Olivia d'Abo Biography

Olivia Jane d'Abo (born 22 January 1969) is an English-American actress and singer/songwriter, best known for portraying the rebellious teenage sister Karen Arnold in The Wonder Years and recurring villain Nicole Wallace in Law & Order: Criminal Intent.

Early life

Olivia D'Abo was born in London, England, the daughter of Maggie London, a model and actress, and Mike d'Abo, a singer and member of 1960s group Manfred Mann. She has an older brother, as well as two half-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 Junior High School in Pacoima, California.

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.

Career

Acting career

D'Abo's film debut was in the supporting role of Princess Jehnna in Conan the Destroyer, released in June 1984. Just two months later, 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 programmes and films, 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 is the voices of Melanie Walker/Ten in Batman Beyond (1999-2000), Star Sapphire in Justice League (2001) and Morgaine le Fey in Justice League Unlimited (2004); Tak in Invader Zim (2001"02); Jane Porter in The Legend of Tarzan; Jedi Master Luminara Unduli in Star Wars: The Clone Wars (2008); Carol Ferris in Green Lantern: First Flight (2009); Sonya Blade in Mortal Kombat: Defenders of the Realm (1996); and Natalia Romanoff in Ultimate Avengers and Ultimate Avengers 2: Rise of the Black Panther (both 2006).

In February 2013, d'Abo began filming for Project Fedora (working title), a video game that combines live-action footage with 3D graphics.

Musical career

Olivia d'Abo is a singer-songwriter, guitarist and pianist. She has composed and performed for various soundtracks. Her single "Broken" is from the movie "Loving Annabelle".

Her debut album Not TV 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, 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

D'Abo 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. Olivia later married music producer and songwriter Patrick Leonard in August 2002. Leonard filed for divorce at Los Angeles County Superior Court in November 2012, citing irreconcilable differences, and revealing the couple had separated in August 2011. She has one child, Oliver William D'Abo, born 11 November 1995. D'Abo also wrote and performed the title theme to Jonni Nitro. She was engaged to the singer Julian Lennon.

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1984	Conan the Destroyer	Princess Jehnna
1984	Bolero	Paloma
1986	Flying	Robin Crew
1986	Mission Kill	Rebel Girl
1986	Bullies	Becky Cullen
1988	'	Liette
1989	Beyond the Stars	Mara Simons
1989	Another Chance
1990	'	Chanel-6
1993	Point of No Return	Angela
1993	Bank Robber	Selina
1993	Wayne's World 2	Betty Jo
1994	'	Charlotte Zwicki
1994	Greedy	Molly Richardson
1994	Clean Slate	Judy
1994	Pom Poko	Koharu (voice)
1995	'	Miss Anna Montgomery
1995	Kicking and Screaming	Jane
1995	Live Nude Girls	Chris
1997	Hacks	Lynn
1998	'	Veronica
1999	Soccer Dog: The Movie	Elena
1999	'	Charlotte
1999	Seven Girlfriends	Hannah
2000	Jonni Nitro	Jonni Nitro
2000	It Had to Be You	Tracy Meltempi
2001	'	Sgt. Penny Johnson
2002	Tarzan & Jane	Jane Porter (voice)
2003	'	Rox (voice)	Segment: "Matriculated"
2006	Ultimate Avengers	Black Widow (Natalia Romanova) (voice)	Video
2006	Ultimate Avengers 2	Black Widow (Natalia Romanova) (voice)	Video
2007	Dante's Inferno	Beatrice (voice)
2007	'	Lisa Maerd
2008	'	Narrator	Short film
2009	Green Lantern: First Flight	Carol Ferris (voice)	Video
2012	Justice League: Doom	Star Sapphire (voice)	Video
2012	Nuclear Family	Dr. Hughes
2013	Impirioso	Luccia Rosso
2013	Paganini: The Devil's Violinist	Primrose Blackstone	Post-production

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1985	Not My Kid		TV film
1985	Growing Pains	Wendy	Episode: "Superdad"
1986	Growing Pains	Terry	Episode: "Employee of the Month"
1987	One Big Family	Joy Fairbanks	Episode: "Joy to the Hattons"
1987	Really Weird Tales	Tippy	TV film
1988	Simon & Simon	Allison Tyner / Angel	Episode: "Shadows"
1988	Crash Course	Maria Abeja	TV film
1988	Tour of Duty	Leslie	Episode: "Soldiers"
1988	'	Terri Avila	Episode: "Behind Closed Doors"
1988-1993	'	Karen Arnold	Regular role (84 episodes)
1991	'	Vesta / Jasmine / Lady Ilene (voice)	Episodes: "The Tree", "The Secret of Perilous Garde"
1992	Midnight's Child	Anna Bergman	TV film
1992	Star Trek: The Next Generation	Amanda Rogers	Episode: "True Q"
1993	For Love and Glory	Emily Doyle	TV film
1995	'	Deliah	Episode: "Pilot"
1996	Mortal Kombat: Defenders of the Realm	Sonya Blade (voice)	Main role (13 episodes)
1997	Dad's Week Off	Cherice	TV film
1997	'	Marie	Episode: "Vegas Finale"
1998	Adventures from the Book of Virtues	Anne Sullivan (voice)	Episode: "Patience"
1998	'	Jao (voice)	Episode: "Only Child"
1998	Fantasy Island	Florence Jenkins	Episode: "Secret Self"
1999	Batman Beyond: Return of the Joker	Ten / Melanie Walker (voice)	TV film
1999	Party of Five	Perry Marks	Episodes: "Fragile", "I'll Show You Mine", "Haunted"
1999	Batman Beyond	Ten / Melanie Walker (voice)	Episodes: "Dead Man's Hand", "Once Burned"
2000	Batman Beyond	Ten / Melanie Walker (voice)	Episode: "King's Ransom"
2000	3rd Rock from the Sun	Andrea	Episode: "Dick Solomon's Day Off"
2001	'	Allison Wright	Episodes: "The Arrival", "A Tree Falls in Manhattan", "Wife with Mikey"
2001-2003	'	Jane Porter (voice)	Regular role (35 episodes)
2002	'	Shannon	Episodes: "The Lineman: Parts 1 & 2"
2002	Invader Zim	Tak (voice)	Episode: "TAK: The Hideous New Girl"
2002	Law & Order: Criminal Intent	Elizabeth Hitchens / Nicole Wallace	Episode: "Anti-Thesis"
2002	Justice League	Star Stapphire / Morgaine le Fey / Model (voice)	Recurring role (6 episodes)
2003	Alias	Emma Wallace	Episode: "Double Agent"
2003	Law & Order: Criminal Intent	Elizabeth Hitchens / Nicole Wallace	Episode: "A Person of Interest"
2004	Law & Order: Criminal Intent	Elizabeth Hitchens / Nicole Wallace	Episode: "Great Barrier"
2004	Justice League Unlimited	Morgaine le Fey (voice)	Episode: "Kid Stuff"
2005	Law & Order: Criminal Intent	Nicole Wallace	Episode: "Grow"
2006	Invader Zim	Tak's Computer / Ship (voice)	Episodes: "Backseat Drivers from Beyond the Stars", "The Girl Who Cried Gnome/Dibship Rising"
2007	Eureka	Dr. Abby Carter	Episodes: "Unpredictable", "Games People Play"
2008	Law & Order: Criminal Intent	Nicole Wallace	Episode: "Frame"
2008-2009	Star Wars: The Clone Wars	Luminara Unduli (voice)	Recurring role (7 episodes)
2010	Batman: The Brave and the Bold	Elasti-Girl (voice)	Episode: "The Last Patrol!"
2011	Generator Rex	Five (voice)	Episodes: "Divided by Six", "A Family Holiday", "Six Minus Six"
2011	We Have Your Husband	Olivia	TV film
2013	Jo	Madeleine Haynes	Episode: "The Catacombes"

Video games

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1997	Titanic Explorer	Various
2005	Medal of Honor: European Assault	Manon du Champs
2005	Neopets: The Darkest Faerie	Jerdana / Aisha Peasant
2009	Star Wars: The Clone Wars - Republic Heroes	Luminara Unduli
2011	Green Lantern: Rise of the Manhunters	Queen Aga'po

Theatre

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1990	It's a Girl	Linda Bragg	Odyssey Theatre
1993	Scenes from an Execution	Supporta	Mark Taper Forum
2005-2006	'	Gwendolyn Pigeon	Brooks Atkinson Theatre
2010	It's Just Sex	Joan	Two Roads Theatre
2010-2011	Cyrano de Bergerac	Roxane	Ruskin Theatre
2011	Entertaining Mr. Sloane	Kath	The Actor's Company