Known For
Acting
Birthday
April 10, 1960 (age 66)
Place of Birth
Livonia, Michigan, USA
Also Known As
- Olivia Margarette Brown
- Olivia M. Brown
Olivia 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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Known For - Movies
48 Hrs.
as Candy
Not Easily Broken
as Mrs. Reid
Streets of Fire
as Addie
Throw Momma from the Train
as Ms. Gladstone
Miami Vice: Brother's Keeper
as Det. Trudy Joplin
All Tied Up
as Tara
Memories of Murder
as Brenda
Mr. P's Dancing Sushi Bar
as Natalie
Our Dream Christmas
as Stephanie Carter
Jackers
as Mama
Known For - TV Shows
Beverly Hills, 90210
as Professor Langely
Miami Vice
as Trudy Joplin
Family Matters
as Vanessa
T. J. Hooker
as Rhoda
Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman
as Star
Hill Street Blues
Moesha
as Barbara Lee
Designing Women
as Vanessa Hargraves
The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air
as Lola
Dear John
as Denise