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Oliver James (actor)

Oliver James (birth name Oliver James Hutson), English actor born 1980, starred as Ian Wallace in What a Girl Wants (2003) and as Jay in Raise Your Voice (2004); retired from acting in 2012, now a psychotherapist in Guildford, England. Not the psychotherapist Oliver James born 1953.

Oliver Masucci

Oliver Masucci (born 1968, Stuttgart) is a German actor, Hitler in Er ist wieder da, Ulrich Nielsen in Dark, Fassbinder in Enfant Terrible; Deutscher Filmpreis 2021 winner.

Oliver Platt

Oliver Platt (born 1960, Windsor, Ontario) is a Canadian-born American character actor of stage, film, and TV, known for The Three Musketeers, The West Wing, Huff, Chicago Med's Dr. Charles, and The Bear, with five Emmy nominations and a Tony nomination.

Oliver Reed

Oliver Reed (Robert Oliver Reed, 1938–1999), English actor known for a macho image and hellraiser lifestyle; starred in Oliver!, Women in Love, The Devils, and Gladiator, dying in Malta mid-shoot.

Oliver Savell

Oliver Savell (born 2009) is an English child actor, also credited as Oliver Saville in some listings, known for Young Alan Carr in ITVX's Changing Ends, Belfast (2021), The Piper (2023), and the RTS Award-winning comedy performance.

Olivia Attwood

Olivia Jade Attwood (born 1991, London) is an English TV personality who found fame on Love Island series 3 in 2017 and now hosts ITV documentaries like Getting Filthy Rich and The Heat, distinct from other reality stars by her ITV presenter career.

Olivia Booth-Ford

Olivia Booth-Ford is an English actress born 2010, known for Janet Hodgson in Apple TV+'s The Enfield Poltergeist (2023), the title role in the Film4 short Joy (2021), Cayla in The School for Good and Evil, and Sara Grey in Spider-Man: Brand New Day (2026).

Olivia Bromley

Olivia Bromley (born 1995) is an English actress, an Oxford School of Drama graduate, best known as Dawn Taylor/Fletcher in ITV's Emmerdale (2018–2026, 803 episodes), leaving when the character died in a wedding-day crash storyline; also Here Be Dragons and The Eyes of Marge.

Olivia Cheng (Canadian actress)

Olivia Cheng (Olivia Sonya Cheng) is a Canadian actress from Edmonton, Alberta, known as Mei Lin in Marco Polo and Ah Toy in Warrior, and a 2023 Leo Award winner for Sheltering Season.

Olivia Colman

Olivia Colman (Sarah Caroline Olivia Colman, born 1974) is a British actress known for Peep Show, Broadchurch, The Night Manager, her Oscar-winning Queen Anne in The Favourite, and her Emmy-winning Queen Elizabeth II in The Crown.

Olivia Cooke

Olivia Cooke, British actress from Oldham, Greater Manchester; Emma Decody in Bates Motel, Alicent Hightower in House of the Dragon, Sid Baker in Slow Horses; films include Me and Earl and the Dying Girl, Ready Player One, Sound of Metal.

Olivia d'Abo

Olivia d'Abo (born 1969, London) is an English actress and singer-songwriter, daughter of Manfred Mann's Mike d'Abo, known for Karen Arnold on The Wonder Years, Nicole Wallace on Law & Order: Criminal Intent, and voice roles in Star Wars and Tarzan.

Olivia de Havilland

Olivia de Havilland (1916–2020), Tokyo-born British-American actress, two-time Best Actress Oscar winner (To Each His Own, The Heiress), Melanie in Gone with the Wind, and winner of the 1944 Warner Bros. contract lawsuit that reshaped Hollywood.

Olivia DeJonge

Olivia DeJonge (born 1998, Melbourne) is an Australian actress raised in Perth, known for The Visit, Better Watch Out, The Staircase, and as Priscilla Presley in Baz Luhrmann's Elvis (2022), later starring as Ella in The Narrow Road to the Deep North.

Olivia Holt

Olivia Holt (Olivia Hastings Holt), American actress and singer born 1997, known for Kickin' It, Cloak & Dagger, Cruel Summer, Heart Eyes, and Broadway's Chicago and Just in Time.

Olivia Hussey

Olivia Hussey (Olivia Osuna, 1951-2024) was an Argentine-born British actress, best known as Juliet in Franco Zeffirelli's 1968 Romeo and Juliet; she later played Mary in Jesus of Nazareth, starred in Black Christmas, and won a 1969 Golden Globe.

Olivia Lua

Olivia Lua (Olivia Voltaire), American adult film performer born 1994 in Philadelphia, active from 2016 with Reality Kings, Vixen.com and Mofos; died January 2018 at 23 of a drug overdose in a West Hollywood rehab facility.

Olivia Munn

Olivia Munn (Lisa Olivia Munn, born 1980) is an American actor and host known for Attack of the Show!, The Newsroom's Sloan Sabbith, and X-Men: Apocalypse's Psylocke; also a breast cancer advocate married to John Mulaney.

Olivia Nova

Olivia Nova, stage name of Lexi Rose Forte (1997–2018), was an American pornographic actress from Coon Rapids, Minnesota, active from March 2017 with LA Direct Models; she died in Las Vegas aged 20, the fourth performer death in three months.

Olivia Olson

Olivia Olson (born 1992) is an American actress, singer-songwriter, and screenwriter, the voice of Marceline the Vampire Queen on Adventure Time and Vanessa Doofenshmirtz on Phineas and Ferb, who played Joanna singing "All I Want for Christmas Is You" in Love Actually (2003).

Olivia Ross

Olivia Ross, French-British actress born 1992 in Paris, Guildhall-trained, Globe Theatre Shakespeare roles; known for Knightfall, The Old Guard, The Universal Theory, White Bird; distinct from Olivia Grey Ross and other namesakes.

Olivia Sanabia

Olivia Sanabia (Olivia Shae Sanabia), American actress and singer-songwriter born 2003 in Corona, California; starred as Kelly Quinn in Amazon's Just Add Magic and Charlotte Wrather in Disney Channel's Coop & Cami Ask the World.

Olivia Thirlby

Olivia Thirlby (born 1986) is an American actress from New York City, trained at American Globe Theatre and RADA, known for Leah in Juno (2007), Stephanie in The Wackness, Judge Anderson in Dredd (2012), Hero in Y: The Last Man, and CJ Ryan in Fire Country.

Olivia Wilde

Olivia Wilde (Olivia Jane Cockburn, born 1984) is an American actress and director known for House, Booksmart (2019), Don't Worry Darling (2022, 38% RT), and The Invite (2026, 97% RT).

Olivia Williams

Olivia Williams (Olivia Haigh Williams), English actress born 1968 in North London; RSC-trained Cambridge graduate cast by Kevin Costner in The Postman, known for Rushmore, The Sixth Sense, The Crown's Camilla, and Dune: Prophecy's Tula Harkonnen.

Olivier Martinez

Olivier Martinez (born 1966, Paris) is a French actor, César Most Promising Actor 1994 for Un, deux, trois, soleil, known for Le Hussard sur le toit, Before Night Falls, Unfaithful, and S.W.A.T., and for his marriage to and 2026 custody suit against Halle Berry.

Olivier Richters

Olivier Richters, The Dutch Giant, born 1989 in Hilversum, is a 2.18 m Dutch actor and Guinness-certified tallest professional bodybuilder; roles include Hauke in Indiana Jones, Krom in Borderlands, Paulie in Reacher, and Zangief in Street Fighter (2026).

Olly Rix

Olly Rix (Oliver Rix, born 1985) is a British actor, LAMDA-trained and an RSC Cardenio debutant, known for Matthew Aylward in Call the Midwife, Edward Stafford in The Spanish Princess, and Flynn Byron in Casualty from 2025.

Olof Thunberg

Olof Thunberg (Fritz-Olof Thunberg), Swedish actor and director (1925–2020), grandfather of Greta Thunberg; narrator of Bamse, Swedish voice of Shere Khan, radio's Mannen i svart.

Olu Jacobs

Olu Jacobs (Oludotun Baiyewu Jacobs, MFR, 1942–2026), Nigerian actor trained at RADA; British TV and films like The Dogs of War; Nollywood patriarch known as the "Igwe of Nollywood"; co-founded Lufodo with Joke Silva.