Megan Fox
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| Born | Megan Denise Fox May 16, 1986 [1] Oak Ridge, Tennessee, United States |
| Occupation | Actress, model |
| Years active | 2001–present |
| Spouse(s) | Brian Austin Green (m. 2010) |
| Children | 2 |
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Early life
Fox was born in Oak Ridge, Tennessee, the daughter of Gloria Darlene (née Cisson) and Franklin Thomas Fox.[7] She has English, and smaller amounts of Scottish, German, French, Scots-Irish (Northern Irish), and Powhatan Native American, ancestry.[8] She was raised "very strictly Pentecostal", but later attended Catholic school for twelve years.[9][10] Fox's parents divorced when she was young. Fox's mother later remarried, and she and her sister[11] were raised by her mother and her stepfather, Tony Tonachio.[12][13][14] She said that the two were "very strict" and that she was not allowed to have a boyfriend[15] or invite friends to her house.[11] She lived with her mother until she made enough money to support herself.[15]Fox began her training in drama and dance at age five, in Kingston, Tennessee.[16] She attended a dance class at the community center there and was involved in Kingston Elementary School's chorus and the Kingston Clippers swim team. At 10 years of age, after moving to St. Petersburg, Florida, Fox continued her training.[17][18] When she was 13 years old, Fox began modeling after winning several awards at the 1999 American Modeling and Talent Convention in Hilton Head, South Carolina.[19] At age 17, she tested out of school via correspondence in order to move to Los Angeles, California.[11][15]
Fox has spoken extensively of her time in education; that in middle school she was bullied and picked on and she ate lunch in the bathroom to avoid being "pelted with ketchup packets". She said that the problem was not her looks, but that she had "always gotten along better with boys" and that "rubbed some people the wrong way".[20] Fox also said of high school that she was never popular and that "everyone hated me, and I was a total outcast, my friends were always guys, I have a very aggressive personality, and girls didn’t like me for that. I’ve had only one great girlfriend my whole life".[20] In the same interview, she mentions that she hated school and has never been "a big believer in formal education" and that "the education I was getting seemed irrelevant. So, I was sort of checked out on that part of it".[20]
Career
At 15, Fox made her acting debut in the 2001 film Holiday in the Sun, as spoiled heiress Brianna Wallace and rival of Alex Stewart (Ashley Olsen), which was released direct-to-DVD on November 20, 2001. In the next several years she guest-starred on What I Like About You and Two and a Half Men, as well as being an uncredited extra in Bad Boys II (2003). In 2004, she made her film debut in Confessions of a Teenage Drama Queen co-starring opposite Lindsay Lohan, playing the supporting role of Carla Santini, a rival of Lola (Lohan). Fox was also cast in a regular role on the ABC sitcom Hope & Faith, in which she portrayed Sydney Shanowski, replacing Nicole Paggi. Fox appeared in seasons 2 to 3, until the show was cancelled by ABC in May 2006.[21]
Fox reprised her role as Mikaela Banes in the Transformer sequel, Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen. There was some controversy surrounding Fox's appearance while filming the sequel of Transformers when Michael Bay, the film's director, ordered the actress to gain 10 pounds.[23] The film was released worldwide on June 24, 2009.[24] Fox was to star in the third installment, Transformers: Dark of the Moon, but was not included because of her statements comparing working under director Bay to working for Hitler (see below). Co-star Shia LaBeouf said, "Criticism is one thing. Then there's public name-calling, which turns into high-school bashing. Which you can't do."[25] Bay similarly amended his previous statements of support of Fox, and told GQ in June that Fox was fired on orders of executive producer Steven Spielberg.[26]
After departing the Transformers franchise, Fox had her first lead role playing the title character in Jennifer's Body, written by Academy Award-winning screenwriter Diablo Cody.[27]
In March 2009, Variety reported that Fox was set to star as the lead role of Aspen Matthews in the film adaptation of the comic book Fathom which she will also co-produce with Brian Austin Green.[36] Fox appeared with Dominic Monaghan in the music video for Eminem and Rihanna's single "Love the Way You Lie".[37]
In 2012, she appeared briefly in Sacha Baron Cohen's comedy The Dictator and in a featured role Judd Apatow's comedy This Is 40. She was the voice of Lois Lane in the film Robot Chicken DC Comics Special,[38] an episode of the television comedy series Robot Chicken, and it aired as a one-off special during Cartoon Network's Adult Swim on September 9, 2012.
In January 2013, Fox was featured in a Brazilian television commercial for Brahma beer.[39] In February 2013, Fox set aside her differences with her former director Michael Bay when it was confirmed that she would work again with him on his upcoming reboot of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles.[40] Prior to the beginning of filming, she colored her tresses red as to the portrayal of a red-headed April O'Neil's character. Photos of her at location set in New York City emerged in early May marked her first official day of filming, slated to be released on August 8, 2014.
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Fox said of being a popular media topic that, though she is not on the same level as Jennifer Aniston, Britney Spears, or Lindsay Lohan, she does find it difficult and that there have been times when people have avoided being around her because they do not want to end up in the media's spotlight. "I need to behave in a way and handle myself in a way that will cause people to take me seriously," she said, "[and] you can be sexy and be intelligent and be taken seriously, or you can be sexy and you can be out at clubs every night and not be [taken seriously]" but that she has not gone "completely insane".[42] Fox also said of going from being "relatively unknown" to her current celebrity status that: "I definitely feel ill-prepared; I mean, I don't know if anyone ever sits back and goes, 'Now is the moment that I think I should be a famous celebrity,' – but I definitely feel it's premature. I mean, I was in one movie that people have seen."[42]
Fox has appeared on the covers of many magazines. In 2007, she appeared in Maxim;[43] in 2008, the list had grown to include Cosmo Girl,[44][45] Paw Print,[46] Jack (ITALY),[47] FHM (UK),[48] and GQ.[49][50] In 2009, the list includes, USA Weekend,[51] Esquire,[52] Empire,[53] Maxim,[54] GQ (UK),[55] Entertainment Weekly[56] and ELLE.[15] Fox was ranked No.17 on interview magazines Hollywood faces to watch "Future Stars of Tomorrow", ranked No.16 on the Maxim magazine Hot 100 of 2008 list, named No.68 in FHM magazine's "100 Sexiest Women in the World 2006" supplement, ranked No.18 on the Maxim magazine Hot 100 of 2007 list, she was ranked No.1 on Moviefone's 'The 25 Hottest Actors Under 25' in 2008, and was ranked No.2 on the Maxim magazine Hot 100 of 2009 list in 2009. FHM readers voted her the "Sexiest Woman in the World" in 2008.[6][57] In 2011, Men's Health named her one of the "100 Hottest Women of All-Time", ranking her at No. 14.[58] People named her one of 2012 Most Beautiful at Every Age.[59] In 2012, Fox revealed that making "most beautiful woman" lists is just a part of the job in Hollywood, and stated "You know, lists like this – and there are plenty – generally, we elect the girl who plays in the biggest blockbuster of the year."[60]
In late July 2009, Fox's alleged overexposure in parts of the media caused several men's websites to boycott her.[61] AOL's man-blog Asylum dubbed August 4, 2009 "A Day Without Megan Fox" with the promise that the site would not mention or feature her on this day; they asked other men's sites to copy this stance, and several (such as AskMen.com, Just a Guy Thing, and Banned in Hollywood) complied. "Listen, we love Megan," Eric Rogell of TheBachelorGuy.com told New York Daily News. "She's responsible for driving more eyeballs to our sites – just by getting photographed walking down the street in a white T-shirt – than any other celeb alive. [But] it's time to give another young actress a shot at the attention."[61] Other sites, however, refused to boycott Fox, with Asylum's sister site Popeater declaring "we're posting things about Megan Fox that aren't even news, just because we know you want it, whether you'll admit it or not"[62] and Coedmagazine calling the boycott a "publicity stunt" and "hypocritical", saying that they were the home of "The Megan Fox Boycott Boycott".[63] The British newspaper The Sun declared August 4 to be "Megan Fox Day", saying that "She deserves a day dedicated to her".[64] In response to the boycott, Fox told magazine Nylon, in a September 2009 interview, that "the media blitz" for Transformers resulted in an over-extension of her welcome in the media. "I was part of a movie that [the studio] wanted to make sure would make $700 million, so they oversaturated the media with their stars," she said.[65] "I don't want to have people get completely sick of me before I’ve ever even done something legitimate."[65] By 2010, Fox became much less prominent in the media, after starring in the less commercially successful films Jonah Hex and Passion Play. Recent reports suggested that "it feels like it's been years since we've heard about [Megan Fox]"; however, her first pregnancy and her role in Friends with Kids brought her some attention in 2012.[66]
Fox has often been compared to actress Angelina Jolie, with the media dubbing her as the "next Angelina Jolie".[68][69] The actresses have been compared partly because they each have a "tattoo collection", and status as a "built in sex-symbol".[3][4] Fox commented that the comparisons indicate a lack of creativity on the part of the media, and are simply due to the dark hair and tattoos that she and Jolie have, and that both have been in action movies. There were several unconfirmed rumors that Fox was to replace Jolie in the next Lara Croft film.[70][71] Fox also said of the comparisons that: "I am a brunette with tattoos, I curse and I have made mention of sex before. I joked about it which people find outrageous so they want to constantly compare that to her."[72] Fox remarked, "I'm sure she has no idea who I am. But if I were her, I'd be like, 'Who the fuck is this little bullshit brat who was in Transformers that's going to be the next me?' I don't want to meet her. I'd be embarrassed."[3][73]
Fox has eight known tattoos,[74] including her husband's name "Brian" on her lower hip, a picture of Marilyn Monroe's face on her right forearm, which she is now getting removed,[75][76] and a crescent moon overlapping a five-pointed star above her right ankle.[77] This tattoo is the only known colored tattoo that Fox has.[78]
Personal life
Fox began dating actor Brian Austin Green in 2004, after meeting on the set of Hope & Faith; she was 18 years old, while he was 30.[79][80] They became engaged in November 2006.[81] In February 2009, it was reported that they had ended their engagement,[81] before becoming engaged again on June 1, 2010.[82] Fox later denied these reports, stating that they had been continuously engaged since 2006.[83] The couple married on June 24, 2010 in a private ceremony at the Four Seasons Resort on Maui.[84][85] They have two sons: Noah Shannon Green (born September 27, 2012)[86][87] and Bodhi Ransom Green (born February 12, 2014).[88] Through her marriage, Fox is also a stepmother to Green's son Kassius (born March 2002), from his past relationship with actress Vanessa Marcil Giovinazzo.[87] In 2009, Fox was targeted by a group of fashion-motivated criminals known as "The Bling Ring", who robbed Green's home because she was living with him.[89]Fox stated of drugs: "I've done drugs, and that's how I know I don't like them." She said that she supports the legalization of marijuana, stating that she smokes it, does not consider it a drug and would be first in line to buy a pack of joints.[90] She has expressed a distrust and dislike of "all boys-slash-men" in general,[91] stating of young men in particular, "Boys in their twenties are a waste of time. They have nothing to offer conversationally; they're immature. I feel like I have a better shot with someone in his thirties."[91][92] She has also expressed distrust with regard to women: "I especially don’t trust girls in this industry, because it’s incredibly competitive, and I’m just not interested."[93]
In September 2008, Fox alluded to being bisexual in an interview with GQ magazine. She said that, when she was 18 years old, she fell in love with and sought to establish a relationship with a female stripper. She used this experience to illustrate her belief that "all humans are born with the ability to be attracted to both sexes" and additionally showed interest in Olivia Wilde and Jenna Jameson.[94][95] In May 2009, she confirmed her bisexuality, stating: "I have no question in my mind about being bisexual. But I'm also a hypocrite: I would never date a girl who was bisexual, because that means they also sleep with men, and men are so dirty that I'd never want to sleep with a girl who had slept with a man."[92][96] In the June 2009 issue of ELLE, she revealed that she somewhat distorted the events of her relationship with the stripper, saying she has given certain male writers "an amped-up version" of her past – "They’re boys; they’re easily toyed with. I tell stories and have them eating out of my hand. Not all of it is true. In fact, most of it is bullshit."[91] Fox said, "I never said she was my girlfriend! I just said that I loved her, and I did love her. The real story is more sobering. It’s not a sexy, fun-time, fantasy story. But that's not the story you tell GQ."[91]
Fox said that she is not particularly social, stating, "You won’t believe this, but I never go out. I don’t like drunk, sweaty people whose only goal is to have sex. I stay home and play computer backgammon. Every once in a while, I go to Color Me Mine to do pottery."[97] She said, "I could go days, weeks, without talking to another human being."[98] She further commented, "I've never really socialized, I've always been anti-social and preferred to be at home. I was never, even my late teens and early twenties, into clubs and parties and stuff like that."[99] She has also stated that she has only been sexually intimate with two men her entire life – "My childhood sweetheart and Brian. I can never have sex with someone that I don't love, ever. The idea makes me sick. I've never even come close to having a one-night stand."[100]
Fox developed a fear of flying at the age of 20 and said that she listens to Britney Spears songs while flying to overcome the fear.[101] She also has a form of brachydactyly called clubbed thumb,[102] and has additionally been open about her OCD, insecurities and self-harming, acknowledging that she has low self-esteem:
... I don't want to elaborate. I would never call myself a cutter. Girls go through different phases when they're growing up, when they're miserable and do different things, whether it's an eating disorder or they dabble in cutting. I'm really insecure about everything. I see what I look like, but there are things that I like and things that I dislike. My hair is good. The color of my eyes is good, obviously. I'm too short. But overall, I'm not super excited about the whole thing. I never think I'm worthy of anything... I have a sick feeling of being mocked all the time. I have a lot of self-loathing. Self-loathing doesn't keep me from being happy. But that doesn't mean I don't struggle. I am very vulnerable. But I can be aggressive, hurtful, domineering and selfish, too. I'm emotionally unpredictable and all over the place. I'm a control freak.[103]Fox told Esquire in January 2013 that her Christian faith is still very important to her, and she turns to it to keep from going the same route as Marilyn Monroe, Lindsay Lohan and Britney Spears. She also said that she still speaks in tongues. "I have to feel like I'm in control of my body," she said. "And I know what you're thinking, Then why would I want to go to church and speak in tongues? You have to understand, there I feel safe. I was raised to believe that you're safe in God's hands. But I don't feel safe with myself."[104]
Filmography
Films
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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| 2001 | Holiday in the Sun | Brianna | Credited as Megan Denise Fox |
| 2003 | Bad Boys II | Stars-and-Stripes Bikini Kid Dancing Under Waterfall | Uncredited extra[105] Not present in final cut |
| 2004 | Confessions of a Teenage Drama Queen | Carla Santini | |
| 2004 | Boss Girl | Candace | Television film |
| 2007 | Transformers | Mikaela Banes | |
| 2008 | How to Lose Friends & Alienate People | Sophie Maes | |
| 2008 | Whore | Lost | |
| 2009 | Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen | Mikaela Banes | |
| 2009 | Jennifer's Body | Jennifer | |
| 2010 | Jonah Hex | Lilah | |
| 2010 | Na Nai'a: Legend of the Dolphins | Hawaiian Spinner Dolphins | Voice role |
| 2010 | Passion Play | Lily Luster | |
| 2011 | Friends with Kids | Mary Jane | |
| 2012 | The Dictator | Herself | Cameo appearance |
| 2012 | Robot Chicken DC Universe Special | Lois Lane | Voice role, television film |
| 2012 | This Is 40 | Desi | |
| 2014 | Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles | April O'Neil[106] | Post-production |
Television
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2003 | What I Like About You | Shannon | Episode: "Like a Virgin (Kinda)" |
| 2004 | Two and a Half Men | Prudence | Episode: "Camel Filters and Pheromones" |
| 2004 | The Help | Cassandra Ridgeway | 3 episodes |
| 2004–2006 | Hope & Faith | Sydney Shanowski | 48 episodes |
| 2011 | Robot Chicken | Herself / Lois Lane | Voice role Episode: "The Core, the Thief, His Wife and Her Lover" |
| 2012 | Wedding Band | Alexa Jordan | Episode: I Love College |
Music videos
| Year | Artist | Title | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | Eminem featuring Rihanna | "Love the Way You Lie" | N/A |
| 2009 | Panic! At the Disco | "New Perspective" | Scenes from Jennifer's Body were shown |
Awards and nominations
| Year | Film | Award | Category | Result |
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| 2005 | Hope & Faith | Young Artist Award | Best Performance in a TV Series (Comedy or Drama) – Supporting Young Actress | Nominated |
| 2007 | Transformers | Teen Choice Awards | Choice Movie Actress: Action Adventure | Nominated |
| 2007 | Transformers | Teen Choice Awards | Choice Movie: Breakout Female | Nominated |
| 2007 | Transformers | Teen Choice Awards | Choice Movie: Liplock | Nominated |
| 2007 | Transformers | National Movie Award | Best Performance by a Female | Nominated |
| 2008 | Transformers | MTV Movie Award | Breakthrough Performance | Nominated |
| 2009 | Herself | Teen Choice Award | Choice Female Hottie[107] | Won |
| 2009 | Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen | Teen Choice Award | Choice Summer Movie Star Female | Won |
| 2009 | Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen | Scream Award | Best Sci-Fi Actress[108] | Won |
| 2009 | Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (video game) | Spike Video Game Awards | Best Performance by a Human Female | Won |
| 2010 | Jennifer's Body and Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen | 30th Golden Raspberry Awards | Worst Actress Of 2009[109] | Nominated |
| 2010 | Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen | Golden Raspberry Awards | Worst Screen Couple of 2009 | Nominated |
| 2010 | Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen | Kids' Choice Awards | Favorite Movie Actress | Nominated |
| 2010 | Jennifer's Body | MTV Movie Awards | Best WTF Moment | Nominated |
| 2010 | Jennifer's Body | Teen Choice Awards | Choice Female Hottie | Won |
| 2010 | Jennifer's Body | Teen Choice Awards | Choice Movie Actress: Horror/Thriller | Won |
| 2011 | Jonah Hex | Golden Raspberry Award | Worst Actress | Nominated |
| 2011 | Jonah Hex | Golden Raspberry Award | Worst Screen Couple/Ensemble | Nominated |
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