Megan Fox biography, net worth, age, kids, husband, height 2025

Biography of Megan Fox

Megan Fox is an American actress and model. She's been recognized as a sex symbol multiple times throughout her career. Megan is best known for starring in such movies as "Transformers" and "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles". Net worth: $8 million.

Childhood

Actress and model Megan Denise Fox was born on May 16, 1986, in Oak Ridge, Tennessee, USA. Her maternal heritage includes Irish and French ancestry, plus some Native American roots. Her father Franklin Thomas Fox worked as a parole officer, while her mother Gloria Darlene was a housekeeper. Megan also has an older sister named Christie.

Megan's parents divorced when she was just 3 years old. Her mom quickly remarried a much older man. The actress has said her stepfather Tony Tonachio was extremely controlling at home. He wouldn't let the girls date or even have friends over. Not surprisingly, young Megan was anxious and often found herself yelling.

15 Things You Didn't Know About Megan Fox

At the age of 5, Megan started dancing and joined a drama club, later joining the school choir and swim team. She competed in local talent contests and even tried modeling at age 13.

Megan's been open about being bullied at school. She sometimes had to eat in the bathroom because kids would throw food at her in the cafeteria. According to Fox, the issue wasn't her looks, but that she got along better with boys than the other girls did. This made the other girls furious. In high school, the relationship was the same. She was disliked for standing up for herself, sometimes aggressively. She was the only one bold enough to wear a tutu with combat boots, dye her hair orange, and show up to school like that.

That's how Megan Fox looks in high school

Eventually, Megan became disillusioned with traditional schooling. At 17, she finished high school through independent study. After that, she left her controlling stepfather's house and moved to Los Angeles.

Megan Fox before and after the plastic surgery

Acting career

According to Zoomboola.com, Megan first broke into Hollywood in 2001 while still in high school. She made her debut in "Holiday in the Sun" starring Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen. Over the next two years, she appeared in episodes of several TV series including "What I Like About You" and "Two and a Half Men".

Megan Fox on «What I like About You»

In 2004, two major milestones marked the young actress's career: she landed a recurring role in the series "The Queen of the Screen" and played Lindsay Lohan's rival in the feature film "Hope & Faith".

Real stardom didn't arrive until 2007. She landed the role of Mikaela Banes in the blockbuster "Transformers," starring alongside Shia LaBeouf and directed by Michael Bay. Megan openly admitted her natural beauty landed her the role, and her magazine cover appearances provided the perfect promotional boost. Just six months later, "FHM" magazine named her the sexiest woman alive, followed by MTV choosing Megan as "Breakout Actress."

"Transformers" brought world fame to Megan Fox

The contract for the franchise's next installment came quickly. The sequel "Transformers 2: Revenge of the Fallen" hit theaters in 2009. Interestingly, Michael Bay actually asked the actress to gain 5 kilos.

Megan Fox Interview about "Transformers" filming

Megan was set to appear in the third "Transformers" film (Dark of the Moon, 2011), but scandal struck. Shortly before filming began, Megan Fox publicly criticized Michael Bay's demanding directing style, comparing him to Hitler. Executive producer Steven Spielberg was outraged and demanded the actress be fired. While Michael Bay himself had no issues with Fox, other cast members harshly criticized her: "During filming of the second movie, Megan couldn't prove herself as a professional. We thought we were seeing the next Angelina Jolie, but we were wrong. Zero talent. And that Marilyn Monroe face tattoo... I could barely stand it." Rosie Huntington-Whiteley, Jason Statham's then-girlfriend, quickly replaced Megan.

Following the "Transformers" sequel, Megan Fox starred in "Jennifer's Body" as a popular high school student who transforms into a bloodthirsty demon. She starred alongside Amanda Seyfried. This role earned Megan "Teen Choice Awards" nominations for "Best Actress in horror/thriller" and "Choice Hottie: Female." However, the Houston Film Critics Society named it the "Worst Film" of the year. During this same period, she also appeared in the comedy "How to Lose Friends & Alienate People" with Simon Pegg and Kirsten Dunst.

In 2010, she was invited to star in a music video by Eminem and Rihanna – "Love the Way You Lie". She also became the face of Italian brand Emporio Armani for their Spring/Summer 2010 collection. The brand had previously featured Beyonce as their spokesperson.

Megan Fox in Eminem and Rihanna music video

In 2011, Megan appeared in the film "Friends with Kids," and the following year she voiced the Lois Lane character in the hit animated series "Robot Chicken."

Megan Fox did breast augmentation surgery

In 2014, "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles" was released, Megan played the role of April O'Neil. Critics panned the film, but it pulled in strong box office numbers, which led to a sequel announcement. The second part was released in the middle of 2016.

Private life of Megan Fox

The young actress began her romantic life at 15, and from that time forward, she's been linked to partners of all kinds. We won't cover all of the star's romantic relationships, just the most high-profile ones.

In 2004, the young actress started dating Brian Austin Green, the star of the TV-series "Beverly Hills 90210". The pair met on the set of "Hope & Faith." The celebrities soon announced their engagement, but in 2009 they suddenly split after a major fight.

Megan Fox and Brian Austin Green with son

Rumors swirled that the breakup stemmed from Megan's alleged affair with Shia LaBeouf – the actors supposedly fell for each other's on-screen "chemistry" in "Transformers."

Megan Fox and Shia LaBeouf at the premiere of "Transformers"

But a year later, Megan Fox and Brian Green got back together, secretly tying the knot in Hawaii on June 24, 2010. Two years later, the happy couple welcomed their first child. It was a boy Noah Shannon, and a year and a half later – the second son, Bodhi Ransom.

In 2015, it was revealed that after 11 years together, the star couple had split up again. Fox admitted they'd been living separately for months and barely speaking to each other. The former couple kept the official reason for their split private. But rumors suggested Brian was jealous of his wife's rising fame, while his own career stalled after a traumatic car accident in 2014 involving a drunk driver.

This breakup also didn't last long. A few months later, Fox withdrew her divorce filing and thrilled fans by announcing her third pregnancy. In August 2016, the Green-Fox family welcomed another addition. The couple had a son again – Journey River.

In spring 2020, news broke that Megan was finally divorcing Brian Austin. Around the same time, she was spotted in a car with rapper Machine Gun Kelly. She later revealed that her marriage to Brian had become a "self-imposed prison."

I had this incredible breakthrough, and I realized that I had been living in a self-imposed prison for so long because I let other people tell me who I was or what I wasn't.

In June 2020, Machine Gun Kelly (his real name is Colson Baker) confirmed the rumors about him and Megan Fox. In January 2022, the rapper proposed to her.

Interesting facts

The actress has openly admitted to experimenting with various drugs, but says cannabis is the only one she enjoyed. She still occasionally uses it today.

Megan Fox in underwear for Giorgio Armani commercial

Megan Fox has 8 tattoos on her body, including Marilyn Monroe's portrait on her forearm. The name "Brian" tattooed on her stomach, the inscription "Once upon a time there was a little girl who knew nothing about love until one boy broke her heart" on the ribs, a quote from Shakespeare on the shoulder "We will all laugh at the gilded butterflies".

She remains a co-owner of the American lingerie brand Frederick's of Hollywood, regularly participating in promotional shootings.

Megan Fox now

In 2019, Megan Fox starred in the South Korean war drama "Jangsari: Ithyeojin Yeongungdeul". She appeared in a string of poorly received films, such as Zeroville, Think Like a Dog, Rogue, Midnight in the Switchgrass, Night Teeth and a few others. Also, she will appear in the 4th part of "Expendables".

Megan Fox and Bruice Willis in Midnight in the Switchgrass

She's preparing for her upcoming wedding while dedicating plenty of time to her children.

Michelle Crawford

Beautiful and successful mother of three kids :) and as an actress she is wonderful. I`m marvel at her, how it`s possible to have time for everything :)

2021-04-21 09:03:00
Nancy Jackson

Megan played in a lot of projects, even Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles and Transformers, well done!

2021-04-19 10:59:29
Richard Sullivan

Can`t wait for the movie Rogue with Megan Fox. There will be the role with Megan nobody see her like that before!

2021-04-02 10:19:41
Clayton Davis

In the beginning everyone was not taking Megan serious, only like to a pretty face. But actually she proved that she will play any role perfectly.

2021-03-02 20:30:18
Kay Cobb

I always wanted to be like Megan :) she is a gorgeous woman with a several kids, somebody will be so lucky :)

2021-03-01 14:31:06

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