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If you sense a pungent odor of estrogen at the theater today, that's because thousands of women are buying tickets to Magic Mike, the male revue epic loosely based on the new generation Adonis' Channing Tatum's life as a stripper. While most movie critics are expecting the film to turn its audience into an impromptu bachelorette party with all of its beefcakes, there's an incentive for guys to watch it too: Cody Horn.
As Tatum's love interest and his on-screen protegé The Kid's (Alex Pettyfer) elder sister, the 25-year-old actress more than adequately provides enough female eye candy on a screen bombarded with thrusting male pelvises. Haven't heard of her yet? Well, get familiar with the girl who'll redeem your masculinity when your girl drags you to see the movie tonight.
Her dad is Warner Bros. President & COO Alan F. Horn.
With her father as the president of one of the biggest studios in Hollywood, Cody Horn grew up being inherently associated with the entertainment industry. Some may cry that nepotism landed her the lead in the anticipated Warner Bros. movie Magic Mike, but we trust that she was just so charming during her casting interview that she didn’t even have to read for the part.
She has a degree in philosophy from NYU's Gallatin School.
The up-and-coming actress accomplished two things during her move to the Big Apple that scores of young women plan on but hardly ever achieve. One, she became a successful model, and two, she graduated from New York University. From the university’s Gallatin School, Horn earned a degree in philosophy, which she credits with helping her empathize with her characters more efficiently.
She guest starred as Jordan Garfield on The Office.
Although her stint on The Office was limited to a three-episode arc, Horn became a part of the show’s history after being subjected to one of the greatest lines ever uttered by Dwight Schrute: "Tell your whore to leave me alone." Granted, her character may have been Dwight's victim because the new boss (played by Will Ferrell) favored the gorgeous girl over the beet-farmer.
Her first feature film was Twelve (2010).
In the Joel Schumacher-directed indie crime drama, Horn plays Alyssa, a mindless minion to model-turned-actress Esti Ginzburg’s Upper East Side queen bee, Sara Ludlow. The film, which follows a young drug dealer (Chace Crawford) struggling to piece together the murder of his cousin, also stars 50 Cent, Emma Roberts and Zoe Kravitz.
She modeled for Abercrombie & Fitch.
Every inch of the budding starlet exudes “quintessential Abercrombie & Fitch model.” She’s statuesque but not too thin, blonde but not too platinum, and tan but not Snooki. On top of juggling small acting gigs and her studies at NYU, a then 21-year-old Horn posed for the Spring 2008 campaign of the American retailer.
She played Lynetta in Flipped (2010).
In the early stages of her acting career, Horn appeared in Rob Reiner’s film adaptation of the beloved young adult novel, Flipped, as Lynetta, the rebellious but protective big sister to the film’s unlucky-in-love protagonist Bryce Loski (played by Callan McAuliffe). But in between the jabs at her little brother, Lynetta finds herself struggling to grow up amidst the 60s’ sexual revolution and women’s liberation movement.
She played Sean Garrity’s girlfriend Emily in Rescue Me.
Horn's character Emily seemed like the ideal girl for the brave but dim-witted young fireman Sean Garrity (played by Steven Pasquale), i.e. she’s beautiful, kind, and unlike Garrity’s other girlfriends on the show, she’s actually sane. She even held down a wholesome job of working in a bridal store.
What might’ve been a dealbreaker for a match made in TV heaven? Emily suffered from post-coital flatulence. No one is perfect.
She modeled for Polo Jeans by Ralph Lauren.
Most college kids work at the school bookstore, bartend at the local dive bar or babysit for extra cash. Horn, however, made beer money looking like the effortlessly gorgeous girl next door in several ads for the classic all-American brand, Ralph Lauren.
She starred in the music video for “Long Distance Relationship” by The Capri Sons.
In the music video, Horn's character inadvertently demonstrates the effects of miscommunication in long distance relationships trying to survive in the digital age. According to the comedy duo The Capri Sons, a girlfriend's Foursquare check-ins with other guys and frequent missed calls can induce alcoholism and binge-eating ice cream in a lonely boyfriend.
She's starring opposite Jake Gyllenhaal and Michael Pena in End of Watch (2012).
In preparation for her small role in Training Day director David Ayer’s latest effort End of Watch, the California native underwent actual police training to play rookie Officer Davis. Of course, her expertise did not come without a few blips, so to speak.
Regarding her training, Horn confessed to The Hollywood Reporter, “To pass the test to become a cop, you have to get tased and get pepper sprayed so you know what it feels like."
