Look at moi! Selma Blair to play the US version of Kim

Selma Blair (L) and the original Kim, Gina Riley.

LOS ANGELES - It will be a case of look at me Selma, look at me.

After a lengthy search, Hollywood actress Selma Blair has been cast to play Tiny Teddy-loving Kim in the US version of the Australian sitcom, Kath & Kim.

NBC, the US TV network with the American rights to the show, had cast Saturday Night Live comedienne Molly Shannon in the role of Kath last year, but had trouble finding the right actress to play Kim.

Blair, 35, starred opposite Reese Witherspoon in Legally Blonde and Cameron Diaz in The Sweetest Thing and will reprise her role this year in Hellboy II: The Golden Army, the sequel to 2004's box office surprise comic book adaptation, Hellboy.

NBC, which has had great success with a US version of UK sitcom The Office, has had a tough time putting its version of Kath & Kim on air.

NBC picked up the rights to the TV series 12 months ago and there were plans to shoot the pilot mid-2007, but the original choice for Kath, another Hollywood actress Joan Cusack, dropped out.

There was a change in scriptwriters and now the screenwriters' strike has stalled production.

Kath & Kim's Australian creators and stars, Jane Turner and Gina Riley, will executive produce the US TV series.

- AAP