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Olivia Wilde 
Olivia Wilde at the 2010 Independent Spirit AwardsBorn Olivia Jane Cockburn
March 10, 1984
New York City, New York, U.S.Citizenship United States and Ireland Occupation Actress, fashion model Years active 2003–present Spouse Tao Ruspoli (m. 2003–2011) (divorced) Parents Andrew Cockburn (father)
Leslie Redlich (mother)Relatives Chloe Cockburn (sister)
Claud Cockburn (grandfather)
Sarah Caudwell (aunt)
Alexander Cockburn (uncle)
Patrick Cockburn (uncle)Olivia Wilde (born Olivia Jane Cockburn; March 10, 1984)[1] is an American actress and fashion model. She began acting in the early 2000s, and has since appeared in a number of film and television parts, including roles in the serial-drama The O.C. and The Black Donnellys. She portrayed Dr. Remy "Thirteen" Hadley in the TV drama House for nearly four years,[1] and has had starring roles in films such as Tron: Legacy and Cowboys & Aliens.
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Early life and education
Wilde was born in New York City on March 10, 1984. Her mother, Leslie Cockburn (née Redlich), is a 60 Minutes producer and journalist. Her father, Andrew Cockburn, who was born in London, England, and raised in Ireland, is a journalist, as are her uncles Alexander Cockburn and Patrick Cockburn. Her older sister, Chloe Cockburn, is a civil rights attorney in New York; her late aunt, Sarah Caudwell, was a writer, and her paternal grandfather, Claud Cockburn, was a novelist/journalist.
Wilde has said that as a result of her family background, 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 young Wilde eavesdropping one night on a conversation between Richard Holbrooke and 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 attended The Gaiety School of Acting in Dublin, Ireland for a short time.[1]
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 considered to play Bond girl Vesper Lynd in the 21st 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.[2]
In 2009 Wilde was ranked No.1 on Maxim magazine's Hot 100.[3] It was an honor which was included as an inside joke during House 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."[4] She was also ranked No.95 on the FHM 100 Sexiest Women of 2006.[5] 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 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 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.'"[6][7]
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".[8] Wilde appeared alongside Jack Black and Michael Cera in the 2009 comedy 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[9] 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 Welcome to People.[10]
Wilde played Ella Swenson in the thriller 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 McArdle in the movie The Change-Up. Her character is the girlfriend of Mitch Planko, who was played by Ryan Reynolds.
In August 2011, it was announced Wilde will be leaving House to pursue her film career. Wilde left House in October 2011, in season 8: episode 3 called "Charity Case".[11]
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.[12]
Wilde married Italian-American documentary filmmaker, flamenco guitar player, and son of an Italian prince,[13][14] Tao Ruspoli, on June 7, 2003, in Washington, Virginia, on a school bus with only a pair of witnesses, when she was nineteen years old.[15] 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.[12] On February 8, 2011, she and her husband announced that they were separating.[16] Wilde filed for divorce in Los Angeles County Superior Court on March 3, 2011, citing "irreconcilable differences."[17] The divorce was finalized on September 29, 2011. Wilde did not seek spousal support, and the pair reached a private agreement on property division.[18]
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.[20] In 2008, Wilde campaigned with actors Justin Long and her former House castmate Kal Penn for the 2008 Democratic Presidential nominee Barack Obama.[21]
She also appeared in the Moveon.org mock-PSA "supporting" the right of the healthcare insurance industry.[22]
Wilde was commended by the Coalition of Immokalee Workers, a farmworkers' union, for supporting the Fair Foods campaign.[23]
Filmography
Film Year Title Role Notes 2004 The Girl Next Door Kellie 2005 Conversations with Other Women Bridesmaid 2006 Alpha Dog Angela Holden 2006 Camjackers Sista Strada Cast 2006 Bickford Shmeckler's Cool Ideas Sarah Witt 2006 Turistas Bea 2007 The Death and Life of Bobby Z Elizabeth 2008 Fix Bella 2009 Year One Princess Inanna 2009 The Ballad of G.I. Joe The Baroness Video short 2010 Weird: The Al Yankovic Story Madonna Video short 2010 The Next Three Days Nicole 2010 Tron: Legacy Quorra 2011 Cowboys & Aliens Ella 2011 The Change-Up Sabrina McArdle 2011 On the Inside Mia Conlon 2011 In Time Rachel Salas 2011 Butter Brooke Post-production 2012 Blackbird Liza Post-production 2012 Welcome to People Hannah Completed 2012 The Words Post-production Television Year Title Role Notes 2003–2004 Skin Jewel Goldman Main role 2004–2005 The O.C. Alex Kelly Supporting role 2007 The Black Donnellys Jenny Reilly Main role 2007–2011 House Dr. Remy "Thirteen" Hadley Series regular
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 FemaleAccolades
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 2008 Teen Choice Award Choice TV Breakout Star Female House M.D. Nominated 2009 Teen Choice Award Choice TV Actress: Drama House M.D. Nominated 2009 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 2011 Teen Choice Award Choice Movie Breakout Female Tron: Legacy Nominated 2011 Teen Choice Award Choice TV Actress: Drama House M.D. Nominated References
- ^ 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.
- ^ Awards for Olivia Wilde at the Internet Movie Database
- ^ "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.
- ^ "House, M.D.: James Earl Jones' tyrant brings the tension". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved April 12, 2011.
- ^ "FreeJose.com". FHM 100 Sexiest Women of 2006. http://www.freejose.com/lists/fhm/2006. Retrieved January 28, 2007.
- ^ Star Magazine December 8, 2008 p.96
- ^ "'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.
- ^ "OLIVIA WILDE DOES IT EARLY". FunnyOrdie.com. Retrieved April 12, 2011.
- ^ "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.
- ^ 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
- ^ "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.
- ^ a b Eric, Spitznagel (December 2010), "20 Questions: Olivia Wilde", Playboy, http://www.playboy.co.uk/article/17391/20q-olivia-wilde
- ^ "Olivia Wilde – Biography". Yahoo! Movies. http://movies.yahoo.com/movie/contributor/1808489542/bio. Retrieved November 17, 2008.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Jason Gay (October 2009). "Olivia". GQ Magazine. http://www.gq.com/women/photos/200909/olivia-wilde-video-photos?currentPage=2.
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Fleeman, Mike (October 3, 2011). "Olivia Wilde Divorce Finalized". People. http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20533939,00.html. Retrieved October 4, 2011.
- ^ "Wilde Things". http://wildethings.org/vegan-things. Retrieved May 7, 2011.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Chatterjee, N (October 13, 2008). "‘Kumar’ rallies action for Obama". The Dartmouth. http://thedartmouth.com/2008/10/13/news/kalpenn. Retrieved November 17, 2008.
- ^ "Protect Insurance Companies PSA". FunnyOrdie.com. Retrieved April 12, 2011.
- ^ Coalition of Immokalee Workers
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