Olivia Hallinan

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Olivia Hallinan
Born (1986-01-20) 20 January 1986 (age 38)
Hounslow [ citation needed ], London, England
OccupationActress
Years active1991–present
SpouseCharles Smith
ChildrenElòra Smith

Olivia Hallinan (born 20 January 1986)[ citation needed ] is a British actress best known for her role as Laura Timmins in the BBC TV series Lark Rise to Candleford and also as Kim in the Channel 4 drama Sugar Rush. She also starred as Ellie in Girls in Love .

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Biography

Hallinan is from Twickenham, West London, and is the second youngest of four sisters. Olivia Hallinan began training at her mother's Saturday drama school All Expressions in Teddington when she was 11, and then went on to professional acting. [1] After attending St Catherine's School in Twickenham, and Notting Hill & Ealing High School, in Ealing, Hallinan went on to study English and Drama at the University of Manchester. [2]

In 2020 Olivia Hallinan confirmed she was in a relationship with Charlie Smith. They live in Windsor, Berkshire and have a child together (born May 2021). In July 2024, they announced they were expecting a second child, a son.

Acting career

Hallinan has appeared in over 100 productions since the age of seven. Her first professional role was playing alongside Cilla Black in a 1991 production of Jack and the Beanstalk. Since then, she has appeared in theatre, radio, film and on television shows including The Bill , Holby City , My Family , Julia Jekyll and Harriet Hyde and Granada TV's, Girls in Love . At the end of her first year at the University of Manchester, Hallinan appeared in the first of two series of the cult TV drama Sugar Rush for Channel 4, based on the Julie Burchill novel. [3] [4] On 9 June 2007, Hallinan was a speaker at the Stonewall Gay Youth Conference, talking about playing a lesbian character in Sugar Rush .

While at Manchester, Hallinan was actively involved in student drama. In 2006, her final year of her degree, she starred in Nicola Schofield's new play, Wake Me Later. [5] That same year she played Emma in the Torchwood episode Out of Time, appeared in an episode of Trial and Retribution, and played a character in Radio 4's dramatisation of Marguerite Duras's erotic novel The Lover , broadcast between 3 and 7 September 2007. She starred as Laura Timmins in the BBC production Lark Rise to Candleford which first aired on Sunday 13 January 2008, appearing in all four series. [6]

Hallinan was named one of the 2008 UK Stars of Tomorrow in Screen International, a prestigious industry publication that highlights the hottest up and coming actors and filmmakers. A-List actors Tom Hiddleston, Michelle Dockery, Dev Patel, Claire Foy, Carey Mulligan, Aaron Taylor-Johnson and Gugu Mbatha-Raw were among this coveted list alongside Hallinan this same year. [7] 2011 saw her film debut as she starred in the British film noir Jack Falls as Natasha.[ citation needed ]

In 2011 Hallinan starred in Precious Little Talent written by Ella Hickson and directed by James Dacre at Trafalgar Studios theatre in London's West End. In December 2011 Hallinan played the role of Justine in Lucinda Coxon's play "Herding Cats" at the Hampstead Theatre, London, a role she previously played at the Ustinov Studio, Bath in December 2010. In 2013, she starred as Marianne Dashwood in Helen Edmundson's BBC Radio 4 adaptation of Jane Austen's Sense and Sensibility . [8] In 2014 Hallinan appeared in Lotty's War (written by Giuliano Crispini and directed by Bruce Guthrie) at the Yvonne Arnaud Theatre, Guildford, before touring the UK. [9] [10]

Filmography

Year(s)FilmRoleNotes
1994Das sprechende GrabPoppi
Mole's ChristmasVoiceTV movie
Just William Susie ChambersTV series, Episode: “William’s Birthday”
1995The Adventures of MoleVoiceTV movie
1995–1998 Julia Jekyll and Harriet Hyde Julia Jekyll/Voice of Harriet HydeTV series (53 episodes)
1999Doomwatch: Winter AngelJessica TannahillTV movie
2000 Holby City Gina TurrellTV series, Episode: "Moving On"
2001 Doctors Gemma DaviesTV series, Episode: "No Smoke Without Fire"
2003–2005 Girls in Love Ellie AllardTV series (27 episodes)
2005 Murder in Suburbia Lydia BlakemanTV series, Episode: "Witches"
2005–2006 Sugar Rush KimTV series (20 episodes)
2006 My Family HollyTV series, Episode: "Bliss for Idiots"
Torchwood EmmaTV series, Episode: "Out of Time"
2007Lynda La Plante’s Trial & Retribution Charlotte RodgersTV series, Episode: "Mirror Image: Part 1"
Casualty Jade DaleTV series, Episode: "Lie to Me"
2008A Risk Worth TakingJosie PorterTV movie
2008–2011 Lark Rise to Candleford Laura TimminsTV series (40 episodes)
2010 Moving On RuthTV series (1 episode: "Rules of the Game")
Jack Falls Natasha
2011–2013 Comedy Showcase: Chickens [11] Gwyneth/Gwyneth KnappetTV series “Pilot” (2011), “Masculinity” (2013)
2012 The Paradise Mrs Jocelin BrookmireTV episode (1 episode, aired 2 October 2012)
2014Love By DesignClaire
2018DoctorsCarrie BennetTV series, Episode: “Every Move You Make”
2018Albert: The Power Behind VictoriaQueen VictoriaPost-production
2018The Dead OnesAlexPost-production
2019 Father Brown Barbara NormanTV series, season 7, episode 1: “The Great Train Robbery”

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References

  1. ↑ Why life's a beach for Olivia, Manchester Evening News, 15 June 2006.
  2. ↑ Student's lead role in lesbian TV drama, Manchester Evening News, 8 June 2005.
  3. ↑ Sugar Rush Interview – Part 1 Archived 8 August 2016 at the Wayback Machine , LoveGirls.co.uk. Retrieved 30 June 2016.
  4. ↑ Sweet talk [ dead link ], The Daily Telegraph, 4 June 2006.
  5. ↑ Lesbian drama star joins Manchester play, PinkNews.co.uk, 14 June 2006.
  6. ↑ Olivia Hallinan to play Laura Timmins in Lark Rise to Candleford, BBC, 17 December 2007
  7. ↑ staff2017-06-14T14:59:00+01:00, Screen. "Screen Stars of Tomorrow 2008". Screen. Retrieved 15 July 2022.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  8. ↑ "Sense and Sensibility".
  9. ↑ Cheesman, Neil (11 August 2014). "LOTTY'S WAR Starring Olivia Hallinan, Mark Letheren and Adam Gillen". londontheatre1.com. Retrieved 10 December 2014.
  10. ↑ Shryhane, Geoffrey (8 October 2014). "THEATRE REVIEWS – Lotty's War". wigantoday.net. Archived from the original on 10 December 2014. Retrieved 10 December 2014.
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