Olivia Viggiani is a performer, writer, director, producer and content creator from Toronto. With dual British-Canadian citizenship, she has graduated from prominent conservatory programs both in Toronto and London, UK. Her foundations in theatre and visual art have paved the way into a focused passion for film, TV, and digital platforms. As a queer, fem, and intergenerational IPV survivor: Olivia’s artistic practice is focused on liberated expression of the human experience through nuanced storytelling. Inclusivity, representation, community, and empathy are major drives to this expression. Film and TV performance credits include: BARBELLE, The Handmaid’s Tale, Grand Army, Ghostwriter, Ghosts and The Boys. Theatre credits include: Eigengrau, The Baby, Edmond, Whack!, and Dance of Torn Papers. Along with working as an actor, Olivia has worked as a producer and content creator for compelling companies like: Boss & Co., The Storefront Theatre, Soulpepper Theatre, Here for Now Theatre. As well as flexing her writing and directing skills for: Theatre Direct, FOLDA, and NAC.
Olivia hopes to continue her exploration in storytelling; by expanding her portfolio as performer and filmmaker. Olivia's budding multimedia production company, 2Skins Entertainment - is focused on challenging colonial perceptions of creativity and exceptionality by making way for fresh new voices as agents of change. The company’s most recent work includes the short film Pony, which premiered at the 2022 Montreal Independant Film Festival and DEFUND which was named one of TIFF’s Top Ten short films of 2021. Other notable projects include: Rooted Imagination, commissioned by Theatre Direct as part of NAC’s The Transformations Project, and a series of micro-shorts created for Spider Web Show and TD’s Thought Residency. 2Skins Entertainment is currently in development for Spectators, a feature length horror genre comedy about the distortion of social currency and revisionist history of colonialism in Canada. Further projects on the deck of development include: Sweet Like Kandi, Let Her R.I.P., and Kerry. Olivia is infinitely grateful to be one half of 2Skins Entertainment and honoured to be collaborating with an incredible team of creatives on their upcoming projects.
