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.”
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. 🙂
Britany B. says
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*
🙁
Britany B. says
Why did I say “not” going out of business.
They are in fact going out of business.
>_<
Karen says
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!
Heidi says
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.
Karen says
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?
Megan says
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.”
Karen says
LOL… I think part of the reason has to be her cheekbones. They’re fan-frickin’-tastic!
Alex says
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.
Karen says
How fun! Hope you guys are having a great weekend.
Sylvie says
What? She is a natural blonde? She looks waaay better with dark hair.
Karen says
I like her with both!
Nivedita says
Oh. I’ll be meeting up a friend at South City Mall and keep an eye on TBS over there 😉
Karen says
Hope you had fun! Happy Sunday. 🙂
Claudia says
Not too wild about Olivia myself but I do say that I like number 6 best on her 🙂
Karen says
That’s a cute style. 🙂
Nina says
she is so pretty! 🙂
Karen says
She is! I want her hair.
Karen says
I can’t wake up today either. We are headed to the beach soon, hopefully that will perk me up!
Karen says
Hope you had fun at the beach yesterday. What are you up to today?
Vanessa says
I am so in love with her, I wish I were her!
Karen says
I wish I had her hair, LOL!
gio says
She always looks beautiful.
Karen says
She does!
Lisa says
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 🙂
Karen says
Are you going to watch Cowboys & Aliens, Lisa?
Yuri says
2, 6, 8
Karen says
All cute styles!
Liz says
Olivia Wild’s eyebrows are so bad that I can’t even focus on her hair! Too mean? Sorry 🙁
Karen says
Aww, I don’t mind them so much. I do like how arched they are!
robynne says
2 for an updo; 8 for down
Karen says
I really like that updo, too!
Advah says
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.