America Olivo

America Athene Campbell (née Olivo; born January 5, 1978)[1][2] is a Canadian-American actress, singer and model best known as a member of the band Soluna, for her roles in the films Bitch Slap (2009), Friday the 13th (2009) and Maniac (2012) as well as starring in the Broadway musical Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark.

America Olivo
Born
America Athene Olivo

(1978-01-05) January 5, 1978
Van Nuys, California, U.S.
CitizenshipUnited States, Canada, Italy
OccupationActress, singer, model
Years active2002–present
Spouse(s)
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(m. 2009)​
Children1
Parent(s)Danica d'Hondt
Nello Olivo

Personal life

Born in Van Nuys, California, she has multiple citizenships: American, Canadian and Italian. Olivo is the daughter of Danica d'Hondt, of Belgian and Irish descent, Miss Canada in 1959, and winemaker Nello Olivo, of Italian, Basque, Spanish and Chilean descent.[3] She is married to actor Christian Campbell.[4]

Career

Music and modeling

Shortly after graduating with her bachelor's degree from Juilliard School in New York City, Olivo returned to her native Los Angeles where she formed the Latin Pop/R&B band Soluna with Aurora Rodriguez, T Lopez and Jessica Castellanos.

Based on their stage and recording successes, UPN made a deal with Soluna to develop a sitcom based on their lives as a band. In April 2004, they filmed the Soluna pilot which aired on UPN. UPN declined to pick up the series after the pilot.

Soluna disbanded in late 2004, and Olivo concentrated on her career as an actress and solo musician.

In 2008, Olivo appeared in the dance single titled "Deja Vu" with an album release under Dauman Music which became a top 40 billboard dance chart hit with remixes by Dj Escape known for several remixed hits for Beyonce. That same year, she appeared nude painted in head to toe silver on the cover of Mötley Crüe's Saints of Los Angeles album. Olivo is also on the cover of two well-known romance novels.

Olivo appeared on the cover of the June 2009 issue of Playboy magazine. Inside, she appears in seven fully nude photos, shot by fashion photographer Terry Richardson.[5]

Stage and screen

The Soluna pilot opened many doors for Olivo, allowing her the opportunity to return to her roots in the theater when she performed the lead female role in a new musical Hotel C'est L'Amour, at The Blank Theatre in Los Angeles. In 2007, Olivo was nominated for an LA Weekly Theater Award for originating the role of "Marie" in this production.

Olivo recently starred in the new Broadway musical Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark as a swing and understudy for the lead role of "Arachne". Previews began on November 28, 2010. When Natalie Mendoza, who starred as Arachne, suffered a concussion at that first preview, Olivo played the role for several weeks in December 2010. The physically demanding role involves aerial sequences, including being spun upside-down.[6] When Mendoza unexpectedly left the show permanently later that month, the role of Arachne went to T.V. Carpio instead of Olivo, who remained as understudy.[7] When Carpio was injured in March 2011 and withdrew from the show for two weeks, Olivo performed the role again.[8] Olivo left the show on April 17, 2011, when the show closed for revisions. She did not return when performances resumed May 12.

Aside from performing on stage, she quickly became busy outside of her musical career with Soluna, appearing as a guest star in numerous television series such as House, General Hospital, The Brother's Garcia, How I Met Your Mother, Jake In Progress, Cuts, Blue Bloods, Law & Order: Criminal Intent, NCIS: Los Angeles, "Warehouse 13" currently recurring on Degrassi: The Next Generation Olivo continues to perform as a singer, recording original music and performing covers for films.

In 2007, Olivo completed features titled The Last Resort and Love Shack. In 2008, she was featured in the DVD release The Thirst: Blood War starring opposite Tony Todd and Jason Connery and the theatrical release Circle. Olivo's 2009 theatrical releases in leading roles are action/comedy Bitch Slap and Michael Bay's 2009 version of Friday the 13th. In February 2009, she wrapped the feature film Neighbor, where she met husband Christian Campbell. More recently she filmed the remake of Maniac starring Elijah Wood, No One Lives starring Luke Evans and Conception starring David Arquette. Recently Olivo joined the cast of Chicago PD, a spin-off of Chicago Fire.

In 2013, Olivo and husband Christian Campbell began development of a script based on the life of Olivo's uncle, Olympic gold medal winner Walter D'Hondt.

In 2013, Olivo became the spokesperson for Baby Quest Foundation founded by Pamela Hirsch to help raise funds for medical expenses imposed on infertile couples. She had a role in the spy action film Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation (2015).

Filmography
Films
Year Title Role Notes
2004 The Soluna Project Alex TV film
2008 Iron Man Dubai Beauty #1 Uncredited; scene deleted
2008 The Thirst: Blood War Amelia
2009 Represent Chloe Short film
Friday the 13th Amanda
Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen Frisbee Girl
Neighbor The Girl
The Last Resort Sophia
Bitch Slap Camero
2010 Peas in a Pod Debra TV film
Circle Britt aka 6 Dead Souls
Love Shack Fifi LeBeaux
2011 Conception Gina
2012 Maniac Angela Zito, Frank's mother
No One Lives Tamara
2015 Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation Turandot
2016 Mars Project Captain Gautier TV film
Good Business Lucy Short film
2017 Making the Day Serafina
Television
Year Title Role Notes
2002 Soul Train Herself Musical guest
The Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn Herself Musical guest
Livin' Large Herself Musical guest
2003 HotPop Herself Musical guest
2005 Cuts Woman Episode: "Blinging in the New Year"
2006 Jake in Progress Woman Episode: "The Annie-dote"
How I Met Your Mother Beautiful Woman Episode: "Milk"
2005–06 House Ingrid Episode: "Detox"
Episode: "Who's Your Daddy?"
2008 General Hospital Marianna 4 episodes
2011 Law & Order: Criminal Intent Nikki Vansen Episode: "The Last Street in Manhattan"
NCIS: Los Angeles Eva Espinoza Episode: "Sacrifice"
2013 Warehouse 13 Rebecca Carson Episode: "The Big Snag"
2014-2018 Chicago P.D. Laura Dawson 6 episodes
2013–14 Degrassi: The Next Generation Consuela Rivas 7 episodes
2014 Defiance Alethea 3 episodes
2016 Blue Bloods Officer Jill Carpenter Episode: "Cursed"
2016 The Strain Captain Kate Rogers Episode: "Bad White"
Episode: "The Battle of Central Park"
2016–17 Degrassi: Next Class Consuela Rivas 4 episodes
2017 Chicago Fire Laura Dawson Episode: "An Agent of the Machine"
Major Crimes Lisbeth Ortiz Episode: "Shockwave, Part 1"
Episode: "Shockwave, Part 2"
2018 Law & Order: Special Victims Unit Claudia Bell Episode: "Accredo"
2018 Blindspot Ameni Episode: "Two Legendary Chums"
2020 NCIS: New Orleans Emily Landau Episode: "Predators"

References
  1. "America Olivo". Turner Classic Movies. Retrieved September 5, 2015.
  2. "America Olivo". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved September 5, 2015.
  3. America Olivo interview
  4. http://www.theatermania.com/off-broadway/news/08-2011/photo-flash-christian-campbell-america-olivo-visit_40028.html
  5. "Playboy June Issue". Playboy Magazine. 2009.
  6. Healy, Patrick. "Concussion Sidelines ‘Spider-Man’ Actress". The New York Times, December 3, 2010
  7. "Playbill.com". Archived from the original on 2012-07-22. Retrieved 2011-03-25.
  8. "Spider-Man Musical claims another", Film Drunk, March 23, 2011
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