Name: Olivia Burnette
Date of Birth: 24 March 1977 Olivia Burnette began her acting career at the tender age of 6. The most notable of her first acting jobs was in _Planes, Trains & Automobiles (1987)_ (qv) opposite comic superstar 'Steve Martin (I)' (qv). After several television appearances, Olivia was cast as the lead in the down-home series _"The Torkelsons" (1991)_ (qv), playing Dorothy Jane. Olivia continued her television career with a few television movies, before being cast in _The Quick and the Dead (1995)_ (qv), which allowed her to... work with such actors as 'Gene Hackman' (qv), 'Sharon Stone (I)' (qv) and 'Russell Crowe' (qv). Olivia continued her work on the big screen in _Eye for an Eye (1996)_ (qv) with director 'John Schlesinger (I)' (qv), and got the opportunity to play 'Sally Field' (qv)'s daughter as well as be brutalized in a controversial scene by 'Kiefer Sutherland' (qv). Determined to obtain a college degree, Olivia left Los Angeles to attend the prestigious NYU, Tisch School of the Arts. She graduated with not one but two majors: Film and English. After school, she was inspired to buy the rights to a novel and adapted it into a screenplay, which is currently being shopped. Most recently, Olivia has been seen in the hit television show _"CSI: NY" (2004)_ (qv) along with Oscar nominated 'Gary Sinise' (qv) and Emmy nominated 'Melina Kanakaredes' (qv), and in the naval drama _"Navy NCIS: Naval Criminal Investigative Service" (2003)_ (qv) with 'Mark Harmon (I)' (qv). Her most recent feature film entitled _Flourish (2006)_ (qv), which also stars 'Jennifer Morrison (II)' (qv) and 'Jesse Spencer (I)' (qv) from the hit Fox drama _"House M.D." (2004)_ (qv), premiered at the world renowned Cinequest Film Festival 2006, as well being screened at the Cannes Film Market in 2006. She currently resides in Southern California with her husband, singer/songwriter/producer 'Julian Sakata' (qv), and her five year old stepson, Rain.Read more Olivia Burnette movies (actor)User Comments |
