Rise to Fame
Winning a Canadian supermodel title at 17 led to three years modeling in Europe, which looks like a strange prerequisite for a Hollywood acting career. After moving to LA in 2001, she spent years picking up guest spots before Watchmen (2009) cast her as Silk Spectre II. The role was her biggest to date, and she's openly said she felt like she'd tricked the filmmakers into casting her. Working alongside trained theater actors with no formal drama training, she described it as both a turning point and a low point. The film grossed $185 million worldwide, which at least gave her more control over what came next.
In the Spotlight
Most of her best-known work came after Watchmen, not because of it. Billions cast her as Lara Axelrod starting in 2016, and she spent several seasons playing the calculating wife of a hedge fund titan on a long-running Showtime drama. Co-hosting Eurovision 2024 in Malmo was a full-circle moment: the Swedish-born actress back in her birth country in front of over 160 million viewers. The Hunting Wives, a Netflix thriller, came out in 2025. She's not a household name but she's built a career that keeps finding new rooms.
Side Notes
The band came first. She was lead vocalist of the alt-rock group The Petalstones in the early 2000s and married the drummer, Roberto Zincone. They had a son in 2013 and separated that same year, which is a very specific kind of timeline. She speaks five languages, grew up in Toronto after her parents divorced when she was six and her father returned to Sweden, visits that shaped her sense of never quite belonging to either country. She's also dyslexic, which makes table reads difficult enough that she requires heavy prep. Raised as a Buddhist, with a lotus flower tattoo to prove it.