Portrait of Olivia Brown

Olivia Brown

Acting

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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Olivia Brown, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Born: April 10, 1960

Place of Birth: Livonia, Michigan, USA

Filmography

2023
2017
Our Dream Christmas

as Stephanie Carter

2011
Jackers

as Mama

2009
Not Easily Broken

as Mrs. Reid

1996
7th Heaven

as Patricia Hamilton

1996
Moesha

as Barbara Lee

1994
1994
1990
1989
Family Matters

as Vanessa

1988
Dear John

as Denise

1987
1987
Miami Vice ‘The Prodigal Son’

as Detective Trudy Joplin

1986
Designing Women

as Vanessa Hargraves

1984
Miami Vice: Brother's Keeper

as Det. Trudy Joplin

1984
Miami Vice

as Trudy Joplin

1984
1982
48 Hrs.

as Candy

1982
T. J. Hooker

as Rhoda

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Kid Paranormal

as Ms. Creel