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Olivia Jane Cockburn born on 10th March, 1984 in New York City, New York, USA. She afterward adopted her acting last name from playwright Oscar Wilde , was hoisted in Washington D.C. with her father, Andrew and her mother, Leslie, author, a journalist and producer for "60 Minutes". In fact, lots of in her family were dedicated to journalism. Her sister Chloe was a writer, as her grandfather, James Helvick & her 2 uncles, Patrick and Alexander Cockburn, were also journalists. She was not interested in the family business, she wanted to do take action. After graduating from the Georgetown Day School in D.C., she went to Philips Academy, where she studied acting & appeared in over 2 dozen school productions. She afterward moved abroad to Ireland to carry on her dramatic studies at the Gaiety School of Acting in Dublin. A insubordinate teen & young adult, Wilde acted out by getting piercings and tattoos, dating elder men and, once even shaving her head, therefore the natural fit of her stage surname.

In 2003, Olivia Wilde returned to the states & took up residence in Los Angeles, wherever she landed the lead in her 1st TV series, "Skin", a modern day take on "Romeo & Juliette" in which she played the humid daughter of an adult film maker, Ron Silver who falls for the son, D.J. Cotrona, of an anti-porn district lawyer, Kevin Anderson. "Skin" came &went after only 3 episodes, leaving Olivia Wilde to find work somewhere else. Keeping with the mature film theme, she made her movie first appearance with a supporting role in "The Girl Next Door" which is a coming-of-age comedy about a straight-arrow high achiever, Emile Hirsch who falls for his neighbor, Elisha Cuthbert, merely to find out that she used to be a porn star. In the meantime, after "Skin" was canceled, Olivia Wilde eloped with Los Angeles Filmmaker's Cooperative (LAFCO) founder & documentary filmmaker named Tao Ruspoli, in 2004. Upon recurring to Los Angeles, she was one of the chief models in Fitch & Abercrombie 's "Rising Stars" campaign in the summer of 2004. however it was her next TV role that put Olivia Wilde on the map for superior.

Returning to the little screen, Olivia Wilde began starring on "The O.C."& delivered a lusty portrayal of the stunningly sexy & bisexual Alex Kelly, the bad girl proprietor of the Bait Shop, wherever the other kids begin hanging out. Though simply on the show for its 2nd season, she was dynamic & provocative as the temptress Kelly, theft the show from the rest of the cast & attracting many male fans, specially after her character became lovingly involved with Marissa Cooper, Mischa Barton. Since she continued her work on "The O.C.," she landed roles in feature films, including Nicholas Kazan's hotly estimated Sundance Film Festival favorite, "Alpha Dog", in2006, co-starring Sharon Stone Justin Timberlake and Emile Hirsch. In 2006, Olivia Wilde played a tiny part in the critically acclaimed adaptation of "Running with Scissors".

In spite of making strides on the big display, Olivia Wilde continued to find greater achievements well as meatier roles, on TV. She after that had a prominent starring role in the short-term drama, "The Black Donnellys", playing the babyhood friend of the Donnelly brothers (Jonathan Tucker, Tom Guiry, Billy Lush & Michael Stahl-David) who runs a local Hells Kitchen diner with her father & has a complicated affiliation with one of the brothers. Later than the show was canceled in the middle of its 1st season due to declining ratings, she jumped back quickly by landing a supporting part on the highly triumphant medical drama, "House M.D.". Olivia Wilde played Dr. Remy "13" Hadley, a new member of the contagious diseases diagnostic team formed by the irascible Dr. House, Hugh Laurie, who remains baffling about her own life, although overtime audiences learn that she carries the gene for Huntington's ailment. Her nickname, 13, derived from the number she accepted in the competition House conducted to get his new team.