Malin Akerman Biography

Summary

"Malin Maria Åkerman" (born 12 May 1978) is a Swedish-Canadian actress, model, and singer.

Early life

Åkerman was born in Stockholm, Sweden; her family moved to Toronto, Canada when she was two years old. Since then her family has moved back to Sweden, but Malin stayed in Canada. She lived in Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ontario for a short while, attending Parliament Oak Primary School, and then Sir Winston Churchill Secondary School. She has also lived in Toronto where she attended North Toronto Collegiate Institute and Dante Alighieri Academy.

Career

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At the age of seventeen, Åkerman won the Ford Supermodel of Canada search. After a career in modeling she turned to acting and moved to California. She has had roles in several films including "The Utopian Society" (2003) with Sam Doumit and Austin Nichols; and "Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle" (2004) as Freakshow's hot wife. She has made several TV guest appearances and in 2005 got the role as Juna in the HBO series "The Comeback". She has also appeared on "The Showbiz Show with David Spade" as a correspondent and in the third season of HBO series "Entourage" in the role of 'Tori'. She is also lead singer in the rock band Ozono, later renamed the Petalstones.

Åkerman starred in the 2007 Farrelly Brothers movie "The Heartbreak Kid" and in the 2008 film "27 Dresses". She will also play Silk Spectre II in the upcoming film adaptation of "Watchmen". By mid-October, 2008, Åkerman has signed on to co-star in "Couples Retreat", a comedy chronicling four couples who partake in therapy sessions at a tropical island resort. Vince Vaughn will play her husband.