58 Facts About Olivia Wilde

Olivia Jane Cockburn, known professionally as Olivia Wilde, is an American actress and filmmaker.

Olivia Wilde grew up in the Georgetown neighborhood of Washington, DC while spending summers at Ardmore in Ireland.

Olivia Wilde attended Georgetown Day School in Washington, DC and Phillips Academy in Andover, Massachusetts, graduating in 2002.

Olivia Wilde derived her surname from Irish author Oscar Olivia Wilde, and started using it while in high school to honor the writers in her family, many of whom used pen names.

Olivia Wilde was accepted to Bard College, but deferred her enrollment three times in order to pursue acting.

Olivia Wilde then studied at the Gaiety School of Acting in Dublin.

Olivia Wilde's father, Andrew Cockburn, is a British journalist; he was born in the London suburb of Willesden and raised in Ireland.

Olivia Wilde's mother, Leslie Cockburn, is an American producer on 60 Minutes and journalist.

Olivia Wilde has a sister five years older and a brother nine years younger.

Olivia Wilde's grandfather, British novelist Claud Cockburn, and his sons Alexander and Patrick Cockburn worked as journalists and her aunt, Sarah Caudwell, was a writer.

Olivia Wilde appeared as "Jewel Goldman" on the short-lived television series Skin.

Olivia Wilde gained attention for her recurring role as bisexual bar owner, Alex Kelly, who dates both characters played by Adam Brody and Mischa Barton on the teen drama television series, The OC.

Olivia Wilde appeared in films The Girl Next Door, Conversations with Other Women, Bickford Shmeckler's Cool Ideas, Turistas and Alpha Dog.

Olivia Wilde was in The Death and Life of Bobby Z and the short-lived drama television series The Black Donnellys.

In September 2007, Olivia Wilde joined the cast of the medical drama television series House.

Olivia Wilde played the character of Remy "Thirteen" Hadley, a bisexual internist with Huntington's disease, who was handpicked by House out of a number of applicants to join his medical team.

Olivia Wilde appeared in the comedy film Year One as Princess Inanna.

Olivia Wilde starred in Disney's Tron: Legacy as Quorra.

Olivia Wilde was in the films In Time, On the Inside and Butter.

In 2011, Olivia Wilde became a global brand ambassador for the cosmetic company Revlon, which featured her in their commercials.

Olivia Wilde made her directing and screenwriting debut with the film Free Hugs for Glamour Magazine's short film series, which was screened at various festivals.

In 2012, Olivia Wilde was featured in PBS docu-series Half the Sky: Turning Oppression into Opportunity for Women Worldwide, which was inspired by Nicholas Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn's book of the same name.

Olivia Wilde produced the short film, Baseball in the Time of Cholera, which explored the cholera epidemic in Haiti.

In 2013, Olivia Wilde wrote an article called the, "Do's and Don'ts of Turning 30," which was published in Glamour Magazine.

Olivia Wilde starred in and executive produced Drinking Buddies.

Olivia Wilde had a supporting role as Jane, a magician's assistant, in The Incredible Burt Wonderstone.

Olivia Wilde played Suzy Miller in the biographical drama Rush, about James Hunt and Niki Lauda, and had a starring role in the film Her, which was lauded by critics, and received accolades from the Academy Awards and Golden Globe Awards.

Olivia Wilde has served as executive producer for other documentary short films: The Rider and the Storm, about Timmy Brennan, a New York ironworker from Breezy Point, Queens who lost everything he owned when Hurricane Sandy hit and Body Team 12, which follows the team tasked with collecting the dead at the height of the Ebola outbreak.

Olivia Wilde starred as Beatrice Fairbanks in The Longest Week, as the middle of a love triangle between an affluent drifter and his best friend.

Olivia Wilde starred in the thriller The Lazarus Effect as Zoe, a medical researcher who is accidentally killed, then revived with a miraculous serum with unfortunate side-effects.

Olivia Wilde starred in and produced the drama Meadowland, that premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival in New York on April 17,2015.

In 2016, Olivia Wilde directed a music video for Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros, teaming up with director of photography Reed Morano.

Olivia Wilde then worked with American rock band Red Hot Chili Peppers, directing the music video for their song "Dark Necessities".

Olivia Wilde starred as Devon Finestra in HBO's rock 'n' roll drama television series Vinyl.

Also in 2016, Olivia Wilde directed an acclaimed live table reading of Hannah and Her Sisters at The New York Timess Center Theatre.

Olivia Wilde stated that Hannah and Her Sisters is "just a perfect script, and I knew an audience would enjoy having the chance to focus on the genius of the writing, which is what the Live Reads allow for".

In 2017, Olivia Wilde made her Broadway debut portraying the role of Julia in 1984.

In May 2017, Olivia Wilde became chief brand activist of True Botanicals, a cosmetics and skin care company.

Olivia Wilde made her directing debut with the teen comedy Booksmart, which was released on May 24,2019.

Olivia Wilde next appeared in Richard Jewell in 2019, playing Atlanta Journal-Constitution reporter Kathy Scruggs who died in 2001.

Commentators noted that Olivia Wilde's character was based on a real person, whereas the FBI agent was an amalgamation of multiple characters from the original script.

In 2022, Olivia Wilde directed her second feature, playing a supporting role in, Don't Worry Darling, an erotic psychological thriller about a 1950s housewife, starring Florence Pugh, Harry Styles, Gemma Chan and Chris Pine, for New Line Cinema from a screenplay by Katie Silberman.

Olivia Wilde is attached to direct Perfect, a biopic about gymnast Kerri Strug for Searchlight Pictures, an untitled holiday-comedy film for Universal Pictures, and a female-centered superhero film as part of the Sony's Spider-Man Universe franchise.

In 2008, Olivia Wilde campaigned with actors Justin Long and her then-current House castmate Kal Penn in support for the Democratic Presidential nominee Barack Obama.

Olivia Wilde was a supporter of the youth voter organization 18 in '08.

Olivia Wilde serves on their advisory council and appeared in a public service announcement that debuted June 30,2008 which encouraged youth to vote at the 2008 election.

Olivia Wilde was praised by the Coalition of Immokalee Workers, a farmworkers' union, for supporting the Fair Foods campaign.

Olivia Wilde is one of the board of directors at Artists for Peace and Justice, which provides education and health services in Haiti, and the American Civil Liberties Union of Southern California.

Olivia Wilde starred in a PSA released on March 21,2016, for World Down Syndrome Day, alongside 19-year-old AnnaRose from New Jersey who has Down Syndrome.

Olivia Wilde participated in the 2017 Women's March in Washington, DC and the 2018 Women's March in Los Angeles.

On June 7,2003, when she was 19 years old, Olivia Wilde married Italian filmmaker and musician Don Tao dei Principi Ruspoli, who is member of the aristocratic Ruspoli family.

Olivia Wilde later said the wedding occurred in an abandoned school bus because it was the only place where they could be completely alone, as the marriage was a secret at the time.

Olivia Wilde filed for divorce in Los Angeles County Superior Court on March 3,2011, citing "irreconcilable differences".

Olivia Wilde did not seek spousal support, and the pair reached a private agreement on property division.

Olivia Wilde began dating American actor and comedian Jason Sudeikis in November 2011.

Olivia Wilde was publicly served with court documents regarding child custody while she was presenting Don't Worry Darling at CinemaCon 2022.

In January 2021, Olivia Wilde began dating singer Harry Styles after meeting during the filming of Don't Worry Darling.

Olivia Wilde considered herself a pescetarian in 2013, although she has been both vegan and vegetarian at different times.