Megan Fox is an American actress and model who has a net worth of $8 million. Megan Fox made her film debut in 2004 with a role in the teen comedy “Confessions of a Teenage Drama Queen.” In 2007, she co-starred as Mikaela Banes, the love interest of Shia LaBeouf’s character, in the blockbuster action film “Transformers,” which became her breakout role.
Megan Fox was everywhere for a H๏τ minute. Touted as the new Angelina Jolie, the beautiful actress appeared in a string of high-profile movies, on the cover of multiple magazines, and it was nearly impossible to turn on the television or go online without seeing yet another story about her. She was the “It Girl” in Hollywood, and though she had been appearing on television since the early 2000’s, it was her performance in, “Transformers” in 2007 that finally made people stand up and take notice. The next few years were golden, and she became a household name worldwide. Then came her firing from the “Transformers” franchise, and the one-two punch of “Jonah Hex” and “Pᴀssion Play”, the worst reviewed films of 2010 and 2011 respectively, and suddenly, Ms. Fox’s star was not quite so shiny anymore. In recent years she has made headlines for her relationship with rapper Machine Gun Kelly.
Early Life
Megan Denise Fox was born in Oak Ridge, Tennessee on May 16, 1986. Her parents divorced when she was three. Her mother remarried years later, and Fox and her sister were raised by her mother and her stepfather, Tony Tonachio. She was raised Pentecostal but attended Catholic school for 12 years.Megan has remarked that her mom and stepdad were very strict. She was not allowed to have a boyfriend or even to invite her friends home to her house.
Fox started taking dance and acting classes when she was five. She was also part of the local youth swim team in Tennessee.
Her family moved to St. Petersberg, Florida when she was 10. She started modeling at 13 after she won a number of awards at the American Modeling and Talent Convention in 1999 in Hilton Head, South Carolina. When she was 17, she moved to Los Angeles and finished high school via correspondence courses.
Career
Megan Fox landed her first notable role-playing an antagonist to Ashley Olsen in the November 2001 direct-to-DVD movie “Holiday in the Sun.” Over the next several years, she guest-starred on “What I Like About You” and “Two and a Half Men,” as well as being an uncredited extra in “Bad Boys II” (2003).
After a smattering of small roles and guest appearances, Fox made her big-screen debut playing opposite Lindsay Lohan in “Confessions of a Teenage Drama Queen.” The next two years saw Fox in seasons two and three of the television sitcom “Hope and Faith”.
In 2007, Fox received her big break in the blockbuster smash-hit “Transformers” alongside Shia LaBeouf, a movie that grossed $709.7 million worldwide. Fox returned for the 2009 “Transformers” sequel, another record-breaking box-office hit that surpᴀssed its predecessor’s gross earnings at $835.2 million.
Also in 2009, Fox starred as the тιтle character and lead in Academy-Award winning writer Diablo Cody’s tongue-in-cheek horror, “Jennifer’s Body.” Some of her more recent films include 2020’s “Think Like a Dog” and “Rogue,” 2021’s “Till Death,” “Midnight in the Switchgrᴀss,” and “Night Teeth,” and 2022’s “Big Gold Brick,” “Taurus,” and “Good Mourning.” Fox is set to star in 2023’s “Expend4bles” and make an appearance in the television series “Dave” in 2024.