Selma Blair Tapped to Play Kris Jenner on 'American Crime Story'

The former 'Anger Management' actress is cast to portray the reality TV star who was married to O.J. Simpson's lawyer Robert Kardashian.

May 12, 2015

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Selma Blair joins "American Crime Story". The actress is set to play Kris Jenner who was married to O.J. Simpson's lawyer Robert Kardashian in the first season titled "The People v. O.J. Simpson" which will focus on the 1995 sensational murder trial that involved the football star.

Cuba Gooding Jr. is cast as Simpson, John Travolta as Robert Shapiro who was a pivotal member of his defense team, David Schwimmer as Kardashian, Sarah Paulson as prosecutor Marcia Clark, Connie Britton as Faye Resnick who befriended Simpson's murdered ex-wife Nicole Brown Simpson, and Jordana Brewster as the victim's sister Denise Brown.

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The true-story crime anthology series is produced by Ryan Murphy and Brad Falchuk ("Glee" and "American Horror Story"). It is scheduled to premiere in 2016 on FX and has already begun filming.

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