Both her parents were prominent in the Washington social scene, hosting dinner parties. Wilde has said that as a result of her family background, she has a "strong journalistic streak", being "really critical and analytical". Through her grandfather, she is also a distant relative of English novelist Evelyn Waugh. Her aunt was the late writer Sarah Caudwell and her paternal grandfather was the novelist/journalist Claud Cockburn. Her sister, Chloe Cockburn, is a civil rights attorney in New York. Her mother, Leslie Cockburn (née Redlich), is a 60 Minutes producer and journalist, and her London-born father, Andrew Cockburn, is an Irish journalist, as are her paternal uncles Alexander Cockburn and Patrick Cockburn, all of whom are contributors to the political website. Wilde was born in New York City on March 10, 1984. Olivia Wilde plays Ella in Cowboys & Aliens.
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