Olivia d'Abo

Olivia d'Abo
d'Abo in 2010
Born	Olivia Jane d'Abo 22 January 1969 (1969-01-22) (age 42) Paddington, London, England, United Kingdom
Occupation	Actress, singer, songwriter
Years active	1984–present
Spouse	Patrick Leonard (1995-present) 1 child
Website
http://www.oliviadabo.net/

Olivia d'Abo ( /ˈdɑːboʊ/; born 22 January 1969)^[1] is an English actress and singer-songwriter, best known for portraying Karen Arnold in The Wonder Years and Nicole Wallace, the recurring villain in Law & Order: Criminal Intent.

Acting career

D'Abo's film debut was in the supporting role of Princess Jehnna in Conan the Destroyer, released in June 1984.^[2] Just two months later,^[3] she also appeared topless aged 15 in the supporting role of the peasant girl Paloma in Bolero.

From 1988, d'Abo 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 villain 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, the 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), The Big Green, 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 dubs the voices of Star Sapphire and Morgaine le Fey in Justice League (2001) and Justice League Unlimited (2004); Tak in Invader Zim (2001–2002); Jedi Master Luminara Unduli in Star Wars: The Clone Wars (2008); Carol Ferris in Green Lantern: First Flight (2009) and Sonya Blade in Mortal Kombat: Defenders of the Realm (1996).

Musical career

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

Her debut album Not TV^{[4][dead link]} includes these songs:

• 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 co-wrote the song Love Comes from the Inside for the Italian singer Laura Pausini, which was featured on Pausini's English-language debut From the Inside.

Personal life

Olivia D'Abo was born in London, United Kingdom, the daughter of Maggie London, a model and actress, and Mike d'Abo, a singer and member of Manfred Mann.^[6] She has three brothers and one half-sister: elder brother Ben, younger half-brother Bruno, and younger sibling twins Ella and Louis (born July 2007) on her father's side. Olivia and Ben both attended high school in the US at Los Feliz Hills School (formerly "The Apple School") in Los Angeles and Olivia attended Pacoima Jr High School in Pacoima, California.^[5]

She 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. 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. She was engaged to the singer Julian Lennon^[7].

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)
• The Single Guy (1995)
• Mortal Kombat: Defenders of the Realm as Sonya Blade (voice only) (1996)
• Adventures from the Book of Virtues (1998)
• The Wild Thornberries (1998)
• Fantasy Island (1998)
• Batman Beyond (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 (2001–2003)
• Law & Order: Criminal Intent as Nicole Wallace (5 episodes, 2002–2008)
• Justice League/Justice League Unlimited (voice only) (2002–2005)
• The Twilight Zone (2002)
• Alias as Emma Wallace (Double Agent, Season 2 Episode 14, 2003)
• Eureka (2007)
• Star Wars: The Clone Wars as Luminara Unduli (2008–present)
• Green Lantern: First Flight as Carol Ferris (voice only) (2009)
• Justice League: Doom as Star Sapphire (2012)

Filmography

• Conan the Destroyer (1984)
• Bolero (1984)
• Flying (1986)
• Bullies (1986)
• The Mission...Kill (1987)
• Into the Fire (1988)
• Beyond the Stars (1989)
• Really Weird Tales (1987)
• Crash Course (1988)
• 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: The Movie (1999)
• Jonni Nitro (1999)
• It Had to Be You (2000)
• The Enemy (2001)
• The Triangle (2001)
• Tarzan & Jane (2002)
• The Animatrix (2003)
• Matriculated (The Animatrix) (2003)
• Imagine Me & 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 Narrator
• A Poor Kid's Guide to Success (2008) (completed) as Lisa Mae

Theater

• It's a Girl musical in Los Angeles Theatre
• Scenes of an Execution at the Mark Taper Forum with Frank Langella and Juliet Stevenson
• The Odd Couple (fall 2005-spring 2006) as Gwendolyn Pigeon in Broadway (The Brooks Atkinson Theatre) by Neil Simon directed by Joe Mantello with Matthew Broderick, Brad Garrett and Jessica Stone.
• Cyrano de Bergerac (December 2010-January 2011) at the Ruskin Theatre by Stephanie Forshee as Roxane.

References

1. ^ a. 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. Lists Olivia Jane d'Abo on the index of births registered in Jan–Mar. 1969.
   b. Olivia d'Abo Official Site Bio
2. ^ Conan release info at IMDB
3. ^ Bolero release info at IMDB
4. ^ ^{a b} Not TV album blurb at Inner Knot
5. ^ ^{a b} Olivia d'Abo - Biography at IMDB
6. ^ Olivia d'Abo Biography at FilmReference.com
7. ^ http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-2057764/John-Lennons-son-Julian-fears-Yoko-Ono-Paul-McCartney-trying-obliterate-history.html

External links

• Official website
• Olivia d'Abo at the Internet Movie Database
• Olivia d'Abo at AllRovi
• Olivia d'Abo at Memory Alpha (a Star Trek wiki)

Persondata
Name	d'Abo, Olivia
Alternative names
Short description	Actress, singer, songwriter
Date of birth	22 January 1969
Place of birth	Paddington, London, England, UK
Date of death
Place of death