Olivia Scott Welch

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Olivia Scott Welch
Born
Hurst, Texas, U.S.
OccupationActress
Years active2009–present

Olivia Scott Welch, also known as Olivia Welch, is an American actress. She portrayed Samantha "Sam" Fraser in the Netflix horror film trilogy Fear Street and Heather Nill in the Prime Video series Panic .

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Life and career

Welch was born in the small suburb of Hurst, Texas, United States, between Dallas and Fort Worth, with movie-loving parents and grandparents, so she soon became interested in art and particularly acting. Welch has a younger sister.[ citation needed ]

At the age of 11, Welch was already taking her first acting classes and during high school, she traveled to Los Angeles on some occasions, participating in series such as Agent Carter and Modern Family . [1] [2] Eventually, after Welch's graduation, she settled in California to pursue a professional career. [3]

In 2019, Welch got the lead role of Sam Fraser in the film trilogy Fear Street, which premiered in July 2021 on Netflix; the story begins in 1994 and focuses on a group of teenagers tormented by a curse and a mystery of more than 300 years that haunts their town, in which current time Sam is persecuted by murderers from different times and Deena seeks to save her from that curse. [4] [5] Welch also starred in the television series Panic as Heather Nill, based on the novel of the same name by Lauren Oliver, which premiered on May 28, 2021, on Amazon Prime Video. [6] [7]

In August 2021, it was reported that Welch had been cast as the lead role in an upcoming film The Blue Rose as Detective Lilly, which is set in the 1950s and mixes various genres such as fiction and horror; the plot is around a pair of young detectives who during an investigation of a homicide case find themselves in a dark alternate reality. [8]

Filmography

Film

YearTitleRoleNotesRef(s)
2020 Shithouse Jess Malmquist
2021 Fear Street Part One: 1994 Samantha "Sam" FraserStreaming films
Fear Street Part Two: 1978
Fear Street Part Three: 1666 Samantha "Sam" Fraser / Hannah Miller
The Party SlasherWanderer
2022GodspeedYoung WomanShort film
2023 The Sacrifice Game Maisie [9]
Mia, IndeterminateMiaShort film
The Blue RoseDetective Lilly
2024Cheat MealEllieShortfilm

Television

YearTitleRoleNotes
2015–2016 Modern Family Olive2 episodes (Season 7)
2016 Agent Carter Teenage Agnes Cully Episode: "Smoke & Mirrors"
2019 Unbelievable Amelia2 episodes
2021 Panic Heather NillLead role, 10 episodes
2023 Lucky Hank Julie DevereauxMain cast

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