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Olivia Hallinan Born Olivia Hallinan
20 January 1984
Hounslow, EnglandOccupation 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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Biography
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]
Acting career
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.
Filmography
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) References
- ^ Why life's a beach for Olivia Manchester Evening News -15 June 2006
- ^ Student's lead role in lesbian TV drama Manchester Evening News - 8 June 2005
- ^ Sugar Rush Interview - Part 1 LoveGirls.co.uk
- ^ Sweet talk Telegraph - 4 June 2006
- ^ Lesbian drama star joins Manchester play PinkNews.co.uk - 14-June-2006
- ^ Olivia Hallinan plays Laura Timmins BBC Press Office: Lark Rise To Candleford - 17 December 2007
- ^ "Channel 4 Comedy Showcase: Chickens". Channel 4 press release. 2011-08-19. http://www.channel4.com/info/press/programme-information/comedy-showcase-chickens. Retrieved 2011-09-02.
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Categories:- 1984 births
- People from Hounslow
- Living people
- English television actors
- English radio actors
- Alumni of the University of Manchester
- People educated at Notting Hill & Ealing High School
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