Megan Fox Biography

Megan Denise Fox (born May 16, 1986) is an American actress and model. She began her acting career in 2001 with several minor television and film roles, and played a recurring role on Hope & Faith. In 2004, she launched her film career with a role in Confessions of a Teenage Drama Queen. In 2007, she was cast as Mikaela Banes, the love interest of Shia LaBeouf's character in the blockbuster film Transformers which became her breakout role. Megan Fox  reprised her role in the 2009 sequel, Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen. Later in 2009, she starred as the titular lead character in the film Jennifer's Body.

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Megan Fox is considered a sex symbol and frequently appears in men's magazine "Hot" lists, including ones from Maxim and FHM readers. In 2004, Megan Fox  began dating Brian Austin Green, of Beverly Hills, 90210 fame, after reportedly having met on the set of Hope & Faith. They were involved in an on-again, off-again relationship, before marrying in June 2010.

At 16, Megan 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). Megan Fox  was also cast in a regular role on the ABC sitcom Hope & Faith, in which she portrayed Sydney Shanowski, replacing Nicole Paggi. Megan Fox  appeared in seasons 2 to 3, until the show was cancelled in 2006.

In 2007, Megan 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. Megan Fox  played the love interest of Shia LaBeouf's character Sam Witwicky. Megan Fox  was nominated for an MTV Movie Award in the category of "Breakthrough Performance", and was also nominated for three Teen Choice Awards. Megan Fox  has signed on for two more Transformers sequels. In June 2007, Megan 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, but was considered a box-office failure.

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Megan 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. The movie was released worldwide on June 24, 2009. Megan Fox   had her first lead role playing the title character in Jennifer's Body, written by Academy Award-winning screenwriter Diablo Cody. She played Jennifer Check, a mean-girl cheerleader possessed by a demon who begins to feed off the boys in a Minnesota farming town. The film was released on September 18, 2009, and co-stars Amanda Seyfried and Adam Brody.

In April 2009, Megan Fox   began filming Jonah Hex, in which she portrayed Leila, a gun-wielding beauty and Jonah Hex's (Josh Brolin) love interest. The film was released on June 18, 2010 and co-starred Will Arnett; Despite receiving top billing, Megan Fox  has described her role in the film as being a cameo. Jonah Hex was universally panned by critics and was a box office bomb in the U.S., having its international distribution cancelled after its poor performance. The film was named the "worst picture of the year by the Houston Film Critics Society. Megan Fox  next starred alongside Mickey Rourke in Passion Play. The film received such bad reviews after its screening at the Toronto Film festival that its plans for a conventional theatrical distribution were withheld for a direct-to-video release with only two screens briefly showing the film to fulfill contractual obligations. Mickey Rourke remarked that Passion Play was "terrible. Another terrible movie."

In early April 2009, Megan Fox  signed on to star as the lead female role in the upcoming 2011 film The Crossing, about a young couple who get caught up in a drug trafficking scheme during their vacation to Mexico. In March 2009, Variety reported that Megan 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. Megan Fox  will not reprise her role as Mikaela Banes in Transformers: Dark of the Moon. Megan Fox appeared with Dominic Monaghan in the music video for Eminem and Rihanna's single "Love the Way You Lie".

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Filmography
2001 Holiday in the Sun Brianna Wallace Direct-to-video film
2003 Bad Boys II Bikini Kid in Under Waterfall Uncredited
2004 Confessions of a Teenage Drama Queen Carla Santini
2004 Crimes of Fashion 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 Check
2010 Jonah Hex Lilah
2010 Passion Play Lily Direct-to-video film
2012 Friends with Kids Filming
Television Year↓ Title↓ Role↓ Notes
2002–
2003 Ocean Ave. Ione Starr Lead role
2003 What I Like About You Shannon "Like a Virgin (Kinda)" (Season 2, Episode 5)
2004 Two and a Half Men Prudence "Camel Filters and Pheromones" (Season 1, Episode 12)
2004 The Help Cassandra Ridgeway "Pilot" (Season 1, Episode 1)
"Ollie Shares" (Season 1, Episode 2)
"Dwyane Gets a Cold" (Season 1, Episode 5)
2004–
2006 Hope & Faith Sydney Shanowski Recurring role