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Megan Fox
Fox at the 2007 Hollywood Life Magazine's Breakthrough Awards
Born	Megan Denise Fox
Years active	2001 ─ present

Megan Denise Fox (born May 16, 1986) is an American actress and model. Fox's career in modeling and acting began with her winning several awards at the 1999 American Modeling and Talent Convention in Hilton Head Island, South Carolina. She began her acting with the film Holiday in the Sun (2001), later appearing in the films Confessions of a Teenage Drama Queen, Crimes of Fashion, and the TV series The Help (all 2004). She is well known for her roles on the television series Hope & Faith (2004) and in the 2007 live-action film Transformers.

Early life

Fox has Irish, French and Native American ancestry. She was born in Oak Ridge, Tennessee, the daughter of Macey Tonachio, former Roane County, Tennessee Tourism Director, and Frank Fox, and she grew up in nearby Rockwood, Tennessee. She was born as Megan Denise Foxx, with two X's in the last name, but changed it once she entered show business. She has one older sister. She was offered her first job at elite pictures london where she was given her first opportunity to star in a movie. Fox began her training in drama and dance at the age of 5 in Kingston, Tennessee. 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 age 10, after moving to St. Petersburg, Florida, she continued her training. She attended Morningside Academy, a private Christian school in Port St. Lucie during her middle school years and finished her high school education at St Lucie West Centennial High School in Port St. Lucie.

Career

By age 16, Fox's talent created new opportunities for her in the entertainment world. She began acting and modeling upon winning several awards at the 1999 American Modeling and Talent Convention in Hilton Head Island, South Carolina.

Fox made her film debut in the 2001 film Holiday in the Sun as the spoiled heiress Brianna Wallace and rival of Alex Stewart (Ashley Olsen). She then landed guest appearances on Ocean Ave., What I Like About You, Two and a Half Men and The Help from 2003 to 2004. In 2004, Fox starred in Confessions of a Teenage Drama Queen alongside Lindsay Lohan. She was subsequently cast in her first recurring role in a television series on Hope & Faith, in which she portrayed Sydney Shanowski from 2004 until 2006.

Fox's big break arrived when she acquired the lead female role of Mikaela Banes in the 2007 live-action film Transformers, based on the toy and cartoon saga of the same name. She played the love interest of Shia LaBeouf's character Sam Witwicky. In June 2007, Fox was cast in How to Lose Friends & Alienate People, starring alongside Jeff Bridges, Simon Pegg and Kirsten Dunst. The character Fox portrayed is that of a young Hollywood starlet getting her first taste of fame. The film was released in October 2008.

She is also signed on for two more Transformers sequels.

Fox has appeared in a five page spread for the November 2005 issue of the popular men's magazine FHM. She also posed for the March 2007 issue of FHM, the June 2007 issue of GQ, the July 2007 issue of Maxim, and the September 2007 issue of Arena. She was voted the Sexiest Woman in the World by FHM magazine in 2008, beating out Jessica Biel and Jessica Alba. Megan also is on the cover page for the Maxim October 2008 issue and the GQ October 2008 issue. Fox is represented by The Gersh Agency.

Fox will star opposite Amanda Seyfried and Adam Brody in Diablo Cody's Jennifer's Body, which is due to be released in 2009. She was cast in October 2007. While filming the sequel of Transformers, Michael Bay, the movie's director, ordered the actress to gain 10 lbs stating that he "does not like skinny girls."

Personal life

Fox has been outspoken in her self-identification as a bisexual. In a frank interview with GQ Magazine, Fox said that she fell in love with a female stripper when she was 18 and used the experience to illustrate her belief that "...all humans are born with the ability to be attracted to both sexes."

Since 2004, Fox has been involved with actor Brian Austin Green of Beverly Hills, 90210 and Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles. They are currently engaged to be married.

Fox has nine tattoos, including a poem on her ribcage, a symbol for strength on her neck, Green's name on her hip, a bull's eye on her lower back, a pink flamingo on her upper thigh, and a picture of Marilyn Monroe's face on her right arm. She also has one on her right shoulder that says "We will all laugh at gilded butterflies," a line from Shakespeare's play King Lear.

Filmography

Film

Television

References

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6. ^ Terry Morrow, Insider: Rockwood starlet morphs from tomboy to 'sexiest', Knoxville News Sentinel, May 2, 2008
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12. Megan Fox Profile -- Please use a more specific IMDb template. See the documentation for available templates.
13. GQ Articles, Pics, and More on men.style.com
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16. "Megan Fox is world's sexiest woman". News.com.au. 2008-04-24. Retrieved 2008-04-25. {{cite news}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
17. Monsters and critics Megan Fox cast in supernatural thriller 'Jennifer's Body'
18. Yahoo Entertainment! Megan Fox Told to Gain 10 Pounds for Transformers Sequel
19. "'Transformers' beauty: I had a crush on a stripper". CNN.com. September 16, 2008. Retrieved 2008-09-17.
20. Powers, Lindsey (July 9, 2008). "Brian Austin Green on Megan Fox: "We're Solid"". US Magazine. Retrieved 2008-09-13.
21. http://www.herald.ie/entertainment/hq/on-the-cover-megan-fox-1454846.html
22. Browne, Sally (2007-06-23). "A star is transformed". News.com.au. Retrieved 2008-04-25.

External links

• Megan Fox at IMDb
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• Megan Fox Interview

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• 1986 births
• American child actors
• American film actors
• Americans of Irish descent
• French Americans
• Americans of Native American descent
• American television actors
• Bisexual actors
• Living people
• Native American actors
• Native American models
• People from Florida
• People from Oak Ridge, Tennessee
• Tennessee actors