Actress Malin Åkerman

Malin Åkerman
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Malin Maria Akerman (born 12 May 1978) is a Swedish-American raised in Canada, actress, producer and model. In the early 2000s, she had several small television and film parts in both Canadian and American productions, including The Utopian Society (2003) and Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle (2004). Following a supporting role on the HBO mockumentary sitcom The Comeback (2005), she gained her first co-starring roles in the romantic comedy films The Heartbreak Kid (2007) uncredited in The Invasion (2007) 27 Dresses (2008). She played the female lead in Watchmen (2009) as Silk Spectre II, a role for which she was nominated for a Saturn Award for Best Supporting Actress. In 2009, Åkerman had supporting and starring roles in the romantic comedies The Proposal and Couples Retreat. From 2010 to 2016, she starred on the Adult Swim comedy series Childrens Hospital. In 2012, she co-starred in the comedy Wanderlust and the musical film Rock of Ages. She had her first lead television role with the short-lived ABC comedy series Trophy Wife (2013–2014). She later co-starred in the film I'll See You in My Dreams (2015) and the action film Rampage (2018). Since 2016, Åkerman has had a main role on the Showtime drama series Billions as Lara Axelrod. Apart from acting and modelling, Åkerman had a brief music career as the lead vocalist for alternative rock band The Petalstones in the early 2000s, but eventually left to focus on her acting career. She has been married twice, first from 2007 to 2014 to Petalstones drummer Roberto Zincone, with whom she has a son, and, since 2018, to English actor Jack Donnelly.
Place of birth
Stockholm, Sweden Stockholm, Sweden
Date of birth
12th May 1978
Movies that starred Malin Åkerman (11 in total)
Slayers poster

Slayers [2022]

Beverly Rektor
Rampage poster

Rampage [2018]

Claire Wyden
Stolen poster

Stolen [2012]

Riley Jeffers
Wanderlust poster

Wanderlust [2012]

Eva
The Proposal poster

The Proposal [2009]

Gertrude
Watchmen poster

Watchmen [2009]

Laurie Jupiter / Silk Spectre II
Couples Retreat poster

Couples Retreat [2009]

Ronnie
27 Dresses poster

27 Dresses [2008]

Tess Nichols
The Heartbreak Kid poster

The Heartbreak Kid [2007]

Lila
The Brothers Solomon poster

The Brothers Solomon [2007]

Tara
Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle poster

Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle [2004]

Liane
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