang With Amy Poehler podcast. According to Rudd, Heckerling followed up with: “You auditioned for this part — you were maybe gonna get this part, but you can’t cut your hair.”

Thankfully, Rudd got the gig, which helped launch his film career with comedies like The Object of My Affection (1998), 200 Cigarettes (1999), and Wet Hot American Summer (2001). In 2002, he joined the cast of the NBC sitcom Friends as Phoebe’s (Lisa Kudrow) boyfriend — and eventual husband — Mike.

In the mid-2000s, Rudd began a fruitful collaboration with Judd Apatow, appearing in many of the director-producer’s films, including Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy (2004), The 40-Year-Old Virgin (2005), Knocked Up (2007), Forgetting Sarah Marshall (2008), and This Is 40 (2012). 

Rudd joined the MCU in 2015, starring as the pint-sized superhero Ant-Man. So far, he’s been in five Marvel movies and is set to appear in Avengers: Doomsday in 2026. He’s also become a fixture of the revived Ghostbusters franchise, with the latest film, Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire, premiering in March 2024.

You may have also spotted the actor on Hulu’s hit mystery-comedy Only Murders in the Building when he joined the cast starting in season 3, or alongside Jenna Ortega in the A24 horror comedy Death of a Unicorn (2025). You can catch him next in the upcoming Anaconda reboot with Jack Black.

Rudd married screenwriter and producer Julie Yaeger in 2003. They have two children, Jack and Darby.

Donald Faison (Murray Duvall)

Donald Faison “keeps it real” as Dionne’s boyfriend, Murray, who irritates her by shaving his head and constantly referring to her as “woman.”

Faison didn’t expect Clueless to be as successful as it was. “When we were making the movie, you don’t think the movie’s going to be good,” he told EW in 2012. “You think, ‘I’m making the next License to Drive.’ You think, ‘This movie’s going to be just for teenagers and that’s it.'”

After the film was a hit, Faison appeared on the Clueless sitcom.

Faison costarred in the Denzel Washington feature Remember the Titans (2000) and reunited with Clueless costar Brittany Murphy in Uptown Girls.

The actor is best known for his starring role as Dr. Chris Turk in the ABC/NBC medical comedy Scrubs, which ran from 2001 to 2010. Following that hit series, Faison led the TV Land sitcom The Exes from 2011 to 2015 and NBC’s Extended Family from 2023 to 2024.

Faison and Lisa Askey were married from 2001 to 2005. Together, they had three children: Kobe, Kaya, and Dade. He married his second wife, CaCee Cobb, in 2012, and they have two children, Rocco and Wilder. He also has a son, Sean, with ex-girlfriend Audrey Ince.

Elisa Donovan (Amber Mariens)

Elisa Donovan steps into the role of Amber, Cher’s jealous high school rival who popularized the hand gesture for “whatever.”

Donovan was another Clueless star who went on to appear on the spinoff series. She then moved on to the ABC sitcom Sabrina the Teenage Witch, playing Morgan Cavanaugh in the show’s last three seasons from 2000 to 2003.

In 2009, Donovan costarred in the ABC Family TV movie The Dog Who Saved Christmas with Dean Cain and Mario Lopez. She soon appeared in the 2010 sequel and four more direct-to-DVD films over the next five years.

Donovan wrote a memoir in 2021 called Wake Me When You Leave: Love and Encouragement via Dreams From the Other Side.

She married Charlie Bigelow in 2012. The couple shares one daughter, Scarlett Avery Bigelow.

Breckin Meyer (Travis Birkenstock)

Breckin Meyer earns extra credit as Travis, the skateboarding burnout who wins Tai’s heart. 

Meyer was often recognized following his appearance in the hit movie, telling EW in 2012, “Someone came up to me once and — very serious and teary-eyed — said, ‘I just want you to know that when I saw Clueless and I saw Travis decide to go into a 12-step program, that’s when I decided to get sober.’ There was a part of me that was like, ‘Wow, that’s amazing.’ And there was another part of me that was like, ‘Are you serious? Because I’m pretty sure Travis might have relapsed. But I’m happy you found that.'”

After Clueless, Meyer starred in the comedy films Road Trip (2000), Rat Race (2001), and Herbie: Fully Loaded (2005) while voicing Joseph Gribble on the animated series King of the Hill with Clueless castmate Brittany Murphy from 2000 to 2010. He also played Jon Arbuckle in two live-action Garfield movies (2004, 2006). 

Meyer costarred with Mark-Paul Gosselaar on the TNT dramedy Franklin & Bash from 2011 to 2014, and he appeared in the final season of NBC’s crime drama Good Girls (2021).

Meyer was married to screenwriter and director Deborah Kaplan from 2001 to 2014. They share two daughters, Caitlyn and Clover. In February 2024, it was confirmed that Meyer is dating influencer Kelly Rizzo, the widow of comedian Bob Saget (who died in 2022).

Jeremy Sisto (Elton Tiscia)

Jeremy Sisto gives ’90s himbo energy as Elton, the most popular boy at Bronson Alcott High, who misinterprets Cher’s attempts to set him up with Tai. Decades later, he’s still marveling at being in Clueless.

“I’m just sort of honored to be a part of it,” Sisto told TV Insider in July 2023. “I don’t even understand why it is as special as it is because when I watch it, I was there and I can’t sort of get my head around the magic of it, but whatever that magic sauce is that makes it able for anyone going through that time in their lives to connect to and just enjoy (it) so much is really specific and very difficult to pull off.”

Sisto followed his Clueless success with parts in the crime thriller Suicide Kings (1997) and the indie drama Thirteen (2003). He also portrayed the title character on the Italian miniseries Jesus (1999).

From 2001 to 2005, Sisto played Billy Chenowith on the acclaimed HBO drama Six Feet Under. In 2008, he joined the long-running NBC police procedural Law & Order, appearing as Det. Cyrus Lupo in seasons 18 through 20. The actor led the ABC sitcom Suburgatory, which ran from 2011 to 2014; in the first season, Clueless star Alicia Silverstone played his love interest. He currently stars in Dick Wolf’s crime drama series FBI, which began airing in 2018.

Sisto wed actress Marisa Ryan in 1993. Though they separated two days later, the couple remained legally married until their divorce in 2002. He had a daughter, Charlie, with girlfriend Addie Lane in 2009; the pair married later that year. In 2012, they welcomed a second child, son Bastian.

Dan Hedaya (Mel Horowitz)

Dan Hedaya runs a tight ship as Cher’s litigator dad, one of the “scariest kinds of lawyers.”

“The whole experience was beautiful, working with Amy (Heckerling) and working with Alicia (Silverstone), Brittany (Murphy) — may she rest in peace — and Paul (Rudd),” Hedaya told Today in July 2020. “It’s discovered by each new generation. The movie, for a teenager, is bursting with life…and there’s a great spirit about the movie.”

Mel Horowitz is one of many supporting parts in Hedaya’s career, which includes Blood Simple (1984), The Addams Family (1991), The Usual Suspects (1995), The First Wives Club (1996), A Night at the Roxbury (1998), Dick (1999), and The Crew (2000).

Hedaya is also remembered as Carla Tortelli’s (Rhea Perlman) ex-husband on the NBC sitcom Cheers, a role he began in 1984. The character later had a short-lived spinoff, The Tortellis, in 1987.

Wallace Shawn (Mr. Hall)

Wallace Shawn is easily lovable as Mr. Hall, the well-meaning teacher whose grading softens after Cher pairs him with Miss Geist (Twink Caplan). Reflecting on the film years later, Shawn sees the film as something genuinely warm-hearted.

“The Clueless fans, of course, they tend to be rather smart and people of good will,” he told Today in July 2020. “I meet people all the time who love that movie, probably because it’s a world where people are very fond of each other and the paranoia and hatred of the real world is left far behind.”

Shawn and André Gregory wrote and starred in the unusual 1981 comedy-drama My Dinner With Andre, which consists of a single conversation over dinner. He is also well-known for playing Vizzini in The Princess Bride (1987) and voicing the dinosaur Rex in the Toy Story franchise since 1995. In addition to Clueless director Amy Heckerling’s comedy Vamps, he’s also landed gigs in The Incredibles (2004) and Marriage Story (2019).

As for television, Shawn appeared in season 1 of the Clueless sitcom in 1996 and had recurring parts on The Cosby Show, Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, The L Word, Gossip Girl, and Young Sheldon.

Shawn lives with his partner, writer and professor Deborah Eisenberg.

Twink Caplan (Miss Geist)

Twink Caplan plays Miss Geist, the frazzled teacher whose runny stockings and smudged lipstick are “screaming for a makeover” from Cher and Dionne.

“Kudos to Amy Heckerling because this movie that she wrote and directed was so amazing and put every one of us actors in the stratosphere because of it, and she’s so loved,” she told Today in July 2020. “The one amazing thing about Clueless is you can watch it over and over and over, and the lines still resonate — and the jokes — and it’s still relevant today.”

Caplan played Kirstie Alley’s best friend in Amy Heckerling’s 1989 blockbuster Look Who’s Talking and returned for the 1990 sequel. Following her success as an actor and associate producer in Clueless, she reprised Miss Geist in season 1 of the spinoff sitcom, for which she also served as an executive producer. 

Caplan produced the films Loser (2000) and I Could Never Be Your Woman (2007).  She’s also appeared in episodes of Frasier, CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, Community, and Bad Teacher.