Olivia Wilde

Olivia Wilde (2019)

Olivia Wilde (* 10. March 1984 in New York City as Olivia Jane Cockburn ) is an American actress , director and film producer .

Life

Wilde is the daughter of journalist Andrew Cockburn and producer Leslie Cockburn. After attending Phillips Academy in Andover , Massachusetts , she studied acting at the Gaiety School of Acting in Dublin . Many of her relatives, such as her grandfather Francis Claud Cockburn , her father and her two paternal uncles, Alexander and Patrick Cockburn, are journalists.

She chose her stage name in reference to Oscar Wilde, who she admired .

Acting career

Their first success had Wilde Kellie in the US teen - comedy The Girl Next Door . She then got a leading role as Jewel Goldman in the US series Skin , which was discontinued in 2003 after only three episodes. With the role of Alex Kelly she made her breakthrough in the second season of the series OC, California .

Olivia Wilde at the 2007 Tribeca Film Festival

In 2007 Wilde had one of the leading roles as Jenny Reilly in the 13 episode series The Black Donnellys . From 2007 she achieved widespread fame as Dr. Remy "Thirteen" Hadley in the hit series Dr. House . In 2010 she had a role as Quorra in the movie Tron: Legacy . Next followed in 2011 the female lead in science fiction - Western Cowboys & Aliens alongside Daniel Craig and Harrison Ford . That same year, Wilde was seen in a supporting role as Rachel Salas , mother of Will Salas , played by Justin Timberlake , in the science fiction thriller In Time by director Andrew Niccol . Further film and television appearances followed.

Her directorial debut came out in 2019 with Booksmart . In late June 2020, Wilde became a member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences .

Others

In addition to her acting career, Wilde is a member of the Los Angeles Filmmaker's Cooperative (LAFCO) . Among other things, she is the managing editor of LAFCO NEWS and was the project manager of the LAFCO production for the Lysistrata project , the first worldwide theater event for peace that took place in hundreds of cities around the world.

In 2008 Wilde supported Barack Obama's presidential candidacy together with her fellow actor Kal Penn .

Olivia Wilde writing an autograph (2010)

In October 2009, Wilde was the face of the advertising campaign for Escada's fragrance Desire me in commercials and on posters . In October 2010 the artist Shepard Fairey painted her as Miss Liberty for a poster for the American Civil Liberties Union . Wilde is a vegan and was voted the Sexiest Vegetarian Celebrity in a poll initiated by PETA in 2010 . She was also seen in the music video City of Angels by the band 30 Seconds to Mars, which was released in 2013, alongside fellow actors such as James Franco and Juliette Lewis .

Personal

Wilde was married to the Italian filmmaker and photographer Tao Ruspoli from 2003 to 2011. Wilde met Ruspoli, who was ten years his senior, at the age of 18 and only found out after the wedding that he belonged to the Italian nobility . The separation was amicable. Since early 2013, Wilde has been engaged to actor Jason Sudeikis , with whom she has been dating since late 2011. In April 2014 their first offspring was born, a son, and in October 2016 their second child, a girl.

Dubbing voice

With a few exceptions, Anja Stadlober has been the regular German-speaking voice actress for Olivia Wilde since 2005.

Filmography (selection)

Movies

• 1995: Meeting Magdalene (short film)
• 2004: The Girl Next Door
• 2005: Conversation (s) With Other Women
• 2006: Alpha Dog - Fatal Friendships (Alpha Dog)
• 2006: Camjackers
• 2006: Bickford Shmeckler's Cool Ideas
• 2006: Turistas
• 2007: Kill Bobby Z (Death and Life of Bobby Z)
• 2008: Fix
• 2009: Year One - Every beginning is difficult (Year One)
• 2010: Tron: Legacy
• 2010: 72 hours - The Next Three Days (The Next Three Days)
• 2011: In Northwood (On the Inside)
• 2011: Cowboys & Aliens
• 2011: As changed (The Change-Up)
• 2011: Everything in Butter (Butter)
• 2011: In Time - Your time is running out (In Time)
• 2011: Free Hugs (short film, also director)
• 2012: Time to Live (People Like Us)
• 2012: Cold Blood - No way out. No mercy. (Deadfall)
• 2012: The Thief of Words
• 2013: The Incredible Burt Wonderstone (The Incredible Burt Wonderstone)
• 2013: Third Person (Third Person)
• 2013: Drinking Buddies
• 2013: Rush - Everything for victory (Rush)
• 2013: Her
• 2014: The main thing is that the chemistry is right (Better Living Through Chemistry)
• 2014: Liebe to Go - The Longest Week of My Life (The Longest Week)
• 2015: The Lazarus Effect
• 2015: Meadowland
• 2015: Every year again - Christmas with the Coopers (Love the Coopers)
• 2018: Vigilante - Until the last breath (A Vigilante)
• 2018: That's Life - Life Itself (Life Itself)
• 2019: Booksmart (Director)
• 2019: The Richard Jewell Case (Richard Jewell)
• 2020: Wake Up (short film, director)

TV Shows

• 2003–2004: Skin (6 episodes)
• 2004–2005: OC, California ( The OC , episodes 2x03–2x16)
• 2007: The Black Donnellys (all episodes)
• 2007–2012: Dr. House ( House , 67 episodes)
• 2012: TRON: The Uprising ( TRON: Uprising , episode 1x06, voice Quorra)
• 2014–2015: Portlandia (3 episodes)
• 2014–2015: BoJack Horseman (4 episodes, voice)
• 2015: Doll & Em (5 episodes)
• 2016: Vinyl (8 episodes)

Awards & nominations

Independent Spirit Awards

• 2020 : Best directorial debut ( Booksmart )

Gotham Awards

• 2019 : Nomination for Best Directing Debut (Booksmart)
• 2019: Nomination for the audience award (Booksmart)

Teen Choice Awards

• 2008 : Nomination for Choice TV Breakout Star Female ( Dr. House )
• 2009 : Nomination for Choice TV Actress: Drama (Dr. House)
• 2010 : Nomination for Choice TV Actress: Drama (Dr. House)
• 2011 : Nomination for Choice TV Actress: Drama (Dr. House)
• 2011: Nomination for Choice Movie Breakout Female ( Tron: Legacy )
• 2013 : Nomination for Choice Movie Actress: Comedy ( The Incredible Burt Wonderstone )

MTV Movie Awards

• 2011 : Nomination for the best newcomer (Tron: Legacy)

Vail Film Festival

• 2008: Rising Star Award ( Bickford Shmeckler's Cool Ideas )

The Comedy Festival

• 2006: Best Actress (Bickford Shmeckler's Cool Ideas)

Web links

Commons : Olivia Wilde  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Olivia Wilde in the Internet Movie Database (English)
• Olivia Wilde in the online film database

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Wilde at Heart on observer.com; Archive link from December 11, 2007
2. ^ Academy Invites 819 To Membership. In: oscars.org, June 30, 2020.
3. ↑ Olivia Wilde Gets The Shepard Fairey Treatment . The Huffington Post. Retrieved October 18, 2010.
4. ↑ Why vegan? . wildethings.org . Archived from the original on August 1, 2012. Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved July 21, 2011. 
5. ↑ Sexiest Vegetarian Celebrities . peta.org . Archived from the original on April 22, 2012. Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved July 21, 2011. 
6. ↑ Bernd Michael Krannich: House: Olivia Wilde files for divorce . Serienjunkies.de . March 12, 2011. Retrieved March 20, 2011.
7. ↑ Lenka Hladikova: House: Olivia Wilde is divorced . Serienjunkies.de . October 4, 2011. Retrieved October 6, 2011.
8. ↑ Olivia Wilde is pregnant . In: n24.de . October 28, 2013. Retrieved October 28, 2013.
9. ↑ Henning Harder: House: Olivia Wilde is mother . In: Serienjunkies.de . April 24, 2014. Retrieved April 24, 2014.
10. ↑ As a pregnant woman, Olivia Wilde wants a seat. ( Dpa ). Die Zeit , September 16, 2016, accessed on September 16, 2016 .  
11. ↑ Olivia Wilde. In: synchronkartei.de. German dubbing file , accessed on April 6, 2020 . 
12. ↑ Best Feature - 'Marriage Story' Sweeps Gotham Awards; Full winners list. Retrieved February 12, 2020 .