Name: Megan Fox
Birth Name: Megan Denise Fox
Nickname: Mega Fox & Foxy Megan
Sign: Taurus
Height: 5' 5" (1.65 m)
Sex: F
Nationality: American
Birth Date: May 16, 1986
Birth Place: Rockwood, Tennessee, USA
Siblings: older sister
Fiance: Brian Austin Green
Favourite Music: Nirvana and Morley Crue, The Strokes, the Beastie Boys
Sports She Practices: swimming, basketball, tennis, volleyball, golf
Profession: Actress

Megan Denise Fox (born May 16, 1986) is an American actress and model. After having a successful career as a model, Fox launched her acting career in 2001, in which she played a supporting role as Brianna Wallace in Holiday In The Sun, starring opposite Ashley Olsen.

Fox then guest starred in various television series, including What I Like About You, Two and a Half Men, The Help, Ocean Ave. and Hope and Faith.

In 2004, Fox went on to have a film career starring opposite Lindsay Lohan in Confessions Of A Teenage Drama Queen. Her most successful films include Crimes Of Fashion (2004), How to Lose Friends & Alienate People (2007) and Whore (2008). Fox's breakout role was playing Mikaela Banes, Shia Labeouf's character's love interest in the 2007 blockbuster film Transformers, a role for which Fox won and was nominated for various Teen Choice Awards. Her upcoming films include the sequel to Transformers, Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen,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. She is of Irish, French and Native American ancestry. Fox grew up in nearby Rockwood, Tennessee and 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.

Career

Megan Fox at Hollywood Life Magazine’s 7th Annual Breakthrough Awards

At age 16, Fox launched her career after 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 later cast in a recurring role on the television series Hope & Faith, in which she portrayed Sydney Shanowski from 2004 through 2006.

Fox's big break came 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 premiered in October 2008, and she has signed on for two more Transformers sequels.

As a model, Fox has been featured in the men's magazines FHM, GQ and Maxim. FHM voted her the "Sexiest Woman in the World" in 2008.

Fox is working with Amanda Seyfried and Adam Brody in Diablo Cody's second feature film titled Jennifer's Body, which is due to be released in 2009.

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.

Warner Bros. chose Megan Fox as the clear front-runner replacement for actress Angelina Jolie in the third "Lara Croft: Tomb Raider" franchise movie, but Fox turned down the role.

Personal 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 Hope & Faith. It was claimed that the couple had ended their relationship in February 2009, however, Fox has confirmed that they are still together.

In a frank interview with GQ Magazine, Fox claimed that she once fell in love and sought to establish a relationship with a female stripper when she was 18 years old. Fox used the experience to illustrate her belief that, "...all humans are born with the ability to be attracted to both sexes." On 14 May 2009, Fox stated that she is bisexual.

Fox has nine tattoos, including a poem on her ribcage, a Chinese word for strength on her neck, the name "Brian" on her hip, and a picture of Marilyn Monroe'sface on her right arm. She also has one on her right shoulder that reads, "We will all laugh at gilded butterflies," a line adapted from William Shakespeare's play King Lear.

• Named #68 in FHM magazine's "100 Sexiest Women in the World 2006" supplement. (2006).

• Ranked #18 on the Maxim magazine Hot 100 of 2007 list.

• She has Irish, French and Cherokee ancestry.

• Is friends with Jennifer Blanc, Kellan Rhude, Amanda Seyfried, and Michael Biehn.

• Ranked #17 on interview magazines Hollywood faces to watch "Future Stars of Tomorrow".

• She was voted #1 sexiest woman by FHM readers for 2008.

• Ranked #16 on the Maxim magazine Hot 100 of 2008 list.

• Is both a fan of comic books and video games. Her favorite artist is the recently deceased Michael Turner.

• Is a huge fan of animals and has owned dogs, cats, birds, squirrels and a pig.

• Names Shia LaBeouf as one of her favorite people ever.

• Was ranked #1 on Moviefone's 'The 25 Hottest Actors Under 25'(2008).

• She and Brian Austin Green got back together in April 2009.

• Ranked #2 on the Maxim magazine Hot 100 of 2009 list.