Malin Akerman

Biography
Akerman was born in Stockholm of a mother who was a model and a father who worked in insurance. Her family moved to Toronto, Canada when she was two years old. After her parents divorced, her father returned to the Sweden, Malin stayed in Canada with his mother. She lived in Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ontario for a short time where she attended Parliament Oak Primary School, and since Sir Winston Churchill Secondary School (St. Catharines).

When she was 17 years old, Akerman won the Ford Supermodel of Canada. She had roles in several television commercials, including one for Noxzema skin care. After a modeling career, she turned to acting and moved to California. She has had several film roles, including The Utopian Society (2003) with Sam Doumit and Austin Nichols, and Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle (2004) as the Freak Shows' sexy wife. She has also had several guest appearances in TV series, and, in 2005 the role as Juna in the HBO series The Comeback. She has also appeared in The Showbiz Show with David Spade as a correspondent, and in the third season of Entourage in the role of "Tori". Akerman played in the Farrelly Brothers movie The Heartbreak Kid from 2007 and 27 Dresses.

She then got the role of Laurie Jupiter/Silk Spectre II in Watchmen, which premiered in 2009. The film contained Akerman including several nude scenes with Patrick Wilson. Watchmen was the film that really put her on the celebrity heaven.

Actress

 * 2009 - Watchmen (Laurie Jupiter/Silk Spectre II)

Saturn Award

 * Nominated
 * 2010 - Best Supporting Actress for Watchmen