Who is Olivia Thirlby?

Who is Olivia Thirlby? The Acting world knows her as an American actress best known for her role as Leah, the best friend of Ellen Page's character in the 2007 film Juno.^[1]

In June 2008, Thirlby was described by Vanity Fair magazine as a member of "Hollywood's New Wave", along with young performers including the cast of Gossip Girl, The Jonas Brothers, Emma Roberts, Amanda Seyfried, Kristen Stewart, Josh Peck and Christopher Mintz-Plasse.^[2]

Thirlby was born October 6, 1986 in New York City, the daughter of a contractor.^[3] She was raised in Manhattan's East Village, attending school at Friends Seminary in the city's Gramercy neighborhood, where she graduated in a class of 57 students.^[1] She also attended French Woods Festival of the Performing Arts in upstate New York. She took classes at the American Globe Theatre, and briefly at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in London where she completed a stage combat course with the British Academy of Stage and Screen Combat (BASSC).^[4]

She plans to attend college once she has made a sufficient start to her acting career.

While still at high school, Thirlby was offered a role in The Secret. In 2006, she made her film debut in United 93 and her television debut in Kidnapped.

In the Sundance Audience Award-winning film The Wackness, a mid-1990s period piece, she plays Stephanie, a pothead from New York City. Thirlby stars opposite Josh Peck, who plays a drug dealer. Ben Kingsley stars as her stepfather. The film was released in the U.S. on July 3, 2008.^[1]

Thirlby was cast in the Judd Apatow-produced stoner comedy, Pineapple Express, as Seth Rogen's girlfriend, but was replaced by actress Amber Heard after rehearsing for the film.^[5] She will however reunite with Gordon Green on the animated TV pilot Good Vibes^[6].

She made her stage debut in Farragut North, a play by Beau Willimon at the Atlantic Theater Company in New York City. The Off Broadway production ran from October 22, 2008 – November 29, 2008 with official opening on November 12^[7] and transferred to the Geffen Playhouse in June 2009.

Thirlby voices promotional video excerpts from the novel Thirteen Reasons Why by Jay Asher which since October 2008 have regularly been posted to YouTube^[8].

In 2009, Thirlby will appear in a number of films including Margaret and Safety Glass and the HBO pilot Bored To Death.

She is attached to star in Parts Per Billion as well as Christmas In New York for Arlen Faber director John Hindman^[9].

Filmography

Film
Year	Film	Role	Notes
2006	United 93	Nicole Carol Miller
	Kidnapped	Aubrey Cain	TV series
	Unlocked	Abby	Short Film
2007	Snow Angels	Lila Raybern
	Juno	Leah
	Love Comes Lately	Sylvia
	The Secret	Samantha Marris
2008	The Wackness	Stephanie
	Eve	Kate	Short Film
	Uncertainty	Sophie
2009	The Answer Man	Anne
	Breaking Upwards	Erika
	What Goes Up	Tess
	Bored to Death	Suzanne
	New York, I Love You
	Margaret	Monica
2010	Parts per Billion

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Who is Olivia Osuna?

Who is Olivia Osuna? The Acting world knows her has Olivia Hussey is an actress best known for her role as Juliet in Franco Zeffirelli's 1968 film version of Romeo and Juliet. She was born April 17, 1951 in Buenos Aires, Argentina, the daughter of Joy Alma Hussey, an English legal secretary, and Andreas Osuna (aka Isvaldo Ribo), an Argentine opera and tango singer^[1][2] who divorced when she was two. Brought up as a Catholic,^[3] when she was seven years old, Hussey and her younger brother went with their mother to live in London, England, where she attended the Italia Conti Academy drama school for five years.

Assuming her mother's maiden name as her stage name, Hussey appeared on the London stage as Jenny in The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie opposite Vanessa Redgrave. It was during the run of this play that Italian film director Franco Zeffirelli first spotted her. Chosen out of 500 actresses, she appeared in her first starring (and star making) role, as Juliet in Zeffirelli's 1968 film version of Romeo and Juliet opposite Leonard Whiting's Romeo. In 1969, she won a David di Donatello award for Best Actress. Hussey did a brief nude scene in the film, notable for the fact that she was only fifteen years of age when filming occurred. Hussey was, in fact, unable to attend the premiere of the film as she was deemed too young to watch it due to censorship laws at that time.

Hussey has appeared in over 40 films. Notable roles include Jessica Bradford in the 1974 Canadian horror movie Black Christmas, Mary, the mother of Jesus in the 1977 Zeffirelli TV production of Jesus of Nazareth, and as Rosalie Otterbourne in Death on the Nile (1978) with Peter Ustinov. One of her other memorable performances was as "Rebecca of York" in the 1982 TV remake of Ivanhoe. In 2003, Hussey played the lead in a film adaptation on the life of Mother Teresa, for which she was presented with a CAMIE award (for Character & Morality in Entertainment) on May 12, 2007 in Hollywood.

Hussey is known for her natural beauty, reportedly wearing little or no makeup in her roles. And also known for her beautiful long black hair.

Hussey has also been lauded by many for her unique voice. Her current husband suggested she try out for voice work in animation. She has a handful of notable credits and was nominated for "Outstanding Individual Achievement for Voice Acting by a Female Performer in an Animated Television Production" at the Annie Awards for her work in Batman Beyond. She has also lent her voice to video games such as

• Star Wars: Force Commander (2000) (VG) as AT-AA Driver/Abridon Refugee 2.
• Star Wars: Rogue Squadron (1998) (VG) as Kasan Moor

Hussey was married first to actor Dean Paul Martin (son of the famous Rat Pack singer/actor, Dean Martin) in 1971 (he reportedly fell in love with her after seeing Romeo and Juliet, and sought her out). They had a son, Alexander Dean Martin (later an actor), in 1973, before divorcing in 1978. Dean Paul Martin met an untimely death in 1987 when his National Guard F-4 Phantom fighter jet crashed in California's San Bernardino Mountains during a snowstorm. Fourteen-year-old Alexander had watched his father take off on the ill-fated flight.

In 1980 Hussey married Japanese musician Akira Fuse, and had one son, Max (born 1983).

Divorced from Fuse in 1989, she married American musician David Glen Eisley in 1991. In October 1993, she gave birth to a daughter, India Eisley, now an actress who plays a series regular on the ABC Family teen drama The Secret Life of the American Teenager.

She has suffered from agoraphobia, which she decided to treat with meditation rather than medication.^[4] She has also suffered from anorexia.^[5]

Filmography

Film
Year	Film	Role	Other notes
1965	The Battle of the Villa Fiorita	Donna
	Cup Fever	Jinny- child
1968	Romeo and Juliet	Juliet Capulet
1969	All the Right Noises	Val
1971	H-Bomb
1972	Summertime Killer	Tania Scarlotti
1973	Lost Horizon	Maria
1974	Black Christmas	Jessica Bradford
1978	Death on the Nile	Rosalie Otterbourne
1979	The Cat and the Canary	Cicily Young
1980	Virus	Marit
	The Man with Bogart's Face	Elsa
1982	Turkey Shoot	Chris Walters
1987	Distortions	Amy Marks
1989	The Jeweler's Shop	Thérèse
1990	Undeclared War	Rebecca Eche
1993	Save Me	Gail
1995	Ice Cream Man	Nurse Wharton
	Bad English I: Tales of a Son of a Brit
1996	The Dark Mist	Voice of the Ancients	Voice Role
1998	The Gardener	Mrs. Carter
	Shame, Shame, Shame	Therapist
2000	Bloody Proof	Laura
2001	Island Prey	Catherine Gaits
2005	Headspace	Dr. Karen Murphy
2006	Seven Days of Grace	Jewel
2007	Tortilla Heaven	Petra
2008	Chinaman's Chance	Mrs. Duncan
	Three Priests	Rachel
Television
Year	Title	Role	Notes
1964	Drama 60-67	Mrs. Ken's daughter	Episode: Studio '64 - The Crunch
1977	Jesus of Nazareth	Mary, the mother of Jesus	NBC Miniseries
1978	The Bastard	Alicia	NBC TV-Movie
	The Pirate	Leila	CBS TV-Movie
1979	The Thirteenth Day: The Story of Esther	Esther	ABC TV-Movie
1982	Ivanhoe	Rebecca	CBS TV-Movie
1984	The Last Days of Pompeii	Ione	ABC Miniseries
1985	The Corsican Brothers	Annamarie de Guidice	CBS TV-Movie
	Murder, She Wrote	Kitty Trumbull	Episode: Sing a Song of Murder
1990	Psycho IV: The Beginning	Norma Bates	NBC TV-Movie
	It	Audra Phillips Denbrough	ABC TV-Movie
1994	Lonesome Dove: The Series	Olivia Jessup	Episode: Where the Heart Is Episode: Law and Order Episode: Firebrand
1996	Dead Man's Island	Rosie, the housemaid	TV-Movie
1997	Boy Meets World	Aunt Prudence Curtis	Episode: A Long Walk To Pittsburgh (Part 2)
1998	Pinky and the Brain	Queen	Voice Role Episode: The Megalomaniacal Adventures of Brainie the Poo Episode: Melancholy Brain
1999	Superman: The Animated Series	Talia al Ghul	Voice Role Episode: The Demon Reborn
2000	Batman Beyond	Talia al Ghul	Voice Role Episode: Out of the Past
2003	Mother Teresa	Mother Teresa	TV-Movie

Awards and nominations

Annie Awards

• 2001: Nominated, "Outstanding Individual Achievement for Voice Acting by a Female Performer in an Animated Television Production" - Batman Beyond

David di Donatello Awards

• 1969: Won

Golden Globe Awards

• 1969: Won, "Most Promising Female Newcomer" - Romeo and Juliet

Laurel Awards

• 1970: Nominated, "Female New Face" - Romeo and Juliet

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Who is Olivia Haigh Williams?

Who is Olivia Haigh Williams? The acting world knows her as Olivia Williams, she is an English film, stage and television actress who has appeared in British and American films. As of 2009 she stars in the Joss Whedon sci-fi drama Dollhouse. Williams was born 26 July 1968 in Camden Town, London, England.^[1] Both her parents are barristers.^[2] She graduated from Newnham College, Cambridge with a degree in English literature,^[1] then studied drama at the Bristol Old Vic Theatre School for two years.

After graduation, Williams worked with the Royal Shakespeare Company in both Stratford-upon-Avon and London and in 1995 toured the United States in a production of Shakespeare's Richard III starring Ian McKellen. Her first significant appearance before the cameras was as Jane Fairfax in the British TV film Emma (1996), based on Jane Austen's 1816 novel, which aired in the US on the A&E Network.

Williams made her film debut in 1997's The Postman, after doing a screen test for Kevin Costner. She later won the lead role of Rosemary Cross in Wes Anderson's Rushmore (1998).^[3] She then starred as Bruce Willis' wife in the blockbuster The Sixth Sense (1999). Since then, Williams has appeared in several British films, including Lucky Break (2001) and The Heart of Me (2002), for which she won the British Independent Film Award for Best Actress. She also played Mrs. Darling in the latest film adaptation of Peter Pan. Williams was uncredited for her role as Dr. Moira MacTaggert in the 2006 film X-Men: The Last Stand. On TV, Williams portrayed British author Jane Austen in Miss Austen Regrets (2008) and currently stars as a principal character in Joss Whedon's new show Dollhouse, which premiered on February 13, 2009 on Fox.^[4]

In 2000 she wrote and read the short story The Significance Of Hair for BBC Radio.

On 2 November 2003, Williams married American stage actor and playwright Rhashan Stone.^[9][10] The couple have two children, Esmé Ruby (born 6 April 2004)^[1][11] and Roxana May (born 7 April 2007).^[10]

Williams practises Bikram Yoga and rides a bicycle to sets when working on films.^[1][12] After filming The Postman, she spent time in Bolivia studying spectacled bears in the rainforest.^[13][14] Since 2006, she has written occasional travel reports for the "Independent Traveller" section of the British newspaper The Independent on Sunday.^[1]

Selected works

Film

Year	Film	Role	Awards and nominations
1997	Beck	Karen Quinn
	Gaston's War	Nicky
	The Postman	Abby
1998	Rushmore	Rosemary Cross
1999	The Sixth Sense	Anna Crowe
2000	Four Dogs Playing Poker	Audrey
	Born Romantic	Eleanor
	Dead Babies aka Mood Swingers	Diana
2001	The Body	Sharon Golban
	A Knight's Tale	Phillipa Chaucer (uncredited)
	Lucky Break	Annabel Sweep/Lady Hamilton in show	Best Actress, Empire Awards (2002) (nominated)[5]
	The Man from Elysian Fields	Andrea
2002	The Heart of Me	Madeleine	Best Actress, British Independent Film Awards (2003)[5]
	Below	Claire
2003	To Kill a King	Lady Anne Fairfax
	Peter Pan	Mrs. Darling
2005	Valiant	Victoria (voice)
	Tara Road	Ria
	Mockingbird	Mother
2006	X-Men: The Last Stand	Moira MacTaggert (uncredited)
2008	Flashbacks of a Fool	Grace Scott
	Broken Lines	Zoe
2009	An Education	Miss Stubbs
2010	The Ghost	Ruth Lang
	Sex & Drugs & Rock & Roll	TBA

Some information in this table was obtained from "Olivia Williams : Filmography". Internet Movie Database (IMDb). http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0931404/. Retrieved 2007-09-23.

Television

Year(s) of appearance	Film or series	Role	Awards and nominations
1992 (1 episode)	Van der Valk (1972–1973, 1977, 1991–1992) "Still Waters"	Irene Kortman
1992 (1 episode)	The Ruth Rendell Mysteries (1987–2000) "The Speaker of Mandarin"	Jennifer Norris
1996	Emma	Jane Fairfax
1998 (2 episodes)	Friends (1994–2004) "The One with Ross's Wedding: Part 1" and "The One with Ross's Wedding: Part 2"	Felicity
2000	Jason and the Argonauts	Hera
2001 (1 episode)	Spaced (1999, 2001) "Help"	Knocked-down Cyclist
2004	Agatha Christie – A Life in Pictures	Agatha Christie
2006	Krakatoa – The Last Days	Johanna Beijerinck
2007	Damage	Michelle Cahill
2008	Miss Austen Regrets	Jane Austen
2009	Dollhouse	Adelle DeWitt

Some information in this table was obtained from "Olivia Williams : Filmography". Internet Movie Database (IMDb). http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0931404/. Retrieved 2007-09-23.

Theatre

Year(s) of appearance	Production	Role	Awards and nominations
1995	Richard III (c. 1591) by William Shakespeare
2003	Love's Labour's Lost (c. 1595–1596)[6] by William Shakespeare Olivier Theatre, Royal National Theatre, London	The Princess
2003	The Hotel in Amsterdam (first performed 1968)[7] by John Osborne Donmar Warehouse, London	Annie
2006	The Changeling (1653)[8] by Thomas Middleton and William Rowley Cheek by Jowl production at the Barbican Centre, London	Beatrice-Joanna

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Who is Olivia Jane Cockburn?

Who is Olivia Jane Cockburn? The World knows her as Olivia Wilde, she is an American actress. She began acting in the early 2000s, and has since appeared in a number of film and television parts, including roles on the series The O.C. and The Black Donnellys. She currently portrays Dr. Remy "Thirteen" Hadley in TV drama House.^[1] Wilde was born March 10, 1984 in New York City on March 10, 1984 as. Her mother, Leslie Cockburn (née Corkhill Redlich), is a 60 Minutes producer and journalist, and her father, Andrew Cockburn, is an Irish journalist, as are her paternal uncles Alexander and Patrick, all of whom are contributors to the political website CounterPunch.org. Her half-aunt was the late writer Sarah Caudwell. Her paternal grandfather was the Irish-born novelist/journalist Claud Cockburn. Wilde has said that as a result of her family background, she has a "strong journalistic streak", being "really critical and analytical".^[1] She has wanted to become an actress since the age of two.^[1] For a short time, Olivia's family had a house in Guilford, Vermont, USA. Wilde attended Georgetown Day School in Washington, D.C., as well as Phillips Academy in Andover, Massachusetts, and subsequently moved to Dublin, Ireland, where she attended The Gaiety School of Acting.^[1] She initially began working as a casting assistant.

Wilde has appeared in the films The Girl Next Door, Alpha Dog, Conversations with Other Women and Turistas. She became known for her role on The O.C. as Alex Kelly, although she originally auditioned for the role of Marissa. She has also appeared in the Dashboard Confessional music video for "Stolen", and the French Kicks music video for "So Far We Are". She was strongly considered to play Bond girl Vesper Lynd in the 21st Bond film Casino Royale; Eva Green eventually won the role.

Currently, Wilde is ranked #01 on Maxim magazine's Hot 100. She was also ranked #95 on the FHM 100 Sexiest Women of 2006.^[2] She was one of the key models in Abercrombie & Fitch's "Rising Stars" campaign in summer of 2004.

In 2007, Wilde was a part of the ensemble cast of the short-lived NBC midseason drama The Black Donnellys. Her character, Jenny Reilly, was the lone principal female character in the series following the lives of an Irish-American family tied to organized crime in New York City. Also in 2007, Wilde appeared in the play Beauty on the Vine, a political thriller, playing three different characters.:L

Wilde joined the cast of the FOX medical drama House in autumn 2007, playing a young doctor, Dr. Remy Hadley, nicknamed Thirteen, who works closely with Dr. House. Wilde told Star magazine how she sometimes takes cues from her character even when she's not working, saying, "I'm now convinced that I'm a doctor. I mean, if someone says they have a pain, I'm like, 'Well, that's your spleen.'"^[3][4]

The New York Observer has described Wilde as having a "throaty voice" and the "wide, teal-eyed charisma of Hollywood in the days of yore".^[1] She has cited Meryl Streep, Sigourney Weaver, Frances McDormand, Catherine Keener and Robin Wright Penn as acting inspirations, and also admires playwright Eve Ensler and director and actor Woody Allen.^[1]

She won the 2006 US Comedy Arts Festival Film Discovery Jury Award for Best Actress for Bickford Shmeckler's Cool Ideas (2006) and in 2008 at the Teen Choice Awards she was nominated for the Teen Choice Award for Choice TV Breakout Star Female for House M.D. and won the Rising Star Award at the Vail Film Festival.

On October 7, 2008, Olivia appeared in a video on funnyordie.com showing how much she enjoys registering early for the 2008 Presidential election, titled "Olivia Wilde Does It Early."^[5]

Olivia Wilde has recently taken the number 1 spot on the 2009 Maxim Hot 100 list. (May, 2009) ^[6]

Olivia appeared alongside Jack Black and Michael Cera in the 2009 comedy Year One.^[7]

Wilde has dual citizenship between the United States and Ireland.^[1] She derived her stage name "Wilde" from author Oscar Wilde.

She married Italian-American documentary filmmaker, prince, photographer, and flamenco guitar player Tao Ruspoli on June 7, 2003, in Washington, Rappahannock County, Virginia. They currently live and work in Venice, Los Angeles, California.^[8][9][10] Wilde is a vegan.^[11]

Wilde is a supporter of youth voter organization, 18 in '08. She serves on their advisory council and appeared in a public service announcement that debuted June 30, 2008.^[12] In the fall of 2008, Wilde campaigned with actors Justin Long and Kal Penn for the 2008 Democratic Presidential nominee Barack Obama.^[13]

Filmography

Film
Year	Film	Role	Notes
2004	The Girl Next Door	Kellie
2005	Conversations with Other Women	Bridesmaid
2006	Alpha Dog	Angela Holden
	Bickford Shmeckler's Cool Ideas	Sarah Witt
	Turistas	Bea
2007	The Death and Life of Bobby Z	Elizabeth
2008	Fix	Bella
2009	Year One	Princess Inanna
	In NorthWood	Mia	In post-production
2010	Tron Legacy		Filming
Television
Year	Title	Role	Notes
2003	Skin	Jewel Goldman	Supporting role (2003-2004)
2004	The O.C.	Alex Kelly	Supporting role (2004-2005)
2007	The Black Donnellys	Jenny Reilly	Main role (2007)
	House	Remy "Thirteen" Hadley	Main role (2007-present)
Guest appearances
Year	Title	Role	Notes
2003	Cartaz Cultural	Herself	Guest
2005	Live with Regis and Kathie Lee	Herself	Guest
	Best Week Ever	Herself	Guest
2006	Punk'd	Herself	Guest
2008	Speechless	Herself	Guest
2009	The Ellen Degeneres Show	Herself	Guest
	Entertainment Tonight	Herself	Guest
	The Ballad of G.I. Joe	The Baroness	Funny or Die

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