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Mischa Barton Leaving Bungalow 8 Night Club

HotOnlineNews.com RSS Feed - Found Jun. 25, 2009
... a plethora of other celebrities including Willem Dafoe, Terrence Howard, Ben Stiller, Isabella Rossellini, Ginnifer Goodwin and Olivia Wilde.

Posted on June 25, 2009, 10:00 am

Megan Fox behind Olivia Wilde and Cheryl Cole

In Entertainment - Found Jun. 23, 2009
First of all Maxim placed actress Olivia Wilde just ahead of Fox and now, the ?Transfomers? babe has lost to British celebrity Cheryl Cole...

Posted on June 23, 2009, 4:21 am

'Year One'

Hartford Courant - Found Jun. 22, 2009
Black works for his 'big boned' laughs doing the eyebrow thing, shaking his money maker to entice the hot Princess of Sodom (Olivia Wilde).
Harold Ramis Looks Back at "Year One" From Day One - ABC News
Harold Ramis looks back at "Year One" from Day One - Reuters via Yahoo!
Harold Ramis looks back at "Year One" from Day One - Reuters Canada
'Year One' doesn't live up to standard - Washington State University Daily Evergreen
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Western Herald

Posted on June 22, 2009, 7:50 am

'House' star Olivia Wilde plays a princess in 'Year One'

USA Weekend Magazine - Found Jun. 21, 2009
Olivia Wilde, featured on our special summer movie preview page, sheds her serious side as the bisexual and terminally ill 'Thirteen' on Foxâ??s ...

Posted on June 21, 2009, 8:24 am

Olivia Wilde Talks About Being Both Royalty and Megan Fox's

Fox News - Found Jun. 16, 2009
Olivia Wilde is a princess in real life, and now she's a princess in the new movie "Year One." But her real-life title is waaaaay better than her

Posted on June 16, 2009, 10:10 am

Olivia Wilde Is In Maxim

IDontLikeYouInThatWay.com - Found Jun. 14, 2009
Olivia Wilde is in Maxim, and someone was nice enough to do some scans! So I shall share them with you.

Posted on June 14, 2009, 9:50 am

Chickipedia`s Top 100 Most Wanted Women

Reuters - Found Jul. 1, 2009
Johansson 5. Denise Milani 6. Lucy Pinder 7. Emma Watson 8. Olivia Munn 9. Keeley Hazell 10. Pamela Anderson 11. Olivia Wilde 12. Katy Perry...
Chickipedia?s Top 100 Most Wanted Women - PR inside
Chickipedia?s Top 100 Most Wanted Women - Earthtimes.org
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Posted on July 1, 2009, 5:20 am

Stars: Babe of the Week: 06/26/09

IGN.com - Found Jun. 27, 2009
Olivia Wilde championed the vote FTW, scoring an insane 53% of the vote. A distant second place finish went to Jaimie Hilfiger.

Posted on June 27, 2009, 6:57 am

GSP, T. Alves wax whimsical on UFC 100

AZCentral.com - Found Jun. 26, 2009
Can we get an Amen?) The welterweight championship fight (with GSP defending) will play the bridesmaid, the Olivia Wilde (or is it the other...

Posted on June 26, 2009, 12:21 pm

Kardashian on a Fox hunt

Brisbane Courier-Mail - Found Jun. 26, 2009
... and famously said she wants to strangle a mountain ox with her bare hands when she thinks about Olivia Wilde, has yet to comment on whether...

Posted on June 26, 2009, 8:44 am

Olivia Wilde Biography

Olivia Wilde
extracted from Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia, distributed under the GNU Free Documentation License

Olivia Wilde

Olivia Wilde, 2007 at the Tribeca Film Festival
Born Olivia Jane Cockburn
March 10, 1984 (1984-03-10) (age 25)
New York City, New York
Spouse(s) Tao Ruspoli (2003-present)

Olivia Wilde (born Olivia Jane Cockburn (pronounced /ˈkoʊbərn/ "co-burn");1 10 March 1984) is an American actress. She began acting in the early 2000s, and has since appeared in a number of film and television parts, including roles on the series The O.C. and The Black Donnellys. She currently portrays doctor Remy "Thirteen" Hadley in TV drama House.1

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Biography

Early life

Wilde was born in New York City on March 10, 1984 as Olivia Jane Cockburn. Her mother, Leslie Cockburn (née Corkhill Redlich), is a 60 Minutes producer and journalist, and her father, Andrew Cockburn, is an Irish journalist, as are her paternal uncles Alexander and Patrick, all of whom are contributors to the political website CounterPunch.org. Her half-aunt was the late writer Sarah Caudwell. Her paternal grandfather was the Irish-born novelist/journalist Claud Cockburn. Wilde has said that as a result of her family background, she has a "strong journalistic streak", being "really critical and analytical".1 She has wanted to become an actress since the age of two.1 For a short time, Olivia's family had a house in Guilford, Vermont, USA. Wilde attended Georgetown Day School in Washington, D.C., as well as Phillips Academy in Andover, Massachusetts, and subsequently moved to Dublin, Ireland, where she attended The Gaiety School of Acting.1 She initially began working as a casting assistant.

Career

Wilde has appeared nude on the films The Girl Next Door, Alpha Dog, Conversations with Other Women and Turistas. She became known for her role on The O.C. as Alex Kelly, although she originally auditioned for the role of Marissa. She has also appeared in the Dashboard Confessional music video for "Stolen", and the French Kicks music video for "So Far We Are". She was strongly considered to play Bond girl Vesper Lynd in the 21st Bond film Casino Royale; Eva Green eventually won the role.

Currently, Wilde is ranked #01 on Maxim magazine's Hot 100. She was also ranked #01 on the FHM 100 Sexiest Women of 2006.2 She was one of the key models in Abercrombie & Fitch's "Rising Stars" campaign in summer of 2004.

In 2007, Wilde was a part of the ensemble cast of the short-lived NBC midseason drama The Black Donnellys. Her character, Jenny Reilly, was the lone principal female character in the series following the lives of an Irish-American family tied to organized crime in New York City. Also in 2007, Wilde appeared in the play Beauty on the Vine, a political thriller, playing three different characters.:L

Wilde joined the cast of the FOX medical drama House in autumn 2007, playing a young doctor, Dr. Remy Hadley, nicknamed Thirteen, who works closely with Dr. House. Wilde told Star magazine how she sometimes takes cues from her character even when she's not working, saying, "I'm now convinced that I'm a doctor. I mean, if someone says they have a pain, I'm like, 'Well, that's your spleen.'"34

The New York Observer has described Wilde as having a "throaty voice" and the "wide, teal-eyed charisma of Hollywood in the days of yore".1 She has cited Meryl Streep, Sigourney Weaver, Frances McDormand, Catherine Keener and Robin Wright Penn as acting inspirations, and also admires playwright Eve Ensler and director and actor Woody Allen.1

She won the 2006 US Comedy Arts Festival Film Discovery Jury Award for Best Actress for Bickford Shmeckler's Cool Ideas (2006) and in 2008 at the Teen Choice Awards she was nominated for the Teen Choice Award for Choice TV Breakout Star Female for House M.D. and won the Rising Star Award at the Vail Film Festival.

On October 7, 2008, Olivia appeared in a video on funnyordie.com showing how much she enjoys registering early for the 2008 Presidential election, titled "Olivia Wilde Does It Early."5

Olivia Wilde has recently taken the number 1 spot on the 2009 Maxim Hot 100 list. (May, 2009) 6

Olivia appeared alongside Jack Black and Michael Cera in the 2009 comedy Year One.7

Personal life

Wilde in 2005, picture taken by her husband Tao Ruspoli.

Wilde has dual citizenship between the United States and Ireland.1 She derived her stage name "Wilde" from author Oscar Wilde.

She married Italian-American documentary filmmaker, prince, photographer and flamenco guitar player Tao Ruspoli on June 7, 2003, in Washington, Rappahannock County, Virginia. They currently live and work in Venice, Los Angeles, California.8910 Wilde is a vegan.11

2008 United States election

Wilde is a supporter of youth voter organization, 18 in '08. She serves on their advisory council and appeared in a public service announcement that debuted June 30, 2008.12 In the fall of 2008, Wilde campaigned with Actor Justin Long for the 2008 Democratic Presidential nominee Barack Obama.13 Penn now works with the White House in a youth outreach program.14

Filmography

Film
Year Film Role Notes
2004 The Girl Next Door Kellie
2005 Conversations with Other Women Bridesmaid
2006 Alpha Dog Angela Holden
Bickford Shmeckler's Cool Ideas Sarah Witt
Turistas Bea
2007 The Death and Life of Bobby Z Elizabeth
2008 Fix Bella
2009 Year One Princess Inanna
In NorthWood Mia In post-production
2011 TR2N Filming
Television
Year Title Role Notes
2003 Skin Jewel Goldman Supporting role (2003-2004)
2004 The O.C. Alex Kelly Supporting role (2004-2005)
2007 The Black Donnellys Jenny Reilly Main role (2007)
House Remy "Thirteen" Hadley Main role (2007-present)
Guest appearances
Year Title Role Notes
2003 Cartaz Cultural Herself Guest
2005 Live with Regis and Kathie Lee Herself Guest
Best Week Ever Herself Guest
2006 Punk'd Herself Guest
2008 Speechless Herself Guest
2009 Ellen: The Ellen Degeneres Show Herself Guest
Entertainment Tonight Herself Guest

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h Vilkomerson, Sara (2007-04-11). "Wilde At Heart". New York Observer. http://www.observer.com/2007/wilde-heart. Retrieved on 2007-04-11. 
  2. ^ "FreeJose.com". FHM 100 Sexiest Women of 2006. http://www.freejose.com/lists/fhm/2006/. Retrieved on January 28 2007. 
  3. ^ Star Magazine December 8, 2008 p.96
  4. ^ "CNN.com". House' gets a new group of trainees. http://www.cnn.com/2007/SHOWBIZ/TV/07/18/television.house.reut/index.html. Retrieved on July 18 2007. 
  5. ^ funnyordie.com
  6. ^ "Maxim 100". Maxim 2009 Hot 100. http://www.maxim.com/girls/hot-100/79081/2009-hot-100-100-91.html#100. Retrieved on June 7 2009. 
  7. ^ http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1045778/
  8. ^ "Olivia Wilde - Biography". olivia-wilde.org. 2008-04-10. http://www.olivia-wilde.org/olivia/biography.php. Retrieved on 2008-11-17. 
  9. ^ "Olivia Wilde - Biography". Yahoo! Movies. http://movies.yahoo.com/movie/contributor/1808489542/bio. Retrieved on 2008-11-17. 
  10. ^ Rizzo, Monica. Olivia Wilde - She's Wild About Hugh Laurie, Classic Cars and Her Husband—a Real-Life Prince!, People. November 12, 2007. Accessed January 28, 2009.
  11. ^ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qskq82WbR7g
  12. ^ Burstein, D. "Olivia Wilde and Peter Sarsgaard Star in New Public Service Announcements Encouraging Young People to Vote in 2008 Election". Reuters. http://www.mywire.com/pubs/PRNewswire/2008/06/30/6810451?extID=10051. Retrieved on 2008-11-17. 
  13. ^ Chatterjee, N (2008-10-13). "‘Kumar’ rallies action for Obama". The Dartmouth. http://thedartmouth.com/2008/10/13/news/kalpenn/. Retrieved on 2008-11-17. 
  14. ^ "'Kumar' Goes to the White House, Gets a Job". Washington Post. http://voices.washingtonpost.com/reliable-source/2009/04/kumar_goes_to_the_white_house.html. Retrieved on 2009-05-19. 

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