OLIVIA CHENG: Director of I Am Raquel on CW & Star of Lucky Star film, now on VOD

Olivia Cheng is a dynamic actress and activist born in Edmonton, Alberta to working class, Cantonese-speaking immigrant parents. It was they who helped co-found the Edmonton Chinese Bilingual Education Association's Mandarin program within the city's public school system to which Olivia credits for her ability to speak Mandarin and instilling in her a reverence for her culture.

She enrolled in her first acting class at age six, and at age 19 she booked her first local commercial. After finishing school, she became a videographer for Global TV Lethbridge, before moving back to Edmonton to work as a broadcast and print journalist.

She was cast in "Broken Trail", which was nominated for 16 Primetime Emmy Awards and would go on to win four, including the Emmy for Outstanding Mini- Series. "Broken Trail". In 2014 Olivia booked a breakout, leading role in the Netflix series, "Marco Polo, & recently appeared in SYFY's "Deadly Class" executive produced by the Russo Brothers. In 2022, Olivia starred in the Original series "Warrior" as a slaying, powerful, brothel Boss. Olivia starred in 2022 for another season on AppleTV+'s hugely successful post- apocalyptic series SEE, led by Jason Momoa, again fighting the bad guys! 

Her first short film "Dinner with Dex" as a writer director premiered at the London International Film Festival in 2021 and has gone on to win awards at the Toronto Indie Filmmakers Festival and the Tokyo International Short Film Festival. And starring currently in the LUCKY STAR film out now, directed by GILLIAN MCKERCHER! Stay tuned for limited theater release in Canada!

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