Olivia Holt

Olivia Hastings Holt (born August 5, 1997 ) is an American actress and singer.

She starred in the Disney XD series Kickin' It, Disney Channel Original Movie Girl vs. Monster, and the Disney Channel Original Series I Didn't Do It.

In 2011, she moved to Los Angeles with her family.

Possessing skills in gymnastics, Holt was cast in Disney XD's martial arts comedy Kickin' It, which premiered on June 13, 2011.

She played the role of Kim in the series, as a main character in seasons 1–3, and as a special guest on three episodes in season 4.

She starred in the 2012 Disney Channel Original Movie Girl vs. Monster, playing the lead character Skylar Lewis, a teenager who discovers that her family have long worked as monster hunters, and she is next in line.

Holt recorded three songs for the 2012 film Girl vs. Monster, in which she also starred.

The songs were featured on the compilation Make Your Mark: Ultimate Playlist.

She also recorded a cover version of "Winter Wonderland" for the 2012 Disney Channel Holiday Playlist album.

She won a 2013 Radio Disney Music Award for Best Crush Song for "Had Me @ Hello", which was featured in the film.

Holt had voice roles in the films Tinker Bell and the Legend of the NeverBeast (2014) and Gnome Alone (2017), and starred in the feature films Class Rank (2017), Same Kind of Different as Me (2017), and Status Update (2018).

She left Kickin' It as a regular after season 3 to star in the Disney Channel half-hour comedy series I Didn't Do It, which premiered on January 17, 2014.

The series follows five friends, including Holt's character, Lindy Watson, a nerdy, athletic, social outcast.

In November 2014, Holt joined the cast of the drama Same Kind of Different as Me, directed by Michael Carney and also starring Greg Kinnear and Renée Zellweger, who play her character's parents in the film.

From 10 December 2014 to 4 January 2015, Holt played Aurora in Sleeping Beauty and Her Winter Knight at Pasadena Playhouse.

From 10 April to 4 June 2023, Holt played Roxie Hart in Chicago on Broadway.

Her song "Carry On" was the theme song for the 2014 Disneynature film Bears.

In October 2014, Holt signed a record deal with Hollywood Records.

She was homeschooled for part of her life but graduated from Oak Park High School in 2015.

Holt began her acting career in local theater productions.

She started appearing in television commercials at the age of 10, for products including Hasbro, Kidz Bop 14, Mattel, Bratz dolls, Littlest Pet Shop, and Girl Gourmet.

The series ended on October 16, 2015, after two seasons.

In November 2015, it was announced that Holt had been cast in a lead role in the indie comedy Class Rank, directed by Eric Stoltz.

Her debut EP, Olivia, was released on Hollywood Records on July 15, 2016.

In 2023, Holt made her Broadway debut as Roxie Hart in Chicago.

Holt was born in Germantown, Tennessee, to Mark and Kim (née Peterson) Holt.

She has two siblings.

At age three, her family moved to Nesbit, Mississippi, where she grew up after briefly living in Memphis, Tennessee.

Growing up, she took gymnastics classes for seven years.

In May 2016, it was announced that she would star alongside Ross Lynch in Status Update, directed by Scott Speer, with filming to commence the following month in Vancouver, Canada.

Her debut single, "Phoenix", came out on May 13, 2016.

The music video was released on June 23, 2016.

Olivia, her debut EP, was released on July 15, 2016.

In January 2017, Holt was cast as Tandy Bowen / Dagger, one of the lead characters in the Freeform and Marvel Comics television series Cloak & Dagger.

The film was released in October 2017.

From 2018 to 2020, she portrayed Tandy Bowen / Dagger in the Freeform series Cloak & Dagger, the Disney XD series Spider-Man, and the Hulu series Runaways.

In 2021, she portrayed Kate Wallis in Cruel Summer.

The series premiered in June 2018 and ran for two seasons until May 2019, after which it was canceled.

Holt, along with her Cloak & Dagger co-star Aubrey Joseph, returned to voice their respective characters on the Disney XD animated series Spider-Man and reprised their roles for a two-episode stint in the third and final season of Runaways.

Holt plays Kate Wallis on the series Cruel Summer, a psychological thriller set between 1993 and 1995 that premiered on Freeform on April 20, 2021.