Olivia Taylor Dudley

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Olivia Taylor Dudley
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Dudley in 2018
Born (1985-11-04) November 4, 1985 (age 38)
OccupationActress
Years active2007–present

Olivia Taylor Dudley (born November 4, 1985) [1] is an American actress. She is known for her horror film roles such as Chernobyl Diaries (2012), The Vatican Tapes (2015) and Paranormal Activity: The Ghost Dimension (2015), for her television roles such as the Syfy fantasy series The Magicians , and for her work in the internet sketch group 5-Second Films. [2]

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Early life

Dudley was born in Morro Bay, California to Jim Dudley and Saundra Dudley. [3] [4] she moved to Los Angeles when she was 17 and has been acting ever since.

Career

Dudley earned her first major film role in the 2012 thriller Chernobyl Diaries . [5] [6] [7] [8] In 2013, she was cast in the 2015 demonic possession drama film The Vatican Tapes playing the possession victim Angela Holmes; [9] [10] Dudley's portrayal in the film earned positive notice from The New York Times reviewer Nicolas Rapold. [11] Dudley's other notable movies include Chillerama , Paranormal Activity: The Ghost Dimension , [12] Dumbbells , The Barber , [13] and Dude Bro Party Massacre III .

Dudley's television roles include appearances on CSI: Miami and Arrested Development . In August 2015, she earned the regular role of Alice in Syfy's drama fantasy series The Magicians . [14] [15] [16] [17] In mid 2016, Dudley guest-starred opposite David Duchovny in the second season of NBC's Aquarius .

Filmography

Film roles
YearTitleRoleNotes
2007 The Anna Nicole Smith Story Danceras Olivia Dudley
2008Remembering PhilSusie's Girlfriendas Olivia Dudley
2011Birds of a FeatherReality Girl #5as Olivia Dudley
2011 Chillerama Nurse Unger / LauraSegments: "Wadzilla" / "Zom-B-Movie"; as Olivia Dudley
2012 Chernobyl Diaries Natalie
2014 Dumbbells Heatheras Olivia Dudley
2014 Transcendence Groupie
2014 The Barber Kellias Olivia Dudley
2015AppletonGracieas Olivia Dudley
2015 Dude Bro Party Massacre III Motherface
2015 The Vatican Tapes Angela
2015 Paranormal Activity: The Ghost Dimension Skyler
2019Where We Go From HereElena Peterson
2020 She Dies Tomorrow Erin [18]
2022CrawlspaceCarrie
2023Onyx the Fortuitous and the Talisman of SoulsFarrahAlso producer
Television roles
YearTitleRoleNotes
2011 NCIS Jancey GilroyEpisode: "Freedom"
2011–2012 CSI: Miami Elizabeth ClarkEpisodes: "Look Who's Taunting", "Dead Ringer", "Rest in Pieces"
2012 Don't Trust the B---- in Apartment 23 KatarinaEpisode: "A Weekend in the Hamptons..."
2013 The Mindy Project Tattoo GirlEpisode: "The One That Got Away"; as Kolivia Taylor Dudley
2013 Arrested Development RoseEpisode: "It Gets Better"
2013–2014Uproxx VideoVariousWeb series; 8 episodes
2015 The Comedians BaristaEpisodes: Pilot, "Celebrity Guest", "Charity"
2015–2020 The Magicians Alice QuinnMain role
2016 Aquarius Billie GundersonRecurring role, 5 episodes
2017 Curb Your Enthusiasm Female SwingerEpisode: "Fatwa!"
2021–2023 Nancy Drew Charity Hudson DowRecurring role (season 3)

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  2. "About Us · 5-Second Films". 5secondfilms.com.
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  5. Rebecca Keegan (March 21, 2012). "'Chernobyl Diaries' mines nuclear disaster for horror thrills". Los Angeles Times . Retrieved 2016-06-04. "Ever heard of Chernobyl?" an American tourist (Jonathan Sadowski) asks his friends in the new trailer for the upcoming horror movie "Chernobyl Diaries." "It's where the nook-yoo-ler disaster happened," answers a fellow traveler (Olivia Dudley).
  6. Rebecca Keegan (May 25, 2012). "'Chernobyl Diaries': Horror movie and travel book depict extreme tourism". Los Angeles Times . Retrieved 2016-06-04.
  7. Claudia Puig (May 25, 2012). "'Chernobyl Diaries': Skip the trip to toxic wasteland". USA Today . Retrieved 2016-06-04. His brother Chris (Jesse McCartney) has come to visit him, along with Chris's girlfriend Natalie (Olivia Taylor Dudley) and her pal Amanda (Devin Kelly).
  8. Joe Leydon (May 25, 2012). "Review: 'Chernobyl Diaries'". Variety . Retrieved 2016-06-04.
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  10. Justin Chang (July 23, 2015). "Film Review: 'The Vatican Tapes'". Variety . Retrieved 2016-06-04. That's our cue to meet Angela Holmes (Olivia Taylor Dudley), an attractive, well-adjusted Los Angeles resident who's just turned 27 when she inexplicably starts to unravel...
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