Malin Akerman
Malin Akerman
Malin Maria Åkerman is a Swedish Canadian actress, model and singer. She became known for making appearances in several Canadian productions. In the early 2000s, she had many television and film parts, including The Utopian Societyand Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle. Following a supporting role on the comedy series The Comeback, Åkerman gained her first starring roles in the feature films The Heartbreak Kidand 27 Dresses...
NationalitySwedish
ProfessionMovie Actress
Date of Birth12 May 1978
CityStockholm, Sweden
CountrySweden
Every time I'm in Canada I feel more Swedish, and every time I'm in Sweden I feel more Canadian. I belong in both places and I love them both equally. It's funny because the Swedes claim me as their Swedish pride and the Canadians call me their Canadian girl. I'll take it all.
The funny thing is that my husband couldn't be sweeter. He looks like this bad boy. He's got tattoos and earrings and a mohawk, but when you talk to him and he's around you, he's such a gentleman. He holds doors for ladies. He pulls out chairs. He cooks. He cleans.
The excitement about independent filmmaking is that they're a little more open to taking chances. The studios are a little more careful, as far as who they choose for their film and what they're known for and staying in the genre because they know what works.
I think it's critical in any character you play that it really is about reacting instead of acting. You can always tell when a person is acting.
I think we can leave mullets back in the '80s. I'm really not a big fan of them.
I was a groupie for a year and followed a band. I dated the drummer of the band.
A perfect schedule is to be able to do something dark and then go into something lighter to ease up a little bit.
Jennifer Aniston and Paul Rudd are really amazing, lovely people and really great comedic actors.
Modeling was never anything that was a career choice. I did catalog work in Toronto to make money so that I could go to school.
I'm a big pasta fan. I'm a big Italian food fan. Anything Italian - I love cheese, mozzarella. Mozzarella is my favorite, so I have to say anything Italian, I'll take it.
The nature of the business is that, once you start proving yourself and the more roles you get, the more exciting the roles that you're able to go out and do auditions for, or that you're being offered, get. You have more choices.
I think recharging is important, absolutely. Every now and then, you need maybe a couple of weeks to just chill out and let your emotions balance themselves out a little bit.
Don't hate me, but I've always been skinny. I got lucky.
I can't walk by chocolate without eating it.