Megan Denise Fox was born on May 16, 1986, in Oak Ridge, Tennessee, to Gloria Darlene (née Cisson) and Franklin Thomas Fox. She has Irish, French, and Cherokee ancestry. Fox spent her early childhood in Rockwood, Tennessee, and began taking dance and drama classes at the age of five. At age ten, her family moved to St. Petersburg, Florida, where she continued her training and began modeling.
Fox began her acting career in 2001 with a minor role in the film Holiday in the Sun. She had several guest appearances on television shows such as What I Like About You and Two and a Half Men. Her breakthrough role came in 2004 with the teen comedy Confessions of a Teenage Drama Queen.
Fox achieved widespread recognition in 2007 for her role as Mikaela Banes in Michael Bay’s action film Transformers. The film was a major box office success, catapulting her into the mainstream. She reprised her role in the 2009 sequel, Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen.
Following her success with the Transformers franchise, Fox starred in a variety of films across different genres. Some of her notable roles include: