Malin Åkerman

Malin Maria Åkerman (born May 12, 1978) is a Swedish-Canadian film actress and model.

She has appeared in such films as 27 Dresses, Watchmen, The Brothers Solomon, The Heartbreak Kid, Couples Retreat, and The Proposal.

Early life

Åkerman was born in Stockholm, Sweden to a model mother, Pia and an insurance broker father, Magnus. Her family emigrated from Sweden and immigrated to Canada when she was two years old. After her parents' divorce, her father returned to Sweden, and Åkerman stayed in Canada with her mother. She lived in Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ontario for a short while, attending Parliament Oak Primary School, then Niagara District Secondary School until Grade 11, and then graduating at Sir Winston Churchill Secondary School in St. Catharines, Ontario. Åkerman also attended North Toronto C.I. in mid-town Toronto, as well as Dante Alighieri Academy for her OAC year, before earning a place to attend York University - at the same time actress Rachel McAdams attended.

In a September 2010 with Movieline.com, Åkerman described herself as being "highly dyslexic".

Career

At the age of 17, Åkerman 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 (2003) with Sam Doumit and Austin Nichols and Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle (2004). Åkerman has made several TV guest appearances and, in 2005, was cast as Juna in the HBO series The Comeback. She has also appeared on The Showbiz Show with David Spade as a correspondent and in the third season of HBO series Entourage.

In 2006 she played Tara in The Brothers Solomon. Åkerman starred in the 2007 Farrelly Brothers movie The Heartbreak Kid and in the 2008 film 27 Dresses. She played Silk Spectre II in the 2009 film adaptation of Alan Moore's graphic novel Watchmen. In 2009, Åkerman co-starred in Couples Retreat and The Proposal. She recently in 2010, walked in Naomi Campbell's Fashion For Relief runway show for The White Ribbon Alliance to raise funds for mothers in Haiti.

Åkerman sings for the band the Petalstones, known previously as Ozono.

Malin starred in a fictional movie within How I Met Your Mother on the 17 May 2010 episode.

Malin is the new model and endorser of the fashion brand Remetee owned and developed by Milwaukee Brewers player Ryan Braun.

Personal life

Åkerman married Italian musician Roberto Zincone, whom she met while performing with The Petalstones, on June 20, 2007.

She considers herself both Swedish and Canadian and says she feels more Swedish in Canada and more Canadian in Sweden. She celebrates all the Swedish holidays, and speaks Swedish fluently, but admits that she is "thinking in English, and has to translate to Swedish."

Filmography

Åkerman at Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week

Films

Year Title Role Notes

2000 The Skulls Coed in Caleb's Apartment

2001 Shotgun Love Dolls Rock Candy TV movie

2002 The Circle Tess

2003 The Utopian Society Tanci

2004 Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle Liane

2007 The Invasion Autumn (uncredited)

The Brothers Solomon Tara

The Heartbreak Kid Lila

Heavy Petting Daphne

2008 27 Dresses Tess Nichols

2009 Bye Bye Sally Sally Grimshaw

Watchmen Laurie Jupiter / Silk Spectre II Nominated — Saturn Award for Best Supporting Actress

The Proposal Gertrude "Gert"

Couples Retreat Ronnie

2010 Elektra Luxx Trixie

The Bang Bang Club Anna

happythankyoumoreplease Annie

The Romantics Tripler

2011 Wanderlust Eva

Television

Year Title Role Notes

1997 Earth: Final Conflict Avatar "Truth"

2000 Relic Hunter Elena "Affaire de Coeur"

2001 Twice in a Lifetime Ramona Dubois "Knockout"

Doc Maddy Dodge "Face in the Mirror"

Witchblade Karen Bronte "Conundrum"

2002 A Nero Wolfe Mystery Server Girl #11 "Poison a la Carte"

2005 The Comeback Juna Millken 12 episodes.

2006 Love Monkey Kira Dungen "The One That Got Away"

Entourage Tori "Strange Days"; "Three's Company"

2010 How I Met Your Mother Movie Stella "The Wedding Bride"

Childrens Hospital Dr. Valerie Flame 11 episodes.

(source:wikipedia)