Fringe - Anna Torv / Olivia Dunham #18 - Because "you came to us as a stranger, but you will always be our Liv"

sofiab · 07-16-2012, 04:05 PM

Anna Torv | Olivia Dunham

APPRECIATON THREAD

Name – Anna Torv
Date of Birth – June 1979
Place of Birth – Melbourne
Hair Color – Currently blonde
Eye Color – Green
Height – 5’ 8’’ (1.73 m)
Education – Australia's National Institute of Dramatic Art (NIDA)degree in Performing Arts (Acting) in 2001.

001 – She is of Estonian descent on her father’s side, and of Scottish descent on her mother’s.
002 - Was raised by her mother, Susan, who has her own company that makes hats, shirts and accessories.
003 - Has a younger brother, Dylan.
004 - Has been estranged from her father, Hans Torv, since the age of 8.
005 - Married her Fringe costar, Mark Valley, in a small, private ceremony in December 2008.
006 - Was married to Fringe co-star, Mark Valley.
007 – Graduated from Benowa State High School (1996)
008 - Grew up in Gold Coast, Queensland. Went to Sydney at 17.
009 - Enjoys horseback riding, surfing, swimming and hiking.
010 - Attended the University of South Wales.
011 - Voiced and played Nariko for Playstation 3′s ‘Heavenly Sword.
012 - Was chosen for the role of Olivia Dunham 3 days before shooting commenced.
She was camping in the Outback at the time, so the producers at Bad Robot could not get in contact with her.
Anna got to a gas station just in time to sign and fax the contract back to the porducers in LA and started working 3 days later.
013 - Won Saturn Award for Best Actress in Television for Fringe.
014 –Aside from a contract as part of J.J. Abrams’ series Fringe, FOX has offered Anna a two-picture deal

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(ask to be added)

“They freaked out when I had to do some of the driving though, because I’m from Australia
and we drive on the other side of the street. Josh [Joshua Jackson]
is a little bit scared as I’m looking over the wrong shoulder reversing back.”

(about her character on Fringe) “She’s ridiculously focused and ridiculously determined.
She’s living in a man’s world, and it’s quite fun to not be constantly playing
the love interest. That’s what you get a lot of the time; you’re playing these
flirtatious scenes or you’re going on dates or you’re dressed up.
I love that she’s practical. She wears suits, and she doesn’t wear lipstick;
she just does her job.”

('this' referring to Fringe) As far as the paranormal, I'm a bit of a squib myself.
All the gross stuff, I didn't have any interest in prior to this."

"We’ll just keep going, each season,
we just keep discovering more and more Olivias,
and they just keep getting more and more different
until I end up playing this southern belle who reads palms."

"I haven’t really had the chance to play the alternate Olivia properly for herself.
It’s been our Olivia thinking that she was the alternate Olivia.
And then the alternate Olivia pretending to be our Olivia.
So, it’s been a little bit tough to work that line. What I found interesting
is that how clearly I am now seeing Olivia.
I don’t think you get those opportunities where you actually get
to step back and look at a character with a different
perspective while playing the other."

I've found in my life that the parts that you're right for are the parts that you get.
It's really usually quite easy because you're kind of right."

“I don’t feel like I’ve hit my stride. So I wonder what the moment will be
when I get to be who I want to be.”

“I don’t find guys nervous around me. But maybe guys don’t talkto me
if they’re nervous.”

“I’m terrible at practical jokes. I do them too well, so they’re not funny.
I end up saying, “Oh, no, I’m joking, I’m joking… .”

“They say Australians get that ten-yard stare. It comes from the land
and the horizon. You can see all around you for as far as you can see.
So you just stare. I do it all the time.”

“A friend of mine says his two favorite artists are Picasso and Rembrandt.
Picasso because he paints the beautiful in such an ugly fashion.
And Rembrandt because he paints the ugly so beautifully.”

TV

The Pacific (2010) – Virginia Grey
Fringe (2008 - ?) – Olivia Dunham
Mistresses (2008) – Alex
The Secret Life of Us (2004 – 2005) – Nikki Martel
McLeod’s Daughters (2004) – Jasmine McLeod
Young Lions (2002) – Nina Nedov

Movies

Frankenstein (2007) – ITU Nurse
The Book of Revelation (2006) – Bridget
Travelling Light (203) – Debra Fowler
White Collar Blue (2002) – Neighbour

Theatre

The Cherry Orchard (Sydney Theatre Company) (2006) - Anya
Hamlet (2003) – Ophelia

Movie Games

Heavenly Sword (2007) - Nariko

Letterman
Ellen
Jay Leno
Tonight Show Backstage
Craig Ferguson
Tavis Smiley
Jimmy Kimmel
Regis & Kelly
Harper’s Bazaar
Mark T Beauty
Oxfam Unwrapp 2010
Oxfam Collection
Oxfam Unwrapp 2011
Can I Give You a Ticket?

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Olivia Videos

Bad Body Double
The Distinction
Beautiful Mess
Rockstar
Always A Woman
- Stand In The Rain
The story of Olivia Dunham
Cooler than me
Everybody loves you
Bedshaped
See what I've become

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Survivors

Anna Torv Photoshoots Survivor
Anna Torv Fringe Promotional Pictures Survivor
Anna Red Capet Survivor
It's The Dunham, Olivia Dunham World!

sofiab · 07-16-2012, 04:08 PM

Olivia Dunham vs Olivia Dunham Survivor Scenes

Over There Part 2

BOLIVIA DUNHAM: How did you...?
OLIVIA: ...we both leave our hide-a-key in the same place.

Scene 3

OLIVIA: I need to speak to Peter Bishop. He's in danger here, and he needs to understand that.
BOLIVIA DUNHAM: This isn't just an assignment, is it? Are you two a couple? Is that what this is about?
OLIVIA: Please, I need to speak to him. You gotta trust me. I'm you.
OLIVIA: Will you help me?
BOLIVIA DUNHAM: Okay.

Scene 5

BOLIVIA DUNHAM: You know, I don't know what you are, but you are nothin' like me. You know, he was right. Call Fringe. This is Dunham.
OLIVIA: Uhh!
BOLIVIA DUNHAM: Uhh! Uhh!
OLIVIA: Uhh!
BOLIVIA DUNHAM: Uhh!
OLIVIA: Uhh! Unh! Uhh!

Neither Here Nor There

Scene 6

OLIVIA: This isn't gonna work, this truce, because you're not trustworthy. I mean, simple things like principles,
honor, honesty... all fundamental requirements in an accord. If you can't trust
the people you're dealing with, what then?
BOLIVIA DUNHAM: You know, maybe I'm not the problem. Maybe it's you.
Maybe you are just incapable of trust.
OLIVIA: Interesting. Coming from the person who kidnapped me and stole my life.
BOLIVIA DUNHAM: You know, being you and living your life only made me more homesick for my universe.
Must be hard to develop trust in people when all you've got is yourself. Must get terribly lonely.
OLIVIA: Just because you walked in my shoes, don't you think for a moment that you know me.
BOLIVIA DUNHAM: Yeah. Keep telling yourself that.
OLIVIA: Happy reading. I'm sure you'll find a lot of the cases familiar since you
and your people were responsible.
BOLIVIA DUNHAM: Huh. Funny. I was just gonna say the same thing to you.

Neither Here Nor There

Scene 11

BOLIVIA DUNHAM: What you said to John about your stepfather-- you were trying to open him up, huh?
OLIVIA: Yes. It's also true.
BOLIVIA DUNHAM: So what happened to him?
OLIVIA: My stepfather? I killed him.

Worlds Apart

Scene 15

BOLIVIA: You know, there's a lot of things about you that I wish I had. There's a lot of things about you that I admire.
SYNTHETIC VOICE: Overload at ninety-four percent.
OLIVIA: That's funny. I was about to say the same thing about you. Keep looking up. After it rains. Keep looking up.
BOLIVIA: I will.

sofiab · 07-16-2012, 04:11 PM

Lia was the only person who voted so far.

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Originally Posted by zenmaster (View Post)

#5

I vote #5

Votes so far #5 - 2

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Tv season is back in full swing in Vancouver and we were lucky to get Anna Torv on her return from ComicCon. Anna is always very sweet and this time was no different. She was a little frazzled from being stuck in customs for work visa issues for quite awhile but still very chatty and kind to us. Anna looks like she's been hitting the gym over the summer - her arms were amazing!

Outlaw Autographs: Anna Torv

star_gazer02 · 07-16-2012, 05:30 PM

#5

TFTNT! Love the title!!

@l3jandra · 07-17-2012, 12:01 AM

TFTNT

#5

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zenmaster · 07-17-2012, 02:42 AM

Finity · 07-17-2012, 08:24 AM

I

the titel thx for it !!!!
Right Lia

she is soo great and lovely

@ sofia in the last thread you said this : Betty's last gif: she has it covered, she reads O2 fanfic with Jasika What gif are you talking about and what did she covered

sofiab · 07-17-2012, 02:22 PM

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Originally Posted by Finity (View Post)

@ sofia in the last thread you said this : Betty's last gif: she has it covered, she reads O2 fanfic with Jasika What gif are you talking about and what did she covered

I was referring to this gif Betty posted. We now know that Jasika and Anna read Fringe fan fiction, Jasika said it during the panel, so, Anna must know about the Olivia/Olivia (O2) fan fic

I am in LOVE with Anna Torv from #fringe! She's so freaking talented and had a great chat at #sdcc ❤

Photo by darionl1 • Instagram

@l3jandra · 07-17-2012, 04:01 PM

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star_gazer02 · 07-17-2012, 04:29 PM

Oh my god there are too many videos to watch!

It's going to take me some time to get them thru all but thank you for posting them!

zenmaster · 07-18-2012, 12:48 AM

Anna Torv Daily | http://annatorvdaily.com - Your 24/7 resource for all things Anna Torv.

SDCC Press Line Video Interview – IGN Interviews Anna Torv of Fringe | Anna Torv Online • annatorv.com

It's a Ukulele.

sofiab · 07-18-2012, 02:48 PM

^ How do you know?

Fringe star Anna Torv talks Comic-Con emotions and the final season

I suppose I have no reason to doubt myself.

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Anna Torv's sneak peek at the end of 'Fringe'

"Fringe" has taken so many twists and turns over four years, it's anybody's guess how the series will end for good this season. One thing's for sure: we'll glimpse more of the future.

"Last season, we got a taste of what to expect," "Fringe" star Anna Torv told CNN Geek Out. "2036, here we come!"

We briefly met Peter and Olivia's grown-up child in 2036. What did Aussie Torv think of her TV daughter?

“She’s really sweet. And she’s Australian, so that totally works."

Of course, it's bittersweet when any show is coming to an end, and it becomes all the more real when there's a final San Diego Comic-Con panel to see it off. But Torv is looking on the bright side.

"We’re fortunate that we can end the show knowing that we’re ending the show," she said.

"Our writers are going to be able to do it justice, serving the viewers and serving us as well, because we’ve put a lot in. And we can make it count, knowing we can finish the game."

The show's enthusiastic fans have rallied to keep it going, and those fans – many wearing "Fringe" fedoras – filled the cavernous Hall H at Comic-Con.

“That’s been our core, our extraordinarily supportive fan base, from the start," said Torv.

The show has a lot of heart, dealing with the familial relationship between Walter and Peter Bishop, as well as the romance with Peter and Olivia Dunham (“It would be good if they ended up happily ever after, which they kind of did at the end of season four. But is that the end?"), but its science fiction roots can't be denied and that's a big source of its popularity.

"I feel really proud that we’ve tipped our hat to the genre, and we’ve done it right," Torv said. "But that’s not me, that’s the guys who write it."

Torv herself is not new to the world of science fiction and didn't rule out continuing to explore it, post-"Fringe."

“I’ve always loved sci-fi and I think when people think of sci-fi, they think just of ‘Star Trek.’ They probably really do love sci-fi, they don’t know that’s what they’re watching. One of my favorite books is ‘Neuromancer.’ I read that years ago. Lots of stuff is science fiction, it's not just people in suits."

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@l3jandra · 07-18-2012, 06:52 PM

Olivia Dunham vs Olivia Dunham Survivor Scenes

Over There Part 2

BOLIVIA DUNHAM: How did you...?
OLIVIA: ...we both leave our hide-a-key in the same place.

Scene 3

OLIVIA: I need to speak to Peter Bishop. He's in danger here, and he needs to understand that.
BOLIVIA DUNHAM: This isn't just an assignment, is it? Are you two a couple? Is that what this is about?
OLIVIA: Please, I need to speak to him. You gotta trust me. I'm you.
OLIVIA: Will you help me?
BOLIVIA DUNHAM: Okay.

Neither Here Nor There

Scene 6

OLIVIA: This isn't gonna work, this truce, because you're not trustworthy. I mean, simple things like principles,
honor, honesty... all fundamental requirements in an accord. If you can't trust
the people you're dealing with, what then?
BOLIVIA DUNHAM: You know, maybe I'm not the problem. Maybe it's you.
Maybe you are just incapable of trust.
OLIVIA: Interesting. Coming from the person who kidnapped me and stole my life.
BOLIVIA DUNHAM: You know, being you and living your life only made me more homesick for my universe.
Must be hard to develop trust in people when all you've got is yourself. Must get terribly lonely.
OLIVIA: Just because you walked in my shoes, don't you think for a moment that you know me.
BOLIVIA DUNHAM: Yeah. Keep telling yourself that.
OLIVIA: Happy reading. I'm sure you'll find a lot of the cases familiar since you
and your people were responsible.
BOLIVIA DUNHAM: Huh. Funny. I was just gonna say the same thing to you.

Neither Here Nor There

Scene 11

BOLIVIA DUNHAM: What you said to John about your stepfather-- you were trying to open him up, huh?
OLIVIA: Yes. It's also true.
BOLIVIA DUNHAM: So what happened to him?
OLIVIA: My stepfather? I killed him.

Worlds Apart

Scene 15

BOLIVIA: You know, there's a lot of things about you that I wish I had. There's a lot of things about you that I admire.
SYNTHETIC VOICE: Overload at ninety-four percent.
OLIVIA: That's funny. I was about to say the same thing about you. Keep looking up. After it rains. Keep looking up.
BOLIVIA: I will.

star_gazer02 · 07-18-2012, 08:56 PM

sofiab · 07-19-2012, 12:59 AM

#3

Is that a personal guarantee?

That burning sensation

Is that a personal guarantee?


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