
Malin was born in Stockholm, Sweden and raised in Toronto, Canada. Her mother, Pia (Sundström), is a model and aerobics instructor, and her father, Magnus Åkerman, is an insurance broker. They moved to Toronto when she was age 2. At age 5, she began appearing in TV commercials. Her parents divorced when she was 6 and her father returned to Sweden.At age 17, she won the Canadian title of Ford Supermodel. This enabled her to spend 3 years as a catwalk model in Europe. She decided to become a child psychologist and enrolled in York University but she was offered a guest role in Earth: Final Conflict (1997) so she turned her attention back to acting. She moved to Los Angeles in 2001 and won roles in both TV and film. Her breakthrough role came when she was cast as Silk Spectre II in Watchmen (2009).
1 win & 2 nominations.
Sin City Saints | Dusty Halford 8 episodes, 2015 | 2015-03-23 |
Lip Sync Battle | Unknown | 2015-04-02 |
Welcome to Sweden | Unknown | 2014-07-10 |
The Queen Latifah Show | Unknown | 2013 |
Hollywood Game Night | Unknown | 2013-07-11 |
Newsreaders | Unknown | 2013-01-17 |
Trophy Wife | Kate Harrison 22 episodes, 2013-2014 | 2013-09-24 |
The Arsenio Hall Show | Unknown | 2013-09-09 |
Suburgatory | Unknown | 2011-09-28 |
Funny or Die Presents... | Unknown | 2010-02-19 |
Conan | Unknown | 2010-11-08 |
Watch What Happens: Live | Unknown | 2009-06-16 |
Glee | Unknown | 2009-05-19 |
The Wendy Williams Show | Unknown | 2008-05-14 |
Childrens Hospital | Dr. Valerie Flame / ... 42 episodes, 2010-2016 | 2008-12-08 |
Chelsea Lately | Unknown | 2007-07-01 |
Robot Chicken | Unknown | 2005-02-20 |
How I Met Your Mother | Unknown | 2005-09-19 |
The Comeback | Juna Millken 15 episodes, 2005-2014 | 2005-06-05 |
Entourage | Unknown | 2004-07-18 |
Project Runway | Unknown | 2004-12-01 |
A Nero Wolfe Mystery | Unknown | 2001-04-22 |
The Others | Unknown | 2000-02-05 |
Relic Hunter | Unknown | 1999-09-20 |
Invasion planète Terre | Unknown | 1997-10-06 |
The View | Unknown | 1997-08-11 |
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno | Unknown | 1992-05-25 |