--- description: The "Legally Blonde" actress will play the wife of attorney Robert Kardashian title: Kris Jenner on American Crime Story: Selma Blair Will Play Her image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltcaea27bd86e7ccb6/6987ef3335ba6f647cc0b4db/selma-jenner.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Entertainment](/section/entertainment/) ## Entertainment Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Here's Who Will Be Playing Kris Jenner on _American Crime Story_  by [Daniel D'Addario](/author/daniel-daddario/)  ## Daniel D'Addario Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close May 11, 2015 4:09 PM CUT  Chris Jenner (L) ; Selma Blair (R) Chris Jenner (L) ; Selma Blair (R)(L) Rabbani and Solimene—Getty Images; (R) JC Olivera—Getty Images  by [Daniel D'Addario](/author/daniel-daddario/)  ## Daniel D'Addario Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close May 11, 2015 4:09 PM CUT As [EW reports](http://www.ew.com/article/2015/05/11/selma-blair-kris-jenner-american-crime-story "undefined"), Selma Blair, known for her roles in _Legally Blonde_ and _Cruel Intentions_, is set to play a very familiar face: Kardashian family matriarch Kris Jenner. Before her marriage to Bruce Jenner and her rise to prominence as Kim’s mom on a hit reality TV show, Kris Jenner was Kris Kardashian, the wife of O.J. Simpson’s lawyer during Simpson’s murder trial; it’s this period of Jenner’s life that will be covered in _American Crime Story: The People v. O.J. Simpson_. (Attorney Robert Kardashian will be played by _Friends_ star David Schwimmer, while Simpson himself will be played by Cuba Gooding Jr.) While Jenner herself wasn’t involved directly in the legal proceedings, her friendship with both O.J. Simpson and the late Nicole Brown Simpson make her narrative a particularly compelling one. It’s easy to forget the degree to which Jenner was a player in the biggest legal story of the 1990s. Indeed, Jenner’s general reticence to engage with how she came to prominence speaks to the degree to which the Simpson trial, with its perceived lack of resolution, is still discomfiting. In large part, the culture has moved on; O.J. Simpson’s attempt to capitalize on the trial with a book, _If I Did It_, was met with revulsion. And when the Simpson trial came up on _The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills_ due to a character’s association with Brown Simpson, it was more reality than the reality show could bear. It’s an open question as to how much TV viewers, including those who weren’t alive during the trial, will want to go back to a fairly painful chapter in cultural history—one whose players have all either faded from the spotlight or pivoted to other endeavors. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3853741/selma-blair-kris-jenner/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3853741/selma-blair-kris-jenner/"},"headline":"Here's Who Will Be Playing Kris Jenner on American Crime Story","datePublished":"2015-05-11T16:09:48.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T07:05:43.310Z","description":"Legally Blonde actress Selma Blair will play the wife of attorney Robert Kardashian","url":"https://time.com/3853741/selma-blair-kris-jenner/","keywords":["Television"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltcaea27bd86e7ccb6/6987ef3335ba6f647cc0b4db/selma-jenner.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Daniel D'Addario","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/daniel-daddario/"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltcaea27bd86e7ccb6/6987ef3335ba6f647cc0b4db/selma-jenner.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"\"China: Through The Looking Glass\" Costume Institute Benefit Gala - Arrivals","caption":"\"China: Through The Looking Glass\" Costume Institute Benefit Gala - Arrivals","creditText":"(L) Rabbani and Solimene—Getty Images; (R) JC Olivera—Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/entertainment/","name":"Entertainment"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3853741/selma-blair-kris-jenner/","name":"Here's Who Will Be Playing Kris Jenner on American Crime Story"}}]}] ```