BIOGRAPHY
Olivia "Liv" Claire Hutchings was born in Toronto, Canada in March 1997. She has lived in San Francisco, Toronto, Chicago and Indianapolis. She moved to Los Angeles in 2005 to pursue her acting and dancing dream.While living in Indianapolis, Liv heard an ad on the radio. The ad said that they were looking for kids to audition for Sesame Street. At that very moment, Liv decided that this is what she wanted to do. She began taking acting classes shortly after, and as they say, took to it like a fish takes to water. She attended the first ever IPOP event in New York City in the summer of 2005, where she received over 20 callbacks and won the Young Dancer Of The Year award.
Liv is also an accomplished dancer and has won overall awards all over the country. She recently competed in the prestigious Youth America Grand Prix ballet competition and qualified for the International Finals in New York. That was quite an experience for her!
Upon moving to LA Liv was immediately signed by a manager and agent and booked her very first audition. After working that day, Liv decided this was it... her dream. Since then, she has booked 19 jobs in 19 months! Her most memorable jobs to date are playing Isobel "Izzie" Stevens's daughter on Grey's Anatomy and booking a recurring role on the new show Saving Grace as "Mae Rodriguez". Working with such amazing actresses, Holly Hunter and Laura San Giacomo, has been an inspiration.
In 2008, Liv booked a guest role on the popular tv-series "ER", where she played a young, troubled girl named "Meredith Phoenix". Her performance was memorable and very touching. After that Liv has focused on school and dancing more, but we'll promise you'll see more of her in the future!
At the moment Liv is focusing on dancing and she is a very appreciated dancer. She has been accepted to many programs in summer 2010, so she'll have a busy summer ahead of her! Liv currently resides in Burbank, California, USA, with her parents and younger brother, Spencer. She used to be homeschooled, but is now in a public high school, where even Dakota Fanning studies. She is having the time of her life!