MALIN Akerman is an actress and presenter from Sweden.
Her next big job is presenting the 2024 Eurovision finals — here’s everything you need to know about her.
How old is Malin Akerman? What’s her background?
Malin Akerman, 45, was born in Stockholm, Sweden.
Her mother Pia Sundström is an aerobics instructor and model, and her father Magnus Åkerman is an insurance broker.
They moved to Toronto, Canada when Malin was two years old.
At the age of five, she began appearing in TV commercials.
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Her parents divorced when she was six, with her father returning to Sweden.
She started modelling while at school and featured in several advertising campaigns.
Malin won the Canadian title of Ford Supermodel when she was 17, enabling her to spend the next three years as a catwalk model — working all over Europe.
After studying for a year at York University in Toronto to become a child psychologist, she dropped out to pursue acting and moved to LA.
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She made her screen debut in the Canadian sci-fi series Earth: Final Conflict in 1997 playing a robot.
Her career took off after she played the supporting role of Juna in the HBO series The Comeback (2005) alongside Lisa Kudrow.
She later starred alongside Ben Stiller in The Heartbreak Kid (2007) and Katherine Heigl in 27 Dresses (2008).
Her breakthrough movie role came when she was cast as Silk Spectre II in Watchmen (2009).
Other film credits include Couples Retreat (2009), Wanderlust (2012) and Chick Fight (2022).
Between 2016 and 2019 Malin starred in the Showtime series Billions as Lara Axelrod.
And next up she is hosting Eurovision 2024 alongside comedian Petra Mede, who was also at the helm in 2013 and 2016, and Graham Norton, who will once again reprise his role of commentator.
When did Malin Akerman get married?
Malin married British actor Jack Donnelly on December 1, 2018.
The ceremony took place on a beach at Tulum, Mexico with Malin wearing a pink dress.
Malin announced her engagement to Jack on Instagram in October 2017 and mentioned his bond with her then five-year-old son Sebastian.
She wrote: “This sweet and loving man has stepped into our lives and stole both our hearts!
“I think we’re gonna keep him around for a while.”
Who is Malin Akerman’s husband Jack Donnelly?
Jack Donnelly, 38, is an actor, writer and director from Bournemouth.
He trained at London’s Central School of Speech and Drama.
His first role was in the Nickelodeon TV series House Of Anubis (2011).
Jack is best known for his role as Jason in the BBC series Atlantis (2013-15).
He guest starred in Doctors, Threesome and Misfits in 2012, as well as Dancing On The Edge the following year.
Jack played Sam Walker in the BBC’s smash hit Death in Paradise in 2016.
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In 2021, he wrote, directed and starred in the award winning short comedy series The Players.
His mother Chrissie Wickham choreographed the winning Bucks Fizz dance routine for Eurovision in 1981.