Who is Olivia Haigh Williams?

Who is Olivia Haigh Williams? The acting world knows her as Olivia Williams, she is an English film, stage and television actress who has appeared in British and American films. As of 2009 she stars in the Joss Whedon sci-fi drama Dollhouse. Williams was born 26 July 1968 in Camden Town, London, England.^[1] Both her parents are barristers.^[2] She graduated from Newnham College, Cambridge with a degree in English literature,^[1] then studied drama at the Bristol Old Vic Theatre School for two years.

After graduation, Williams worked with the Royal Shakespeare Company in both Stratford-upon-Avon and London and in 1995 toured the United States in a production of Shakespeare's Richard III starring Ian McKellen. Her first significant appearance before the cameras was as Jane Fairfax in the British TV film Emma (1996), based on Jane Austen's 1816 novel, which aired in the US on the A&E Network.

Williams made her film debut in 1997's The Postman, after doing a screen test for Kevin Costner. She later won the lead role of Rosemary Cross in Wes Anderson's Rushmore (1998).^[3] She then starred as Bruce Willis' wife in the blockbuster The Sixth Sense (1999). Since then, Williams has appeared in several British films, including Lucky Break (2001) and The Heart of Me (2002), for which she won the British Independent Film Award for Best Actress. She also played Mrs. Darling in the latest film adaptation of Peter Pan. Williams was uncredited for her role as Dr. Moira MacTaggert in the 2006 film X-Men: The Last Stand. On TV, Williams portrayed British author Jane Austen in Miss Austen Regrets (2008) and currently stars as a principal character in Joss Whedon's new show Dollhouse, which premiered on February 13, 2009 on Fox.^[4]

In 2000 she wrote and read the short story The Significance Of Hair for BBC Radio.

On 2 November 2003, Williams married American stage actor and playwright Rhashan Stone.^[9][10] The couple have two children, Esmé Ruby (born 6 April 2004)^[1][11] and Roxana May (born 7 April 2007).^[10]

Williams practises Bikram Yoga and rides a bicycle to sets when working on films.^[1][12] After filming The Postman, she spent time in Bolivia studying spectacled bears in the rainforest.^[13][14] Since 2006, she has written occasional travel reports for the "Independent Traveller" section of the British newspaper The Independent on Sunday.^[1]

Selected works

Film

Year	Film	Role	Awards and nominations
1997	Beck	Karen Quinn
	Gaston's War	Nicky
	The Postman	Abby
1998	Rushmore	Rosemary Cross
1999	The Sixth Sense	Anna Crowe
2000	Four Dogs Playing Poker	Audrey
	Born Romantic	Eleanor
	Dead Babies aka Mood Swingers	Diana
2001	The Body	Sharon Golban
	A Knight's Tale	Phillipa Chaucer (uncredited)
	Lucky Break	Annabel Sweep/Lady Hamilton in show	Best Actress, Empire Awards (2002) (nominated)[5]
	The Man from Elysian Fields	Andrea
2002	The Heart of Me	Madeleine	Best Actress, British Independent Film Awards (2003)[5]
	Below	Claire
2003	To Kill a King	Lady Anne Fairfax
	Peter Pan	Mrs. Darling
2005	Valiant	Victoria (voice)
	Tara Road	Ria
	Mockingbird	Mother
2006	X-Men: The Last Stand	Moira MacTaggert (uncredited)
2008	Flashbacks of a Fool	Grace Scott
	Broken Lines	Zoe
2009	An Education	Miss Stubbs
2010	The Ghost	Ruth Lang
	Sex & Drugs & Rock & Roll	TBA

Some information in this table was obtained from "Olivia Williams : Filmography". Internet Movie Database (IMDb). http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0931404/. Retrieved 2007-09-23.

Television

Year(s) of appearance	Film or series	Role	Awards and nominations
1992 (1 episode)	Van der Valk (1972–1973, 1977, 1991–1992) "Still Waters"	Irene Kortman
1992 (1 episode)	The Ruth Rendell Mysteries (1987–2000) "The Speaker of Mandarin"	Jennifer Norris
1996	Emma	Jane Fairfax
1998 (2 episodes)	Friends (1994–2004) "The One with Ross's Wedding: Part 1" and "The One with Ross's Wedding: Part 2"	Felicity
2000	Jason and the Argonauts	Hera
2001 (1 episode)	Spaced (1999, 2001) "Help"	Knocked-down Cyclist
2004	Agatha Christie – A Life in Pictures	Agatha Christie
2006	Krakatoa – The Last Days	Johanna Beijerinck
2007	Damage	Michelle Cahill
2008	Miss Austen Regrets	Jane Austen
2009	Dollhouse	Adelle DeWitt

Some information in this table was obtained from "Olivia Williams : Filmography". Internet Movie Database (IMDb). http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0931404/. Retrieved 2007-09-23.

Theatre

Year(s) of appearance	Production	Role	Awards and nominations
1995	Richard III (c. 1591) by William Shakespeare
2003	Love's Labour's Lost (c. 1595–1596)[6] by William Shakespeare Olivier Theatre, Royal National Theatre, London	The Princess
2003	The Hotel in Amsterdam (first performed 1968)[7] by John Osborne Donmar Warehouse, London	Annie
2006	The Changeling (1653)[8] by Thomas Middleton and William Rowley Cheek by Jowl production at the Barbican Centre, London	Beatrice-Joanna

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Who is Olivia Jane Cockburn?

Who is Olivia Jane Cockburn? The World knows her as Olivia Wilde, she is an American actress. She began acting in the early 2000s, and has since appeared in a number of film and television parts, including roles on the series The O.C. and The Black Donnellys. She currently portrays Dr. Remy "Thirteen" Hadley in TV drama House.^[1] Wilde was born March 10, 1984 in New York City on March 10, 1984 as. Her mother, Leslie Cockburn (née Corkhill Redlich), is a 60 Minutes producer and journalist, and her father, Andrew Cockburn, is an Irish journalist, as are her paternal uncles Alexander and Patrick, all of whom are contributors to the political website CounterPunch.org. Her half-aunt was the late writer Sarah Caudwell. Her paternal grandfather was the Irish-born novelist/journalist Claud Cockburn. Wilde has said that as a result of her family background, she has a "strong journalistic streak", being "really critical and analytical".^[1] She has wanted to become an actress since the age of two.^[1] For a short time, Olivia's family had a house in Guilford, Vermont, USA. Wilde attended Georgetown Day School in Washington, D.C., as well as Phillips Academy in Andover, Massachusetts, and subsequently moved to Dublin, Ireland, where she attended The Gaiety School of Acting.^[1] She initially began working as a casting assistant.

Wilde has appeared in the films The Girl Next Door, Alpha Dog, Conversations with Other Women and Turistas. She became known for her role on The O.C. as Alex Kelly, although she originally auditioned for the role of Marissa. She has also appeared in the Dashboard Confessional music video for "Stolen", and the French Kicks music video for "So Far We Are". She was strongly considered to play Bond girl Vesper Lynd in the 21st Bond film Casino Royale; Eva Green eventually won the role.

Currently, Wilde is ranked #01 on Maxim magazine's Hot 100. She was also ranked #95 on the FHM 100 Sexiest Women of 2006.^[2] She was one of the key models in Abercrombie & Fitch's "Rising Stars" campaign in summer of 2004.

In 2007, Wilde was a part of the ensemble cast of the short-lived NBC midseason drama The Black Donnellys. Her character, Jenny Reilly, was the lone principal female character in the series following the lives of an Irish-American family tied to organized crime in New York City. Also in 2007, Wilde appeared in the play Beauty on the Vine, a political thriller, playing three different characters.:L

Wilde joined the cast of the FOX medical drama House in autumn 2007, playing a young doctor, Dr. Remy Hadley, nicknamed Thirteen, who works closely with Dr. House. Wilde told Star magazine how she sometimes takes cues from her character even when she's not working, saying, "I'm now convinced that I'm a doctor. I mean, if someone says they have a pain, I'm like, 'Well, that's your spleen.'"^[3][4]

The New York Observer has described Wilde as having a "throaty voice" and the "wide, teal-eyed charisma of Hollywood in the days of yore".^[1] She has cited Meryl Streep, Sigourney Weaver, Frances McDormand, Catherine Keener and Robin Wright Penn as acting inspirations, and also admires playwright Eve Ensler and director and actor Woody Allen.^[1]

She won the 2006 US Comedy Arts Festival Film Discovery Jury Award for Best Actress for Bickford Shmeckler's Cool Ideas (2006) and in 2008 at the Teen Choice Awards she was nominated for the Teen Choice Award for Choice TV Breakout Star Female for House M.D. and won the Rising Star Award at the Vail Film Festival.

On October 7, 2008, Olivia appeared in a video on funnyordie.com showing how much she enjoys registering early for the 2008 Presidential election, titled "Olivia Wilde Does It Early."^[5]

Olivia Wilde has recently taken the number 1 spot on the 2009 Maxim Hot 100 list. (May, 2009) ^[6]

Olivia appeared alongside Jack Black and Michael Cera in the 2009 comedy Year One.^[7]

Wilde has dual citizenship between the United States and Ireland.^[1] She derived her stage name "Wilde" from author Oscar Wilde.

She married Italian-American documentary filmmaker, prince, photographer, and flamenco guitar player Tao Ruspoli on June 7, 2003, in Washington, Rappahannock County, Virginia. They currently live and work in Venice, Los Angeles, California.^[8][9][10] Wilde is a vegan.^[11]

Wilde is a supporter of youth voter organization, 18 in '08. She serves on their advisory council and appeared in a public service announcement that debuted June 30, 2008.^[12] In the fall of 2008, Wilde campaigned with actors Justin Long and Kal Penn for the 2008 Democratic Presidential nominee Barack Obama.^[13]

Filmography

Film
Year	Film	Role	Notes
2004	The Girl Next Door	Kellie
2005	Conversations with Other Women	Bridesmaid
2006	Alpha Dog	Angela Holden
	Bickford Shmeckler's Cool Ideas	Sarah Witt
	Turistas	Bea
2007	The Death and Life of Bobby Z	Elizabeth
2008	Fix	Bella
2009	Year One	Princess Inanna
	In NorthWood	Mia	In post-production
2010	Tron Legacy		Filming
Television
Year	Title	Role	Notes
2003	Skin	Jewel Goldman	Supporting role (2003-2004)
2004	The O.C.	Alex Kelly	Supporting role (2004-2005)
2007	The Black Donnellys	Jenny Reilly	Main role (2007)
	House	Remy "Thirteen" Hadley	Main role (2007-present)
Guest appearances
Year	Title	Role	Notes
2003	Cartaz Cultural	Herself	Guest
2005	Live with Regis and Kathie Lee	Herself	Guest
	Best Week Ever	Herself	Guest
2006	Punk'd	Herself	Guest
2008	Speechless	Herself	Guest
2009	The Ellen Degeneres Show	Herself	Guest
	Entertainment Tonight	Herself	Guest
	The Ballad of G.I. Joe	The Baroness	Funny or Die

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Who is Olivia Palermo?

Olivia Palermo is currently a cast member on the MTV reality television series The City. The daughter of a real estate developer named Douglas Palermo, Palermo grew up between New York and Greenwich, Connecticut, where she attended St. Luke's School. She attended university in Paris, and classes at Parsons in Paris. She moved back to New York to attend Parsons New York and then The New School as a media studies major. She has been noted as a socialite and has graced the cover of New York Magazine as the It-Girl in 2007.^[2]

Palermo was born February 28, 1986, she made her debut on the New York social scene when famed social photographer, Patrick McMullan began snapping pictures of her at events about town. She has since been featured in many international magazines including Vogue, Vogue China, Vogue Japan, Harper’s Bazaar, Elle, InStyle, Life & Style and Ok! Weekly.

Palermo was the center of controversy when she was said to sent out an e-mail to now defunct site SocialiteRank.com. Olivia took action and filed a lawsuit against the site and had it shut down. In May 2007 Palermo appeared on the cover of New York Magazine and New York IT Girl.

Palermo is currently with Wilhelmina Models and is noted for her sense of style.

Palermo currently rumored to be in between jobs works in the public relations department for fashion label Diane von Fürstenberg in their New York City office and at Elle.

Palermo is a cast member on The City alongside Whitney Port. The show documents their lives along with other cast members in New York City. The series debuted on December 29, 2008. New York Post's Page Six reported that Palermo was granted $12,000 per episode. ^[1]

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