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Olivia Wilde
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Olivia Wilde

She plays Wild child Alex, who works at the Bait Shop, The O.C.'s version of the Peach Pit After Dark. Look for some sparks between her and Seth, since bands he adores — including Modest Mouse and the Killers — will be playing gigs there.

How you know her The 20-year-old had small role in The Girl Next Door and last year's ill-fated Skin, the Fox sudser set in the adult film industry.

Family ties Wilde is the daughter of Andrew Cockburn, writer and producer of the 1997 Nicole Kidman-George Clooney flick The Peacemaker.

Shades of The Graduate When she was 18, she eloped with then 26-year-old documentary filmmaker Tao Ruspoli — on a school bus. (Bucking the teen-marriage odds, they're still together.)

The O.C. vs. her real high school Wilde's rebellious years during middle school — she shaved the back of her head in seventh grade and had piercings and a tattoo by the age of 13 — caused her to be sent away to the prestigious Phillips Academy in Andover, Mass., which may have prepared her for the hyper-romantic relationships on The O.C. ''Dating is a little bit different in boarding school because it's all very intense, you know, drama, heartbreak,'' she told Playboy.com last year. ''Everyone launches themselves into really serious relationships really quickly, almost out of boredom. You live there and see the people every day. Two weeks in a boarding-school relationship is like six months in a normal relationship.''

Originally posted Nov 03, 2004
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