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Spouse (1)

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Her feline eyebrows



Cat-like green-blue eyes



Husky voice



Trivia (44)



Granddaughter of Jean Ross and Francis Claud Cockburn, who used the pen name Claud Cockburn

Attended Georgetown Day School in Washington, D.C., through 8th grade.





Spent one month on the set of The Girl Next Door (2004) before being asked to join the cast.

Has a dog named Paco who, as of July 26, 2006, is the new mascot for Old Navy. Paco died on her 34th birthday on March 10, 2018. She has another dog, Elvis.



Ranked #95 on the 2006 FHM list of "100 Sexiest Women in the World".



Has dual originary citizenship between Ireland and the United States.





Eloped with her high school boyfriend, Tao Ruspoli , and they were married on a bus in Washington, D.C. when she was age 18. As of 2011, she is separated and seeking divorce.

Once won a pancake eating contest while in Australia.



Ranked #15 on Maxim magazine's Hot 100 Women of 2011 list, after being ranked #1 in 2009. Previously, she had been rated #97 in 2008 and #61 in 2005.



Is the 20th great-granddaughter of King Edward VII.



Olivia's father was born in London, England, grew up in County Cork, Ireland, and became an Irish citizen. Olivia's mother is American-born. Olivia's father has English, Scottish, Northern Irish (Irish Protestant or Scottish-Irish), and 1/32 Sephardi Jewish, ancestry, while Olivia's mother has English, German, Irish, and Manx (Isle of Man) ancestry. Olivia's Sephardi Jewish great-great-great-great-grandfather, Ralph Bernal-Osborne, was a British Whig politician who was also an actor. Olivia is also a descendant of James IV of Scotland through his illegitimate daughter Margaret Stewart.





Was rumored to play the lead Bond girl in Skyfall (2012).



Close friends with Kal Penn

A lifelong lover of classic cars, she owns a 1958 Chevy Biscayne and a 1959 Thunderbird convertible. Once owned a 1966 Lincoln Continental.





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.

Ranked #30 in Ask men's top 99 "most desirable" women of 2011. 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".



Her well-connected journalist parents once helped her get a casting office job in Los Angeles, California, hoping the experience would dissuade her from taking up acting.



Ranked #23 in Ask men's top 99 "most desirable" women of 2012.



Ranked #54 in Ask men's top 99 "most desirable" women of 2013.





As a young girl, Wilde was frequently babysat by British writer and family friend Christopher Hitchens

When asked about the meaning behind her tattoo on her wrist, which says, "All love, A", Wilde explained, "It's in honor of my late uncle Alexander Cockburn. He was a dear dear friend. The tattoo is the last phrase he wrote to me. All love, A. It reminds me to love everyone, just as he did.".





Has been in a relationship with Jason Sudeikis since November 2011. They have been engaged since January 2013. They have two children together.



Gave birth to her 1st child at age 30, a son named Otis Alexander Sudeikis on April 20, 2014. Child's father is her fiancé, Jason Sudeikis



Was two months pregnant with her son Otis when she filmed her guest appearance on Portlandia (2011).



Returned to work two months after giving birth to her son Otis to begin filming Vinyl (2016).

Ranked #14 on Maxim magazine's Hot 100 Women of 2014 list.





Named her son Otis after late singer-songwriter Otis Redding , of whom she's been a huge fan since childhood.



Gave birth to her 2nd child at age 32, a daughter named Daisy Josephine Sudeikis on October 11, 2016. Child's father is her fiancé, Jason Sudeikis



Her first job in Hollywood was as an assistant to casting director Mali Finn . Olivia was cast by Finn in her first feature film The Girl Next Door (2004).

From 2011 to 2016, she was the brand ambassador for the cosmetic company Revlon.





Is a 5th cousin of Rose Leslie through Scottish nobility.

Lived in a school bus after first moving to Los Angeles, California.





She was once considered for the role of Gamora in Guardians of the Galaxy (2014), but she refused and turned down the role. So Zoe Saldana was cast instead.

Personal Quotes (13)



[interview in The New York Observer] When people saw The Black Donnellys (2007), they didn't know it was the same girl from The O.C. (2003). I'm a natural blonde, but I feel like a brunette. I feel like people treat me now how I should be treated. People used to be shocked, when I was blonde, that I wasn't stupid. I used to get these comments that I swear people thought were compliments. Like, "Oh! You're smart" -- like they couldn't believe it. (April 15, 2007)

Trying to find this industry's tendency to celebrate the physical is a waste of time. So I'm happy to play the game. But I am also thirsty for input. I'm not a dunce whose only skill is knowing how to take a photograph, you know? And at the end of the day, I think it makes me slightly less replaceable.



[on her marriage, at age 19] It was a great eight years, but it was time for both of us to move.





[on TRON: Legacy (2010)] It was an effort to get into that suit, but if I was a real astronaut I wouldn't expect that to be easy either. It's all part of the process, it's a challenge and that is what creates the rewards.



I wanted to be on Saturday Night Live (1975) as a cast member. So I went to my mom at ten years old and said, "This is what I want." And she said, "Great, well, you're going to have to go to Second City and you're going to have to audition." And she took me seriously. And I think that's what always kind of helped propel me and take myself seriously is that I had supportive parents that were in no way pressuring me to do anything. But if I declared that I wanted something, they took me seriously. And that is often what it takes when you decide to be an artist.



[on her character in Cowboys & Aliens (2011)] I liked that she is a strong character. Ella is brave and mysterious and resilient and can hold her own against the men.

I've worked with a lot of the greatest guys in the business, and now I am slowly working with more and more women. We don't really get to work together, the girls, so much.



I feel like the luckiest child in the world because I got to grow up in Ireland. In summer is when you really grow up. During the year, I would go back to the States, and all year long really couldn't wait to get back to Ardmore. I love the landscape, the cliff walks, the smell, the freezing cold water, the music. Do I sound like some soppy romantic? I even love the food. People always laugh at me when I say that. People in Ardmore would say, "Oh isn't living in America cool -- you live in a big city, you get to be close to all these things we only see on TV", but I found Ireland much more inspiring as a kid, much more fun, and the people had such an amazing effect on me, and I credit a lot of my growth as a child and a lot of my happiness with the people I was surrounded by in Ireland.





[on fiancé Jason Sudeikis ] I thought, "He won't be interested in me. I'm not a contender." He was so cool, so funny - I was such a fan of his and had always fancied his speed and his intelligence. He's a brilliant actor with a brain like lightning. I thought, "I'm not beautiful enough or his type." He seemed to really see me, see through the bullshit. He said very few words and couldn't keep eye contact. He was so handsome, and he could dance.



[on ex-husband writer Tao Ruspoli ] I had grown up with Tao; we had just drifted. I felt I had something to prove. If you fall off a horse, you get back up. I am not a quitter. I hung on for as long as possible, until it was more hurtful to stay. I'm so grateful for the pain and the heartbreak. It gave me the courage to leave and brought me to the great love of my life.



[on the death of James Gandolfini ] James Gandolfini was a kind, funny, wonderful guy. I'm so lucky to have worked with him. Sending love to his family. Such a sad, sad day.

My parents said marrying was an optimistic thing to do in pessimistic times.



Motherhood is heart-exploding, blissful hysteria.

