About Megan Denise Fox

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 and 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
and earned her various Teen Choice Awards nominations. 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.

Fox is considered a sex symbol and frequently appears in men's
magazine "Hot" lists. She was listed #18, #16, and #2 on Maxim
magazine's yearly Hot 100 list in 2007, 2008 and 2009 respectively,
while FHM readers voted her the "Sexiest Woman in the World" in 2008.
She ranked number one on Moviefone's "The 25 Hottest Actors Under 25" in 2008.

In 2004, Fox began dating Brian Austin Green, of Beverly Hills 90210 fame,
after reportedly having met on the set of Hope and Faith.[3][4] The two
have since been in an on-and-off relationship.


Early life:
Fox is of Irish, French and Native American ancestry and was born in Oak Ridge,
Tennessee to Darlene Tonachio and Franklin Foxx, who dropped
an "x" from his surname. She has one older sister.
Fox's parents divorced when she was young and
she and her sister were raised by her mother and her stepfather.
She said that the two were "very strict" and that
she wasn't allowed to have a boyfriend.
She lived with her mother until she made enough money to support herself.


Career:
At 16, 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).
The film was released Direct-to-DVD on November 20, 2001.

In 2008, Fox appeared alongside Rumer Willis as the character Lost in Whore.
The film centers around a group of young hopeful teenagers who have come to
Hollywood in the hopes of an acting career find that the business is harder
than they had ever imagined. The film was released October 20, 2008.

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.
Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen premiered on June 8, 2009 in Tokyo, Japan.
The movie was released worldwide on June 24, 2009. 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 Fox began filming Jonah Hex, in which she will portray Leila,
a gun-wielding beauty and Jonah Hex's (Josh Brolin) love interest.
The film, currently in production, is set to be released on June 18, 2010.
The movie stars Josh Brolin and Will Arnett, and Fox described her role
in the film as being a cameo. In early April, 2009 Fox signed on to star as
the lead female role in the up-coming 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 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.

Personal life:
Fox has been involved with actor Brian Austin Green since 2004,
having first met on the set of Hope & Faith. In 2006,
the two got engaged, but said they had not had any marriage plans.
It was reported that the couple had ended their relationship in July 2008
and in February 2009; however, Fox and Green both confirmed
on both occasions that the two are still in a relationship.
On June 15, 2009, at the UK premiere of Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen,
Fox stated that she was single; however, she was later seen with Green
and the media is reporting that the two are in a relationship again.
Green also appeared in the SNL Digital Short "Megan's Roommate"
in the Season 35 premiere episode of Saturday Night Live, which Fox hosted.