Daughter of screenwriter Martin Olson and born in 1992, Olivia Olson quickly showed aptitude for music and theater and was only eleven years old when she became famous in play Joanna Anderson in the Christmas comedy Love in facta must-have classic, for many reasons, since its premiere in 2003.
In the film, Olivia’s voice is performed with ease and mastery. All I want for Christmas is youone of the highlights of the film and one that we have remembered every Christmas ever since. Some say Mariah Carey owes a lot to this film.
Although Olson’s role was brief—his character was the romantic interest of one of the leads, Thomas Brody-Sangster—his voice was so impressive that the film’s director movieRichard Curtis, He even asked her to tone it down so it seemed “a little more childish.” because it actually sounded “too good”.
Far from being confined to the role of “perfect girl” Love in factOlson quickly realized that his voice was his main asset and diversified his career, focusing heavily on dubbing and especially animation.
Between 2008 and 2016, she had a significant presence in the series Phineas and Ferb, where, in addition to singing many songs, she played Vanessa Doofenshmirtz – oddly and beautifully, Ferb’s romantic interest, voiced by Thomas Brody-Sangster. And from 2010 to 2018, Olson was the voice of the iconic character in Marceline, the vampire queen of Adventure time.
With a recognized and stable place in pop culture, Olson maintains a strong relationship with music off-screen. Despite the fact that offers from several record companies fell into his lap from the first Love in factshe admitted that she preferred to move away from an uncertain future as a child star and normalize her life before diving headlong into it.
Finally, it will be in 2013 (ten years after the film and she was already twenty-one) that she will release her first album as an EP, and In 2018, he released the album NowhereEarth. He also tried his luck, in 2019, in Great Britain. X factor: celebritywhere she was kicked out in the first round, but since then she has continued to offer her own music, covers and small concerts, many of which are streamed via her YouTube channel.
At thirty-three years old, he is present at the renewal of Phineas and Ferbnot only as the voice of Vanessa, but also as a screenwriter, and continues to act as a voice actress in series, video games and animated productions. He also doesn’t rule out the idea of releasing more albums, if the right opportunity presents itself.
Olson’s story reminds us of the importance, in a world that voraciously transforms child prodigies into fleeting celebrities, of knowing how to choose paths that remain long and stable, far from the traps of premature celebrity, so as not to end up becoming a simple nostalgic memory.
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