| Birth Name: | Olivia Marie D'Lima |
| Birth Date: | 1993 |
| Birth Place: | Enfield, London, England |
| Years Active: | 2017–present |
Olivia Marie D'Lima (born 1993) is an English actress and writer. For her role in the BBC One medical soap opera Casualty (2020–2022), she was nominated for Best Newcomer at the National Television Awards. She has since appeared in the Paramount+ series The Killing Kind (2023).
D'Lima was born in the North London Borough of Enfield and grew up near Southgate. She is Goan and English; her mother is from North Yorkshire, and her father was born in Kenya and grew up in Mumbai.[1] Before going into acting, D'Lima worked as a Learning Support Assistant (LSA) at Cuffley School.[2]
In 2020,[3] D'Lima joined the cast of the BBC One medical soap opera Casualty as the paramedic Fenisha Khatri, a role she would play until the character's death in 2021.[4] For her performance, she was nominated for Best Newcomer at the 26th National Television Awards. She would also reprise her role in a 2022 flashback of the character's love interest.[5]
D'Lima made guest appearances in episodes of the BBC One crime drama Death in Paradise[6] [7] and the ITV series Van der Valk in 2022 and 2023 respectively.[8] She wrote the short films A Normal Night[9] and Beige,[10] and the web series Naughties.[11] She had a main role as Suzanne in the Paramount+ legal drama The Killing Kind.
D'Lima is based in south Hertfordshire.[12] She is hypermobile.[13]
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | Disconnect | Alice | Short film |
| 2019 | Storytellers | Chloe | Short film |
| 2021 | A Normal Night | Lucy | Short film, writer and director |
| 2022 | Beige | Short film, writer | |
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | Plastic Paddies | Emily | Television film |
| 2019 | Twisted Guide to Life | Boss | Web series, 7 episodes |
| 2020 | HASH# | Daffers | Television film |
| 2020–2022 | Casualty | Fenisha Khatri | 37 episodes |
| 2022 | Death in Paradise | Ayana Jelani | 1 episode |
| The Stand Up Sketch Show | Ensemble | 2 episodes | |
| Small Doses | Emma James Khan | Pilot | |
| 2023 | Van der Valk | Katya Alsteen | Episode: "Magic in Amsterdam" |
| The Killing Kind | Suzanne | Main role, 6 episodes | |
| Year | Award | Category | Work | Result | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | National Television Awards | Best Newcomer | Casualty | [14] | |
| Independent Shorts Awards | Best Actress | A Normal Night | [15] | ||
| Best First Time Director (Female) | |||||