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There’s different Olyphant taking implicit Hollywood! Vivian Olyphant is having a breakout infinitesimal with the premiere of Justified: City Primeval, the long-awaited Justified revival. The 20-year-old is portion of the unthinkable ensemble formed of the FX series, which premieres July 18.
Timothy with his daughter, Vivian Olyphant, astatine ATX successful June 2023. (Shutterstock)
So, who is Vivian Olyphant? She’s an histrion connected the emergence and making her TV debut with her celebrated dad. HollywoodLife has 5 cardinal facts you request to cognize astir Vivian.
Vivian Olyphant is Timothy Olyphant’s daughter.
Vivian is the youngest kid of Timothy Olyphant and Alexis Knief. The couple, who met successful college, person been joined since 1991. Vivian has 2 older siblings: Grace and Henry.
Vivian plays Willa Givens successful Justified: City Primeval.
Vivian stars arsenic Willa Givens, Raylan’s 15-year-old daughter, successful Justified: City Primeval. The relation marks Vivian’s onscreen acting debut. Willa is the girl of Raylan and his ex, Winona, played by Natalie Zea. Willa was antecedently played by Eden Henderson.
Timothy suggested Vivian audition for the relation of Willa.
At first, the Justified: City Primeval showrunners were precise hesitant astir Timothy’s idea. “In fact, we were horrified erstwhile Tim was like, ‘I’m going to enactment my girl connected portion for the relation of my daughter,'” Dave Andron told EW backmost successful 2022. “And we were like, ‘This is simply a no-win. This is brutal. If it’s not good, what are we going to do?’ And she was great.”
Vivian auditioned and won the relation of Willa Givens. “It was an unthinkable experience,” Timothy said connected Late Night with Seth Meyers successful 2022. “She was remarkable, and it was a joyousness to enactment with her. She worked precise hard. She auditioned for it, and I wasn’t amazed that they hired her, and it was truly special.”
Vivian Olyphant arsenic Willa Givens. (FX)
Vivian has studied acting and singing.
Vivian studied acting astatine William Esper Studio successful New York. She besides attended Berklee College of Music wherever she studied songwriting. She presently lives successful New York.
Vivian ne'er watched the archetypal Justified.
Vivian was a spot young during Justified’s archetypal tally from 2010 to 2015. In an interrogation with The Wrap (which took spot earlier the SAG-AFTRA strike), Vivian admitted that she “never” watched Justified but “did sojourn the set. But, I was 8 erstwhile the amusement ended. And by the clip I was allowed to ticker the show, I deliberation that was a clip wherever I stopped caring astir my dad.”
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