| Olivia Hallinan | |
|---|---|
| Born | Olivia Hallinan 20 January 1984 Hounslow, England |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Years active | 1994–-Present |
Olivia Hallinan (born 20 January 1984) is an English actress best known for her role as Laura Timmins in the BBC TV series Lark Rise to Candleford and also as Kim in the critically acclaimed Sugar Rush. She also starred as Ellie in Girls in Love.
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Hallinan is the second youngest of four sisters. She is from Twickenham, west London. Hallinan began training at her mother's Saturday Drama School All Expressions in Teddington when she was 11, and then went on to professional acting.[1] After attending St Catherine's School in Twickenham, and Notting Hill & Ealing High School, in Ealing, Hallinan went on to study English and Drama at the University of Manchester.[2]
Hallinan has appeared in over 100 productions since the age of seven. Her first professional role was playing alongside Cilla Black in a 1991 production of Jack and the Beanstalk. Since then, she has in theatre, radio, film and on television shows including The Bill, Holby City, My Family, Julia Jekyll and Harriet Hyde and Granada TV's, Girls in Love.
At the end of her first year at the University of Manchester, Hallinan appeared in the first of two series of the cult program Sugar Rush for Channel 4, based on the Julie Burchill novel.[3][4] On 9 June 2007, Hallinan was a speaker at the Stonewall Gay Youth Conference, talking about playing a lesbian character in Sugar Rush.
While at Manchester, Hallinan was actively involved in student drama. In 2006, her final year of her degree, she starred in a new play, Wake Me Later Nicola Schofield's[5] In the same year she played Emma in the Torchwood episode Out of Time, appeared in an episode of Trial and Retribution, and played a character in Radio 4's dramatisation of Marguerite Duras's erotic novel The Lover, broadcast between 3 and 7 September 2007.
She starred as Laura Timmins in the BBC production Lark Rise to Candleford which first aired on Sunday 13 January 2008, appearing in all four series.[6] 2011 sees her feature film debut as she stars in British film noir Jack Falls as Natasha.
In 2011 Hallinan starred in Precious Little Talent written by Ella Hickson and directed by James Dacre at Trafalgar Studios theatre in London's West End.
In December 2011 Hallinan played the role of Justine in Lucinda Coxon's play "Herding Cats" at the Hampstead Theatre, London, a role she previously played at the Ustinov Studio, Bath in December 2010.
| Year | Film | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1994 | Das sprechende Grab | Poppi | |
| Mole's Christmas | Voice | tv short | |
| Just William | Susie Chambers | TV series | |
| 1995 | The Adventures of Mole | Voice | TV movie |
| Julia Jekyll and Harriet Hyde | Julia Jekyll | TV series (53 episodes: 1995-1998) | |
| 1999 | Doomwatch: Winter Angel | Jessica Tannahill | TV movie |
| 2000 | Holby City | Gina Turrell | TV series (1 episode: "Moving On") |
| 2001 | Doctors | Gemma Davies | TV series (1 episode: "No Smoke Without Fire") |
| 2003 | Girls in Love | Ellie Allard | TV series (27 episodes: 2003-2005) |
| 2005 | Murder in Suburbia | Lydia Blakeman | TV series (1 episode: "Witches") |
| Sugar Rush | Kim | TV series (20 episodes: 2005-2006) | |
| 2006 | My Family | Holly | TV series (1 episode: "Bliss for Idiots") |
| Torchwood | Emma | TV series (1 episode: "Out of Time") | |
| 2007 | Trial & Retribution | Charlotte Rodgers | TV series (1 episode: "Mirror Image: Part 1") |
| Casualty | Jade Dale | TV series (1 episode: "Lie to Me") | |
| 2008 | A Risk Worth Taking | Josie Porter | TV movie |
| Lark Rise to Candleford | Laura Timmins | TV series (40 episodes: 2008-2011) | |
| 2010 | Moving On | Ruth | TV series (1 episode: "Rules of the Game") |
| Jack Falls | Natasha | ||
| 2011 | Comedy Showcase: Chickens [7] | TV episode (1 episode, aired 02/09/11) |