Wednesday Hottie

I really need to get better at posting this for you all. I apologize for skipping last week. Anyway, this week's hottie is Olivia Wilde.

Born in New York City and raised in Washington, D.C. by journalist parents, Olivia graduated from Phillips Academy, where she studied acting. She did everything while in school. She starred in, directed and produced over two dozen school productions. Damn, I wish I was that talented. I can barely keep a blog updated while in school. During her summers, Olivia traveled abroad to places such as Ireland, where she studied at the renowned Gaiety School of Acting in Dublin (she actually has dual citizenship between Ireland and the United States). Upon graduation from Phillips, she moved to L.A. and, while working at a casting agency, landed a small role in the feature "The Girl Next Door." Olivia decided to pursue acting full-time and was soon cast as the female lead in "Skin."

Unfortunately, "Skin" was canceled after only 3 episodes. There were 5 more episdes that never aired. I had never even heard of this show before researching for this blog. Fortunately for us fans, Olivia temporarily moved onto another, more successful, Fox show and portrayed the very sexy wild child Alex Kelly on "The O.C." for 13 episodes. She was the amazingly hot biseuxal who started out dating Seth Cohen and then dated Marissa Cooper for a couple episodes.

She also filmed three new feature films in 2005: "Alpha Dog," "Bickford Shmeckler's Cool Ideas," and "Conversations with Other Women."

Olivia is probably now most known for her role as Remy "13" Hadley, one of Dr. House's new team members. She joined the cast during the fourth season after House's original team quit (Cameron and Foreman) or were fired (Chase). There have been several allusions to 13's sexuality. House has speculated that she is either gay or bisexual. Previews for the current season have shown scenes that allude even more to 13 not being straight.

In addition to her acting work, Olivia is also a team member of the Los Angeles Filmmaker's Cooperative. She serves as the editor in chief of LAFCO NEWS, and as a chair member of the education department. She was the project manager for the LAFCO production of The Lysistrata Project, the first-ever theatrical event for peace held in hundreds of cities world wide. Olivia is now in the midst of planning the first annual LAFCO Future Filmmakers Festival made up entirely of work produced by people between the ages of 6 and 18.

Her dog, Paco, was the mascot for Old Navy in 2006. Olivia is an avid supporter of Barack Obama, and campaigned for him during early primaries with House co-star Kal Penn. She is also a supporter of the youth voter organization, 18 in '08. She serves on their Advisory Council and appeared in a PSA that debuted June 30, 2008.

Sorry for the small amount of information. There doesn't seem to be much information on Miss Olivia Wilde. She seems as mysterious as her character 13.