* 22.1.1968, London, England

Education:     London Royal Ballet Theatre Despite her still noticeable British accent on talk show appearances, d'Abo has mastered a variety of American accents for her many TV and film roles. She first acted for the cameras when she was 13, in a TV commercial, and two years later was celebrating her 15th birthday on the set of CONAN THE DESTROYER (1984), in which she had a solid co-starring role as the virginal princess. D'Abo is best known to TV audiences as Karen Arnold, the hippie older sister on "The Wonder Years" (ABC, 1988-92) who personified the restless youth of the late 1960s, wearing headbands and bell bottoms, and cutting school for "love-ins." She has since often been cast as free spirits and sexpots, but has managed to move between comedy and drama, including her send-up as a sex kitten nursemaid lusting for Kirk Douglas' bank account in GREEDY (1994) and the poignant THE LAST GOOD TIME (1994), in which d'Abo played the younger half of a May-December romance with Armin Mueller-Stahl. Her film career became quite active in the mid-'90s when d'Abo starred opposite Dana Carvey in CLEAN SLATE (1994), Steve Guttenberg in THE BIG GREEN and Dana Delany and Kim Cattrall in LIVE NUDE GIRLS (both 1995).

Filmography Olivia d'Abo

1984   BOLERO        

1984   CONAN THE DESTROYER     

1985   MISSION KILL

1986   BULLIES       

1986   FLYING        

1987   INTO THE FIRE              

1988   PERSONAL CHOICE   

1989   BEYOND THE STARS 

1991   THE SPIRIT OF 76   

1993   BANK ROBBER

1993   POINT OF NO RETURN        

1993   WAYNE'S WORLD 2  

1994   CLEAN SLATE

1994   GREEDY        

1994   THE LAST GOOD TIME       

1995   THE BIG GREEN       

1995   KICKING AND SCREAMING         

1995   LIVE NUDE GIRLS