Olivia Wild: When Intelligence is Hot

Photo Credit Amanda De Cadenet/Maxim July 2009

“Olivia reminds me a lot of Angelina Jolie — a fiercely intelligent, drop-dead gorgeous woman who knows what she wants to do and goes after it,” said Donna Langley, Universal’s co-chairwoman.[Look Past the Beauty, if You Can; New York Times]

Photo Credit Amanda De Cadenet/Maxim July 2009

Her looks could prove a liability; when you are the kind of actress who lands the No. 1 spot on Maxim magazine’s Hot 100 list, it’s very easy to be pigeonholed as cinematic eye candy. 

It took Charlize Theron’s turn as a greasy-haired, yellow-toothed serial killer in “Monster” for people to take her seriously. [Look Past the Beauty, if You Can; New York Times]