Olivia Wilde Pics Olivia Wilde Bio

Olivia Wilde (born Olivia Jane Cockburn on March 10, 1984) is an Irish-American actress. Coming from a family of journalists, she began acting in the early 2000s, and has since appeared in a number of film and television parts, including her roles on the series The O.C., The Black Donnellys, and House.

Wilde was born in New York City. Her mother, Leslie (née Corkhill Redlich), is a 60 Minutes producer and journalist, and her father, Andrew Cockburn, is an Irish journalist, as are her uncles Alexander and Patrick, all of whom are contributors to the political websote CounterPunch.org. Her paternal grandfather was the British novelist and 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".She has wanted to become an actress since the age of two. Wilde attended Georgetown Day School in Washington, D.C., as well as Phillips Academy, and subsequently moved to Dublin, Ireland, where she attended The Gaiety School of Acting. She initially began working as a casting assistant.

Wilde has appeared in the films The Girl Next Door, Alpha Dog, Conversations with Other Women and Turistas. She became known for her recurring role on The O.C. as the bisexual character Alex Kelly. She has also appeared in the Dashboard Confessional music video for "Stolen" and was heavily considered to play Bond girl Vesper Lynd in the 21st Bond film Casino Royale; Eva Green eventually won the role. In 2005, Wilde was ranked #61 on Maxim magazine's Hot 100. She was also ranked #95 on the FHM 100 Sexiest Women of 2006.
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 shortly 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 will appear in the play Beauty on the Vine, a political thriller scheduled to premiere in late April and run until June; Wilde will play three different characters.

Wilde has also joined the cast of the FOX medical drama House in fall 2007 playing a young doctor called "Thirteen" who will work closely with Dr. House. According to E!, she has signed on as a regular on the show.

Wilde is also slated to be the Female lead in the movie titled "TR2N" which is a remake of Tron.

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". 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.

Wilde married prince Tao Ruspoli, a filmmaker and photographer, on June 7, 2003. Wilde has dual citizenship between the United States and Ireland. Wilde is a natural blonde and has stated that people have been "shocked" that she is a blonde but that "I wasn’t stupid".

Olivia Wilde Pics - Part 2

Maxim has released its "2009 Hot 100," the magazine's definitive list of the world’s most beautiful women, and topping the list is ... actress Olivia Wilde.

Without giving away House spoilers, we'll just say the 25-year-old puts the McDoctors of Grey's Anatomy and Private Practice to shame with her sexiness.

"When it comes to TV docs, there's only one who makes our body temperatures rise," the venerable men's publication extolls. We were drooling over the NYC native long before she was injected into Fox's hit medical drama."

Certainly hard to argue with that. Here's this year's winner ...

Olivia Wilde Pics

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Olivia Wilde -- Todays Girl
Birthday: March 10, 1984
Born: New York City, New York

How You Know Her: Presently starring on House M.D.; got bloodied in Turistas; got catty on The O.C.; and was just plain sexy in The Girl Next Door—where she spent a month on set before finally joining the cast. Pretty much the same strategy we used to get hired here.

Hungry Like a Fox: “Once, in Australia, I ate 33 pancakes in 20 minutes... I won against these giant men, and they were convinced I was cheating. Guys have some sort of sick fascination with girls who can eat.” –Women's Health.

Olivia Wilde Biography

Olivia Wilde was born Olivia Jane Cockburn on March 10th, 1984 in New York City. She was raised in Washington D.C. by her parents, who are both journalists. She has studied acting both in the United States and in Ireland.

In addition to her TV roles on The O.C., The Black Donnellys, and House M.D. she has acted in films including The Girl Next Door, Alpha Dog, Conversations with Other Women and Turistas.

Trivia

* Owns a shaggy dog, Paco, who won Old Navy's mascot contest in 2006
* Has dual citizenship (United States and Ireland)
* Got "Punk'd" in 2006
* Chose her stage name after playing Cecily Cardew in her high school's production of Oscar Wilde's The Importance of Being Earnest.
* Owns a classic Pontiac Thunderbird with the license plate MRWILDE

Quotes
* [On having played "Alex on The O.C. and "Thirteen" on House M.D.] "Most times my name is mentioned in any sort of magazine, it has to add, 'known for playing the bisexual.' And now, after House, it'll be, 'known for always playing the bisexual."
* [On House M.D.] "It's strange to be on this rocket ship of a show that doesn't see itself as being successful. When we hear our ratings every week, I'm like, 'No way. What? 20 million people were not watching TV at the same time."

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Olivia Wilde - 5 Things You Didn't Know About Olivia Wilde

As Wilde, 25, preps to star alongside Jack Black and Michael Cera in this month's biblical spoof Year One, here's some inside scoop on this year's Ambassador of Hotness.

1. Olivia Wilde's TV's go-to bi-sexual
In 2004, Wilde set tongues wagging when she helped Mischa Barton's character Marissa Cooper unleash her bisexual on The O.C. "I continue to get letters from girls around the world," she told PEOPLE in 2007 of her infamous onscreen kiss with Barton. Now, on House, she plays Thirteen, a bi-sexual doc with a life-threatening neurological disorder.

2. Olivia Wilde' hubby is royalty
Wilde may be sitting pretty with her hotness crown, but her husband, Tao Ruspoli, is actual royalty! Ruspoli, whom she eloped with when she was 18, is an Italian prince whose family owns Rome's Palazzo Ruspoli and a castle in Vignanello, Italy – where they held their wedding ceremony in its famed gardens. "I was very lucky I met this person," she told PEOPLE.

3. Olivia Wilde' pup Paco is a spokesmodel
Wilde isn't the only beauty in her household! Her mutt, Paco, won a contest to be "spokesdog" for Old Navy in 2006. "He still acts like a doggie model sometimes," she told Women’s Health in January. "If I put a T-shirt on him, he won't move. He thinks he's back at the job; he'll strike a pose and just sit there."

4. Olivia Wilde ditched the family trade & surname
Wilde has journalism running in her veins: Her parents, Andrew and Leslie Cockburn, are well-known international journalists, who've produced documentaries and segments for 60 Minutes. She was born a Cockburn, but she changed her last name to Wilde, after playing Gwendolen in Oscar Wilde's The Importance of Being Earnest in high school.

5. Olivia Wilde barely made the Hot List last year
Wilde arguably made the biggest leap on Maxim's list, jumping 96 spots from her rank last year, to reign supreme on the men's magazine's annual list. "I'm considered sexy even though I'm wearing a lab coat every day and seen as a doctor on TV," she told Maxim – which rounded out its top 10 with Megan Fox, Bar Refaeli, Malin Akerman, Mila Kunis, Eliza Dushku, Adriana Lima, Rihanna, Jordana Brewster and Jennifer Love Hewitt.
Source: http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20278625,00.html

Olivia Wilde Named Maxim's Hottest Woman

On Tuesday, a partial list of Maxim's Hot 100 list was released, revealing that the lad mag's editors are honoring such fine women as Angelina Jolie, Nicole Scherzinger and a handful of "Hills" and "Twilight" stars. The magazine's top 10 were announced on Monday, along with the surprising news that "Year One" co-star Olivia Wilde was named top babe for 2009.

Rounding out the top 10 is "Ghost Whisperer" star Jennifer Love-Hewitt, who has held her sex-symbol status since her turns in "Can't Hardly Wait" and "I Know What You Did last Summer." "Fast and Furious" star Jordana Brewster made the list at #9.

Rihanna, who has faced her fair share of controversy this year, graces the list at #8. Supermodel Adriana Lima comes in at #7, preceded by "Dollhouse" star Eliza Dushku (#6) and "That '70s" alum Mila Kunis (#5). "Watchmen" superheroine Malin Akerman, Leonardo DiCaprio's leading lady and supermodel Bar Rafaeli, and "Transformers" überbabe Megan Fox round out the top five.

Olivia Wilde Tops Maxim’s Hot 100 List

In an industry dominated by long-legged beauties, it takes a lot to stand out. For Maxim magazine however, the choice was clear: Olivia Wilde is the hottest woman around. The “Alpha Dog” actress topped the annual “Hot 100″ list, beating out such fellow contenders as “Transformers” lead Megan Fox, “Dollhouse” star Eliza Dushku and “Watchmen” superhero Malin Akerman.

You can read more about the Maxim Hot 100 and Olivia Wilde’s ranking right here; below, check out a gallery of some of the hottest Olivia images we could scrounge up.

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