Olivia Wilde's movie career

Rex-There are so many sides to Hollywood star Olivia Wilde, although the actress has in the past described herself as a world-class nerd, she’s less a square than she is a hexagon. Luminously beautiful with chiselled features and eyes that sparkle like diamond-encrusted stars, she’s smart as a whip, funny as hell, fearless,…


 Rex-The luckiest child in the world. Born into a distinguished family of writers in New York City on March 10, 1984, Olivia Jane Cockburn is of English, Irish, Scottish, Manx and German descent. While her mum, a successful TV news producer, was born in the States, Olivia’s dad hailed from London and, raised in County Cork,…

 Rex-Bitten by the bug. Visiting the set of Saturday Night Live when she was ten, Olivia engaged in a spontaneous brownie-eating contest with cast member Chris Farley. “He won, but I gave him a run for his money,” Wilde told the New York Times. Much like a brownie, Olivia had been bitten, not by a stout comedian, but by the…

 Rex- Wilde at heart. While in high school, Olivia adopted the professional surname of Wilde, a nod to Irish poet and author Oscar Wilde that was intended to honour the writers in her family, many of whom used pen names. Briefly studying her craft at Dublin’s Gaiety School of Acting, Wilde first appeared on TV back in 2003’…