Olivia Brown

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

Gender

Female

Birthday

1960-04-10 (65 years old)

Place of Birth

Livonia, Michigan, USA

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 A...

Acting

1982

48 Hrs.

as Candy

2011

Fast Lane

as Mama

1994

1987

2023

1984

Miami Vice: Brother's Keeper

as Det. Trudy Joplin

1984

1990

2009

Not Easily Broken

as Mrs. Reid

2017

Our Dream Christmas

as Stephanie Carter

1989

Miami Vice: Freefall

as Detective Trudy Joplin

1985

Miami Vice: The Prodigal Son

as Detective Trudy Joplin

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