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Olivia d'Abo
Oliviadabo
Characters
Nicole Wallace
Madeleine Haynes
Date of birth
January 22, 1969
Place of birth
Paddington, London, England
IMDb profile

Olivia Jane d'Abo is an English actress who played Nicole Wallace in the Law & Order: Criminal Intent episodes "Anti-Thesis", "A Person of Interest", "Great Barrier", "Grow", and "Frame". She appears in the archive footage in the episode "Boots on the Ground". She also portrayed Wallace's look-alike Madeleine Haynes in the 2013 episode of Jo: "Catacombs".

Her son, Oliver William d'Abo was born on November 11, 1995 in Los Angeles, California.

d'Abo is the daughter of Maggie London, an English model and actress primarily active in the 1960s, and Mike d'Abo, an English singer and member of 1960s musical group "Manfred Mann". She has an older brother, as well as two half-brothers and one half-sister: elder brother Ben, younger half-brother Bruno (from her father's second marriage to Karen Sue Gilbert), and younger sibling twins Ella and Louis (born July 2007) from her father's third marriage to Lisa Weaver. She is the first cousin once removed of her father's cousin Maryam d'Abo, the actress best known for her performance as Kara Milovy in the 1987 James Bond film The Living Daylights. Olivia and Maryam bought a house together in Los Angeles when Olivia was 19 years old.

Her first roles were Princess Jehnna in Conan the Destroyer and Paloma in Bolero. Both were filmed in late 1983 while d'Abo was 14,[1][2] and released the following summer. She is also well known for the role of Karen Arnold on The Wonder Years (1988–1993; with Dan Lauria, Fred Savage, and Josh Saviano), Amanda Rogers on Star Trek: The Next Generation (1992) episode "True Q" (opposite Brent Spiner), Marie Blake on The Single Guy (1995-1997) with (Jonathan Silverman, Joey Slotnick, and Ming-Na Wen), Allison Wright on Spin City, and Jane Porter in The Legend of Tarzan (2001-2003). In 1994, she appeared as Charlotte in the film The Last Good Time (with Kevin Corrigan) and Molly Richardson in the American comedy film Greedy (with Siobhan Fallon, Khandi Alexander, and Austin Pendleton). In 1995, she appeared as Anna Montgomery in the Disney film The Big Green (with Jay O. Sanders), Jane in Noah Baumbach's directorial debut film Kicking and Screaming (with Josh Hamilton, Cara Buono, Jason Wiles, and Eric Stoltz) and as Chris in Live Nude Girls (with Dana Delany and Laila Robins). She appears as Cherice in the 1997 television film Dad's Week Off (with Henry Winkler). She also appears as Veronica in the 1998 film The Velocity of Gary (with Vincent D'Onofrio).

In 2003, she appeared as Emma Wallace in an episode of Alias (with Jennifer Garner, Bradley Cooper, Greg Grunberg, Victor Garber, Lena Olin, and Ron Rifkin).

In 2014, she appeared as Dierdre in a episode of Psych (with Cary Elwes and Vinnie Jones).

In 2018, d'Abo played a mother named Sarah, whose young son was kidnapped in The Wrong Son opposite Tammy Blanchard.

In 2019, d'Abo appears as Clarissa in Jane the Virgin (with Gina Rodriguez, Andrea Navedo, and Rita Moreno).

In 2020, d'Abo appears as a mother named Hayley, whose daughter was kidnapped and sold into sex trafficking in Angie: Lost Girls.

She appears as Linda Craig in the upcoming biographical film Bandit (with Nestor Carbonell).

In addition to acting, she does animated voices, d'Abo provided the voices of Sonya Blade in Mortal Kombat: Defenders of the Realm (1996); Melanie Walker/Ten in Batman Beyond (1999–2000); Star Sapphire in Justice League (2001); and Morgaine le Fey in Justice League Unlimited (2004); Tak in Invader Zim (2001–2002); Jane Porter in The Legend of Tarzan; Jedi Master Luminara Unduli in Star Wars: The Clone Wars (2008), which she reprised the cameo voice role in Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker (2019); Carol Ferris in Green Lantern: First Flight (2009); and Natalia "Natasha" Romanoff/Black Widow in Ultimate Avengers and Ultimate Avengers 2: Rise of the Panther (both 2006).

References[]

  1. Associated Press (September 17, 1983) "Names In The News: Schwarzenegger" Daily Times.
  2. Sloan, Robin Adams (August 22, 1983) "The Gossip Column: Bo Derek" Sarasota Herald-Tribune.
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