Olivia’s been Wilde about acting since the age of two. That’s how old Olivia Wilde was when she caught the acting bug.
The poor girl didn’t stand a chance. The bug spread, eventually turning Olivia into the butt-kicking artificially intelligent life form known as Quorra in 2010’s Tron: Legacy (in which she starred opposite Tabs).
Born Olivia Jane Cockburn on March 10, 1984 in New York City, she took Wilde as her stage name while in high school, borrowing it, she’s said, from Irish author Oscar Wilde to honor the many writers in her family. Journalists, really. Her mother, Leslie Cockburn, is a 60 Minutes producer and journalist. Her father, Andrew Cockburn, who was born in London, England, and raised in Ireland, is also a journalist, as are two of her uncles. From them, she’s said, she inherited a “strong journalistic streak” which made her “really critical and analytical.”
She landed her first major recurring acting role playing Alex Kelly on The O.C. from 2004-2005, and now has a recurring role on House as Dr. Remy “Thirteen” Hadley. 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.'”
When she isn’t busy taking the No. 1 spot on Maxim magazine’s Hot 100, she’s busy acting. Very busy. She has four movies coming out this year — Cowboys & Aliens (YES!), The Change-Up (starring Ryan Reynolds and Jason Bateman), In Time (sounds pretty neat, sci-fi, starring Justin Timberlake and Amanda Seyfried) and Butter.
Even though she’s seen sporting dark hair most of the time, Olivia’s actually a natural blonde. “I’m a natural blonde,” she’s said, “but I feel like a brunette.”
Loading ...Your friendly neighborhood beauty addict,
Karen
P.S. Got any plans this weekend? I just found out that the baby shower I was supposed to go to tomorrow got postponed to a later date, so I’m probably just gonna do some cleaning, go grocery shopping and then head to the pool for a while to veg with some magazines. Whatever you’ve got going on, I hope you have some fun. 🙂
I plan to jump off the top of a Border’s building over the weekend because they are not going out of business.
I’m gonna leave all my make-up to you in my will. *sniffle*
🙁
Why did I say “not” going out of business.
They are in fact going out of business.
>_<
There was one in the next town over that I loved going to! It went out of business a few months ago… still miss it!
Tomorrow I’m off to Trader Joe’s to do my weekly grocery shopping. Sunday my friend Mary’s coming up and she’ll be helping me find a birthday gift for my Mom. Looking for a new handbag for Mom.
Hi Heidi,
I’m hitting up TJ’s this afternoon. Hope you and Mary find something cute for Mom. Will you guys be heading to Corte Madera?
You know what, I’m gonna get it out there. The first hair picture? Not so flattering. Does it matter? No. Because Olivia Wilde is smokin’ hot. She could be bald, dreadlocked, mulleted, or 80s permed, and she’d still be ridiculously good looking. So this poll…moot point. The correct answer is “all of them.”
LOL… I think part of the reason has to be her cheekbones. They’re fan-frickin’-tastic!
Ugh, I’m obsessed with her. She’s beautiful and an amazing actress. Not to mention House is my favorite show <3 I like her better brunette
As for the weekend, my family from England flew in so we're going to take them around the city.
How fun! Hope you guys are having a great weekend.
What? She is a natural blonde? She looks waaay better with dark hair.
I like her with both!
Oh. I’ll be meeting up a friend at South City Mall and keep an eye on TBS over there 😉
Hope you had fun! Happy Sunday. 🙂
Not too wild about Olivia myself but I do say that I like number 6 best on her 🙂
That’s a cute style. 🙂
she is so pretty! 🙂
She is! I want her hair.
I can’t wake up today either. We are headed to the beach soon, hopefully that will perk me up!
Hope you had fun at the beach yesterday. What are you up to today?
I am so in love with her, I wish I were her!
I wish I had her hair, LOL!
She always looks beautiful.
She does!
I have such an extreme girl-crush on Olivia Wilde. I pretty much hope she is in every movie I ever see for the rest of my life <3
She looks cute as a blonde 🙂
Are you going to watch Cowboys & Aliens, Lisa?
2, 6, 8
All cute styles!
Olivia Wild’s eyebrows are so bad that I can’t even focus on her hair! Too mean? Sorry 🙁
Aww, I don’t mind them so much. I do like how arched they are!
2 for an updo; 8 for down
I really like that updo, too!
SHE’S MY AGE?? I always thought she was in her 30s, now I feel old and useless seeing as I’ve no blockbusters under my belt. Hmpf.