Wilde, Olivia

Olivia Wilde, born Olivia Jane Cockburn (-brn;[3] March 10, 1984), is an American actress and director. She played House)" target="_blank">Remy "Thirteen" Hadley on House (2007-2012) and has since appeared in Tron: Legacy (2010), Cowboys & Aliens (2011), The Incredible Burt Wonderstone (2013), and The Lazarus Effect (2015). In 2017, Wilde made her Broadway debut in the role of Julia. She won the Independent Spirit Award for Best First Feature for her 2019 teen comedy Booksmart, which she also directed. Don't Worry Darling, Wilde's second feature film as director, came out in 2022.

Early life

Olivia Jane Cockburn, better known as Wilde, was born on March 10, 1984, in New York City. She spent her formative years in the Georgetown section of Washington, DC, which C While spending summers in Ardmore, Ireland, [6][7] She went to the prestigious Georgetown Day School in Washington, DC, where she [8] C also, Andover, Massachusetts' Phillips Academy, from which he graduated in 2002 Wilde took her last name from the Irish writer Oscar Wilde[9] and began using it while still in high school as a way to recognize the legacy of writers (many of whom wrote under pseudonyms) in her family. She was accepted to Bard College [10], but she put off going there three times so that she could pursue acting instead. At the age of eleven, she enrolled at Dublin's Gaiety School of Acting. Wilde's family also temporarily lived in a home in Guilford, Vermont (see [9]). To paraphrase [citation needed]1citation needed

Andrew Cockburn, Wilde's father, was born in the London suburb of Willesden and was raised in Ireland. He is a British journalist. Her mother is the American journalist and 60 Minutes producer Leslie Cockburn (née Redlich). She is the middle child, with an older sister and a younger brother. [9] Her aunt, Sarah Caudwell, was a writer, and her grandfather, British novelist Claud Cockburn, and his sons, Alexander and Patrick Cockburn, were all journalists. While living in Washington, D.C., the Cockburns' tenant was the author Christopher Hitchens. C along with being Wilde's babysitter [7]

At the height of the British Empire, some of Wilde's aristocratic Scottish paternal ancestors lived in many different places, including Peking (where Wilde's paternal grandfather was born), Calcutta, Bombay, Cairo, and Tasmania. Lord Henry Cockburn was a lawyer, judge, and author; the Cockburns are his direct lineal descendants. Henry Arthur Blake, one of Oscar Wilde's great-great-grandfathers, served as governor of Hong Kong. Wilde's paternal ancestors are distantly connected to George Cockburn, the arsonist who destroyed the nation's capital during the War of 1812. [15] Besides being of Scottish descent, Wilde also has English, German, Irish, and Manx ancestry, as well as 1/64th Sephardic Jewish descent via her great-great-great-grandfather, the British Whig politician and actor Ralph Bernal (1783-1854). [16][17]

Career

Beginning in 2003, through House, and to a Breakthrough in 2012

In the cancelled TV series Skin (2003–2004), Wilde played the role of "Jewel Goldman." It was her recurring role as Alex Kelly, the bar's bisexual owner who dated Adam Brody and Mischa Barton on The O.C. (2004–2005) that brought her to prominence. [18]

In film, she has been seen in The Girl Next Door (2004), Conversations with Other Women (2005), Bickford Shmeckler's Cool Ideas (2006), Turistas (2006), and Alpha Dog (2006).

December 2010: Wilde at the premiere of Tron: Legacy

She played three roles in the political thriller Beauty on the Vine, which premiered off-Broadway in 2007. She also appeared in the 2007 film The Death and Life of Bobby Z and the 2007 drama series The Black Donnellys. Wilde joined the cast of the hit television show House in September 2007. She portrayed bisexual internist House)" target="_blank">Remy "Thirteen" Hadley, who House chose to join his medical team despite suffering from Huntington's disease. The episode "The Right Stuff" marked her debut.

In the 2009 comedy Year One, Wilde played Princess Inanna. She played Quorra in the 2010 Disney film Tron: Legacy. Wilde, whose parents are both acclaimed journalists and documentary filmmakers, has served as executive producer on a number of short documentaries. One of these, Sun City Picture House (2010), is about a community in Haiti that comes together to build a movie theater after the devastating 2010 earthquake.

Wilde's departure from House was first reported in August 2011, and she officially left in the episode "Charity Case." Wilde starred as Ella Swensen in Cowboys & Aliens (2011), where she and other characters battle alien invaders, and in the comedy The Change-Up (2011), where she plays a similar role. The 2011 films In Time (2011), On the Inside (2011), and Butter (2011) all featured her. Wilde began appearing in Revlon commercials in 2011 after signing on as the company's global brand ambassador. Free Hugs (2011), which Wilde directed and wrote for Glamour Magazine's short film series, was her festival debut.

During the series finale of House in May 2012, Wilde's character, Remy "Thirteen" Hadley, appeared in two episodes: "Holding On" and "Everybody Dies." Deadfall (2012), a thriller about two siblings who decide to fend for themselves in the wake of a botched casino heist, and their unlikely reunion during another family's Thanksgiving celebration, featured her as Liza. She also starred in the films People Like Us (2012), Third Person (2012), and The Words (2012). Inspired by the book of the same name by Nicholas Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn, the PBS documentary series Half the Sky: Turning Oppression into Opportunity for Women Worldwide featured Wilde in 2012. Wilde is introduced to the challenges women in Nairobi, Kenya face throughout the course of the documentary series. Baseball in the Time of Cholera (2012), a short film she produced, focused on the cholera epidemic in Haiti.

2013–2018: Breakout years, including Broadway debut

During the 2013 premiere of Her, Wilde (right) was able to hang out with the rest of the cast.

Do's and Don'ts of Turning 30," by Wilde, appeared in Glamour in 2013. Drinking Buddies (2013), in which she co-starred, she also served as an executive producer. Jane, the magician's assistant, was a supporting role she played in the 2013 film The Incredible Burt Wonderstone. She also played Suzy Miller in the biographical drama Rush (2013), about James Hunt and Niki Lauda, and was the lead in the critically acclaimed and award-winning film Her (2013). Other short documentaries she has executive produced include 2013's The Rider and the Storm (about a New York ironworker named Timmy Brennan from Breezy Point, Queens who lost everything to Hurricane Sandy) and 2015's Body Team 12. which follows the crew responsible for collecting bodies during the peak of the Ebola epidemic The film was nominated for Best Documentary (Short Subject) at the 88th Academy Awards and went on to win Best Documentary Short at the 2015 Tribeca Film Festival[25]. [26]

In Better Living Through Chemistry (2014), Wilde played the role of Elizabeth Roberts, a trophy wife client who enters the life of a straight-laced pharmacist and takes him on a joyride involving sex, drugs, and possibly murder. In The Longest Week (2014), she played Beatrice Fairbanks, who is caught in the middle of a love triangle involving an affluent drifter and his best friend. She represented H&M's Conscious Exclusive line in 2015. [27] She played the role of Zoe, a medical researcher who is killed in an accident and then resurrected with a miraculous serum that has some unfortunate side effects, in the 2015 thriller The Lazarus Effect. The drama Meadowland (2015), which Wilde starred in and produced, had its world premiere on April 17 at the Tribeca Film Festival in New York. She portrayed Eleanor in the 2015 film Love the Coopers. [30][31]

Wilde collaborated with director of photography Reed Morano on a music video for Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros in 2016. Afterwards, she directed a music video for the American rock band Red Hot Chili Peppers' song "Dark Necessities." Vinyl (2016) on HBO was a rock and roll drama show starring Wilde as Devon Finestra. The live table reading of Hannah and Her Sisters that Wilde directed for The New York Times and received critical acclaim in 2016 was also well received. ' theater located in the heart of downtown Wilde played Hannah in the production (see also: [32]). Wilde said of Hannah and Her Sisters, "just a perfect script, and I knew an audience would enjoy having the chance to focus on the genius of the writing," which is exactly what the Live Reads facilitate. A brand ambassador for Revlon until 2016, her contract expired in 2016.

Wilde made her Broadway debut in 2017 with the role of Julia in 1984. On June 22 (with previews starting on May 18), it premiered at the Hudson Theatre in New York City, where it ran until October 8, 2017. Wilde joined the skin care and cosmetics company True Botanicals as chief brand activist in May of 2017. Fear Us Women (2017) is a short documentary film about Canadian civilian Hanna Bohman, who has been fighting ISIS in Syria for the past three years as a volunteer soldier. Hanna, who is a member of the YPJ, an all-female Kurdish army, provides an inside look at the women fighting for liberation in Syria. [37]

At the SXSW 2018 red carpet premiere of A Vigilante, Wilde was present.

Wilde starred in the 2018 film A Vigilante. On March 10th, 2018, it debuted for the first time at South by Southwest. Date of Publication: March 29, 2019 [39] Wilde's role as the protagonist in the drama Life Itself was released the same year. Released on September 21st, 2018, the film was met with widespread critical acclaim but failed to succeed at the box office and was widely considered a failure. [42][43]

A move into filmmaking as of 2019

On May 24, 2019, Wilde debuted as a film director with the release of the teen comedy Booksmart[44]. The website Rotten Tomatoes has 271 critic reviews and a "fresh" rating of 97% as of Wednesday, June 26, 2019 [update]. The Washington Post writes, "[the film's] third act that builds into something beautiful and even transcendent bursts forth with Wilde's filmmaking skills in full force." The Wall Street Journal remarked, "Nothing funnier, smarter, quicker, or more joyful has graced the big screen in a long time," and the Los Angeles Times said it "leaves you feeling unaccountably hopeful for the state of humanity - and the state of American screen comedy too." In 2020, on February 8th, the film took home the Independent Spirit Award for Best First Feature at the 35th Annual Independent Spirit Awards. [47]

In 2019, Wilde will reprise her role as the late Atlanta Journal-Constitution reporter Kathy Scruggs in the film Richard Jewell. Scruggs passed away in 2001. [48] Some people saw the movie and were offended by the portrayal of Scruggs offering to trade sex with an FBI agent for inside information. The Atlanta-Journal Constitution's editor-in-chief called the incident depicted in an open letter to readers to be "entirely false and malicious" Employees at the newspaper insisted that a prominent disclaimer be included in the film stating, "some events were imagined for dramatic purposes and artistic license." There were claims that the movie normalized the sexist trope of women reporters having sexual encounters in exchange for exclusives. Wilde defended her part and claimed there was a sexist double standard because the character of FBI agent played by Jon Hamm was not subjected to the same scrutiny. Wilde's character was based on a real person, according to commentators, but the FBI agent was a composite of different characters. They claimed that the film's intention was to expose and condemn the defamation of Jewell's character, but they failed to mention that the film also defames Scruggs. [53]

She helmed the Margaret Qualley-starring short film Wake Up in 2020. [56] In 2022, Wilde directed her second feature film, Don't Worry Darling, in which she also appeared as a supporting character. [57] The film is an erotic psychological thriller set in the 1950s and stars Florence Pugh, Harry Styles, Gemma Chan, and Chris Pine. It was produced by New Line Cinema and written by Katie Silberman. The film's numerous on- and off-set controversies received significant media attention. It debuted to mixed reviews at the 79th Venice International Film Festival. Pugh's performance and the film's cinematography and production design were praised by reviewers, while the script and direction were panned. She also provided her voice for Lois Lane in the DC League of Super-Pets animated film that same year. [63]

She has deals to helm a biopic of gymnast Kerri Strug titled Perfect for Searchlight Pictures[64], a holiday comedy for Universal Pictures[65], and a female-centric superhero film for Sony Pictures' Marvel Cinematic Universe. [66]

Activism

January 2011 episode of The Insider featuring Wilde

Wilde joined actors Justin Long and Kal Penn, her co-star on "House," in campaigning for Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama in 2008. [67] Wilde backed the 2008 youth voting group 18 in '08. They have her on their advisory council, and she was in a PSA that first aired on June 30th, 2008, urging young people to vote in the upcoming 2008 election. [68]

She "defended" the rights of the healthcare insurance industry in a MoveOn.org parody PSA. [69] The farmworker's union Coalition of Immokalee Workers commended Wilde for his involvement with the Fair Foods campaign. [70]

Wilde is an active member of the boards of directors for both the ACLU of Southern California and Artists for Peace and Justice, an organization that promotes health and education in Haiti. Wilde works for RYOT, a media firm based in Los Angeles, as an advocate and celebrity influencer. [72]

At a New York City rally on June 30, 2015, she introduced Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton. [73] A public service announcement featuring Wilde and AnnaRose, a 19-year-old with Down syndrome from New Jersey, was released on March 21, 2016 in honor of World Down Syndrome Day. [74]

The feminist ideology of Wilde is well-known. In 2013, she was featured in a video clip for Gucci's "Chime for Change" campaign. This campaign was created to bring attention to and financial support for issues related to women's access to education, health care, and legal representation. She went to the Women's March in Washington, DC in 2017 and the Women's March in Los Angeles, CA in 2018. [77]

Contextual Uses:

The 2013 version of Wilde and his then-spouse Jason Sudeikis

Wilde wed Tao Ruspoli, an Italian filmmaker and musician, on June 7, 2003, when she was just 19 years old. Having only two witnesses, they tied the knot on a school bus in the nation's capital. [78][79] She revealed later that they secretly tied the knot in a discarded school bus because it was the only place they could be alone. She and Ruspoli announced their split on February 8, 2011. Wilde filed for divorce from her husband on March 3, 2011, citing irreconcilable differences, in Los Angeles County Superior Court. On September 29, 2011, [81] the divorce was finalized. Wilde didn't file for alimony, and she and her ex-husband settled their property dispute out of court. [82]

In November 2011, Wilde started dating American actor and comedian Jason Sudeikis. They started dating in high school and got engaged in January of 2013 [[83]]. They're the parents of two young children: a son, born in 2014,[86] and a daughter, born in 2016. According to reports, Sudeikis and Wilde broke up in November of 2020. While Wilde was presenting Don't Worry Darling at CinemaCon 2022, she was publicly served with court documents regarding child custody. [89]

After meeting on the set of Don't Worry Darling in 2020, Wilde started dating Harry Styles in January 2021. They broke up in November of 2022 [90][91]. [92]

Though she has tried veganism and vegetarianism in the past, Wilde identified as a pescetarian in 2013. [93] She was voted 2010's Sexiest Vegetarian Celebrity by PETA, which is saying something. [95]

Nominations and honors

See also

• Women who have directed movies or TV shows are listed here.

References

Internet resources