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Who is Olivia Jane d'Abo ?

Who is Olivia Jane d'Abo? ^[1] The acting world knows her as a London-born actress Olivia D'Abo, she is most widely known as Kevin Arnold's hippie sister, Karen, on The Wonder Years. She is an English actress and singer-songwriter.
Olivia d'Abo's was born 22 January 1969 in Paddington, London, England.
Tthe daughter of Maggie (née London), a model and actress, and Mike d'Abo, a singer and member of the Manfred Mann band.^[6] She has three brothers and one sister: elder brother Benjamin, younger brother Bruno, the younger siblings twins Ella and Louis (born November 2007). Olivia and Ben both attended high school in the US at Los Feliz Hills School (formerly "The Apple School") in Los Angeles.^[5]
Her film debut was in the supporting role of Princess Jehnna in Conan the Destroyer, released in June 1984.^[2] Just 2 months later,^[3] she also appeared in the supporting role of the peasant girl Paloma in Bolero, in which she had a controversial nude scene - she was fourteen^{[citation needed]} at the time the movie was filmed.

From 1988, She was in the main cast of The Wonder Years in the first four seasons. Her character "Karen Arnold" was the hippie sister in the family. In 1992, she guest starred in the Star Trek: The Next Generation episode "True Q" as Amanda Rogers. As the recurring villainess Nicole Wallace she made five appearances over a six-year period on television crime-drama Law & Order: Criminal Intent. On the Sci-Fi channel series Eureka she has the recurring role of Abby Carter, ex-wife of Sheriff Jack Carter.

She has had numerous supporting roles in television programs and movies, such as Spirit of '76 (1990), Greedy (1994) and The Twilight Zone (2002). On stage, she appeared in the 2005 Broadway production of The Odd Couple with Matthew Broderick and Nathan Lane.

In animation, she was the voice of Jedi Luminara Unduli in "Star Wars: The Clone Wars" (2008); Jane in "The Legend of Tarzan" (2001-2003); Sonya Blade in "Mortal Kombat: Defenders of the Realm" (1996).

Olivia d'Abo is singer, songwriter, guitarist and pianist.^[4] She has composed and performed for various soundtracks. Her single "Broken" is from the movie "Loving Annabelle".

Her debut album Not TV^[4] contains :

• Undertow
• Half Mad and Never Pleased
• Revolution
• Ne'er Do Well
• Medicine Girl
• When I Was Bad
• Addicted
• Wide Open Spaces
• Caroline
• Catastrophe

Other musical projects d'Abo has worked on include: backing vocals for Julian Lennon's "Help Yourself", an acoustic duet version of Bon Jovi's "Livin' On A Prayer", produced by Leonard, that appears on their This Left Feels Right hits CD,^[5] and a duet with Seal "Broken". D'Abo also wrote the title track and background vocals for Latin singing star Laura Pausini's "Love Comes from the Inside".

Olivia is the first cousin once removed of Maryam d'Abo, the actress best known for her performance as Kara Milovy in the 1987 James Bond film The Living Daylights.

Olivia was married to music producer and songwriter Patrick Leonard, from whom she is now estranged. She has one child, Oliver William d'Abo, born 11 November 1995. She was engaged to actor Thomas Jane from 1998 to 2001. They worked in several projects together including The Velocity of Gary and Jonni Nitro, of which Jane directed the last two episodes. d'Abo also wrote and performed the title theme to Jonni Nitro.

Television roles

• Growing Pains (1985, 1986)
• One Big Family (1987)
• Simon & Simon (1988)
• Tour of Duty (1988)
• The Bronx Zoo (1988)
• The Wonder Years (1988–1993)
• Star Trek: The Next Generation (1992)
• Mortal Kombat: Defenders of the Realm as Sonya Blade (voice only) (1995)
• The Single Guy (1995)
• Adventures from the Book of Virtues (1998)
• The Wild Thornberries (1998)
• Fantasy Island (1998)
• Batman Beyond (1998–1999)
• Party of Five (1999)
• The Single Guy (1996–1997)
• 3rd Rock from the Sun (2000)
• Spin City (2001)
• Invader Zim (2001–2002)
• The Legend of Tarzan (2001)
• Law & Order: Criminal Intent (2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2008)
• Justice League/Justice League Unlimited (voice only) (2002–05)
• The Twilight Zone (2002)
• Alias as Emma Wallace (Double Agent, Season 2 Episode 14, 2003)
• Eureka (2007)
• Law & Order: Criminal Intent as Nicole Wallace (5 episodes, 2002-2008)
• Star Wars: The Clone Wars as Luminara Unduli (2 episodes, 2008)

Filmography

• Conan the Destroyer (1984)
• Bolero (1984)
• Flying (1986)
• Bullies (1986)
• The Mission...Kill (1987)
• Really Weird Tales (1987)
• Crash Course (1988)
• Into the Fire (1988)
• Beyond the Stars (1989)
• Another Chance (1989)
• The Spirit of '76 (1990)
• Midnight's Child (1992)
• Point of No Return (1993)
• For Love and Glory (1993
• Bank Robber (1993)
• Wayne's World 2 (1993)
• The Last Good Time (1994)
• Greedy (1994)
• Clean Slate (1994)
• Heisei tanuki gassen pompoko (1994) AKA "Pom Poko"
• The Big Green (1995)
• Kicking and Screaming (1995)
• Live Nude Girls (1995)

• Titanic Explorer (1997) (Video Game)
• Dad's Week Off (1997)
• Hacks (1997)
• The Velocity of Gary (1998)
• Soccer Dog: The Movie (1999)
• A Texas Funeral (1999)
• Seven Girlfriends (1999)
• Batman Beyond (1999)
• Jonni Nitro (1999)
• It Had to Be You (2000)
• The Legend of Tarzan (2001)
• The Enemy (2001)
• The Triangle (2001)
• Tarzan & Jane (2002)
• The Animatrix (2003)
• Matriculated (The Animatrix) (2003)
• Imagine me and you (2005)
• Medal of Honor: European Assault (2005) (Video Game)
• Ultimate Avengers (2006)
• Ultimate Avengers 2: Rise of the Black Panther (2006)
• The Awakening Fire 2008) as Narattor
• A Poor Kid's Guide to Success (2008) (completed) as Lisa Mae

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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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