While some credit goes to the writing, it was Torv's shaded performance that sold Olivia's alternate-universe twin as an actual separate person—not just a cartoon villain version of the original, but a real person, a little more assertive and confident, and just a touch rapacious. In the second season finale, Olivia and Peter Bishop finally admit their feelings for each other and kiss. Torv was born in Melbourne, Victoria, the daughter of Susan (née Carmichael) and Hans Torv, also grew up in Gold Coast, Queensland. [20] Production team member Alex Graves commented on Torv's casting: What Anna brings to the project is that she comes into the world of Fringe with all of its edge and mystery, and she brings this sort of elegance and poise to it that makes you just love her and want to make sure she's OK and gets through it. HAN Han is a nickname she was given in boarding school. I bet you're chilling with the Beatles. We met her sister, her old rival, and learned a few new things. It is unknown how Peter's erasure changed the course of Rachel and Greg's relationship. Agent Olivia Dunham on this show. ("Nothing As It Seems"). Relations When Peter resurfaces Olivia is surprised to see him but believes he comes from a parallel universe. ("The Day We Died"). One of Bound ’s greatest strengths was its focus on Olivia Dunham. Rupert Murdoch's three children with Anna Maria Mann (Elisabeth, Lachlan, and James Murdoch) are the actress's first cousins. Meanwhile, she convincingly portrayed the trauma and confusion of her captured-then-returned Olivia, whose emotional (and complicated) reunion with Peter made an outlandish situation real and moving. As they spend more time together Olivia begins to remember her time with Peter and gradually comes to realize that she is "his" Olivia while her memories from the readjusted timeline begin to slip. Other Products. However, they continue to work together and her time with Peter reminds her why she fell in love with him, and she tells him she wants to see him happy with her. Rachel Dunham is the deceased younger sister of Olivia Dunham and daughter of the still-living, Marilyn Dunham. [25] Olivia was in a relationship with Peter after they mended things in episode 6B But shortly after that Peter built a bridge wiping himself from existence, causing Olivia to forget who he was. In 2015 when Olivia is at a park with Etta and Peter they are caught up in a global attack by observers and she and Peter are separated from their daughter. She is last seen in the series saying goodbye to Olivia, worried about what job she has to do, unaware she is crossing over to the Other Side. She made a promise to herself to call her sister soon, maybe after this case was over. [23] She was nine years old when she shot her stepfather, and she states in an earlier episode that she knew what she wanted to do for a career "pretty much since [she] was nine", indicating a direct link between the childhood abuse and her job. "[19] She is a loner and dedicates almost all of her time to her work. Olivia inaccurately refers to Greg as Rachel's ex, who she spitefully calls a "bastard" and does not remember Rachel's second born child, a son named Eddie (named after her grandfather). Olivia Diane Dunham January 7, 2000 – September 9, 2014 ... You drove me insane but I was still proud to be related to such an amazing, strong, and hilarious best friend/sister. lisa92gene liked this Olivia had an abusive stepfather, and shot him several times in defense of her mother and herself. [45] She was listed in AfterEllen.com's Top 50 Favorite Female TV Characters.[46]. With the help of the alternate universe's Agent Broyles, she is able to escape from custody and make it to alternate Walter's Harvard lab, where she uses the tank to return to her own universe. ("A New Day In The Old Town") Rachel leaves Ella with the Fringe Team as she handles personal affairs in Chicago. Dunham Sisterhood. They are rescued by Etta in 2036. Anna was just so professional, and so great. In his review of the pilot episode for New York, John Leonarwas found Torv "wonderfully played" her character. Age [8] Having left her universe moving at a high speed, she returns at the same speed, crashing through the windshield of her now stationary car, leaving her in an almost fatal condition. She is trapped in the alternate universe by Walternate, Walter's alternative self, while Fauxlivia replaces her in the prime universe. Early life Anna Torv was born in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia to Susan and Hans Torv and grew up on the Hinterlands of the Gold Coast, Queensland. Through the Looking Glass and What Walter Found There, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Olivia_Dunham&oldid=994120993, Fictional Federal Bureau of Investigation personnel, Pages containing links to subscription-only content, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License, Henrietta Bishop (daughter; alternate timeline), Henry Bishop (son; erased in alternate timeline), This page was last edited on 14 December 2020, at 04:50. Olivia also had the ability to discern if an object originated in the alternate dimension due to a "glimmer" that only she could see. Disclaimer: Don't own Fringe – if I did, it would still be on. Casting director April Webster commented, "What we were looking for in Olivia was a woman who was believable as a FBI agent but yet had some vulnerability. - She has a sister named Rachel and a niece named Ella. At the 2009 Australians in Film Awards, Torv won the Breakthrough Award. An experiment by Dr. Bishop to link her to the dying John Scott's mind in order to learn what he knew about his condition results in Olivia gaining part of his consciousness, causing her mind to begin integrating and purging the foreign consciousness. Wendy is actually played by Anna Torv, whom Fringe fans already know as Olivia Dunham. "[39], In a response to some early negative reactions to the actress' performance, Jon Lachonis noted in a review of the first season's seventh episode that "Anna Torv, whose chill portrayal of FBI agent and Pattern investigator Olivia Dunham has come under fire for being too wooden, seems to have reinvented her character to answer the critics. Her father, Henry Dunham, is a U.S. Marine Corps AH-1W SuperCobra attack helicopter pilot in Marine Light Attack Helicopter Squadron 167 at Marine Corps Air Station New River. One later called her casting "the miracle of the whole thing". [6] When trying to reawaken this ability in her as an adult, Dr. Bishop hypothesized that this ability was partially derived from Olivia's fear about seeing into the alternate dimension. In the new timeline, Rachel and Greg either reconciled sooner or never faced the same marital issues witnessed in the original timeline. Olivia says that while they're close, they don't talk much due to the nature of her work. As part of a plan to defeat the now hostile observers, Olivia and the rest of the Fringe team purposefully trap themselves in amber. Visitation will be held She is the mother of Ella and resides with Olivia in a temporary living arrangement during season one, because of marriage difficulties. usedsweetness reblogged this from lisa92gene. She comes to visit Olivia from Chicago after she suffers from marital issues with her unseen husband, Greg. 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