Olivia (dog)

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Olivia (born 2015) is an American West Highland White Terrier dog actress best known for her roles in films like Widows and Game Night, both released in 2018. [1]

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Career

Olivia is represented by Animal Casting Atlanta. [2]

Her first screen appearance was in Netflix's Insatiable , which premiered in 2018. [3]

In Game Night, Olivia played a male dog named Bastian. [4] On the set of Widows, Olivia was given her own trailer and groomers. She played a female dog also named Olivia. [5] [6]

She has received praise from Viola Davis for her work in Widows: "I don't own a dog in life, so I was [complaining] like, 'I've gotta work with a dog. What if the dog licks me? Dogs are nasty and disgusting.' Within the first five minutes, I'm kissing the dog, I'm holding the dog, the dog was on my chest. I love that dog, and she came to me so easily." [7]

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