
Olivia Nikkanen
Acting
Biography
Olivia Nikkanen is an actor born and raised in New York City. She starred in the short, In this Our Time (2020), opposite Stephen Pasquale which was written and directed by Oscar-winner Alex Dinelaris. She is best known for her work as a series regular on the Netflix hit series The Society (2019) and for her recurring arc on Supergirl (2015). She has several other television credits including a recurring role on The Americans (2013) as well guest starring on Boardwalk Empire (2010), among others. Olivia was part of the 2017 revival of Lillian Hellman's The Little Foxes, starring Cynthia Nixon and Laura Linney.
Known For

The New York office of the FBI brings to bear all their talents, intellect and technical expertise on major cases in order to keep their city and the country safe.
FBI

John Reese, former CIA paramilitary operative, is presumed dead and teams up with reclusive billionaire Finch to prevent violent crimes in New York City by initiating their own type of justice. With the special training that Reese has had in Covert Operations and Finch's genius software inventing mind, the two are a perfect match for the job that they have to complete. With the help of surveillance equipment, they work "outside the law" and get the right criminal behind bars.
Person of Interest

Alicia Florrick boldly assumes full responsibility for her family and re-enters the workforce after her husband's very public sex and political corruption scandal lands him in jail.
The Good Wife

An emotional thrill ride through the day-to-day chaos of the city's most explosive hospital and the courageous team of doctors who hold it together. They will tackle unique new cases inspired by topical events, forging fiery relationships in the pulse-pounding pandemonium of the emergency room.
Chicago Med

A modern-day drama about a crime-solving duo that cracks the NYPD's most impossible cases. Following his fall from grace in London and a stint in rehab, eccentric Sherlock escapes to Manhattan where his wealthy father forces him to live with his worst nightmare - a sober companion, Dr. Watson.
Elementary

Twenty-four-year-old Kara Zor-El, who was taken in by the Danvers family when she was 13 after being sent away from Krypton, must learn to embrace her powers after previously hiding them. The Danvers teach her to be careful with her powers, until she has to reveal them during an unexpected disaster, setting her on her journey of heroism.
Supergirl

Set during the Cold War period in the 1980s, The Americans is the story of Elizabeth and Philip Jennings, two Soviet KGB officers posing as an American married couple in the suburbs of Washington D.C. and their neighbor, Stan Beeman, an FBI Counterintelligence agent.
The Americans

Former Syracuse, New York, police detective Carrie Wells has hyperthymesia, a rare medical condition that gives her the ability to visually remember everything. She reluctantly joins the New York City Police Department's Queens homicide unit after her former boyfriend and partner asks for help with solving a case. The move allows her to try to find out the one thing she has been unable to remember, which is what happened the day her sister was murdered.
Unforgettable

A diverse group of recruits has arrived at the FBI Quantico Base for training. They are the best, the brightest and the most vetted, so it seems impossible that one of them is suspected of masterminding the biggest attack on New York City since 9/11.
Quantico

When everyone else mysteriously vanishes from their wealthy town, the teen residents of West Ham must forge their own society to survive.
The Society

A small town is shaken by a series of ominous killings in the days leading up to a heated mayoral election.
Founders Day

Two college freshmen who decided to stick with their high school sweethearts have to pull a 'Turkey Dump' and break up with them over 'Drunksgiving' the one chaotic night before Thanksgiving in their hometown that puts their codependent friendship to the test.
Sweethearts

A resentful 14-year-old girl is drawn into a seemingly innocent friendship with an older man, but the relationship turns sinister.
Girl Followed

While rehearsing asking out the girl of his dreams, a lonely and highly allergic Circuit-Shack employee gets stung in the throat by a hornet.
Tea

A 10-year-old boy is thrust into the tumultuous world of puberty when he gets a new pair of eyeglasses.
Foureyes
An aspiring writer returns to her childhood home after hearing that the house has been sold and her mother is returning to a rehabilitation center.
West Babylon
Two college-aged women are interviewed by SVU right after they experience a violent, gay hate crime. The two women have yet to figure out if their connection is even romantic, so when the police start asking questions about the nature of their relationship, it's all jokes... until it's not.
Pretty Gay Bash

Noa attends her family’s Passover Seder for the first time since being put on a feeding tube for a gastrointestinal disorder. There, she is confronted with pushy family members, malfunctioning medical devices, and a room of food she can’t eat.
Unholy

The story of Sophie and Jacob, two Romanian Jews who meet as refugees from the Holocaust. An attempt at keeping their light flickering.
Sophie & Jacob

A girl learns the brutal sacrifices it takes to satisfy her love.