Actor

Olivia
Washington

Olivia Washington was most recently seen Off-Broadway in Alice Childress' Wine in the Wilderness where she was nominated for a Lucille Lortel Award and a Drama Desk Award for her performance, and in Jeremy O. Harris' Slave Play opposite Kit Harington on the West End. Previously, Olivia starred as "Flora" in Boots Riley's Amazon series, I'm a Virgo, for which she was nominated for a Film Independent Spirit Award. She has also appeared in Abi Damaris Corbin’s feature Breaking, alongside John Boyega, which premiered at Sundance and won the Special Jury Award for Best Ensemble Cast. Other theater credits include: Familiar, directed by Edward Torres, at The Old Globe in San Diego; The Public Theater’s Shakespeare in The Park production of Much Ado About Nothing at the Delacorte Theater, directed by Kenny Leon; and Chicago Shakespeare Theater’s Taming of the Shrew, directed by Barbara Gaines. She is a graduate of New York University’s Tisch School of the Arts.