Olivia Wilde

By Ines Mendoza

Olivia Wilde

She has, without question, the most amazing eyeballs that the world has ever seen. Sure we've come across some beauties in our time here at the Fashion Channel - but no one has ever come close to the jewels that exist inside the head of Olivia Wilde.

Born Olivia Jane Cockburn in March of 1984, this half American / half Irish stunner has gone from model to certified cinematic superstar in under a decade - even deriving her stage name "Wilde" from Irish author Oscar Wilde.

The daughter of 60 Minutes Producer and Presenter Leslie Cockburn (née Redlich), and sister of civil rights attorney Chloe Cockburn, Wilde has said on several occasions that as a result of her family background, she has a "strong journalistic streak", being "really critical and analytical".

This has served her well into her acting carreer which began at the tender age of  two. She attended The Gaiety School of Acting in Dublin, Ireland for a short time before moving into the big time.

She's appeared in several films, but it was her break out performance on the hit 2000s teen series The OC (she originally auditioned for the role of Marissa Cooper) which brought Wilde to the attention of Hollywood folks.

She has since appeared in films such as The Girl Next Door, Alpha Dog, Conversations with Other Women and the little seen slasher film Turistas. Since then she has appeared in a string of blockbusters Year One, Disney's Tron: Legacy (which she was quoted as saying she freaked out the first time she saw her costume for the movie saying "I saw the boobs on the suit and I said, 'Oh hell no. I'm doing kicks and backflips in this thing?'") and Jon Favreau's Cowboys & Aliens.

Although, lets face it, we don't watch her in movies for her acting ability - she is there as eye candy. Proof of this comes in the form of Wilde being ranked No.1 on Maxim magazine's Hot 100, and ranked No.95 on the FHM 100 Sexiest Women of 2006.

Wilde has has cited her sexy appeal comes from her inspriations in Meryl Streep, Sigourney Weaver, Frances McDormand, Catherine Keener and Robin Wright Penn as acting inspirations.

She married Italian-American documentary filmmaker, flamenco guitar player, and son of an Italian prince, Tao Ruspoli, on June 7, 2003, in Washington, Virginia, on a school bus with only a pair of witnesses, when she was 19 years old.

She later said the marriage occurred in an abandoned school bus; it was the only place they could be completely alone, as the marriage was a secret at the time. However, on February 8, 2011, she and her husband announced that they were separating citing "irreconcilable differences."

So she's a free agent lads! And what can be sexier than stunning eyes, single and vegan? Well Wilde is also a board member of Artists for Peace and Justice, which provides education and health services in Haiti, and the ACLU of Southern California and was commended by the Coalition of Immokalee Workers, an unorthodox farmworkers' union, for supporting the Fair Foods campaign.

Her career is about to explode - be sure you catch a glimpse!

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