The star of House, Tron: Legacy, and Vinyl is actually named Olivia Cockburn. The Cockburns are a prominent Irish-British-American family of journalists. Her mother, Leslie Cockburn, worked for 60 Minutes, and her father, Andrew Cockburn, published numerous books on military history.
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Olivia took the stage name of Wilde after another Irish icon: playwright Oscar Wilde. According to People, the actress got the idea when she performed in Wilde’s The Importance of Being Earnest in high school.
