Olivia Wilde Net Worth

Olivia Wilde's Quotes

• [interview in The New York Observer] When people saw The Black Donnellys (2007), they didn't know it was the same girl from The O.C. (2003). I'm a natural blonde, but I feel like a brunette. I feel like people treat me now how I should be treated. People used to be shocked, when I was blonde, that I wasn't stupid. I used to get these comments that I swear people thought were compliments. Like, "Oh! You're smart" -- like they couldn't believe it. (April 15, 2007)
• Trying to find this industry's tendency to celebrate the physical is a waste of time. So I'm happy to play the game. But I am also thirsty for input. I'm not a dunce whose only skill is knowing how to take a photograph, you know? And at the end of the day, I think it makes me slightly less replaceable.
• [on her marriage, at age 19] It was a great eight years, but it was time for both of us to move.
• [on TRON: Legacy (2010)] It was an effort to get into that suit, but if I was a real astronaut I wouldn't expect that to be easy either. It's all part of the process, it's a challenge and that is what creates the rewards.
• I wanted to be on Saturday Night Live (1975) as a cast member. So I went to my mom at ten years old and said, "This is what I want." And she said, "Great, well, you're going to have to go to Second City and you're going to have to audition." And she took me seriously. And I think that's what always kind of helped propel me and take myself seriously is that I had supportive parents that were in no way pressuring me to do anything. But if I declared that I wanted something, they took me seriously. And that is often what it takes when you decide to be an artist.

Interesting Facts about Olivia Wilde

1. Granddaughter of Jean Ross and Francis Claud Cockburn, who used the pen name Claud Cockburn.
2. Attended Georgetown Day School in Washington, D.C., through 8th grade.
3. Ex-sister-in-law of Bartolomeo Ruspoli and Aileen Getty.
4. Ex-daughter-in-law of Dado Ruspoli, 9th Prince of Cerveteri and Debra Berger.
5. Spent one month on the set of The Girl Next Door (2004) before being asked to join the cast.
6. Has a dog named Paco who, as of July 26, 2006, is the new mascot for Old Navy. Paco died on her 34th birthday on March 10, 2018. She has another dog, Elvis.
7. Best friends with Patrick Fugit and Megalyn Echikunwoke.
8. Ranked #95 on the 2006 FHM list of "100 Sexiest Women in the World".
9. Has dual originary citizenship between Ireland and the United States.
10. Eloped with her high school boyfriend, Tao Ruspoli, and they were married on a bus in Washington, D.C. when she was age 18. As of 2011, she is separated and seeking divorce.
11. Once won a pancake eating contest while in Australia.
12. Ranked #15 on Maxim magazine's Hot 100 Women of 2011 list, after being ranked #1 in 2009. Previously, she had been rated #97 in 2008 and #61 in 2005.
13. Is the 20th great-granddaughter of King Edward VII.
14. Olivia's father was born in London, England, grew up in County Cork, Ireland, and became an Irish citizen. Olivia's mother is American-born. Olivia's father has English, Scottish, Northern Irish (Irish Protestant or Scottish-Irish), and 1/32 Sephardi Jewish, ancestry, while Olivia's mother has English, German, Irish, and Manx (Isle of Man) ancestry. Olivia's Sephardi Jewish great-great-great-great-grandfather, Ralph Bernal-Osborne, was a British Whig politician who was also an actor. Olivia is also a descendant of James IV of Scotland through his illegitimate daughter Margaret Stewart.
15. Was rumored to play the lead Bond girl in Skyfall (2012).
16. Replaced Kate Hudson in the comedy film Butter (2011).
17. Close friends with Kal Penn.
18. Niece of Alexander Cockburn, Patrick Cockburn and Sarah Caudwell.
19. A lifelong lover of classic cars, she owns a 1958 Chevy Biscayne and a 1959 Thunderbird convertible. Once owned a 1966 Lincoln Continental.
20. Adopted her professional name "Wilde" after she developed a profound respect and admiration for Irish poet and writer Oscar Wilde and his body of literature.