Olivia Llewellyn

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Olivia Llewellyn
Born1980 (age 4344)
England
Alma mater London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art
OccupationActress
Years active2005–present
Parents
Relatives Gabriella Wilde (maternal half-sister)
Website Olivia Llewellyn

Olivia Anna Cristina Llewellyn (born 1980 [1] ) is an English actress, best known for her television appearances portraying Isabel Danforth in The Lizzie Borden Chronicles and Mina Harker in Penny Dreadful .

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Career

Trained at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art, [2] Llewellyn appeared in supporting roles in several television series and films before portraying Mina Harker in the Showtime series Penny Dreadful in 2014 and 2015, [3] [4] and Isabel Danforth in the Lifetime series The Lizzie Borden Chronicles in 2015. [5]

Llewellyn has appeared onstage as Flaminia in Timon of Athens with the Royal National Theatre, as Luciana in The Comedy of Errors with the Royal Shakespeare Company and as Cecile De Volanges Les Liaisons dangereuses at the Playhouse Theatre in the West End. [2]

Filmography

YearProjectRoleNotesRef.
2005Beethoven Josephine Deym TV miniseries [2]
2008 Midsomer Murders HelenTV series/Episode: "Blood Wedding" [2]
2009 The Boat That Rocked (aka Pirate Radio)MargaretFilm [2] [3]
2009 Kingdom MoonbeamTV series/Episode 3.6 [2]
2011 Dimensions AnnieFilm [2]
2011Enchantress (aka The Death of Merlin)VivianeFilm [2]
2013 Doctors Renata WickerTV soap opera/Episode: "Mother's Choice" [6]
2013 Lucan KikiTV movie [7]
2014, 2015 Penny Dreadful Mina Harker TV series/10 episodes [3] [4]
2015 The Musketeers Lucie De FoixTV series/Episode: "Keep Your Friends Close" [8]
2015 Call the Midwife Colette WimbishTV series/Episode 4.1 [9] [10]
2015 The Lizzie Borden Chronicles Isabel DanforthTV series/5 episodes [5]
2016 Casualty Verity BarrattTV series/Episode: "Survivors"

Personal life

Born in 1980, Llewellyn is the daughter of Sir David St Vincent "Dai" Llewellyn, 4th Baronet and Vanessa Hubbard. She has a younger sister, Arabella (born 1983). [11] Llewellyn also has several half- and step-siblings, including actresses Gabriella Wilde and Isabella Calthorpe.[ citation needed ]

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