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Malin Akerman

Malin Akerman

Actor, also producer · Born May 12, 1978 (48) · Stockholm, Sweden

Malin Maria Akerman (born May 12, 1978) is a Swedish actress, producer and model. In the early 2000s, she had several small television and film parts in both Canadian and American productions, including The Utopian Society (2003) and Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle (2004). Following a supporting role on the HBO mockumentary sitcom The Comeback (2005), she gained her first co-starring roles in the romantic comedy films The Heartbreak Kid (2007) uncredited in The Invasion (2007) 27 Dresses (2008). She played the female lead in Watchmen (2009) as Silk Spectre II, a role for which she was nominated for a Saturn Award for Best Supporting Actress. In 2009, she had supporting and starring roles in the romantic comedies The Proposal and Couples Retreat. From 2010 to 2016, she starred on the Adult Swim comedy series Childrens Hospital. In 2012, she co-starred in the comedy Wanderlust and the musical film Rock of Ages. She had her first lead television role with the short-lived ABC comedy series Trophy Wife (2013–2014). She later co-starred in the film I'll See You in My Dreams (2015) and the action film Rampage (2018). Since 2016, she has had a main role on the Showtime drama series Billions as Lara Axelrod. Apart from acting and modelling, she had a brief music career as the lead vocalist for alternative rock band The Petalstones in the early 2000s, but eventually left to focus on her acting career. She has been married twice, first from 2007 to 2014 to Petalstones drummer Roberto Zincone, with whom she has a son, and, since 2018, to English actor Jack Donnelly.

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Biography from TMDB.

Born
May 12, 1978 (48)
From
Stockholm, Sweden
Works as
Actor, also producer
Titles
68 on MovieCove · 84 credits in all
Links
IMDb (opens in a new tab)TMDB (opens in a new tab)Wikidata (opens in a new tab)

Known for

TMDB popularity, last 155 days to Oct 26Up 3% in 30 days

What are Malin Akerman's films like?

Across their 49 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Bonds and Self.

Genres

Comedy21 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 25th percentile
: browse their Comedy movies
Action9 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 22nd percentile
: browse their Action movies
Crime4 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 40th percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Crime movies
Drama3 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 31st percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Drama movies
Thriller2 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 20th percentile
: browse their Thriller movies

Their MovieCove films by primary genre. The badge is the typical Midcredits score of the genre's films, the median percentile; an up arrow marks a genre at or above their average across these genres.

Themes

share of theme weight
Bonds
39%
Self
25%
Morality
17%
Survival
9%
Society
6%
Power
3%
Ideas
1%
Romantic love13 titles, browse their movies with this themeFamily bonds12 titles, browse their movies with this themeFriendship13 titles, browse their movies with this themeSelf-worth14 titles, browse their movies with this themeIdentity8 titles, browse their movies with this themeDeception6 titles, browse their movies with this themePurpose6 titles, browse their movies with this themeBetrayal6 titles, browse their movies with this theme

What they feel like to watch

their average across 43 films
ToneFeelDemandtheir average · filled zone: the category
Light: How heavy the subject matter and outlook get. Browse their light movies.
Tone · Weight
lightdark

Light 25 · Serious 9 · Dark 9

Stylized: How far its world departs from everyday reality. Browse their stylized movies.
Tone · Style
naturalisticheightened

A split, not a type: Grounded 20 · Stylized 18 · Heightened 5

Charged: How hard the emotional peaks hit while you watch. Browse their charged movies.
Feel · Intensity
gentleintense

A split, not a type: Gentle 17 · Charged 16 · Intense 10

Shifting: How much it swings between very different feelings. Browse their shifting movies.
Feel · Swings
steadyswings

A split, not a type: Steady 20 · Shifting 17 · Whiplash 6

Some laughs: How much of the runtime is played for laughs. Browse their some laughs movies.
Feel · Humor
noneconstant

A split, not a type: Straight-faced 13 · Some laughs 13 · Funny 17

Even-paced: How fast it moves from scene to scene. Browse their even-paced movies.
Demand · Pace
slowrelentless

Slow burn 18 · Even-paced 22 · Relentless 3

Casual: How much focus it asks of you — look away and lose the thread? Browse their casual movies.
Demand · Attention
casualfull focus

Casual 30 · Engaged 8 · Full focus 5

Resolved: How much is left for you to interpret. Browse their resolved movies.
Demand · Resolution
resolvedambiguous

Resolved 34 · Open-ended 5 · Ambiguous 4

Roles they play

32 analyzed roles

Usually the Shapeshifter: 9 of 32 analyzed roles.

Shapeshifter
9 of 32
Hero
9 of 32
Ally
7 of 32
Shadow
4 of 32
Mentor
2 of 32
Herald
1 of 32
Show the 32 roles

Moods and endings

endings are an aggregate; no title is named

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Tense
19
Joyful
19
Absurd
15
Warm
12
Melancholic
15
Other
56

How their films linger

Feel-good21 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteFun19 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteHopeful13 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteUnsettling14 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteBittersweet13 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteThought-provoking10 titles, browse their movies with this aftertaste

How their films end · 11 with a twist

  • Happy21
  • Bittersweet19
  • Tragic1
  • Ambiguous8

AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.

Where can I watch Malin Akerman's films?

As of October 24, 2026, 51 of their 68 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Tubi (24).

Also on these channels

Subscription and free streaming for Malin Akerman's titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.

Filmography

84 credits, 68 with a MovieCove page; 29 appearances as themselves are hidden until asked for.

  • Perfectly Imperfect (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2026)

    Executive Producer · as Meg

  • Let's Love(2026)

    as Andrea

    Midcredits score: 13th percentile of all films

  • The Hunting Wives(2025)

    Show 16 episodes · as Margo Banks

    Midcredits score: 44th percentile of all shows

  • Singing in My Sleep(2025)

    as Mary

    Midcredits score: 31st percentile of all films

  • Neighborhood Watch(2025)

    as DeeDee McNally

    Midcredits score: 53rd percentile of all films

  • The Final Race(2023)

    as Tove

    Midcredits score: 24th percentile of all films

  • The Christmas Classic(2023)

    as Elizabeth Bird

    Midcredits score: 8th percentile of all films

  • Us or Them(2023)

    as The Officiator

    Midcredits score: 12th percentile of all films

  • The Donor Party(2023)

    Producer · as Jaclyn

    Midcredits score: 10th percentile of all films

  • Slayers(2022)

    Executive Producer · as Beverly Rektor

    Midcredits score: 1st percentile of all films

  • The Aviary(2022)

    Executive Producer · as Jillian

    Midcredits score: 27th percentile of all films

  • A Week in Paradise(2022)

    as Maggie

    Midcredits score: 12th percentile of all films

  • In This Together: A Bell Let's Talk Day Special (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2021)

    Actor

  • Chick Fight(2020)

    Producer · as Anna

    Midcredits score: 12th percentile of all films

  • Friendsgiving(2020)

    Producer · as Molly

    Midcredits score: 6th percentile of all films

  • Soulmates(2020)

    Show 1 episode · as Martha

    Midcredits score: 20th percentile of all shows

  • The Sleepover(2020)

    as Margot

    Midcredits score: 30th percentile of all films

  • Medical Police(2020)

    Show 3 episodes · as Valerie Flame

    Midcredits score: 18th percentile of all shows

  • A Piece of My Heart(2019)

    as Isabella

    Midcredits score: 26th percentile of all films

  • Dollface(2019)

    Show 10 episodes · as Celeste

    Midcredits score: 65th percentile of all shows

  • To the Stars(2019)

    as Grace Richmond

    Midcredits score: 53rd percentile of all films

  • The Masked Singer(2019)

    Show 1 episode · as Self - Squirrel · as Squirrel

    Midcredits score: 21st percentile of all shows

  • Rampage(2018)

    as Claire Wyden

    Midcredits score: 39th percentile of all films

  • The Jim Jefferies Show(2017)

    Show 1 episode · as Self · as T5 Trailer Actor

    Midcredits score: 55th percentile of all shows

  • The Ticket(2016)

    as Sam

    Midcredits score: 24th percentile of all films

  • Easy(2016)

    Show 1 episode · as Lucy

    Midcredits score: 38th percentile of all shows

  • Misconduct(2016)

    as Emily Hynes

    Midcredits score: 16th percentile of all films

  • Billions(2016)

    Show 37 episodes · as Lara Axelrod

    Midcredits score: 95th percentile of all shows

  • The Final Girls(2015)

    as Nancy / Amanda Cartwright

    Midcredits score: 64th percentile of all films

  • Unity(2015)

    as Narrator (voice)

    Midcredits score: 80th percentile of all films

  • I'll See You in My Dreams(2015)

    as Katherine Petersen

    Midcredits score: 69th percentile of all films

  • Sin City Saints (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2015)

    Show 8 episodes · as Dusty Halford

  • Welcome to Sweden(2014)

    Show 1 episode · as Malin Åkerman

    Midcredits score: 30th percentile of all shows

  • Rick and Morty(2013)

    Show 1 episode · as Uli (voice)

    Midcredits score: 99th percentile of all shows

  • CBGB(2013)

    as Debbie Harry

    Midcredits score: 60th percentile of all films

  • Trophy Wife(2013)

    Show 22 episodes · as Kate Harrison

    Midcredits score: 42nd percentile of all shows

  • The Numbers Station(2013)

    as Katherine

    Midcredits score: 22nd percentile of all films

  • Cottage Country(2013)

    as Cammie Ryan

    Midcredits score: 25th percentile of all films

  • Newsreaders(2013)

    Show 2 episodes · as Ingrid Hagerstown

    Midcredits score: 59th percentile of all shows

  • Hotel Noir(2012)

    as Swedish Mary

    Midcredits score: 27th percentile of all films

  • Stolen(2012)

    as Riley Jeffers

    Midcredits score: 20th percentile of all films

  • Rock of Ages(2012)

    as Constance Sack

    Midcredits score: 45th percentile of all films

  • Burning Love(2012)

    Show 14 episodes · as Willow

    Midcredits score: 84th percentile of all shows

  • The Giant Mechanical Man(2012)

    as Jill

    Midcredits score: 65th percentile of all films

  • Wanderlust(2012)

    as Eva

    Midcredits score: 27th percentile of all films

  • Catch .44(2011)

    as Tes

    Midcredits score: 6th percentile of all films

  • Kaylien (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2011)

    as Mom

  • Suburgatory(2011)

    Show 3 episodes · as Alex

    Midcredits score: 55th percentile of all shows

  • The Bang Bang Club(2010)

    as Robin Comley

    Midcredits score: 75th percentile of all films

  • Elektra Luxx(2010)

    as Trixie

    Midcredits score: 15th percentile of all films

  • Happythankyoumoreplease(2010)

    as Annie

    Midcredits score: 66th percentile of all films

  • The Talk (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2010)

    Show 1 episode · Actor

  • The Romantics(2010)

    as Tripler

    Midcredits score: 14th percentile of all films

  • Couples Retreat(2009)

    as Ronnie

    Midcredits score: 21st percentile of all films

  • Uppsala Doctor's (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2009)

    Show 1 episode · as Clara Nyström

  • The Phenomenon: The Comic That Changed Comics (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2009)

    Actor

  • The Proposal(2009)

    as Gertrude

    Midcredits score: 74th percentile of all films

  • Söndagsparty med Filip & Fredrik (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2009)

    Show 1 episode · Actor

  • Bye Bye Sally (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2009)

    as Sally Grimshaw

  • Watchmen(2009)

    as Laurie Jupiter / Silk Spectre II

    Midcredits score: 92nd percentile of all films

  • Childrens Hospital(2008)

    Show 81 episodes · as Valarie Flame

    Midcredits score: 75th percentile of all shows

  • 27 Dresses(2008)

    as Tess Nichols

    Midcredits score: 56th percentile of all films

  • Heavy Petting(2007)

    as Daphne

    Midcredits score: 6th percentile of all films

  • The Heartbreak Kid(2007)

    as Lila

    Midcredits score: 30th percentile of all films

  • The Brothers Solomon(2007)

    as Tara

    Midcredits score: 25th percentile of all films

  • The Invasion(2007)

    as Autumn

    Midcredits score: 35th percentile of all films

  • The Utopian Society (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2006)

    as Tanci

  • How I Met Your Mother(2005)

    Show 1 episode · as Movie Stella

    Midcredits score: 94th percentile of all shows

  • The Comeback(2005)

    Show 16 episodes · as Juna Millken

    Midcredits score: 77th percentile of all shows

  • Entourage(2004)

    Show 3 episodes · as Tori

    Midcredits score: 93rd percentile of all shows

  • Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle(2004)

    as Liane

    Midcredits score: 79th percentile of all films

  • The Circle(2002)

    as Tess

    Midcredits score: 12th percentile of all films

  • Witchblade(2001)

    Show 1 episode · as Karen Bronte

    Midcredits score: 30th percentile of all shows

  • A Nero Wolfe Mystery(2001)

    Show 1 episode · as Server Girl #11

    Midcredits score: 93rd percentile of all shows

  • Doc(2001)

    Show 1 episode · as Maddy Dodge

    Midcredits score: 31st percentile of all shows

  • The Skulls(2000)

    as Coed in Caleb's Apartment

    Midcredits score: 27th percentile of all films

  • The Others (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2000)

    Show 13 episodes · as Diane Stillman

  • Relic Hunter(1999)

    Show 22 episodes · as Elena

    Midcredits score: 31st percentile of all shows

  • Twice in a Lifetime (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1999)

    Show 1 episode · as Ramona Dubois

  • Earth: Final Conflict(1997)

    Show 1 episode · as Avatar

    Midcredits score: 25th percentile of all shows

  • The Tonight Show with Jay Leno (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1992)

    Show 2 episodes · Actor

  • Spymasters (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    Actor

  • Suburban Psycho (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    Actor

  • The Hook (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    as Mia Lewis

Career shape

Star power in the 99th percentile of 239,109 people with a billed film role, over a full career of 84 titles, 81 of them dated from 1992 to 2026; peak year 2012.

Biggest box office

Rampage (2018)

$428M worldwide

Highest rated

Watchmen (2009)

Midcredits 92nd

Most popular right now

Childrens Hospital (2008)

Film career

MilestoneBreakout
19922026

Peak 2012 · fewer prominent film roles lately. Top draw in 27 MovieCove titles. Film roles by billing, audience size and rating; 25+ votes. A show carries a single first-air date, so shows are not on the curve.

By role

only this rolewith another role
Acting84 of 84: 78 only acting, 6 with another role · typical Midcredits score31stProducing6 of 84: 0 only producing, 6 with another role · typical Midcredits score10th

84 titles, 6 with more than one role — acting and producing overlap on 6 of them.

By decade

1990s4 · acting2000s24 · acting2010s35 · acting2020s18 · 18 acting · 6 crew

Billing

usually 3rd · top billed in 23% of 35 roles
04091419

Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it. The ring is the typical Midcredits score (the median percentile) of the role's titles that are on MovieCove, shown from 5 scored. Billing is TMDB cast order for roles with 25+ votes, billed in the top 30; the columns are the share of top-billed roles in each era, 5-year spans from the year on the label, merged until each holds at least 5 roles.

How do Malin Akerman's films land?

Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 27th percentile, the median of all 45; across their 43 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 30th percentile for acclaim.

Acclaim · how much people like their films

30thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 43

Approval · how many liked their films

26thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 43

Reach · how many have seen their films

87thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 43

Midcredits score across 68 titles, by percentile

  • 75th and up12
  • 50th to 74th13
  • 25th to 49th21
  • Below 25th22

Shape of the crowd

31 of their 68 titles are Mixed.

  • Universally Loved6
  • Universally Panned1
  • Divisive3
  • Cult Classic1
  • Crowd Pleaser15
  • Broadly Agreed11
  • Mixed31

Most divisive · actor, producer

The Aviary (2022)

91st percentile spread · 38% rated it 4 or lower

Most loved · actor

Billions (2016)

Midcredits 95th · 91% liked

Reviewers score the acting 58/100 in their films, across 42 reviewed titles; fans 73, detractors 39. The element that speaks to their work as an actor.

Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.

Is Malin Akerman's work okay for kids?

Across up to 31 MovieCove titles with content scores, sex & nudity and profanity run heavier than most films and frightening / intense lighter.

Their medianMedian of all filmsMiddle 80% of their titles
Violence & Gore18 titles11–70 · median 43 · moderatenear the median of all filmsMedian of all films: 44
Sex & Nudity31 titles18–72 · median 42 · moderateheavier than most filmsMedian of all films: 32
Profanity20 titles35–82 · median 62 · intenseheavier than most filmsMedian of all films: 36
Alcohol & Drugs16 titles18–70 · median 36 · moderatenear the median of all filmsMedian of all films: 33
Frightening / Intense16 titles11–67 · median 29 · mildlighter than most filmsMedian of all films: 39

Severity 0–100 from the Content Guide. Categories with under 10 votes on a title are not counted. The band's colour is the severity of their median, named beside it.

Who does Malin Akerman work with?

People who share at least 2 of Malin Akerman's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Jack Donnelly shares the most, 4.

Directors

Writers

Actors

Cinematographers and editors

Producers

Mixed roles