Olivia was born and raised in New Zealand, where she began her performing career at a young age. She started with tap dancing at the age of four, following in her sister's footsteps. Three years later, she discovered her passion for acting and went on to appear in various local and international screen productions.
Her early career included guest and supporting roles in both New Zealand and international productions, including a small speaking part in Peter Jackson's "The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers". She later landed the role of Tuesday Warner on "Shortland Street" in 2007 and 2008, and then went on to play the role of Dr. K on "Power Rangers RPM" in 2009.
After graduating from secondary school, Olivia continued to land roles in hit New Zealand shows such as "The Almighty Johnsons" (2011) and "Underbelly NZ: Land of the Long Green Cloud" (2011). She also began performing on stage professionally, appearing in major New Zealand productions of works like William Shakespeare's "Othello" as Emilia (2011) and a musical adaptation of "The Wizard of Oz" as Dorothy (2011).
In 2013, Olivia moved to Los Angeles, CA to film the independent horror film "Blood Punch", which premiered at the 20th annual Austin Film Festival and received an Audience Award. Since then, she has appeared in several smaller screen productions and has done voiceover work, narrating Megan McCafferty's "Jessica Darling's It List" (2013) and the interactive storybook "My Friend Barlow" (2013).
In November 2013, Olivia returned to New Zealand to begin rehearsals for the innovative stage play "360: A Theatre of Recollections" (2014),where she reprised her role as the Sister to critical acclaim. She has also appeared in the New Zealand miniseries "When We Go To War" (2015) which chronicles New Zealand's involvement in World War I, along with the web series "Jiwi's Machines" (2015).
She has also produced her own web series entitled "Dancing in Small Spaces" (2014 - 2015). Olivia can be seen in the jointly-produced NZ/Australian show "800 Words" (2015) as Siouxsie McNamara, the daughter of plucky realtor Monty (Jonathan Brough).
Olivia currently resides in Auckland and is enrolled in university majoring in speech therapy, while working in commercial dance and continuing her acting and dancing pursuits. She was previously married to Milo Cawthorne (Ziggy from "Power Rangers RPM") in 2013, but the couple have since parted ways.
