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Birth Name: Anna Charmichael Torv

Age: 46, born 7 June 1979

Country of origin: Australia

Currently Residing In: United States

Height: 5' 7"

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FRINGE Anna Torv on her Saturn Awards Win, the Missing Olivia/Etta Scene, and More

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Description: Anna Charmichael Torv (born 7 June 1979) is an Australian actress known for her role as FBI agent Olivia Dunham on the Fox television series Fringe (2008-2013). Anna Torv was born in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia to Susan and Hans Torv and grew up on the Hinterlands of the Gold Coast, Queensland.Anna's father is of Estonian descent, but was born in Stirling, Scotland.She is of Scottish descent on her mother's side.Torv has been estranged from her father since the age of 8.She has a younger brother named Dylan. Her paternal aunt is writer Anna Maria Torv Murdoch Mann, who was married for 31 years to billionaire media mogul Ru Anna Charmichael Torv (born 7 June 1979) is an Australian actress known for her role as FBI agent Olivia Dunham on the Fox television series Fringe (2008-2013).

Anna Torv was born in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia to Susan and Hans Torv and grew up on the Hinterlands of the Gold Coast, Queensland.Anna's father is of Estonian descent, but was born in Stirling, Scotland.She is of Scottish descent on her mother's side.Torv has been estranged from her father since the age of 8.She has a younger brother named Dylan. Her paternal aunt is writer Anna Maria Torv Murdoch Mann, who was married for 31 years to billionaire media mogul Rupert Murdoch.

Torv graduated from Benowa State High School in 1996.She graduated from Australia's National Institute of Dramatic Art (NIDA) with a degree in Performing Arts in 2001.

In 2004, Torv joined the cast of Australia's acclaimed television drama The Secret Life of Us playing Nikki Martel. Torv appeared in the BBC series Mistresses. She also played the voice and performed motion capture of the main character Nariko in the 2007 video game Heavenly Sword.

From 2008 to 2013, Torv played Agent Olivia Dunham in the American television series Fringe.She received an Australians in Film Breakthrough award in 2009. Torv appeared as Virginia Grey on HBO's mini-series The Pacific. She has been nominated five times for the Saturn Award for Best Television Actress from 2009 to 2013, winning a total of four.Torv also starred in a CollegeHumor Original video as a tyrannical traffic cop.

In December 2008, Torv married American actor Mark Valley, with whom she co-starred in Fringe.[32] In April 2010, it was reported that the couple had separated several months previously.[33][34]

Torv lived in Los Angeles for over a decade, up until shortly after the COVID-19 pandemic began in early 2020.[35] During her time there, she became a mother and bought a house.[36] She then sold her home and returned to Australia's Gold Coast in early 2020,[35] where she stayed with her mother before moving to Melbourne to film The Newsreader.[29]

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