has appeared in such films as 27 Dresses, Watchmen, The Brothers Solomon, The Heartbreak Kid, Couples Retreat, and The Proposal.
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* 1 Early life
* 2 Career
* 3 Personal life
* 4 Filmography
* 5 References
* 6 External links
Early life
Åkerman was born in Stockholm, Sweden, to Pia, a model, and Magnus, an insurance brokerHer family emigrated from Sweden to Canada when she was two years old.After her parents' divorce, her father returned to Sweden, and Åkerman stayed in Canada with her mother lived in Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ontario for a short while, attending Parliament Oak Primary School, then Niagara District Secondary School until Grade 11, and then graduating at Sir Winston Churchill Secondary School in St. Catharines, Ontario. Åkerman also attended North Toronto C.I. in mid-town Toronto, as well as Dante Alighieri Academy for her OAC year, before earning a place to attend York University at the same time actress Rachel McAdams attended.
In a September 2010 interview with Movieline.com, Åkerman described herself as being "highly dyslexicCaree
At the age of 17, Åkerman won the Ford Supermodel of Canada search. She appeared in several television commercials, including one for Noxzema skin care. After a career in modeling, she turned to acting and moved to California. She has had roles in several films, including The Utopian Society 2003with Sam Doumit and Austin Nichols and Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle 2004 Åkerman has made several TV guest appearances and, in 2005, was cast as Juna in the HBO series The Comeback. She has also appeared on The Showbiz Show with David Spade as a correspondent and in the third season of HBO series Entourage.
In 2006 she played Tara in The Brothers Solomon. Åkerman starred in the 2007 Farrelly Brothers movie The Heartbreak Kid and in the 2008 film 27 Dresses. She played Silk Spectre II in the 2009 film adaptation of Alan Moore's graphic novel Watchmen. In 2009, Åkerman co-starred in Couples Retreat and The Proposal She recently in 2010, walked in Naomi Campbell's Fashion For Relief runway show for The White Ribbon Alliance to raise funds for mothers in Haiti.
Åkerman sings for the band the Petalstones, known previously as Ozono
Malin starred in a fictional movie within How I Met Your Mother on the 17 May 2010 episode
Malin is the new model and endorser of the fashion brand Remetee owned and developed by Milwaukee Brewers player Ryan Braun
Åkerman has been added to the Inferno production, directed by Matthew Wilder. This is a film that portrays Linda Lovelace, the '70s pornstar
Personal life
Åkerman married Italian musician Roberto Zincone, whom she met while performing with The Petalstones, on June 20, 2007
She considers herself both Swedish and Canadian and has said that she feels more Swedish in Canada and more Canadian in SwedenShe celebrates all the Swedish holidaysand speaks Swedish, but admits that she is "thinking in English, and has to translate to Swedish
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