Olivia Birkelund is an American actress, best known for her role as

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in the ABC daytime soap opera '' All My Children''.

Life and career

Birkelund attended Brown University and studied acting at the

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. In 1991 she made her television debut as Sondra Hill in the ABC daytime soap opera, '' One Life to Live''. In 1995, Birkelund began starring as Arlene Dillon Vaughan Chandler,

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's alcoholic mother, in the ABC soap opera '' All My Children''. She appeared in show to 2002 on recurring basis. In 2008 she had another soap role, on

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's '' Guiding Light''. Birkelund appeared in films ''

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'' (1998), '' The Bone Collector'' (1999), '' Uninvited'' (1999), '' Far from Heaven'' (2002), and on made for television movies ''Night Sins'' and '' On the Edge of Innocence'' (1997). She guest-starred on '' Law & Order'', '' Homicide: Life on the Street'', '' Star Trek: Voyager'', '' Law & Order: Special Victims Unit'', ''

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'', ''

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'', and ''

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''. In 2014, Birkelund had a recurring role in the ABC drama ''

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''.

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