Biography

Megan Denise Fox (born May 16, 1986) is an American actress and model.
After a successful career as a model, Fox launched her acting career in 2001 with a supporting role as Brianna Wallace in Holiday in the Sun, starring opposite Mary Kate Olsen and Ashley Olsen. Fox then guest-starred in various television series, including What I Like About You, Two and a Half Men, The Help, and Ocean Ave. She also played a recurring role as Sydney Shanowski on Hope and Faith.

In 2004, Fox began her film career starring opposite Lindsay Lohan in Confessions of a Teenage Drama Queen. Her other films include Crimes Of Fashion (2004, TV), How to Lose Friends & Alienate People (2008) and Whore (2008). Fox’s breakout role was as Mikaela Banes, Shia LaBeouf‘s character’s love interest in the 2007 blockbuster film Transformers, a role for which Fox was nominated and won various Teen Choice Awards. She appeared in the sequel, Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen. Her upcoming films include Jennifer’s Body, Jonah Hex, and The Crossing.

Early Life:

Fox was born in Oak Ridge, Tennessee, to Darlene Tonachio, former Roane County, Tennessee Tourism Director, and Franklin Foxx. Fox’s father dropped an “x” from his surname. Fox has one older sister. Fox’s parents divorced when she was young and she and her sister were raised by her mother and her stepfather, Tony Tonachio. Fox said that her mother and her stepfather were really strict and that she was grounded all of her childhood, not for doing anything particularly crazy, but because she didn’t like being preached to by authority figures. Fox is of Irish, French and Native American ancestry and grew up in Rockwood, Tennessee. She began her training in drama and dance at age five, 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 10-years-old, after moving to St. Petersburg, Florida, Fox 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, though when Fox was 17 she tested out of school via correspondence from St. Lucie West Centennial High School.

Fox said that in middle school, she ate lunch in the bathroom to avoid being bullied and picked on. She believes the problem was not her looks, but that she rubbed people the wrong way. According to her, she had always gotten along better with boys than with girls. Fox also said of high school that she was an outcast who was never popular and whose 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.” She believed that school was irrelevant and because she knew that she wanted to be an actress, never took her education seriously.

Career:

When Fox was 16, she made her acting debut in the 2001 film Holiday in the Sun, as the spoiled heiress Brianna Wallace and rival of Alex Stewart (Ashley Olsen). The film was released Direct-to-DVD on November 20, 2001.
In 2002 Fox landed the lead main role as Ione Star on the television series Ocean Ave. The series lasted two seasons, from 2002-2003 and Fox appeared in 122 one-hour-long episodes.
Fox also served as an uncredited extra in Bad Boys II in 2003. Also in 2002, she guest-starred on What I Like About You, appearing in the episode “Like a Virgin (Kinda)”. In 2004 Fox guest-starred on Two and a Half Men in the episode “Carmel Filters and Pheromones”. Also in 2004, Fox made her film debut in Confessions of a Teenage Drama Queen co-starring opposite Lindsay Lohan. In the film Fox plays a supporting role Carla Santi, a rival of Lola (Lindsay Lohan).
Also in 2004, Fox was cast as a recurring role on the ABC sitcom Hope & Faith, in which she portrayed Sydney Shanowski, replacing Nicole Paggi in the role. In 2006 the television show was canceled due to poor ratings. Fox appeared in 36 episodes from seasons 2 to 3.

In 2007, Fox won 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. Fox played the love interest of Shia LaBeouf‘s character Sam Witwicky. Fox was nominated for an MTV Movie Award in the category of “Breakthrough Performance”, and was also nominated for three Teen Choice Awards, in the category of “Choice Movie Actress: Action Adventure”, “Choice Movie: Breakout Female”, and “Choice Movie: Liplock”. Fox has signed on for two more Transformers sequels.

In June 2007, Fox was cast in a minor role in How to Lose Friends & Alienate People, starring alongside Jeff Bridges, Simon Pegg and Kirsten Dunst. She portrayed Sophie Maes, a love interest of Sydney Young (Simon Pegg). The film premiered on October 3, 2008. The film was a box-office failure, only making $17 million worldwide against a $28 million dollar budget.

In 2008, Fox appeared alongside Rumer Willis as the character Lost in Whore. The film centers around a group of young hopeful teenagers who have come to Hollywood in the hopes of an acting career find that the business is harder than they had ever imagined. The film was released October 20, 2008.

Fox will have her first lead role in a film, playing the title character in Jennifer’s Body, written by Academy Award-winning screenwriter Diablo Cody. She will play Jennifer Check, a mean-girl cheerleader cursed by a demonic possession who begins to feed off the boys in a Minnesota farming town. The film center’s around Jennifer’s possession and her “plain-jane” best friend Needy (Amanda Seyfried) who tries to break the curse before its too late. The film is set to be released on September 18, 2009. and also stars Amanda Seyfried and Adam Brody.

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 movie’s director, ordered the actress to gain 10 pounds. Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen premiered on June 8, 2009 in Tokyo, Japan. It was released worldwide on June 24, 2009.

In April, 2009 Fox began filming Jonah Hex, in which she will portray Leila, a gun-wielding beauty and Jonah Hex’s (Josh Brolin) love interest. The film, currently in production, is set to be released on August 10, 2010. The movie stars Josh Brolin and Will Arnett, and Fox described her role in the film as being a cameo.
In early April, 2009 Fox signed onto star as the lead female role in the up-coming 2011 film The Crossing. The film is still in pre-production. The plot centers around a young couple who get caught up in a drug trafficking scheme during their vacation to Mexico.

In March 2009 Variety reported that Fox was set to star as the lead role of Aspen Matthews in the film adaption of the comic books Fathom which she will also co-produce with Brian Austin Green. Fathom is currently in pre-production.

Private Life:

Fox has been involved with actor Brian Austin Green of Beverly Hills, 90210 and Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles fame since 2004, having first met on the set of Fox’s show Hope & Faith. It was reported that the couple had ended their relationship in July 2008 and in February 2009; however, Fox and Green both confirmed on both occasions that the two are still in a relationship. On June 15, 2009 at the UK premiere of Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen, Fox stated, “I’m what you would call single”. However, Fox was later seen with Green and the media is reporting that the two are in a relationship again.

Fox is good friends with Jennifer Blanc, Kellan Rhude, Jennifer’s Body co-star Amanda Seyfried, Michael Biehn and Transformers co-star Shia LaBeouf. Fox is both a fan of comic books, anime, and video games. She has said that her interest in art began when she was 12 years-old when she watched animated shows on Adult Swim on Cartoon Network.[96] Fox’s favorite artist is Michael Turner, Fox’s favorite comic book by Turner is Fathom, which she describes as “one of her longtime obsessions”. Fox has two dogs, including a Pomeranian named after the punk-icon Sid Vicious.

Fox has openly stated that she’s taken drugs but “…that’s how [she] knows [she doesn't] like them.” Fox also said that “Cocaine is back with a vengeance … Celebrities aren’t trying to hide it, except when people have camera phones,” and commenting that “I know about five people who aren’t on drugs today, and I’m one of them.” Fox has also openly stated that she supports the legalization of marijuana, saying “I don’t even think of it as a drug – it should be legalized,” and continuing with “When they do, I’ll be the first person in line to buy my pack of joints,” and “I can’t tell you how much bullshit I’ve been through because I will openly say that I smoke weed. People look at it like it’s this crazy, hippy, fucked-up thing to do. And it’s not. I hope they legalize it.” Fox is also Catholic.

In an interview with GQ Magazine, Fox claimed that when she was 18 years-old that she fell in love and sought to establish a relationship with a female stripper. Fox used the experience to illustrate her belief that, “all humans are born with the ability to be attracted to both sexes.” In May, 2009 Fox confirmed her bisexuality.

On June 15, 2009, at the UK premiere of Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen, Fox said that she has a “crush” on Cheryl Cole and that she loves “her tattoos”. Fox stated in June, 2009 that she is interested in Korean pop singer Rain. Fox said when she was on The Kyle and Jackie O Show that “There’s this Korean Justin Timberlake named Rain. And I’m really on this situation right now, I’m trying to fix this up.” In an interview with GQ magazine Fox showed interest in Olivia Wilde saying, “I could see myself in a relationship with a girl – Olivia Wilde is so sexy she makes me want to strangle a mountain ox with my bare hands. She’s mesmerizing.”

Source: wikipedia.org