Olivia Oguma

Birth : , New York City, New York, USA

History

As a younger child, Olivia Oguma was a Ford Model who was predominately featured in national print campaigns for Chanel, Vogue, Saks Fifth Avenue, Earnshaws, Motorola, and the Gap, among others. She soon branched out into the commercial world, appearing in over 62 commercials including ones for Tide, Jell-o, IBM Computers, Triaminic and Life Cereal. On the heels of working steadily as a model and commercial actress, she then booked the role of Pearl in the NBC pilot "Magic Music Hall" with Eric Clapton. Directly following the pilot, Olivia became a regular on the PBS favorite children's show 1, rue Sésame (1969), on which she played herself and she also secured a small role on the NBC soap Another World (1964). After that Olivia branched out into theater appearing on Broadway and national tours, including "Les Miserables" and "A Christmas Carol." As a singer she has lent her vocal talents to several films including Ma meilleure ennemie (1998) and Le témoin du mal (1998). In addition, she has sung on ten albums. Her mother is Karen Oguma, a retired professional ballet dancer who danced with such companies as the Boston Ballet, Joffrey 2nd Company and American Ballet Theater, while her father is one of New York City's top chefs. Her brother Oliver Oguma, is also an actor and singer who has extensive credits in theater, opera, film and television. - IMDb Mini Biography

Movies

Chrissy Judy
Kelly
When his best friend and creative partner suddenly couples off and moves away, an ambitious New York drag queen determined for the limelight must reinvent himself or risk becoming an irrelevant solo act both onstage and off.
ANYA
Rika Endo
A newlywed couple turns to a scientist for help having a baby and find themselves at the center of a genetic puzzle with far reaching implications and an ethically ambiguous solution.
Like Father
Creative Exec #1
When a workaholic young executive, is left at the altar, she ends up on her Caribbean honeymoon cruise with the last person she ever expected: her estranged and equally workaholic father. The two depart as strangers, but over the course of a few hilarious adventures, a couple of umbrella-clad cocktails and a whole lot of soul-searching, they return with a renewed appreciation for family and life.
This Is Where I Leave You
Shelby
When their father passes away, four grown, world-weary siblings return to their childhood home and are requested -- with an admonition -- to stay there together for a week, along with their free-speaking mother and a collection of spouses, exes and might-have-beens. As the brothers and sisters re-examine their shared history and the status of each tattered relationship among those who know and love them best, they reconnect in hysterically funny and emotionally significant ways.
Qwerty
Rudy
Conglomerated Assets, a brokerage firm is sinking fast as its CEO checks out and leaves the company to his inept film school drop out son. Enter Quincy, Waverly, Erica, Rudy, Tina and Yasmine. Team QWERTY--six sexy secretaries that must save the day.
The Flamingo Rising
Louise Janine Lee
When Hubert Lee decides to open the world's largest drive-in movie theater across the street from a funeral parlor, a feud erupts between Lee and Turner Knight, the owner of the funeral home. As Lee's many promotional ideas become more and more outrageous, he continues to enrage Knight until one of the promotions backfires with grave consequences.