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The Eurovision 2024 final will air in Malmo in Sweden with a new presenter on Saturday.
And Malin Akerman, 45, will be crowning the winner of the singing competition this year, which is being hosted in Sweden for the seventh time in the contest's history.
This year also coincides with the 50th anniversary of Abba's momentous win in 1974 which catapulted the group to worldwide fame.
Malin, who was born in Stockholm but raised near Niagara Falls in Ontario, Canada is famed for numerous Hollywood films and for modelling.
The Swedish-Canadian actress has also dabbled in music, having fronted the alternative rock band The Petalstones prior to her thriving acting career.
MailOnline reveals all about Eurovision host Malin, who will present with Petra Mede, 54.
Malin Akerman, 45, is hosting the Eurovision 2024 final alongside Petra Mede, 54. The actress boasts impressive credits to her name, and has even worked with Hollywood giants like Lisa Kudrow
She appears in 2006 film The Heartbreak Kid alongside Ben Stiller
Malin was born in Stockholm, Sweden on May 12, 1978 to a model mother and insurance broker father, who raised the actress as Buddhist.
At the tender aged of five her family took the plunge and moved to Canada, although she can still speak Swedish, later helping in her first Swedish-speaking film role A Piece of My Heart in 2019.
Malin was even briefly signed to renowned American agency Ford Models, after being scouted in a local shopping centre.
She got her name out on the Hollywood scene in 2005, when she was cast as Juna on the HBO television series The Comeback alongside Lisa Kudrow in the lead.
But her first big break was starring in the 2006 comedy film The Heartbreak Kid with Ben Stiller.
The film chronicles a couple's honeymoon in Mexico fall apart as Ben's character Eddie falls in love with another woman that isn't Lila, his wife, played by Malin.
Two years later in 2009, Malin starred on the superhero film Watchmen as Silk Spectre II.
The feature film is set in 1985 where a group of retired vigilantes investigate an apparent conspiracy against them.
Malin had a significant role in HBO series The Comeback, working alongside Friends' actress Lisa Kudrow
Malin starred as Silk Spectre II in action adventure Watchmen (2009). She sported raven locks, a far cry from her usual platinum blonde look
The talented actress has also done her time as a musician, and was the lead vocalist of alternative rock band The Petalstones before she got into acting.
Malin also appeared in 2009 romcom The Proposal, playing Gertrude, Andrew's ex-girlfriend. Andrew was played by Ryan Reynolds and Sandra Bullock also as a main character.
She has also guest-starred in sitcom How I Met Your Mother and played Alex Altman in ABC show Suburgatory.
Opening up about her presenting gig, Malin told Eurovision.tv: ‘I can’t really describe my feelings about this.
‘I am very excited and a little nervous, but in a positive way. I have always liked Eurovision and to be a part of this fantastic show together with Petra is a dream come true.
‘Additionally, Petra is one of the funniest women I’ve ever met'.
