Olivia Burnette

'Olivia Burnette' (qv) began her acting career at the tender age of 6. The most notable of her first acting jobs was in _Planes, Trains & Automobiles (1987)_ (qv) opposite comic superstar 'Steve Martin' (qv).After several television appearances, Olivia was cast as the lead in the down-home series _The Torkelsons (1991)_ (qv), playing Dorothy Jane.Olivia continued her television career with a few television movies, before being cast in _The Quick and the Dead (1995)_ (qv), which allowed her to work with such actors as 'Gene Hackman' (qv), 'Sharon Stone' (qv) and 'Russell Crowe' (qv).Olivia continued her work on the big screen in _Eye for an Eye (1996)_ (qv) with director 'John Schlesinger' (qv), and got the opportunity to play 'Sally Field' (qv)'s daughter as well as be brutalized in a controversial scene by 'Kiefer Sutherland' (qv).Determined to obtain a college degree, Olivia left Los Angeles to attend the prestigious NYU, Tisch School of the Arts. She graduated with not one but two majors: Film and English. After school, she was inspired to buy the rights to a novel and adapted it into a screenplay, which is currently being shopped.Most recently, Olivia has been seen in the hit television show _CSI: NY (2004)_ (qv) along with Oscar nominated 'Gary Sinise' (qv) and Emmy nominated 'Melina Kanakaredes' (qv), and in the naval drama _NCIS (2003)_ (qv) with 'Mark Harmon' (qv).Her most recent feature film entitled _Flourish (2006)_ (qv), which also stars 'Jennifer Morrison' (qv) and 'Jesse Spencer' (qv) from the hit Fox drama _House (2004)_ (qv), premiered at the world renowned Cinequest Film Festival 2006, as well being screened at the Cannes Film Market in 2006.She currently resides in Southern California with her husband, singer/songwriter/producer 'Julian Sakata' (qv), and her five year old stepson, Rain.::Anonymous