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In NBC's new drama "The Black Donnellys," Olivia Wilde stars as the beautiful Jenny Reilly, a childhood friend of the Donnelly brothers and Tommy Donnelly's longtime crush.

A dual citizen of the U.S. and Ireland, Wilde spent much of her childhood in Ireland, where she studied at the Gaiety School of Acting in Dublin. She starred in a critically-acclaimed arc of episodes as Alex in the second season of "The O.C.," and starred in the Jerry Bruckheimer-produced Fox drama "Skin," opposite Ron Silver.

Wilde will soon be seen in New Line Cinema's feature film "Alpha Dog," helmed by director Nick Cassavetes and starring Bruce Willis, Justin Timberlake and Emile Hirsch, which premiered at the 2006 Sundance Film Festival. She recently won the Jury Award for Best Actress at the U.S. Comedy Arts Festival for her role in "Bickford Shmeckler's Cool Ideas," opposite Patrick Fugit. In addition, Wilde completed the feature "The Death and Life of Bobby Z" with Paul Walker and Laurence Fishburne for director John Hertzfeld; the independent film "Turistas," alongside Josh Duhamel for director John Stockwell, and "Conversations with Other Women," opposite Helena Bonham Carter and Aaron Eckhart, which won the Special Jury Prize at the Tokyo International Film Festival.

Growing up in the heart of Washington, D.C., Wilde credits her parents – both investigative journalists – with inspiring her involvement with the international independent medical humanitarian organization "Doctors without Borders." Wilde hopes to become a field volunteer during one of its crisis missions.

A passionate documentary filmmaker herself, Wilde is working to form her own production company and is a member of the Los Angeles Filmmakers Cooperative (LAFCO), a group of multi-talented young producers of film and music dedicated to providing facilities and job opportunities to marginalized artists. She was the 2003 editor of the LAFCO News, and is the founder and director of LAFCO's children's film festival, which is dedicated to providing opportunities to filmmakers between the ages of 6 and 18.