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Who Played Olivia in Twelfth Night

Olivia is a role in Twelfth Night, a play that opened Off-Broadway in 2017.

When a young shipwrecked immigrant named Viola takes a chance on the "wet foot, dry foot" policy of the mid-nineties and washes up amidst the shore of glitzy Illyria, Florida, she finds herself a stranger in a fabulously strange new land. Thinking her twin brother has drowned, Viola throws herself into a new gig as assistant to Orsino, a wealthy Floridian with a serious case of love sickness for a wealthy lady, Olivia. Having disguised herself as a boy to become Orsino's right hand man, Viola (now Cesario) is tasked with delivering his adoring valentines. But as Viola woos in her boss's name, she falls head over spiky heels for the man himself, while Olivia turns her affections to the intriguing young messenger boy, Cesario (also Viola).

23 actors have played Olivia in Twelfth Night.

View full cast of Twelfth Night

Performer Production Opened
Agnes Ethel Broadway Twelfth Night 1869
Alice Harrington Broadway Twelfth Night 1905
Louise Jansen Broadway Twelfth Night 1905
Elizabeth Valentine Broadway Twelfth Night 1913
Alma Kruger Broadway Twelfth Night 1919
Beatrice Terry (ii) Broadway Twelfth Night 1926
Joyce Carey Broadway Twelfth Night 1930
Kathryn Collier Broadway Twelfth Night 1930
Sophie Stewart Broadway Twelfth Night 1940
Mary Lou Taylor Broadway Twelfth Night 1941
Nina Foch Broadway Twelfth Night 1949
Jane Downs Broadway Twelfth Night 1958
Marilyn Meyers Broadway Twelfth Night 1972
Martha Henry Broadway Twelfth Night 1972
Kim Awon Broadway Twelfth Night 1998
Kyra Sedgwick Broadway Twelfth Night 1998
Dominic Brewer Broadway Twelfth Night 2013
Mark Rylance Broadway Twelfth Night 2013
Ceci Fernandez Off-Broadway Twelfth Night 2017
Jessie Austrian Off-Broadway Twelfth Night 2017
Nanya-Akuki Goodrich Off-Broadway Twelfth Night 2018
Freema Agyeman West End Twelfth Night 2025
Sandra Oh Off-Broadway Twelfth Night 2025

Other Roles in Twelfth Night

Role Production Opened
Antonio Off-Broadway Twelfth Night 2017
Feste Off-Broadway Twelfth Night 2017
Malvolio Off-Broadway Twelfth Night 2017
Maria Off-Broadway Twelfth Night 2017
Olivia Off-Broadway Twelfth Night 2017
Orsino Off-Broadway Twelfth Night 2017
Sebastian Off-Broadway Twelfth Night 2017
Sir Andrew Aguecheek Off-Broadway Twelfth Night 2017
Sir Toby Belch Off-Broadway Twelfth Night 2017
Viola Off-Broadway Twelfth Night 2017

“Olivia” Also Appears In

Production Type Year
The Color Purple US Tour 2017
Twelfth Night or What You Will Off-Broadway 1989
Your Own Thing Off-Broadway 1968

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