The docu-series follows Wilde as she learns of the struggles women face in Nairobi, Kenya. In 2012, Wilde was featured in PBS docu-series Half the Sky: Turning Oppression into Opportunity for Women Worldwide, which was inspired by Nicholas Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn's book of the same name. In May 2012, Wilde's character, Remy "Thirteen" Hadley, returned for the series finale of House for two episodes, " Holding On" and " Everybody Dies." She starred in the film People Like Us (2012), Third Person (2012), The Words (2012) and as Liza in Deadfall (2012), a thriller about two siblings who decide to fend for themselves in the wake of a botched casino heist, and their unlikely reunion during another family's Thanksgiving celebration. Wilde made her directing and screenwriting debut with the film Free Hugs (2011) for Glamour Magazine's short film series, which was screened at various festivals. In 2011, Wilde became a global brand ambassador for the cosmetic company Revlon, which featured her in their commercials. She was also in the films In Time (2011), On the Inside (2011) and Butter (2011). Wilde starred in Cowboys & Aliens (2011) as Ella Swensen, who works with other characters to save the Earth from evil aliens, and also starred in the comedy The Change-Up (2011). In August 2011, it was announced Wilde would be leaving House to further pursue her film career she left a few months later, in the episode " Charity Case". Inspired by her award-winning journalist and documentary filmmaker parents, Wilde has served as executive producer on several documentary short films, such as Sun City Picture House (2010), which is about a community in Haiti that rallies to build a movie theater after the disastrous 2010 earthquake. She starred in Disney's Tron: Legacy (2010) as Quorra. Wilde appeared in the comedy film Year One (2009) as Princess Inanna. Her first appearance was in the episode " The Right Stuff". She played the character of Remy "Thirteen" 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 September 2007, Wilde joined the cast of the medical drama television series House. She was also in The Death and Life of Bobby Z (2007) and the short-lived drama television series The Black Donnellys (2007). In 2007, she starred off-Broadway in Beauty on the Vine, a political thriller, playing three different characters. Wilde at the Tron: Legacy premiere, December 2010 Her grandfather, British novelist Claud Cockburn, and his sons Alexander and Patrick Cockburn also worked as journalists and her aunt, Sarah Caudwell, was a writer. Writer Christopher Hitchens was the Cockburn family's tenant in Washington, D.C. She has a sister five years older and a brother nine years younger. Her mother, Leslie Cockburn ( née Redlich), is an American producer on 60 Minutes and journalist. Wilde's father, Andrew Cockburn, is a British journalist he was born in the London suburb of Willesden and raised in Ireland. For a short time, Wilde's family also had a house in Guilford, Vermont. She then studied at the Gaiety School of Acting in Dublin. She was accepted to Bard College, but deferred her enrollment three times in order to pursue acting. Wilde derived her surname from Irish author Oscar Wilde, and started using it while in high school to honor the writers in her family, many of whom used pen names. and Phillips Academy in Andover, Massachusetts, graduating in 2002. She attended Georgetown Day School in Washington, D.C. while spending summers at Ardmore in Ireland. She grew up in the Georgetown neighborhood of Washington, D.C. Wilde was born Olivia Jane Cockburn in New York City on March 10, 1984. Wilde's second feature as director, Don't Worry Darling, was released in 2022. In 2019, she directed her first film, the teen comedy Booksmart (2019), for which she won the Independent Spirit Award for Best First Feature. Wilde made her Broadway debut in 2017, playing Julia in 1984. She played Remy "Thirteen" Hadley on the medical-drama television series House (2007–2012), and has appeared in the films Tron: Legacy (2010), Cowboys & Aliens (2011), The Incredible Burt Wonderstone (2013), and The Lazarus Effect (2015). Olivia Jane Cockburn ( / ˈ k oʊ b ər n/ KOH-bərn born March 10, 1984), known professionally as Olivia Wilde, is an American actress and filmmaker.
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