“I always did TV commercials and made great money to put myself through school. That became guest starring roles on TV shows.”

Swedish and American actress

Malin Maria Åkerman, often anglicised as Malin Akerman, is a Swedish and American actress. Born in 1978, she began with smaller roles in Canadian and American productions before becoming known for television and film work. She appeared in The Utopian Society in 2003 and Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle in 2004, then played a main role in the HBO mockumentary series The Comeback in 2005. Akerman later co-starred in The Heartbreak Kid and 27 Dresses, and she gained wider recognition as Silk Spectre II in Watchmen, which brought her a Saturn Award nomination for Best Supporting Actress.