Olivia d'Abo

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Olivia d'Abo

Born January 22, 1969 (1969-01-22) (age 39)
Flag of the United Kingdom Paddington, London, England, UK
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Olivia Jane d'Abo (born January 22, 1969[1]) is an English actress and singer-songwriter. She has numerous supporting roles, particularly in science fiction, cartoon, horror-thriller, fantasy, comedy, crime-drama television programs and movies, such as Star Trek: The Next Generation (1992), The Legend of Tarzan (2001), The Twilight Zone (2002), Conan the Destroyer (1984), The Wonder Years (1988–1992), Greedy (1994) and Law & Order: Criminal Intent (2002–2005). Most recently, she appeared as the ex-wife of Sheriff Jack Carter on Sci Fi Channel's Eureka.

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[edit] Career

d'Abo is perhaps best known for her role as "Karen Arnold" on The Wonder Years. She played a hippie character who later moved to Alaska. She was in the main cast of the show in the first four seasons before leaving to pursue other projects.

d'Abo's film debut was in Bolero, in which she had a controversial nude scene; she was fifteen at the time the movie was filmed.

In 2005, she appeared in the Broadway play The Odd Couple with Matthew Broderick and Nathan Lane. Other musical projects d'Abo has worked on includes: backing vocals for Julian Lennon's "Help Yourself", an acoustic duet version of Bon Jovi's "Living On A Prayer", produced by Leonard, that appears on their This Left Feels Right hits CD.[2] d'Abo also wrote the title track and background vocals for Latin singing star Laura Pausini's "Love Comes from the Inside".

She has made multiple appearances on Television crime-drama Law & Order: Criminal Intent as Nicole Wallace, lead character Robert Goren's nemesis, and on the Sci-Fi channels' original series Eureka in the role of Abby Carter.

D'Abo's Debut album titled 'Not TV' is now avalable. [3]

[edit] Personal life

d'Abo was born in London, United Kingdom, the daughter of Maggie (née London), a model and actress, and Mike d'Abo, a singer and member of the Manfred Mann band.[4] She has three brothers and one sister, Benjamin, the older, and Bruno, the younger, followed by fraternal twins Ella and Louis born November 2007 to her Father. Olivia and Ben both attended high school in the US at Los Feliz Hills School (formerly "The Apple School") in Los Angeles. [5] Olivia is the first cousin of Maryam d'Abo, the actress best known for her performance as Kara Milovy in the 1987 James Bond film The Living Daylights.

D'Abo was married to music producer and songwriter Patrick Leonard, from whom she is now estranged. She has one child, Oliver William d'Abo, born in November 11, 1996. 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, which Jane directed. d'Abo also wrote and performed the title theme to Jonni Nitro.

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[edit] References

  1. ^ England & Wales, Birth Index: 1837–1983 [database on-line]. Original data: General Register Office. England and Wales Civil Registration Indexes. London, England: General Register Office.[1] Lists Olivia Jane d'Abo on the index of births registered in Jan–Mar. 1969. [2]
  2. ^ Olivia d'Abo - Biography
  3. ^ http://store.nexternal.com/shared/StoreFront/default.asp?CS=froom&StoreType=BtoC&Count1=596264064&Count2=513404488&ProductID=11&Target=products.asp
  4. ^ http://www.filmreference.com/film/65/Olivia-d-Abo.html
  5. ^ Olivia d'Abo - Biography

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