Background
She moved to Canada at the age of two.
She has been married to the band's drummer Roberto Zincone since 2007.
She moved to Canada at the age of two.
She has been married to the band's drummer Roberto Zincone since 2007.
Åkerman attended many different schools, including Sir Winston Churchill Secondary School in St. Catharines, Ontario. She once attended a Catholic school, though she was raised as a Buddhist.
At the age of eighteen, inspired by the "helplessness" she sometimes felt during her childhood,she decided to become a child psychologist. She supported her education by modelling for television commercials and catalogue layouts.While studying for a year at York University in Toronto, she was simultaneously offered guest roles on television as a result of her exposure in commercials.She saw the acting gigs as further opportunities to pay for her education, but found herself enjoying it and decided to drop out of school to become an actress.
As a child, she appeared in several television commercials before going on to win a modelling contract at age sixteen.Åkerman was cast as Silk Spectre II in the 2009 superhero film Watchmen, a role for which she was nominated for a Saturn Award for Best Supporting Actress. The same year, she had supporting and starring roles in both The Proposal and Couples Retreat, two commercial hits that garnered mixed to negative reviews. In 2010, she became part of the main cast on the comedy series Childrens Hospital. She starred in four feature films in 2012, including the musical film Rock of Ages. Apart from acting and occasional modelling, Åkerman has had a brief music career as the lead vocalist for alternative rock band The Petalstones, but eventually left to focus on her acting career.
2000 The Skulls - Coed in Caleb's Apartment
2002 The Circle - Tess
2003 The Utopian Society - Tanci
2004 Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle - Liane
2007 The Invasion - Autumn (Uncredited)
2007 The Brothers Solomon - Tara
2007 The Heartbreak Kid - Lila
2007 Heavy Petting - Daphne
2008 27 Dresses - Tess Nichols
2009 Bye Bye Sally - Sally Grimshaw (Short film)
2009 Watchmen - Laurie Juspeczyk / Silk Spectre II (Nominated—Saturn Award for Best Supporting Actress; Nominated—Teen Choice Award for Choice Movie Actress: Action Adventure)
2009 The Proposal - Gertrude
2009 Couples Retreat - Ronnie
2010 happythankyoumoreplease - Annie
2010 The Romantics - Tripler
2011 Elektra Luxx - Trixie
2011 The Bang Bang Club - Robin Comley
2011 Catch .44 - Tes
2012 Wanderlust - Eva
2012 The Giant Mechanical Man - Jill
2012 Rock of Ages - Constance Sack
2012 Stolen - Riley Jeffers
2012 Hotel Noir - Swedish Mary
2013 Cottage Country - Cammie Ryan (completed)
2013 The Numbers Station - Katherine (post-production)
2013 CBGB - Debbie Harry (post-production)
She describes herself as a feminist as she believes in equal treatment for both sexes.
