Olivia Wilde Biography, Age, Husband, Income, Salary, Net Worth, and Career

Most of Olivia Wilde’s adult career has been spent in Hollywood, where she has been in films and television shows like The OC and House. She has had a lucrative and diversified career, but she has never attained the reputation of the usual “It Girl.”

However, she may have enjoyed every aspect of it. Olivia made a triumphant directorial debut in 2019 with Booksmart, nearly two decades after she entered the entertainment sector. Moreover, Olivia is behind the highly anticipated movie “Don’t Worry Darling,” set for release in 2022. 

Coming from an esteemed family with successful writers for parents, it appears she was always destined for a unique path. 

Olivia established herself as one of the most successful celebrities in the American entertainment business and has worked on numerous hit projects. The actress is best known for playing the role of Dr. Remy “Thirteen” Hadley in the hit television series House in which she appeared from 2007 to 2012.

During that time, she starred in several projects, including Tron: Legacy (2010), The Change-Up (2011), Cowboys & Aliens (2011), and more. In 2017, she appeared in the Broadway production of 1984, in which she played the role of Julia. 

Following her success in the television and film industry, Olivia grabbed the attention of some high-profile artists. She appeared in several music videos such as Nice for What by Drake and Dashboard Confessional’s Stolen. In addition, Wilde worked as a director for music videos like No Love Like Yours and Dark Necessities in 2016. 

Olivia was a successful director and actress who received many honors throughout her career, including the Independent Spirit Award and a Beanie Feldstein Golden Globe nomination.

Biography

Name	Olivia Wilde
Net Worth	$25 Million
Age	39 years old
Date Of Birth	March 10, 1984
Annual Income	$5 Million
Profession	Actor, Model, Producer
Gender	Female
Zodiac Sign	Pisces

Early Life

Olivia Wilde was (born March 10, 1984), in New York City, as Olivia Jane Cockburn to Leslie Cockburn, the mother, and Andrew Cockburn, the father. She grew up with a younger brother named Charlie Philip and an elder sister named Chloe Frances. Olivia comes from an intriguing family with a long history of gifted artists.

Her mother is an American producer on 60 Minutes and a journalist, while her father, Andrew, is a journalist too. Her father, Andrew, is also the son of British novelist Claud Cockburn who fought alongside Ernest Hemingway during the Spanish Civil War. Andrew was born in London and raised in Ireland. 

Wilde holds dual citizenship for the United States and Ireland, which is appropriate given her heritage. Olivia’s aunt Sarah, her uncle Claud, and his sons Alexander and Patrick were all writers in addition to being journalists.

Olivia Wilde, raised in Washington, has talked of having several renowned people, like Steven Spielberg and Mick Jagger, stay at her childhood home. Despite having a distinguished name, Olivia decided to change it in high school in honor of Irish author Oscar Wilde.

One reason she did this was reported to honor writers in her household, many of whom used pen names. She mainly grew up in the Georgetown neighborhood of Washington, DC, and spent her summers living in Ardmore in, Ireland.

Education

Olivia Wilde attended Georgetown Day School while living in Washington, D.C. After that, and she went to Phillips Academy in Andover, Massachusetts, where she eventually graduated in 2002. She was accepted to Bard College in New York, but she changed her enrollment three times to focus on her acting career.

Then she decided to study at the Gaiety School of Acting in Dublin. While she was actively going for a Hollywood career at this point, Wilde knew she wanted to be an actress from age two.

Career

In the 1995 short film Meeting Magdalene, Olivia Wilde made her acting debut in the role of Magdalene. Even though she came from a well-known family, she nevertheless managed to forge her path to success.

Olivia supposedly began her career in Hollywood by working as a casting director’s assistant. During this time, she witnessed a lot of the movie industry.

Later in life, when Olivia was asked how she chose actors for different projects she was directing, she took the chance to criticize how she saw actors selected for characters. She also suggested there is more about who you know than talent, but she doesn’t believe in that.

Acting Career

When Olivia Wilde played the part of Jewel on the brief television series Skin from 2003 to 2004, she starred in six episodes, and her acting career took off. But her acting prowess caught people’s attention, and she was given a regular part as Alex Kelly in the wildly popular adolescent drama The O.C.

In 2004’s The Girl Next Door, Olivia made her debut on the big screen. Then, Conversations with Other Women, Turistas, Alpha Dog, and more appeared in the movies. All between 2004 to 2006.

In 2007 Olivia starred in the theater production called Beauty on the Vine, a political thriller where she played three different roles. That same year she had some characters here and there on the screen, too, including when she joined the cast of the medical drama show entitled House. She played the role of Remy “Thirteen” Hadley, an internist with Huntington’s disease. 

Olivia appeared in the comedy film Year One in 2009 and starred in Disney’s Tron: Legacy a year later as Quora. She soon turned her attention to producing as well. Reportedly she was inspired by her parents and ended up working as an executive producer on several documentary short films, including Sun City Picture House in 2010. 

To further her film career, Wilde left the House television series in 2011. She later made appearances in the movies Cowboys & Aliens and the comedy The Change-Up, which also starred Ryan Reynolds and Jason Bateman. Olivia appeared in around three more movies in 2011, and in the festival-screened short film Free Hugs for Glamorous Magazine, she made her directing and screenwriting debuts.

Wilde was in a bunch of movies in 2012, and while there weren’t blockbuster hits, she was consistently working. The following year, Olivia starred in, and executive produced the movie Drinking Buddies. She then landed roles in a few other films, including a starring role in the movie Her alongside Joaquin Phoenix, a hit with critics. 

Olivia further served as an executive producer for some other documentary short movies, including Body Team 12, about the team collecting the dead at the height of the Ebola outbreak. Between 2014 and 2015, Wilde appeared in a couple of films, such as The Longest Week, The Lazarus Effect, and Love the Coopers. 

She further appeared in and produced the drama Meadowland. In 2017 Wilde made her debut on Broadway when she played the character of Julia in 1984. That same year she made another documentary short called Fear US Woman. 

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Olivia made her directorial debut with the teen comedy Booksmart released in 2019, receiving many good reviews from critics. The film also went on to win the Independent Spirit Award for Best First Feature in 2020.

She next starred on the screen in the film Richard Jewell in 2019. She played the role of reporter Kathy Scruggs who died in 2011, but the film was criticized for showing Scruggs as offering to trade sex with an FBI agent for confidential information. 

Olivia defended her role and stated there was a sexiest double standard because Jon Hamm’s FBI agent character was not held to the same scrutiny. Commentators noted that Olivia’s character was based on a natural person, whereas the FBI agent was made up of multiple roles from the original script. 

Personal Life

Along with her flourishing career in Hollywood, her romances are frequently the focus of media attention. At the age of 19, Olivia wed the Italian director of photography Tao Ruspoli in January 2006. The renowned actor Prince Alessandro Ruspoli is most known for writing the song Ruspoli.

In Washington, Virginia, on a school bus, they had a very intimate wedding ceremony. They wed in 2003 and divorced in 2011. Despite the fact that it was a teenage marriage that ended in divorce, it lasted for a long time and taught Olivia a lot.

Following her divorce from Ruspoli, Olivia started dating fellow actor Jason Sudeikis, and the couple got engaged in early 2013. On April 20, 2014, Olivia and Jason welcomed their first child, a baby boy named Otis. Then in October 2016, Olivia gave birth to her daughter named Daisy. At the end of 2020, the couple eventually separated ways and ended their seven years of relationship. 

Olivia again came to the spotlight when she began dating her film Don’t Worry Darling co-star, Harry Styles

. Harry is known for being one of the country’s most prominent singers and serving as a member of One Direction, a famous English band. 

Wilde is ten years older than Harry. The two are pretty private about their relationship and haven’t disclosed any information on the Internet. 

• Olivia Wilde was named the Sexiest Vegetarian Celebrity of the year 2010 by PETA. 
• She was ranked number 5 on Maxim’s 2012 Hot 100 list.
• The popular AskMen gave her number 23 on the 2012s Top 99 Most Desirable Women.

Awards & Achievements

• The US Comedy Festival in 2006 for Best Actress for her work in Bickford Shmeckler’s Cool Ideas.
• Teen Choice Award in 2008 for Choice TV Breakout Star Female for House.
• Vail Film Festival in 2008 for Rising Star Award, Bickford Shmeckler’s Cool Ideas.
• Independent Spirit Award in 2020 in the category of Best First Feature for Booksmart.
• Hollywood Critics Association praised her with a Trailblazer Award for Booksmart.
• CinemaCon Award for Breakthrough Director of the Year, for Booksmart.
• GALECA: The Society of LGBTQ Entertainment Critics, Faro Island Movie Festival, Mill Valley Movie Festival, Hollywood Movie Awards, Palm Springs International Movie Festival, San Francisco International Movie Festival, Online Film & TV Association, and a couple of more movie critic associations for her hit film Booksmart. 
• Women Film Critics Circle Award in 2015 in the Acting and Activism Award category.
• News & Documentary Emmy Award in 2017 for producing the documentary called Body Team 12.

Nominations

• 4 Teen Choice Awards for her film House, for Choice TV Actress: Drama.
• 1 Teen Choice Award for Tron: Legacy in the Choice Movie Breakout Female category in 2011.
• 1 Teen Choice Award for her film The Incredible Burt Wonderstone in Choice Movie Actress: Comedy category in 2013.
• Screen Actors Guild in 2009 for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a TV Series, House.
• MTV Movie Award in 2011 for Best Breakout Star, Tron: Legacy.
• 2 Gotham Awards in 2020 for Breakthrough Director and Audience Award for Booksmart.
• 2 Alliance of Female Film Journalists awards for Best Female Director and Humanitarian Activism Award.
• 2 Behind the Voice Actors Awards for BoJack Horseman and TRON: Uprising.
• Best Science Fiction Actress award at the Scream Award for Tron.

House

Olivia Wilde has a stunning $25 million in net worth, which she used to spend millions on her extravagant lifestyle and residences.

In 2011, Wilde paid roughly $2.295 million for this lovely 3,284-square-foot, four-bedroom home. The property is in Los Feliz, an affluent neighborhood in Los Angeles. When she put the house on the market, it sold for $2.19 million in July 2013.

In 2014 Wilde and her ex-husband Jason Sudeikis bought a house in Brooklyn. They spent $6.5 million on this luxury mansion which spans about 6,500 square feet of living space and has nine bedrooms.

The couple bought another property in Silver Lake in the year 2019. This estate boasted 2,833 square feet of living space with four bedrooms, and they spent around $3.49 million on this home.

Olivia Wilde Net Worth

Olivia Wilde is an American actress, producer, and filmmaker from New York with an estimated net worth of $25 million. She is one of the wealthiest actresses and directors in the American film industry. There is not hidden that most of her income comes from the entertainment business through salaries from her acting projects.

Olivia accumulated a vast chunk of money from her appearances in numerous hit films and television shows. She first gained popularity with her work in the television series House which ran from 2007 to 2012. Despite her acting career, her directorial and writing work also allowed her to make millions of dollars.

Wilde has done commercial work for a couple of big names, including the 2009 print ad for Escada Desire Me. She was booked for Revlon’s eyeshadow and mascara commercials from 2012 to 2013. 

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