Following a main role on the HBO mockumentary series The Comeback , Akerman co-starred in the commercially successful romantic comedies The Heartbreak Kid and 27 Dresses She had supporting and starring roles in the box office hits The Proposal , Couples Retreat , and Rampage She was part of the main cast on the Adult Swim comedy series Childrens Hospital from to , and the Showtime drama series Billions from to Apart from acting and modelling, Akerman had a brief music career in the early s as the lead vocalist for alternative rock band the Petalstones, which released its debut studio album in She subsequently left the project to focus on her acting career.
She has been married twice, first from to to Petalstones drummer Roberto Zincone, with whom she has a son, and, since , to English actor Jack Donnelly. Catharines, Ontario. In her youth Akerman competed professionally in figure skating for ten years. She supported her education by modelling for television commercials and catalogue layouts. Akerman made her acting debut on the Canadian science fiction series Earth: Final Conflict in in a smaller role as a robot.
She described her singing as "sort of a self-made, self-taught, if-you-can't-hit-the-note-scream-it kind of thing". Akerman signed up for a role alongside Ben Stiller in the comedy film The Heartbreak Kid , directed by the Farrelly Brothers , in In , Akerman joined the cast of 27 Dresses , a romantic comedy film directed by Anne Fletcher with Katherine Heigl in the lead role.
Akerman played Jane's sister Tess. She said, "I had no training and I was working with these fabulous theater actors who had all the training in the world. I definitely didn't feel worthy of being there. Akerman appeared in the romantic comedy film The Proposal , starring Sandra Bullock and Ryan Reynolds in the lead roles.
In , Akerman co-starred as Annie in the Josh Radnor -directed comedy-drama film Happythankyoumoreplease [ 59 ] As her character has alopecia , Akerman shaved off her eyebrows and wore a bald cap to cover her hair.
