Born 1960 (age 66) · Livonia, Michigan, USA
Appears in 30 titles

​Olivia Margarette Brown (born April 10, 1960) is an American actress. Brown was born in Frankfurt, Germany and raised in Livonia, Michigan, United States. Her family eventually moved to California and she is also a graduate of Santa Monica High School. She played Det. Trudy Joplin on Miami Vice and Vanessa Hargraves on Designing Women. She also played a recurring character on 7th Heaven. She also played a recurring character on Moesha which she played Barbara Lee. She has also acted in several films, including Throw Momma from the Train, 48 Hrs., All Tied Up, and Streets of Fire. She guest starred in an episode of Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman as a psychic named Starr She was married to Mykelti Williamson for two years. Her brother is Steve Brown, who played for the Houston Oilers of the NFL during the late 1980s. Description above from the Wikipedia article Olivia Brown, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Filmography

48 Hrs.
6.7
48 Hrs.
1982
as Candy
Throw Momma from the Train
6.2
Throw Momma from the Train
1987
as Ms. Gladstone
Streets of Fire
6.9
Streets of Fire
1984
as Addie
Not Easily Broken
6.3
Not Easily Broken
2009
as Mrs. Reid
Miami Vice: Brother's Keeper
7.8
Miami Vice: Brother's Keeper
1984
as Det. Trudy Joplin
Jackers
4.7
Jackers
2011
as Mama
All Tied Up
5.1
All Tied Up
1994
as Tara
Memories of Murder
6.7
Memories of Murder
1990
as Brenda
Mr. P's Dancing Sushi Bar
8.0
Mr. P's Dancing Sushi Bar
1999
as Natalie
Our Dream Christmas
4.0
Our Dream Christmas
2017
as Stephanie Carter
Blue Lightning
Blue Lightning
2023
as Mattie
Noxious
Noxious
2018
Kid Paranormal
Kid Paranormal
as Ms. Creel
Miami Vice: Freefall
Miami Vice: Freefall
1989
as Detective Trudy Joplin