Olivia Wilde is an American actress and filmmaker. She is known for her role as Remy Hadley on the medical-drama television series House. In 2017, Wilde made her Broadway debut, playing the role of Julia in 1984. In 2019, she directed her first film, the critically acclaimed teen comedy Booksmart.
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Olivia Wilde is an American actress and filmmaker. She is known for her role as Remy \”Thirteen\” Hadley on the medical-drama television series House. In 2017, Wilde made her Broadway debut, playing the role of Julia in 1984. In 2019, she directed her first film, the critically acclaimed teen comedy Booksmart, for which she won the Independent Spirit Award for Best First Feature. Wilde was born in New York City and grew up in the Georgetown neighborhood of Washington, D. C. She derived her stage name from Irish author Oscar Wilde. She changed her surname while in high school, to honor the writers in her family, many of whom used pen names. Wilde’s mother, Leslie Cockburn, is a 60 Minutes producer and journalist. Her father, Andrew Cockburn, is also a journalist, son of British novelist and journalist Claud Cockburn. Through her father’s family Wilde is related to George Cockburn who was responsible for burning down Washington during the War of 1812. She has a sister five years older and a brother nine years younger. Wilde has served as executive producer on several documentary short films, such as Sun City Picture House, which is about a community in Haiti that rallies to build a movie theater after the disastrous 2010 earthquake. In 2011, Wilde became a global ambassador for the cosmetic company Revlon, which featured her in their commercials for Free Hugs and Glamour Magazine. She also starred in the films Inside Time, The Incredible Burt Wonderstone, Rush, The Lazarus Effect, Love the Coopers, and Meadowland.
In 2007, she appeared in the off-Broadway theatre production of Beauty on the Vine, a political thriller, playing three different characters. She was also in The Death and Life of Bobby Z and the short-lived drama television series The Black Donnellys. In September 2007, Wilde joined the cast of the medical drama television show House. She played the character of Remy Hadley, a bisexual internist with Huntington’s disease, who was handpicked by House out of a number of applicants to join his medical team. In August 2011, it was announced Wilde would be leaving House to further pursue career; she left a few months later, in the episode “Charity in Cowboys & Aliens” In May 2012, Wilde’s character, Remy, returned for the series finale of House for two episodes, “Everybody Loves Somebody” Wilde’s short film, which was screened at various festivals, was screened for various festivals in May 2012. She starred in Disney’s Tron: Legacy as Quorra in the comedy film Year One as Princess Inanna. In 2013, Wilde starred in Cowboys and Aliens as Ella Swensen, who works with other characters to save the Earth from evil aliens in the film “The Change-Up” She also appeared in films The Girl Next Door, Conversations with Other Women, Bickford Shmeckler’s Cool Ideas, Turistas and Alpha Dog.
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