Olivia Wilde

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Olivia Wilde

Wilde at the 2010 Independent Spirit Awards
Born Olivia Jane Cockburn
(1984-03-10) March 10, 1984 (age 28)
New York City, New York, U.S.
Citizenship United States and Ireland
Occupation Actress, fashion model
Years active 2003–present
Spouse Tao Ruspoli (m. 2003–d. 2011) «start: (2003)–end+1: (2012)»"Marriage: Tao Ruspoli to Olivia Wilde" Location: (linkback://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Olivia_Wilde)
Parents Andrew Cockburn
Leslie Cockburn
Relatives

Olivia Wilde (born Olivia Jane Cockburn; play /ˈkoʊbərn/; March 10, 1984)[1] is an actress and fashion model. Born in the United States, she has both Irish and American citizenship. Wilde began acting in the early 2000s, and has since appeared in a number of television and film productions, including her roles in the dramas The O.C., The Black Donnellys, and House M.D.,[1] and had starring roles in films Tron: Legacy, Cowboys & Aliens, and In Time.

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[edit] Early life, family, and education

Wilde was born in New York City. Her mother, Leslie Cockburn (née Redlich), is an American-born 60 Minutes producer and journalist. Her father, Andrew Myles Cockburn, a journalist, was born in London, England, to British parents, and raised in Ireland; her uncles Alexander Cockburn and Patrick Cockburn are also journalists. Her older sister, Chloe Cockburn, is a civil rights attorney in New York; her aunt, Sarah Caudwell, was a writer, and her paternal grandfather, Claud Cockburn, was a novelist and journalist.

Her father's upper-class British ancestors lived in several countries during the height of colonialism and the British Empire, including Peking, China (where her paternal grandfather was born), Calcutta and Bombay, India, Cairo, Egypt, and Tasmania, Australia (one of her paternal great-great-grandfathers, Henry Arthur Blake, was Governor of Hong Kong).[2] Wilde's father's ancestors include abolitionist and Anglican minister James Ramsay, politician George Arbuthnot, lawyer, judge, and literary figure Henry Cockburn, Lord Cockburn, Lord Provost of Edinburgh Sir William Arbuthnot, 1st Baronet, and Sir Thomas Osborne, 9th Baronet.[2][3] Wilde's ancestry consists of English, Scottish, Irish, and German; she is also of more distant Sephardi Jewish descent from a paternal ancestor, Ralph Bernal (1783 – 1854), a British Whig politician.[2][3][4]

Wilde has said that as a result of her parents' occupations, she has a "strong journalistic streak", being "really critical and analytical".[1] Both her parents were prominent in the Washington social scene, hosting dinner parties. Her mother once recounted a story of a four-year-old[5] Wilde eavesdropping one night on a conversation between diplomat Richard Holbrooke and singer Mick Jagger, until Jagger noticed her and shooed her to bed. She has wanted to become an actress since the age of two.[1] For a short time, Wilde's family had a house in Guilford, Vermont. She attended Georgetown Day School in Washington, D.C., as well as Phillips Academy in Andover, Massachusetts, graduating in 2002. She also studied acting in Dublin.[1]

[edit] Career

Wilde has appeared in 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 Cooper. 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[citation needed] considered to play Bond girl Vesper Lynd in the 21st James Bond film, Casino Royale, but Eva Green eventually won the role. In 2008, Wilde was honored alongside Jesse Eisenberg with the Vail Film Festival Rising Star Award.[6]

In 2009, Wilde was ranked No.1 on Maxim magazine's Hot 100.[7] It was an honor which was included as an inside joke during House M.D. season 6: episode 4 called "The Tyrant", where Dr. Gregory House (Hugh Laurie), upon hearing about Dr. Eric Foreman's (Omar Epps) recent firing of Dr. Remy "Thirteen" Hadley (Wilde), sarcastically teased, "My condolences. Although, it's not like she's the hottest woman in the world."[8] She was also ranked No.95 on the FHM 100 Sexiest Women of 2006.[9] She was one of the key models in Abercrombie & Fitch's "Rising Stars" campaign in the summer of 2004.

In 2007, Wilde was a part of the ensemble cast of the short-lived NBC mid-season 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.

Wilde joined the cast of the Fox medical drama House M.D. starring Hugh Laurie in September 2007, making her first appearance in season 4: episode 2 called "The Right Stuff". She played a secretive and bisexual young intern with Huntington's disease, Dr. Remy Hadley, nicknamed Thirteen, who was handpicked by Dr. Gregory House out of a number of applicants to join his team. Wilde told Star magazine how she sometimes took cues from her character even when she was 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.'"[10][11]

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.[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, Wilde appeared in a video on funnyordie.com showing how much she enjoys registering early for the 2008 Presidential election, "Olivia Wilde Does It Early".[12] Wilde appeared alongside Jack Black and Michael Cera in the 2009 comedy film Year One.

Wilde at 2010 San Diego Comic-Con International

She played Quorra in Disney's Tron: Legacy, which opened on December 17, 2010. In the December 2010/January 2011 issue of Details[13] Wilde was quoted as saying she freaked out the first time she saw her costume for the movie, "I saw the boobs on the suit and I said, 'Oh hell no. I'm doing kicks and backflips in this thing?'" In January 2011, it was announced that Wilde was cast alongside Chris Pine in the upcoming film People Like Us.[14]

Wilde played Ella Swenson in the science fiction Western film Cowboys & Aliens. Her character works with Jake Lonergan (Daniel Craig), and Woodrow Dolarhyde (Harrison Ford), to save their town from evil aliens. Wilde played Sabrina McKay in the comedy film The Change-Up. Her character is the love interest of Mitch Planko, who was played by Ryan Reynolds.

In August 2011, it was announced Wilde would be leaving House M.D. to pursue her film career. Wilde left House in October 2011, in season 8: episode 3 called "Charity Case".[15]

[edit] Personal life

Wilde has dual citizenship in the United States and Ireland.[1] She derived her stage name "Wilde" from Irish author Oscar Wilde.[1] She changed her surname while in high school, to honor the writers in her family, many of whom used pen names.[16] She is a vegan,[17] and was voted PETA's Sexiest Vegetarian Celebrity of 2010.[18]

[edit] Marriage

Wilde married Tao Ruspoli, Italian-American documentary filmmaker, flamenco guitar player, and son of Alessandro Ruspoli, 9th Prince of Cerveteri,[19][20] on June 7, 2003, in Washington, Virginia, on a school bus with only a pair of witnesses, when she was nineteen years old.[21] She later said the marriage occurred in an abandoned school bus because it was the only place they could be completely alone, as the marriage was a secret at the time.[16] On February 8, 2011, she and her husband announced that they were separating.[22] Wilde filed for divorce in Los Angeles County Superior Court on March 3, 2011, citing "irreconcilable differences."[23] The divorce was finalized on September 29, 2011. Wilde did not seek spousal support, and the pair reached a private agreement on property division.[24]

[edit] Relationships

Wilde is reportedly dating actor and comedian Jason Sudeikis.[25]

[edit] Political activism

Wilde is a board member of Artists for Peace and Justice, which provides education and health services in Haiti, and the ACLU of Southern California. Previously, Wilde was a supporter of the youth voter organization, 18 in '08. She serves on their advisory council and appeared in a public service announcement that debuted June 30, 2008.[26] In 2008, Wilde campaigned with actors Justin Long and her former House castmate Kal Penn for the 2008 Democratic Presidential nominee Barack Obama.[27]

She also appeared in the MoveOn.org mock-PSA "supporting" the right of the healthcare insurance industry.[28]

Wilde was commended by the Coalition of Immokalee Workers, a farmworkers' union, for supporting the Fair Foods campaign.[29]

[edit] Filmography

[edit] Film

Year Title Role Notes
2004 Girl Next Door, TheThe Girl Next Door Kellie
2005 Conversations with Other Women Bridesmaid
2006 Alpha Dog Angela Holden
Camjackers Sista Strada Cast
Bickford Shmeckler's Cool Ideas Sarah Witt
Turistas Bea
2007 Death and Life of Bobby Z, TheThe Death and Life of Bobby Z Elizabeth
2008 Fix Bella
2009 Year One Princess Inanna
The Ballad of G.I. Joe The Baroness Video short
2010 Weird: The Al Yankovic Story Madonna
Next Three Days, TheThe Next Three Days Nicole
Tron: Legacy Quorra
2011 Cowboys & Aliens Ella
Change-Up, TheThe Change-Up Sabrina McKay
On the Inside Mia Conlon
In Time Rachel Salas
2012 The Longest Week Beatrice
Butter Brooke Swinkowski
People Like Us Hannah
Words, TheThe Words Danielle
2013 Burt Wonderstone Jane

[edit] Television

Year Title Role Notes
2003–2004 Skin Jewel Goldman
2004–2005 O.C., TheThe O.C. Alex Kelly Recurring role; Season 2; 13 episodes
2007 Black Donnellys, TheThe Black Donnellys Jenny Reilly
2007–2012 House M.D. Dr. Remy "Thirteen" Hadley Nominated – Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series
Nominated – Teen Choice Award for Choice TV Actress – Drama
Nominated – Teen Choice Award for Choice TV Breakout Star Female

[edit] Video games

Year Title Role Notes
2010 Tron: Evolution Quorra Voice and likeness

[edit] Accolades

Year Award Category Work Result
2006 U.S. Comedy Arts Festival Best Actress Bickford Shmeckler's Cool Ideas Won
2008 Vail Film Festival Rising Star Award Won
Teen Choice Award Choice TV Breakout Star Female House M.D. Nominated
2009 Teen Choice Award Choice TV Actress: Drama House M.D. Nominated
Screen Actors Guild Awards Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series House M.D. Nominated
2010 Teen Choice Award Choice TV Actress: Drama House M.D. Nominated
2011 MTV Movie Awards Best Breakout Star Tron: Legacy Nominated
Teen Choice Award Choice Movie Breakout Female Tron: Legacy Nominated
Teen Choice Award Choice TV Actress: Drama House M.D. Nominated

[edit] References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i Vilkomerson, Sara (April 11, 2007). "Wilde At Heart". New York Observer. http://www.observer.com/2007/wilde-heart. Retrieved April 11, 2007. 
  2. ^ a b c http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~battle/celeb/wilde.htm
  3. ^ a b http://thepeerage.com/p12406.htm#i124052
  4. ^ http://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1820-1832/member/bernal-ralph-1783-1854
  5. ^ http://www.cbc.ca/strombo/social-issues/on-tonight-george-celebrates-international-womens-day.html
  6. ^ Awards for Olivia Wilde at the Internet Movie Database
  7. ^ "Maxim 100". Maxim 2009 Hot 100. http://www.maxim.com/girls/hot-100/79081/2009-hot-100-100-91.html#100. Retrieved June 7, 2009. 
  8. ^ "House, M.D.: James Earl Jones' tyrant brings the tension". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved April 12, 2011.
  9. ^ "FreeJose.com". FHM 100 Sexiest Women of 2006. http://www.freejose.com/lists/fhm/2006. Retrieved January 28, 2007. 
  10. ^ Star Magazine December 8, 2008 p.96
  11. ^ "'House' gets a new group of trainees". CNN. Archived from the original on October 11, 2007. http://web.archive.org/web/20071011190205/http://cnn.com/2007/SHOWBIZ/TV/07/18/television.house.reut/index.html. Retrieved July 18, 2007. 
  12. ^ "OLIVIA WILDE DOES IT EARLY". FunnyOrdie.com. Retrieved April 12, 2011.
  13. ^ "Tron: Legacy Star Olivia Wild". Details.com. http://www.details.com/celebrities-entertainment/women/201012/olivia-wilde-tron-legacy-movie-house-sexy-star-actress. Retrieved April 12, 2011. 
  14. ^ Ward, Kate (January 3, 2011). "Excess Hollywood: Olivia Wilde greets 'Welcome to People'". Entertainment Weekly. http://popwatch.ew.com/2011/01/03/olivia-wilde-welcome-to-people-excess-hollywood. Retrieved January 4, 2010 
  15. ^ "Thirteen's Final Farewell". Sheknows.com. 17 October 2011. http://www.sheknows.com/entertainment/articles/844585/olivia-wilde-says-goodbye-to-house. Retrieved 20 October 2011. 
  16. ^ a b Eric, Spitznagel (December 2010), "20 Questions: Olivia Wilde", Playboy, http://www.playboy.co.uk/article/17391/20q-olivia-wilde 
  17. ^ "Wilde Things". http://wildethings.org/vegan-things. Retrieved May 7, 2011. 
  18. ^ Neil Katz, "Sexiest Vegetarian: Olivia Wilde Wins PETA Prize," CBSNews 2 July 2010.
  19. ^ "Olivia Wilde – Biography". Yahoo! Movies. http://movies.yahoo.com/movie/contributor/1808489542/bio. Retrieved November 17, 2008. 
  20. ^ Becca Hyman. "Olivia Wilde – She's Wild About Hugh Laurie, Classic Cars and Her Husband – a Real-Life Prince!. People (November 12, 2007). Retrieved January 28, 2009.
  21. ^ Jason Gay (October 2009). "Olivia". GQ Magazine. http://www.gq.com/women/photos/200909/olivia-wilde-video-photos?currentPage=2. 
  22. ^ Jordan, Julie (February 8, 2011). "Olivia Wilde Separates from Husband Tao Ruspoli". People. http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20464338,00.html. Retrieved February 8, 2011. 
  23. ^ Gopalan, Nisha (March 11, 2011). "Olivia Wilde Divorces Tao Ruspoli: People.com". People. http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20473222,00.html. Retrieved April 13, 2011. 
  24. ^ Fleeman, Mike (October 3, 2011). "Olivia Wilde Divorce Finalized". People. http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20533939,00.html. Retrieved October 4, 2011. 
  25. ^ Pride, Ann (April 16, 2012). "Make mine a coffee and a kiss: Jason Sudeikis and Olivia Wilde smooch outside NYC cafe". Daily Mail. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-2130271/Jason-Sudeikis-Olivia-Wilde-smooch-outside-NYC-cafe.html. Retrieved April 21, 2012. 
  26. ^ 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 November 17, 2008. 
  27. ^ Chatterjee, N (October 13, 2008). "‘Kumar’ rallies action for Obama". The Dartmouth. http://thedartmouth.com/2008/10/13/news/kalpenn. Retrieved November 17, 2008. 
  28. ^ "Protect Insurance Companies PSA". FunnyOrdie.com. Retrieved April 12, 2011.
  29. ^ Coalition of Immokalee Workers

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