Olivia Burnette

Olivia Burnette

actress, producer

Olivia Burnette was born on Mar 24, 1977 in USA. Olivia Burnette's big-screen debut came with Planes, Trains & Automobiles directed by John Hughes in 1987. Olivia Burnette is known for The Gift of Love directed by Paul Bogart, Andy Griffith stars as Phil Doucet and Blair Brown as Helen Porter. The upcoming new movie Olivia Burnette plays is Flourish which will be released on Nov 14, 2006.

Olivia Burnette began her acting career at the tender age of 6. The most notable of her first acting jobs was in Un ticket pour deux (1987) opposite comic superstar Steve Martin.After several television appearances, Olivia was cast as the lead in the down-home series The Torkelsons (1991), playing Dorothy Jane.Olivia continued her television career with a few television movies, before being cast in Mort ou vif (1995), which allowed her to work with such actors as Gene Hackman, Sharon Stone and Russell Crowe.Olivia continued her work on the big screen in Au-delà des lois (1996) with director John Schlesinger, and got the opportunity to play Sally Field's daughter as well as be brutalized in a controversial scene by Kiefer Sutherland.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 Les experts: Manhattan (2004) along with Oscar nominated Gary Sinise and Emmy nominated Melina Kanakaredes, and in the naval drama NCIS: Enquêtes spéciales (2003) with Mark Harmon.Her most recent feature film entitled Flourish (2006), which also stars Jennifer Morrison and Jesse Spencer from the hit Fox drama Dr House (2004), 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, and her five year old stepson, Rain.

  • Birthday

    Mar 24, 1977
  • Place of Birth

    San Clemente, California, USA
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