Akerman was born in Stockholm, Sweden to a model mother and an insurance broker father. Her family moved to Toronto,Canada when she was two years old. After her parents' divorce, her father returned to Sweden, and Akerman stayed in Canada with her mother. She lived in Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ontario for a short while, attending Parliament Oak Primary School, Niagara District until Grade 11, and then graduating at Sir Winston Churchill Secondary School.
Career
At the age of seventeen, Akerman won the Ford Supermodel of Canada search. She appeared in several television commercials, including one for Noxzema skin care. After a career in modeling she turned to acting and moved to California. She has had roles in several films including The Utopian Society (2003) with Sam Doumit and Austin Nichols; and Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle (2004) as Freakshow's hot wife. She has made several TV guest appearances and in 2005 got the role as Juna in the HBO series The Comeback. She has also appeared on The Showbiz Show with David Spade as a correspondent and in the third season of HBO series Entourage in the role of "Tori".
Akerman starred in the 2007 Farrelly Brothers movie The Heartbreak Kid and in the 2008 film 27 Dresses. She played Silk Spectre II in the 2009 film adaptation of Watchmen. By mid-October, 2008, Akerman has signed on to co-star in Couples Retreat, a comedy chronicling four couples who partake in therapy sessions at a tropical island resort. Vince Vaughn will play her husband.
What she has/will appear in:
The Bang Bang Club (2010) (pre-production)
Elektra Luxx (2010) (filming) (rumored) .... Trixie
Couples Retreat (2009) (post-production)
The Proposal (2009) (completed) .... Gertrude
Watchmen (2009) .... Laurie Jupiter / Silk Spectre II
... aka Watchmen: The IMAX Experience (USA: IMAX version)
Bye Bye Sally (2009) .... Sally Grimshaw
27 Dresses (2008) .... Tess
Heavy Petting (2007) .... Daphne
The Heartbreak Kid (2007) .... Lila
The Brothers Solomon (2007) .... Tara
The Invasion (2007) (uncredited) .... Autumn
"Entourage" .... Tori (2 episodes, 2006)
- Strange Days (2006) TV episode .... Tori
- Three's Company (2006) TV episode .... Tori
"Love Monkey" .... Kira Dungen (1 episode, 2006)
- The One That Got Away (2006) TV episode .... Kira Dungen
"The Comeback" .... Juna Millken (12 episodes, 2005)
- Valerie Does Another Classic Leno (2005) TV episode .... Juna Millken
- Valerie Shines Under Stress (2005) TV episode .... Juna Millken
- Valerie Stands Out on the Red Carpet (2005) TV episode .... Juna Millken
- Valerie Gets a Magazine Cover (2005) TV episode .... Juna Millken
- Valerie Hangs with the Cool Kids (2005) TV episode .... Juna Millken
(7 more)
Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle (2004) .... Liane
... aka Harold & Kumar Get the Munchies (Europe: English title) (UK)
... aka Harold et Kumar chassent le burger (Canada: French title)
The Utopian Society (2003) .... Tanci
"A Nero Wolfe Mystery" .... Server Girl #11 (1 episode, 2002)
... aka Nero Wolfe (USA: promotional title)
- Poison à la Carte (2002) TV episode .... Server Girl #11
"Witchblade" .... Karen Bronte (1 episode, 2001)
- Conundrum (2001) TV episode .... Karen Bronte
"Doc" .... Maddy Dodge (1 episode, 2001)
- Face in the Mirror (2001) TV episode .... Maddy Dodge
"Twice in a Lifetime" .... Ramona Dubois (1 episode, 2001)
- Knockout (2001) TV episode .... Ramona Dubois
Shotgun Love Dolls (2001) (TV) .... Rock Candy
The Circle (2001/I) .... Tess
... aka Fraternity (Canada: English title) (USA: video title)
... aka Fraternité, La (Canada: French title)
"Relic Hunter" .... Elena (1 episode, 2000)
... aka Relic Hunter - Die Schatzjägerin (Germany)
... aka Sydney Fox l'aventurière (France)
- Affaire de Coeur (2000) TV episode .... Elena
"The Others" .... Diane Stillman (1 episode, 2000)
- Pilot (2000) TV episode .... Diane Stillman
The Skulls (2000) .... Coed in Caleb's Apartment
... aka Clan des Skulls, Le (Canada: French title)
"Earth: Final Conflict" .... Avatar (1 episode, 1997)
... aka EFC (USA: promotional abbreviation)
... aka Gene Roddenberry's Earth: Final Conflict (USA: complete title)
... aka Invasion planète Terre (Canada: French title)
... aka Mission Erde: Sie sind unter uns (Germany)
- Truth (1997) TV episode .... Avatar
