Photo: Leon Czikowsky at https://www.flickr.com/people/48842182@N03 / CC BY-SA 2.0 (source: Wikimedia Commons)
My Take
d'Abo is an actress I associate with quiet versatility rather than a single signature role. To many she's Karen, the rebellious older sister on The Wonder Years, but I'm more drawn to her chilling turn as Nicole Wallace on Law & Order: Criminal Intent, a recurring villain who genuinely unsettled me. Add Jane in The Legend of Tarzan and a singing career, and you get a performer who refuses to be boxed in. London-born and steadily working across film, television, and voice, she's the sort of dependable talent the industry quietly relies on. I always enjoy spotting her name turn up unexpectedly in a cast.
Overview
Olivia Jane d'Abo (; born 22 January 1969) is a British actress and singer. She is known for her roles as Karen Arnold, Kevin Arnold's rebellious teenage hippie sister in the ABC comedy-drama series The Wonder Years (1988–1993), as female serial killer Nicole Wallace in Law & Order: Criminal Intent, as Marie Blake on The Single Guy (1995–1997), and Jane Porter in The Legend of Tarzan (2001–2003).
Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Olivia d'Abo
- Name (Japanese)
- オリヴィア・ダボ
- Reading
- おりゔぃあ・だぼ
- Born
- January 22, 1969 (age 57)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Aquarius / Rooster
- Origin
- London, United Kingdom
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- Private
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- actor / film actor / singer / television actor / voice actor
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Private
- University
- Private
Awards & achievements
- 1985 Golden Raspberry Award for Worst New Star
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
Actor — see all → · Film actor — see all → · More people from United Kingdom →
7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-02
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.