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Beautiful, talented and underrated actress


I've always wished that Olivia D'Abo would have had a bigger film career. She has the talent but has largely been wasted in junk. But on TV she was phenomenal as the hippie sister Karen in The Wonder Years and more recently as the psychotic criminal Nicole Wallace in Law & Order: Criminal Intent. She was radiant as the young writing student Jane in Noah Baumbach's excellent Generation X comedy Kicking and Screaming, and also proved she could tackle more mature roles as a porn star in The Velocity of Gary and a grungy, slutty white-trash woman from the wrong side of the tracks who has an affair with a much older man (Armin Mueller-Stahl) in The Last Good Time.

Moreover she is extremely beautiful - far prettier and more natural than your average Hollywood blonde - and has such a fresh, appealing presence. Her overbite is just the cutest!

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I only know her work from the film "Greedy" which she gives a two thumbs up performance in and is absolutely stunning in.

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I concur. Olivia d'Abo is a very fine and lovely actress. She was terrific in "The Last Good Time" and very charming in the fun made-for-TV fright feature "The Triangle."

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Good to see Olivia being appreciated! She was funny and stunningly beautiful in Greedy. I agree that her role in The Last Good Time was the best showcase she's had as a dramatic actress to date. I will look out for The Triangle.

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I couldn't agree more. Noah Baumbachs KICKING AND SCREAMING is a masterpiece, and she's stunning in it.

Is she married, by any chance?

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She's estranged from her husband.

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talented....jajaja the only award she win is a razzie...im not saying all the oscars and emmys and actors guild awards are the things that define an actor or actress but at least something....i thing for be talented someone must recognize the talent and nominate u to a award...so she is not talented on my point on view...not at all...but is a hottie if that counts

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She won a Razzie like 20 years ago. Giving someone a Razzie for one their first performances, especially as a teenager, is pretty yellow IMO.

Halle Berry also won a Razzie after her Oscar. Does the Razzie negate her Oscar? Of course not. Awards don't mean you are talented, that's just the politics of show business. That has nothing to do with talent.

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