Olivia (born 2015) is an American

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dog actress best known for her roles in films like ''Widows'' and ''Game Night'', both released in 2018.

Career

Olivia is represented by Animal Casting Atlanta. Her first screen appearance was in

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’s '' Insatiable'', which premiered in 2018. In ''Game Night'', Olivia played a male dog named Bastian. On the set of ''Widows'', Olivia was given her own trailer and groomers. She played a female dog also named Olivia. She has received praise from

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for her work in ''Widows'': "I don’t own a dog in life, so I was omplaininglike, ‘I’ve gotta work with a ''dog''. What if the dog licks me? Dogs are nasty and disgusting. Within the first five minutes, I’m kissing the dog, I’m holding the dog, the dog was on my chest. I ''love'' that dog, and she came to me so easily."

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