
When she was 17 she tested out of school via correspondence, in order to move to Los Angeles, California. Lucie until her junior year when she attended St. Fox attended high school at Morningside Academy in Port St. When she was 13 years old, Fox began modeling after winning several awards at the 1999 American Modeling and Talent Convention in Hilton Head, South Carolina. Petersburg, Florida, Fox continued her training. She attended a dance class at the community center there and was involved in Kingston Elementary School's chorus and the Kingston Clippers swim team. įox began her training in dance and drama at age five, in Kingston, Tennessee. She lived with her mother until she made enough money to support herself. She said that the two were "very strict" and that she was not allowed to have a boyfriend or invite friends to her house. She was raised "very strictly Pentecostal", but later attended Catholic school for 12 years. Her mother later remarried, and Fox and her sister were raised by her mother and her stepfather, Tony Tonachio. Fox's father, a parole officer, and her mother divorced when Fox was three years old. She spent her early childhood in nearby Rockwood.

Megan Denise Fox was born on May 16, 1986, in Oak Ridge, Tennessee, to parents Gloria Darlene (née Cisson) and Franklin Thomas Fox. 2.2 2010–present: rise to prominence and current work.2.1 2000–2009: Early roles and breakthrough.She is the recipient of several accolades, including two Scream Awards and four Teen Choice Awards. She also portrayed the titular character in the horror comedy Jennifer's Body (2009), starred as April O'Neil in the superhero action film Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (2014) and its sequel Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows (2016), and starred as Reagan Lucas in the fifth and sixth seasons of the Fox sitcom New Girl (2016–2017).įox has also made appearances in numerous magazines such as Maxim, Rolling Stone, and FHM.

Her breakout role was as Mikaela Banes in the blockbuster action film Transformers (2007), which she reprised in its sequel Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (2009). Fox made her acting debut in the family film Holiday in the Sun (2001), which was followed by numerous supporting roles in film and television, such as the teen musical comedy Confessions of a Teenage Drama Queen (2004), as well as a starring role in the ABC sitcom Hope & Faith (2004–2006). Megan Denise Fox (born May 16, 1986) is an American actress and model.
