Acting credits
27
Active
Consistent number of acting credits.
Actor
Olivia Brown
Acting
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Movies: 13Series: 14
TMDB ID: 154141
IMDb ID: nm0114368
Known for: Acting
Born: April 10, 1960
Age: 65
Place of birth: Livonia, Michigan, USA
Gender: Female
Adult content flag: No
Career span: 1981 - 2023
Years active: 43
Average TMDB rating: 7.06
Wikidata: Q435315
Also known as
Olivia Margarette Brown • Olivia M. Brown
Biography
Olivia Margarette Brown (born April 10, 1960) is an American actress. Brown was born in Frankfurt, Germany and raised in Livonia, Michigan, United States. Her family eventually moved to California and she is also a graduate of Santa Monica High School. She played Det. Trudy Joplin on Miami Vice and Vanessa Hargraves on Designing Women. She also played a recurring character on 7th Heaven. She also played a recurring character on Moesha which she played Barbara Lee. She has also acted in several films, including Throw Momma from the Train, 48 Hrs., All Tied Up, and Streets of Fire. She guest starred in an episode of Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman as a psychic named Starr She was married to Mykelti Williamson for two years. Her brother is Steve Brown, who played for the Houston Oilers of the NFL during the late 1980s.
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Movies
Movies
Movie credits linked with Olivia Brown.
Blue Lightning
as Mattie
2023 Movie
Noxious
2018 Movie
4.0
Our Dream Christmas
as Stephanie Carter
2017 Movie
4.7
Jackers
as Mama
2011 Movie
6.3
Not Easily Broken
as Mrs. Reid
2009 Movie
Mr. P's Dancing Sushi Bar
as Natalie
1999 Movie
4.8
All Tied Up
as Tara
1994 Movie
6.1
Memories of Murder
as Brenda
1990 Movie
6.2
Throw Momma from the Train
as Ms. Gladstone
1987 Movie
7.8
Miami Vice: Brother's Keeper
as Det. Trudy Joplin
1984 Movie
6.9
Streets of Fire
as Addie
1984 Movie
6.7
48 Hrs.
as Candy
1982 Movie
Kid Paranormal
as Ms. Creel
Movie
Series
Series
Series credits linked with Olivia Brown.
7.4
The Bastard Son & the Devil Himself
as Lucy • 1 eps
2022 Series
6.4
7th Heaven
as Patricia Hamilton • 9 eps
1996 Series
8.1
E! True Hollywood Story
1 eps
1996 Series
7.0
Moesha
as Barbara Lee • 4 eps
1996 Series
7.1
Sister, Sister
as Lucy • 1 eps
1994 Series
6.9
Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman
as Star • 4 eps
1993 Series
7.3
Beverly Hills, 90210
as Professor Langely • 3 eps
1990 Series
7.9
The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air
as Lola • 1 eps
1990 Series
6.8
Family Matters
as Vanessa • 1 eps
1989 Series
5.5
Dear John
as Denise • 13 eps
1988 Series
6.8
Designing Women
as Vanessa Hargraves • 5 eps
1986 Series
7.5
Miami Vice
as Trudy Joplin • 110 eps
1984 Series
6.5
T. J. Hooker
as Rhoda • 1 eps
1982 Series
7.6
Hill Street Blues
3 eps
1981 Series