"Malin Akerman"
Name: Malin Akerman
Date of Birth: May 12, 1978
Place of Birth: Stockholm, Sweden
Mini-bio: Malin Maria Akerman was born in Stockholm,Sweden on May 12th, 1978. A career opportunity for her father would motivate him to move his family to Canada when Malin was just two years old.
Bright and captivating Malin began modeling and doing television commercials at the early age of five.
The separation of her parents a year later would initiate an early independence coupled with a sensitivity for the arts.
At 17 she won the Ford Supermodel of Canada search, and interest from international agents led Malin to spend her summers in Europe modeling until she finished high school.
She persued a successful modeling career for several years, only to need an eventual break from it which brought her back home to Toronto to York University; an experience which quickly inspired her to get back into acting.
A guest star role in a Steven Speilberg television show would come next. Along with the realization that acting was her true passion. Several guest and supporting roles would ensue, and in 2001 she was flown to L.A to screen test for a Disney movie. She didnt get the part, but signed with adistinguished manager and made the permanent move to California with her best friend.
Recently Malin has landed the leading role opposite Lisa Kudrow in the upcoming original HBO series The Comeback. She also has developed an interest in music and is currently the lead singer of her band The Petalstones.
Akerman was born in Stockholm On May/12/78 to a model mother and an insurance broker father. Her family moved to Toronto Canada when she was two years old. After her parents' divorce, her father returned to Sweden, and Akerman stayed in Canada with her mother.She attendend Parliament Oak Primary School, Niagara District until Grade 11, and then graduated. She went to York University for a year.
At the age of seventeen, Malin won the Ford Supermodel of Canada search. She appeared in several television commercials, including one for Noxzema skin care. After a career in modeling she turned to acting and moved to California. She has had roles in several films including The Utopian Society, Harold and Kumar go to White Castle. She was a regular on the show "The Comeback".
Malin is more known for her breakout role in " The Heartbreak Kid". She went on to be in "27 Dresses" and Watchmen. She 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.
Åkerman married Italian musician Roberto Zincone on June 20, 2007
Is the lead singer of a rock band named Ozono, who later changed their name to The Petalstones.
Named #80 in FHM magazine's "100 Sexiest Women in the World 2006
Ranked #59 on the Maxim magazine Hot 100 of 2008 list.
Was named one of the "Ten Actors to Watch" by Variety (2007).
Speaks fluent Swedish.
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