Olivia Clari Nice is an award-winning actor, writer, and multidisciplinary artist known for bringing depth, precision, and fearlessness to every role.
She is currently starring in and co-writing Finding Jazz, a music-based feature romantic drama in active production, and has been steadily working throughout 2026 — including a feature proof of concept, a mockumentary short, and commercial work for Dell and Alcon. She has earned two Best Actress nominations in 2026 — at Austin Revolution Film Festival and Prison City Film Festival — adding to a list of accolades that includes Best Actress in a Narrative Feature at Prison City Film Festival (2024) for Carnage Radio, and the Slamdance 2024 Grand Jury Prize for Restorage, in which she originated the series-regular lead.
Her film work spans genres — action sci-fi thrillers, horror, dramedy — and she performs her own stunts. On the commercial side, she has appeared in over 100 national campaigns for brands including Disney, Bud Light, Chase Bank, Sephora, CVS, Dell, HAR.com, and Direct Energy x Amazon Prime, working with directors including Matt Aselton and Kameron Mack, creative director at Will Smith's Westbrook Media.
In theater, Olivia performed Girl in the Tony Award-winning musical Once over 300 times — earning Outstanding Lead Performance honors from Theater Bay Area, Best Female Performance at Ashland, and critical praise from the Austin Chronicle, Talkin Broadway, and the Austin Chronicle, among others. Her favorite credits also include Baker's Wife in Sondheim’s Into the Woods at ZACH Theatre and May in Sam Shepard’s Fool for Love.
A Princeton graduate at just 20, Olivia holds a degree in Religion, fluency in French, and over 80 stage and screen credits, including original works she has written herself. A pivotal stay at a Buddhist temple in Yangon, Myanmar, revealed the intersection of Eastern religion and Western acting technique — leading to her Princeton thesis directly comparing Stanislavski's An Actor Prepares with the Yoga Sutras of Patañjali, uncovering sources previously censored by the USSR.
She is also a published academic writer, a certified Lucid Body teacher, an award-winning singer, a competitive-level swimmer, and a world traveler who has lived and worked in the US, France, South Africa, and Southeast Asia.
In addition to her performance work,
Olivia is a certified Lucid Body teacher,
coaching other actors and corporate clients using Jungian psychology, archetypes, and somatics to enhance their presence, versatility, and longevity on stage and screen. Her academic curiosity extends to various metaphysical traditions, with a passion for Stanislavski’s system, the chakra work of Lucid Body, Jung’s theory of individuation, and Balinese ritual dance.
As a published academic writer, Olivia has spearheaded notable works such as Federico Fellini's 8 1/2 as a Narrative of Jungian Individuation and Yoga for the Actor: The Hidden Key to Stanislavski’s System. Her deep intellectual exploration informs her artistic practice, setting her apart in both the academic and entertainment realms.
Outside of acting, Olivia is an award-winning singer, competitive-level swimmer, and a world traveler, having lived and worked in the US, France, South Africa, and Southeast Asia. Her unique life experiences and commitment to excellence make her a compelling force in the entertainment industry.
