Malin Akerman
- Actress
- Producer
- Soundtrack
Malin was born in Stockholm, Sweden and raised in Toronto, Canada. Her
mother, Pia (Sundström), is a model and aerobics instructor, and her
father, Magnus Åkerman, is an insurance broker. They moved to Toronto
when she was age 2. At age 5, she began appearing in TV commercials.
Her parents divorced when she was 6 and her father returned to Sweden.
At age 17, she won the Canadian title of Ford Supermodel. This enabled
her to spend 3 years as a catwalk model in Europe. She decided to
become a child psychologist and enrolled in York University but she was
offered a guest role in
Earth: Final Conflict (1997)
so she turned her attention back to acting. She moved to Los Angeles in
2001 and won roles in both TV and film. Her breakthrough role came when
she was cast as Silk Spectre II in
Watchmen (2009).
mother, Pia (Sundström), is a model and aerobics instructor, and her
father, Magnus Åkerman, is an insurance broker. They moved to Toronto
when she was age 2. At age 5, she began appearing in TV commercials.
Her parents divorced when she was 6 and her father returned to Sweden.
At age 17, she won the Canadian title of Ford Supermodel. This enabled
her to spend 3 years as a catwalk model in Europe. She decided to
become a child psychologist and enrolled in York University but she was
offered a guest role in
Earth: Final Conflict (1997)
so she turned her attention back to acting. She moved to Los Angeles in
2001 and won roles in both TV and film. Her breakthrough role came when
she was cast as Silk Spectre II in
Watchmen (2009).