✎ About Olivia Bird

Olivia Bird was born on April 26, 1963, is Stunts, Actress, Writer. Olivia Bird is an American actress and stunt woman. Bird has performed stunts as Michelle Rodriguez's stunt double in "Widows." Taraji P. Henson's stunt double for all four seasons of the show "Empire," as well as Monica Raymund's for all six seasons of "Chicago Fire." Bird has also doubled at least 35 other actors on a variety of films, television series, music videos and commercials. She has performed hundreds of stunts in her career, which kicked off with season 1 of "Chicago Fire." Bird got her SAG/AFTRA eligibility from her first episode of the show in early season 1.As an ethnically ambiguous performer, Bird has the ability to double a wide variety of women and also is able to appear as different characters in the same show or movie with her ability to "camouflage" into many different surroundings.Bird studied commercial techniques, television and film, and Meisner Technique at Act One Studios, in Chicago. As well as Musical Improvisation, Comedic improvisation, and Acting at The Second City Training Center in Chicago. Her training includes stunts, acting, stage combat, martial arts, dance, parkour, and a vast variety of athletics.Even in her youth, Bird was always keeping active as a performer, competing in poetry slams, dance competitions, beauty pageants and even the Olympic Development team for soccer. She was State Champion for Cross Country in 2005 and represented Illinois for Nationals. Bird also placed top 5 in state in the 1600, 800, and 4x400 in 2003,2004,and 2005. Bird holds records all across the Midwest for Track and Cross Country on at least ten different courses. Bird completed her first national commercial campaign at age 14. Playing soccer against Mia Hamm " in her youth," Bird got a taste for action modeling and stunts. Bird continued to work towards a film career after that commercial and now at the age of 25, is one of the busiest female minorities working in the stunt business in the Midwest. She has hopes of getting more speaking roles in action oriented films where she can do her own stunts.Bird studied Criminal Law and Justice at University of Illinois at Chicago. She also studied Social Anthropology at Triton College after her early graduation from Oak Park River Forest High School.
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Biography/Timeline

1991

Birkelund was born in New York City, New York, and began her acting career in theater. She attended Brown University and studied acting at the Circle in the Square Theatre School. In 1991 she made her television debut as Sondra Hill in the ABC daytime soap opera, One Life to Live. In 1995, Birkelund began starring as Arlene Dillon Vaughan Chandler, Hayley's alcoholic mother, in the ABC soap opera All My Children. She appeared in show to 2002 on recurring basis. In 2008 she had another soap role, on CBS's Guiding Light.

1998

Birkelund appeared in films Letters from a Killer (1998), The Bone Collector (1999), Uninvited (1999), Far from Heaven (2002), and on made for television movies Night Sins and On the Edge of Innocence (1997). She guest-starred on Law & Order, Homicide: Life on the Street, Star Trek: Voyager, Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, Third Watch, Law & Order: Criminal Intent, and The Good Wife. In 2014, Birkelund had a recurring role in the ABC drama Black Box.

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