“A passionate pursuer of the dramatic and performing arts” would describe Jackeline Olivier. Jackie, with her ready smile, her energy and drive, says, “I love drama. The passion of drama makes me think, ‘I just go for it!' I love character work and I'll play anything - the professional, the innocent, the bitch, the druggie, and the femme fatale.”

Originally from Porto Alegre , in the south of Brazil , Jackie gets cast as every ethnicity, not only the typical Latina . “My look is VERY adaptable. I have played the classically hot Latina only twice .” Jackie readily leaves her ego behind to embrace broken and complex characters. She has never been stereotyped by her beauty and her Latin origins. She has the body and face to play a Greek goddess and the soul and heart to play the most broken and lost of God's forgotten characters.

Jackie's acting began early. At age ten, her teachers schoolmates and family were amazed by her talents. They all encouraged her to pursue acting. “That was it, my fate was decided!” laughs Jackie. Her stunning natural beauty, drive, discipline and energy allowed her to expand her innate talents beyond acting to other performing arts, like dancing. A professional Samba dancer, Jackie performed in Japan for a few of years.

Now, 10 plays, 15 films and numerous TV appearances later, Jackie continues to live on the passionate edge of her art and continues to grow in its dimensions and depth. The ultimate team player, Jackie seeks and draws out this quality in others.

She recently wrapped the latest of the Day of the Dead sequels: Day Of The Dead 2 -Contagium, directed by Jim Dudelson and Ana Clavell. Jackie was one of the lead characters; Vicky, “a self-centered, evil, cunning junkie.” The Day of the Dead sequels come with a built-in audience, so she comes with a ready fan club waiting to see more of her passion and her “drama thing.”

Other recent feature film work includes Costa Chica: Confession of an Exorcist directed by David Heavener, Boppin' At The Glue Factory with Jeff Orgill, The Dream of Alvareen directed by Alexander Leher, Apartment 6 directed by John Pietros, In with Thieves by Sid Kali and Werewolf in a Women's Prison with director Jeff Leroy.

Jackie also excels in live theater. Pilgrims of the Night, at the Stella Adler Theatre, won Jackie raves reviews from LA Weekly .It was a “physically exhausting” role involving fourteen onstage 30-second wardrobe changes, 120 lighting cues, 70 sound cues and 30 video cues. She co-produced it, painted flats and created her own wardrobe.

“I love theater: the hard work, the effort. It takes months to build a production set, just to run for a couple weeks. But I LOVE that unique tingle of fear that comes only with live theater. I've done 8 plays in the last 2 ½ years.” Pilgrims of the Night, Snow Angel, Beauty, Red Roses for My Lady, On Time, Apres Opera, Electric Roses and 8 Shades of Layon Gray.

She grounded herself professionally in her craft at Stella Adler, where she graduated after she'd studied acting and method. Jackie also studied with Lee Strasberg . She is always working, always reaching and making herself grow. She's still training and she is a member of the Filmmaker's Alliance www.filmmakersalliance.com, The Creative Actors Alliance www.creativeactors.com and the LA Filmmakers.