Malin Akerman loves her “The Hunting Wives” character, Margo Banks.
“It’s a fun character,” the actress exclusively told Page Six at the Gotham Television Awards in New York City Monday night. “She’s unapologetic, sexually powerful, who doesn’t want to do that?”
Akerman, 48, added that she’s “living vicariously” through Banks and “enjoying every single moment to yield that power,” but noted that “she’s not a great role model!”
The hit Netflix series debuted in 2025 and follows the story of Banks (Akerman), a sexy housewife and the queen bee of an elite and affluent socialite group of wives. She ends up taking a romantic interest in the newcomer of the group, Sophie O’Neil, played by Brittany Snow.
The series — which features plenty of risqué moments, including some threesomes — will be back for a second season.
Akerman laughed out loud when we asked her if she feels like “hot s–t” when she plays the sexually provocative character.
“When I get the wig on, and I get into character, and the accent,” she replied. “Yeah, it feels like hot s–t! It’s Margo f–king Banks! She’s all about it!”
Dermot Mulroney, who plays Margo’s lecherous husband, Jed Banks, was equally effusive about the show when Page Six chatted with him about it last year.
“It’s brought so much joy to people already,” he gushed. “So fun to be a part of.”
“I think maybe we haven’t had, like, campy sizzle for a little while,” he noted. “The show just really caught people right in the funny bone, and you know, whatever other bones you want to mention.”
Elsewhere in her Page Six interview, Akerman — who was born in Sweden — also spoke about what Americans think about her home country.
“Sweden often gets mistaken for Switzerland,” she explained, adding that when she arrived stateside, people often asked her about the fictitious Swedish Bikini Team, a group of models who appeared in an advertising campaign for Old Milwaukee beer.
“I was like, ‘Swedish Bikini Team? There is no Swedish Bikini Team!” she exclaimed.
However, the “Billions” alum said she does enjoy one American take on a famous recipe from her country: IKEA’s Swedish meatballs.
“My son is obsessed with IKEA meatballs. We get them every time we go to IKEA,” she said. “[But] I prefer my homemade ones.”
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