Olivia Hallinan

Olivia Hallinan born 20 January 1984 is an English actress best known for her role as Kim in the critically acclaimed Sugar Rush and Ellie in Girls in Love. She also starred as the main character, Laura Timmins in the 2008 series Lark Rise to Candleford.

Olivia Hallinan is the second youngest of four sisters,She is from Twickenham, West London. Hallinan began training at her mother, actress Maggie Taylor's Saturday Drama School All Expressions in Teddington when she was 11, and then went on to professional acting. After attending St Catherine's School in Twickenham, and Notting Hill & Ealing High School, in Ealing, Hallinan went on to study English and Drama at the University of Manchester.

Hallinan has appeared in over 100 productions since the age of seven. Her first professional role was playing alongside Cilla Black in a 1991 production of Jack and the Beanstalk. Since then, she has in theatre, radio, film and on television shows including The Bill, Holby City, My Family and Granada TV's, Girls in Love.

At the end of her first year at the University of Manchester, Hallinan appeared in the first of two series of the cult program Sugar Rush for Channel 4, based on the Julie Burchill novel.

On 9 June 2007, Hallinan was a speaker at the Stonewall Gay Youth Conference, talking about playing a lesbian character in Sugar Rush.

While at Manchester, Hallinan was actively involved in student drama. In 2006, her final year of her degree, she starred in a new play, Wake Me Later Nicola Schofield's In the same year she played Emma in the Torchwood episode Out of Time, appeared in an episode of Trial and Retribution, and played a character in Radio 4's dramatisation of Marguerite Duras's erotic novel The Lover, broadcast between 3 and 7 September 2007.

She is currently starring as the heroine Laura Timmins in the BBC production Lark Rise to Candleford which started airing on Sunday 13 January 2008.

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Olivia Hallinan - what members say

Sugar Rush - Series 2 review by A customer from UK

Fun At The Seaside! 28 April 2008
...luscious Lenora Crichlow) nearing the end of her year's stay in prison and Kim (Olivia Hallinan) trying to start afresh on her life as a confident streetwise young lesbian... ... Read customer review

Olivia Hallinan - filmography

Lark Rise To Candleford - Series 4 (2 discs) on DVD (2011)
Starring: Julia Sawalha, Olivia Hallinan, Dawn French
Director: Sue Tully
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Continuing the popular and heart-warming BBC series, based on Flora Thompson's memoir of life in late 19th century rural Oxfordshire. This charming series set in a small hamlet and its neighbouring town sees the return of favourite characters such as Dorcas, Laura, the Pratts, Alf and Minnie - and ..read more »

82% from 247 members

Jack Falls - Blu-ray (2010)
Starring: Simon Phillips, Tamer Hassan, Olivia Hallinan
Director: Paul Tanter, Alexander Williams
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Watch now: £2.49
Jack returns in this third installment to repay those that tried to kill him in Amsterdam.

37% from 273 members

Lark Rise To Candleford - Series 3 - Blu-ray (4 discs) (2010)
Starring: Julia Sawalha, Olivia Hallinan, Brendan Coyle
Director: Susan Tully, David Tucker, Patrick Lau
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Adaptation of Flora Thompson's memoir of her Oxfordshire childhood, set in the small hamlet of Lark Rise and the wealthier neighbouring market town, Candleford, at the end of the 19th Century.

77% from 112 members

Jack Falls on DVD (2010)
Starring: Simon Phillips, Tamer Hassan, Olivia Hallinan
Director: Paul Tanter, Alexander Williams
Certificate:
Watch now: £2.49
Jack returns in this third instalment to repay those that tried to kill him in Amsterdam.

39% from 615 members

Lark Rise To Candleford - Series 3 (4 discs) on DVD (2010)
Starring: Julia Sawalha, Olivia Hallinan, Claudie Blakley
Director: Susan Tully, David Tucker, Patrick Lau
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Adaptation of Flora Thompson's memoir of her Oxfordshire childhood, set in the small hamlet of Lark Rise and the wealthier neighbouring market town, Candleford, at the end of the 19th Century.

82% from 433 members

Lark Rise To Candleford - Series 2 (4 discs) on DVD (2009)
Starring: Linda Bassett, Claudie Blakley, Brendan Coyle
Director: Alan Grint, Maurice Phillips, John Greening
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The residents of Lark Rise and Candleford return to the screen in this warm-hearted adaptation of Flora Thompson's novel. It's Christmas and the residents of both Lark Rise and Candleford come together to celebrate this special time of year...but the arrival of a dashing stranger is set to cause a ..read more »

83% from 939 members

Lark Rise To Candleford - Series 2 - Blu-ray (4 discs) (2009)
Starring: Julia Sawalha, Dawn French, Sheridan Smith
Director: Alan Grint, Maurice Phillips, John Greening
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Second series of the drama focusing on Oxfordshire communities at the end of the 19th century. The birth of a new baby brings financial hardship to the Timmins household, obliging eldest daughter Laura (Olivia Hallinan) to leave her home in the quiet hamlet of Lark Rise and embark on a new life in ..read more »

79% from 104 members

Lark Rise To Candleford - Series 1 (4 discs) on DVD (2008)
Starring: Olivia Hallinan, Julia Sawalha, Dawn French
Director: Charles Palmer, John Greening, Carolyn Bonnyman
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This ten-part adaptation of Flora Thompson's classic novel tells the story of two Oxfordshire communities at the end of the 19th century. The birth of a new baby brings financial hardship to the Timmins household, obliging eldest daughter Laura (Olivia Hallinan) to leave her home in the quiet ..read more »

83% from 1,554 member

Lark Rise To Candleford - Series 1 - Blu-ray (4 discs) (2008)
Starring: Olivia Hallinan, Julia Sawalha, Claudie Blakley
Director: John Greening, Charles Palmer, Carolyn Bonnyman
Certificate:
This ten-part adaptation of Flora Thompson's classic novel tells the story of two Oxfordshire communities at the end of the 19th century. The birth of a new baby brings financial hardship to the Timmins household, obliging eldest daughter Laura (Olivia Hallinan) to leave her home in the quiet ..read more »

82% from 134 members

Sugar Rush - Series 2 (2 discs) on DVD (2006)
Starring: Olivia Hallinan, Lenora Crichlow, Sarah-Jane Potts
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It's 18 months since we last saw Kim, and she's now 17, out, proud and living life to the full on the Brighton lesbian scene - in her dreams. In truth, she's holed up in her bedroom with only her A Level coursework and an electric toothbrush for company. Her best friend Sugar isn't getting any ..read more »

76% from 2,743 members

Sugar Rush - Series 1 (2 discs) on DVD (2005)
Starring: Olivia Hallinan, Lenora Crichlow, Sara Stewart
Director: Harry Bradbeer, Sean Grundy
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Channel 4 and the makers of 'As If' bring Julie Burchill's novel Sugar Rush to the screen, starring Olivia Hallinan and Lenora Crichlow. Each episode is a different journey inside Kim's world as her wry observations take us into the mind of a screwed up, loved up, lustful adolescent experiencing ..read more »

72% from 4,875 members

Jacqueline Wilson's Girls In Tears on DVD
Starring: Amy Kwolek, Zaraah Abrahams, Olivia Hallinan
Director: Indra Bhose
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Based on the stories of Jacqueline Wilson, which follow the lives of three teenage girls, Ellie, Magda and Nadine.

65% from 275 members

Jacqueline Wilson's Girls In Love on DVD
Starring: Olivia Hallinan, Zaraah Abrahams, Amy Kwolek
Director: Beryl Richards
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An average schoolgirl called Ellie and her friends experience the trials and tribulations of being teenage girls.

64% from 278 members

History Of Dream Cars on DVD
Starring: Olivia Hallinan, Lenora Crichlow, Sara Stewart
Director: Harry Bradbeer, Sean Grundy
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These are the cars that set our hearts racing, our imaginations reeling and roped us into car shows to get a glimpse of what we thought the future would look like. Most never made it into production but while they roamed the Earth they made us believe that anything was possible. It was a ..read more »

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