Olivia Brown
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.
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Acting
TV
The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air
as Lola
1990
Movie
48 Hrs.
as Candy
1982
TV
Beverly Hills, 90210
as Professor Langely
1990
Movie
Throw Momma from the Train
as Ms. Gladstone
1987
Movie
Streets of Fire
as Addie
1984
TV
Miami Vice
as Trudy Joplin
1984
TV
Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman
as Star
1993
TV
Family Matters
as Vanessa
1989
TV
7th Heaven
as Patricia Hamilton
1996
TV
The Bastard Son & the Devil Himself
as Lucy
2022
TV
Sister, Sister
as Lucy
1994
TV
Hill Street Blues
1981
TV
T. J. Hooker
as Rhoda
1982
TV
E! True Hollywood Story
1996
Movie
Not Easily Broken
as Mrs. Reid
2009
TV
Moesha
as Barbara Lee
1996
TV
Designing Women
as Vanessa Hargraves
1986
Movie
Miami Vice: Brother's Keeper
as Det. Trudy Joplin
1984
TV
Monsters
as Jewel
1988
TV
Dear John
as Denise
1988
Movie
Jackers
as Mama
2011
Movie
All Tied Up
as Tara
1994
Movie
Memories of Murder
as Brenda
1990
Out All Night
1992