Olivia Wilde

Her paternal grandmother, Jean Ross, was the inspiration for Christopher Isherwood's character "Sally Bowles", portrayed on film in I Am a Camera (1955) by Julie Harris, and Cabaret (1972) by Liza Minnelli.

A lifelong lover of classic cars, she owns a 1958 Chevy Biscayne and a 1959 Thunderbird Convertible. Once owned a 1966 Lincoln Continental with suicide doors.

Mick Jagger was once her parents' dinner guest at their Washington, D.C. home, and she had an impromptu brownie-eating contest with Chris Farley when, at age 10, she visited the set of "Saturday Night Live" (1975).

Spent one month on the set of The Girl Next Door (2004) before being asked to join the cast.

Ranked #95 on FHM magazine's "100 Sexiest Women in the World" list of 2006.

Has a dog named Paco who, as of July 26, 2006, is the new mascot for Old Navy.

Won Best Actress at HBO's US Comedy Arts Festival in Aspen, 2006 for her role in Bickford Shmeckler's Cool Ideas (2006).

Ranked #18 in the 2010 FHM UK list of "100 Sexiest Women in the World".

Eloped with her husband and was married in a bus in Washington, Virginia when she was age 19. As of 2011, she is separated and seeking divorce.

Ranked #15 on Maxim magazine's "Hot 100 Women" of 2011, after being ranked #1 in 2009. Previously had been rated #97 in 2008 and and #61 in 2005.

Ranked #5 in the 2011 FHM list of "100 Sexiest Women in the World".

Replaced Kate Hudson in Butter (2011).

Voted #30 in the 2011 Ask Men list of the "top 99 most desirable women". Previously she ranked #49 in 2010.

Voted #23 in Ask Men's top 99 'most desirable' women of 2012.