Olivia Wilder was born in New York City, where her grandfather was Claud Cockburn, a prominent Irish left-wing journalist born in Beijing, China, and a famous model from the 1930s, a family of British aristocratic descent who moved to Ireland in 1947. Olivia's parents and several uncles are journalists, and one aunt is the famous British mystery novelist Sarah Caudwell.
Olivia Wilder studied at the Acting Academy in Dublin, Ireland and Andover, Massachusetts, USA, and began to star in TV dramas in 2003, participating in the first film of "The Girl Next Door", and later as a model for Abercrombie & Fitch, and successfully took the position through the popular youth drama "Orange County Boys". In 2006, the film "Fantastic Heavenly Book" won her the Best Actress Award at the HBO Comedy Arts Film Festival, and later in "Lead Dog", she gave a fiery nude scene that attracted attention. Olivia Wilder was also a strong contender for the 22nd Bond film Casino Royale, with the New York Observer once describing her as having a "deep voice" and "the charming green eyes of an actress bygone years." Wilde recently joined the cast of the American dramas "Donnelly Brothers" and "House Doctor", and starred in the independent film "Fix" to the Sundance Film Festival in January 2008, directed by her husband Tao Lusbury.
