Facts and Trivia

Date of Birth: March 10, 1984
Place of Birth: New York City, New York, USA
Birth Name: Olivia Jane Cockburn
Height: 5' 71" (1.71 m)
Hair: naturally blonde
Eyes: blue-green
Parents: Andrew Cockburn and Leslie Cockburn
Husband: Tao Ruspoli (June 7, 2003 - present)
Best friends: Patrick Fugit and Megalyn Echikunwoke
Favourite music: funk, hip-hop, reggae
Favourite quote: "If you want to be a doctor, look before you leap. If you want to be in show business, leap before you look." (Steven Spielberg)
Pets: dog named Paco

• She attended Georgetown Day School in Washington DC throught 8th grade.
• Olivia graduated from Phillips Academy in Andover, Massachusetts.
• Ranked #1 on the Maxim magazine "Hot 100" of 2009 list.
• Once won a pancake eating contest while in Australia.
• Her husband Tao Ruspoli is a prince
• Olivia is a vegan.
• She is owner of a classic Pontiac Thunderbird with the license plate "MRWILDE".
• Olivia is a fan of old-school horror films. She considers The Shining to be one of the most scariest films she ever saw.
• Eloped with her husband, who is an Italian prince, when she was 18. They married in his family's castle in Vignanello, Italy.
• She has dual citizenship between Ireland and the United States.
• Olivia loves going to bookstores as they make her feel inspired.
• Won Best Actress at HBO's US Comedy Arts Festival in Aspen, 2006 for her role in Bickford Shmeckler's Cool Ideas (2006).
• Supports Prop 2 which is helping to stop animal cruelty.
• Olivia's celebrity crush is actress Angelina Jolie.
• She has a dog named Paco who, as of July 26, 2006, is the new mascot for Old Navy.
• Spent one month on the set of The Girl Next Door (2004) before being asked to join the cast.
• She derived her stage name "Wilde" from author Oscar Wilde.
• Olivia raised in Washington, D.C.
• She has appeared in the Dashboard Confessional music video for "Stolen", and the French Kicks music video for "So Far We Are".
• According to a gossip, Olivia shaved her head when she was in seventh grade, had piercings when she was 11, and got a tattoo when she was 13. She described those acts as being a typical adolescent.
• Aside from her acting, Olivia is also a team member of the Los Angeles Filmmaker's Cooperative. There she serves as a chair member of the education department and the editor in chief of LAFCO NEWS. Her husband, Tao Ruspoli, is the founder of the LAFCO. She also served as the project manager for LAFCO's Lysistrata Project, a peace event held in hundreds of cities worldwide.