Olivia Llewellyn


Olivia Anna Cristina Llewellyn is an English actress, best known for her television appearances portraying Isabel Danforth in The Lizzie Borden Chronicles and Mina Harker in Penny Dreadful.

Career

Trained at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art, Llewellyn appeared in supporting roles in several television series and films before portraying Mina Harker in the Showtime series Penny Dreadful in 2014 and 2015, and Isabel Danforth in the Lifetime series The Lizzie Borden Chronicles in 2015.
Llewellyn has appeared onstage as Flaminia in Timon of Athens with the Royal National Theatre, as Luciana in The Comedy of Errors with the Royal Shakespeare Company and as Cecile De Volanges Les Liaisons dangereuses at the Playhouse Theatre in the West End.
YearProjectRoleNotes
2005BeethovenJosephine DeymTV miniseries
2008Midsomer MurdersHelenTV series/Episode: "Blood Wedding"
2009The Boat That Rocked MargaretFilm
2009KingdomMoonbeamTV series/Episode 3.6
2011DimensionsAnnieFilm
2011Enchantress VivianeFilm
2013DoctorsRenata WickerTV soap opera/Episode: "Mother's Choice"
2013LucanKikiTV movie
2014, 2015Penny DreadfulMina HarkerTV series/10 episodes
2015The MusketeersLucie De FoixTV series/Episode: "Keep Your Friends Close"
2015Call the MidwifeColette WimbishTV series/Episode 4.1
2015The Lizzie Borden ChroniclesIsabel DanforthTV series/5 episodes
2016CasualtyVerity BarrattTV series/Episode: "Survivors"

Personal life

Born in 1980, Llewellyn is the daughter of Sir David St Vincent "Dai" Llewellyn, 4th Baronet and Vanessa Hubbard. She has a younger sister, Arabella. Llewellyn also has several half- and step-siblings, including actresses Gabriella Wilde and Isabella Calthorpe.