50 Facts About Megan Fox

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Megan Denise Fox was born on May 16,1986 and is an American actress.

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Megan Fox is the recipient of several accolades, including two Scream Awards and four Teen Choice Awards.

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Megan Denise Fox was born on May 16,1986, in Oak Ridge, Tennessee, to parents Gloria Darlene and Franklin Thomas Fox.

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Megan Fox was raised "very strictly Pentecostal", but later attended Catholic school for 12 years.

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Megan Fox said that her parents were "very strict" and that she was not allowed to have a boyfriend or invite friends to her house.

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Megan Fox lived with her mother until she made enough money to support herself.

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Megan Fox began her training in dance and drama at age five, in Kingston, Tennessee.

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Megan Fox attended a dance class at the community center there and was involved in Kingston Elementary School's chorus and the Kingston Clippers swim team.

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At age 10, after moving to St Petersburg, Florida, Megan Fox continued her training.

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When she was 13 years old, Megan Fox began modeling after winning several awards at the 1999 American Modeling and Talent Convention in Hilton Head, South Carolina.

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Megan Fox attended high school at Morningside Academy in Port St Lucie until her junior year when she attended St Lucie West Centennial High School.

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In 2001, Megan Fox made her acting debut in the romantic comedy Holiday in the Sun, as spoiled heiress Brianna Wallace and rival of Alex Stewart, which was released direct-to-DVD on November 20,2001.

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Megan Fox appeared as an uncredited extra in the action film Bad Boys II.

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In 2004, Megan Fox made her feature film debut opposite Lindsay Lohan in the musical comedy Confessions of a Teenage Drama Queen, playing the supporting role of Carla Santini, a rival of Lola.

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Megan Fox appeared in the second and third seasons, until the series was cancelled by ABC in May 2006.

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In 2007, Megan Fox won the lead female role of Mikaela Banes in the 2007 live-action film Transformers, based on the toy and cartoon saga of the same name.

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Megan Fox played the love interest of Shia LaBeouf's character Sam Witwicky.

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Megan Fox was nominated for an MTV Movie Award in the category of "Breakthrough Performance", and was nominated for three Teen Choice Awards.

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Megan Fox had signed on for two more Transformers sequels, reprising her role as Mikaela in Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen.

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Megan Fox was to star in the third installment, Transformers: Dark of the Moon, but was not included because of her statements comparing working under director Bay to working for Hitler.

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Bay said in June 2009 that Megan Fox was fired on orders of executive producer Steven Spielberg, a claim Spielberg challenged.

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The film initially earned mixed to average reviews upon its release, with Megan Fox's performance earning praise.

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Megan Fox starred alongside Mickey Rourke in the drama Passion Play.

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In 2012, Megan Fox appeared briefly in Sacha Baron Cohen's comedy film The Dictator and had a featured role in Judd Apatow's comedy film This Is 40.

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Megan Fox voiced the role of Lois Lane in the animated comedy film Robot Chicken DC Comics Special, an episode of the television comedy series Robot Chicken that aired as a one-off special during Cartoon Network's Adult Swim programming block on September 9,2012.

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In January 2013, Megan Fox was featured in a Brazilian television commercial for Brahma beer.

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In February 2013, Megan Fox set aside her differences with her former director Michael Bay and worked again with him on his reboot of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, starring as the lead human character of April O'Neil.

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In 2015, Megan Fox was cast in the role of Amelia Delthanis in the Plarium video game, Stormfall: Rise of Balur.

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In October 2015, it was confirmed that Megan Fox would be temporarily replacing Zooey Deschanel in the television sitcom New Girl, following Deschanel's maternity leave.

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Megan Fox starred as Reagan Lucas, appearing in the fifth and sixth seasons of the series.

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In 2016, Megan Fox reprised her role of April O'Neil in the sequel Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows.

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Megan Fox played a lead role as Marguerite Higgins, an American news reporter.

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In 2019, Megan Fox starred in the mystery-fantasy film Above the Shadows opposite Olivia Thirlby and Alan Ritchson, directed by Claudia Myers.

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That same year, Megan Fox appeared in Zeroville directed by James Franco, which was previously shot in 2014.

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In 2020, Megan Fox starred opposite Josh Duhamel in the family comedy film Think Like a Dog, which was released on video on demand on June 9,2020.

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In 2022 Megan Fox starred in the drama comedy Big Gold Brick, alongside Oscar Isaac, Andy Garcia, Lucy Hale, and Emory Cohen, directed by Brian Petsos.

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In 2023, Megan Fox was featured on the cover of Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue.

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Megan Fox created a character for her public image because she was unwilling to sacrifice her true self to the world.

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Megan Fox had over nine known tattoos, including a picture of Marilyn Monroe's face on her right forearm and a quote on her shoulder.

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Megan Fox said the letter's claims were false, and that she had privately spoken with the parties involved.

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Megan Fox said she was "very fortunate" to be a part of the franchise, and was looking forward to continuing her work.

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The increased media exposure was difficult for Megan Fox, who acknowledged being shy and insecure, to adjust to.

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Megan Fox's overexposure in the media led several men's websites, such as AskMen, to boycott her on August 4,2009, although some refused to do so, feeling that the boycott was a publicity stunt and therefore hypocritical.

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In 2009, Megan Fox was targeted by a group of fashion-motivated criminals known as the "Bling Ring", who robbed her then-boyfriend Brian Austin Green's home for access to Megan Fox's possessions.

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Megan Fox maintained that she and Green had been continuously engaged since 2006.

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Megan Fox was a stepmother to Green's son from a previous relationship.

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Megan Fox filed for divorce on August 21,2015, a few days after she and Green announced their separation.

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In May 2020, Green announced that he and Megan Fox had separated after nearly 10 years of marriage, and in November 2020, Megan Fox filed for divorce from Green for a second time.

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On January 12,2022, Megan Fox announced that the two were engaged.

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Megan Fox has received numerous awards and nominations, including four Teen Choice Awards and two Scream Awards.