Date of Birth
10 March 1984, New York City, New York, USA
Birth Name
Olivia Jane Cockburn
Height
5' 7½" (1.71 m)
Mini Biography
Although born in New
York, Wilde was raised in Washington DC and went to school there as well as in
Massachusetts where she graduated in 2002. Her father, 'Andrew Cockburn', is
Irish, giving her dual US and Irish nationality and facilitating her brief study
at the Gaiety School of Acting in Dublin, Ireland.
After appearing in the short-lived US TV show "Skin" (2003) she made her Hollywood debut in The Girl Next Door (2004) and then came to public notice in "The O.C." (2003), but it was as 'Thirteen' in _"House M.D." (2007)_ that she achieved international stardom.
After appearing in the short-lived US TV show "Skin" (2003) she made her Hollywood debut in The Girl Next Door (2004) and then came to public notice in "The O.C." (2003), but it was as 'Thirteen' in _"House M.D." (2007)_ that she achieved international stardom.
Trade Mark
Cat-like eyes
Trivia
- Granddaughter of Claud Cockburn, who used the pen name James Helvick and Jean Ross.
- Daughter of Andrew Cockburn and Leslie Cockburn.
- Attended Georgetown Day School in Washington, DC, through 8th grade.
- Ex-sister-in-law of Bartolomeo Ruspoli and Aileen Getty.
- Ex-daughter-in-law of Dado Ruspoli, 9th Prince of Cerveteri and Debra Berger.
- Attended Gaiety School of Acting in Dublin, Ireland.
- Spent one month on the set of The Girl Next Door (2004) before being asked to join the cast.
- Raised in Washington, DC.
- Graduated from Phillips Academy in Andover, Massachusetts.
- Has a dog named Paco who, as of July 26, 2006, is the new mascot for Old Navy.
- Best friends with Patrick Fugit and Megalyn Echikunwoke.
- Won Best Actress at HBO's US Comedy Arts Festival in Aspen, 2006 for her role in Bickford Shmeckler's Cool Ideas (2006).
- Ranked #95 on FHM magazine's "100 Sexiest Women in the World" list of 2006.
- Has dual citizenship between Ireland and the United States.
- Eloped with her husband and was married in a bus in Washington, Virginia when she was 19. As of 2011, separated and seeking divorce.
- Once won a pancake eating contest while in Australia.
- Ranked #15 on Maxim magazine's "Hot 100 Women" of 2011, after being ranked #1 in 2009. Previously had been rated #97 in 2008 and and #61 in 2005.
- Is a natural blond.
- Is a vegan.
- Is Irish-American.
- Was rumored to play the lead Bond girl in Bond 23.
- Replaced Kate Hudson in Butter (2011).
- Close friends with Kal Penn.
- Niece of Alexander Cockburn, Patrick Cockburn and Sarah Caudwell.
- A lifelong lover of classic cars, the actress owns a 1958 Chevy Biscayne and a 1959 Thunderbird Convertible. Once owned a 1966 Lincoln Continental with suicide doors.
- Adopted her professional name "Wilde" after she developed a profound respect and admiration for Irish poet and writer Oscar Wilde and his body of literature.
- Has an older sister named Chloe, and a younger brother named Charlie.
- Voted #30 in the 2011 Ask Men list of the "top 99 most desirable women". Previously she ranked #49 in 2010.
- Ranked #5 in the 2011 FHM list of "100 Sexiest Women in the World".
- Ranked #18 in the 2010 FHM UK list of "100 Sexiest Women in the World".
- Mick Jagger was once her parents' dinner guest at their Washington D.C. home, and she had an impromptu brownie-eating contest with Chris Farley when, at age 10, she visited the set of "Saturday Night Live" (1975).
- Her well-connected journalist parents once helped her get a casting office job in Los Angeles, hoping the experience would dissuade her from taking up acting.
- Her paternal grandmother, Jean Ross, was the inspiration for Christopher Isherwood's character "Sally Bowles", portrayed on film in I Am a Camera (1955) by Julie Harris, and Cabaret (1972) by Liza Minnelli.
