| Olivia Wilde  AKA Olivia Jane Cockburn
Born: 10-Mar-1984
Birthplace: New York City
Gender: Female
Race or Ethnicity: White
Sexual orientation: Straight
Occupation: Actor Nationality: United States
Executive summary: Skin Olivia Wilde made her debut as the female lead in the short-lived (pilot + two shows) sitcom Skin (2003). An updated remix of the shopworn Romeo and Juliet plot, Skin recast father Capulet (Ron Silver) as a pornographer and father Montague as the snarling district attorney. Though Wilde's cleavage was the show's only real selling point, viewers of the pilot only got to see her for a minute or two: the bulk of the episode made an exercise of introducing twenty characters in 45 minutes, viewed through an attention-deficit editing style that will look as dated as a Wilkie Collins novel in ten years. In 2005, Wilde performed on season two of teen drama The O.C., garnering sweaty-palmed plaudits for her portrayal of lipstick lesbian Alex Kelly. 2007 found her starring on The Black Donnellys, an Irish mob drama cancelled mid-season.
In high school, Wilde portrayed Cecily Cardew in Oscar Wilde's The Importance of Being Earnest, later deriving her stage name from the playwright. Father: Andrew Cockburn (journalist, b. 7-Jan-1947, brother of Alexander Cockburn)
Mother: Leslie Corkhill Redlich
Sister: Chloe Frances Cockburn (b. 3-Apr-1979)
Brother: Charles Philip Cockburn (b. 31-Jan-1993)
Husband: Tao Ruspoli (fillmmaker, b. 7-Nov-1975, m. 2003)
High School: Phillips Academy Andover (2002)
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Irish Ancestry
Risk Factors: Smoking
TELEVISION
House Thirteen (2007-)
The Black Donnellys Jenny Reilly (2007)
The O.C. Alex Kelly (2005)
Skin Jewel Goldman (2004)
FILMOGRAPHY AS ACTOR
The Death and Life of Bobby Z (18-Jun-2007)
Turistas (1-Dec-2006)
Alpha Dog (27-Jan-2006)
Bickford Shmeckler's Cool Ideas (2006)
Conversations with Other Women (2-Sep-2005)
The Girl Next Door (18-Feb-2004)
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