Anna Torv
Anna Torv (5' 8" (1.73 m) born April 15, 1978 in Melbourne, Victoria) 5' 8" (1.73 m) is an Australian actress best known for her role as FBI agent Olivia Dunham on the Fox television series Fringe.
Anna Torv was born in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia to Susan and Hans Torv and grew up on the Hinterlands of the Gold Coast, Queensland. Anna's father Hans Torv is of Estonian descent, but he was born in Stirling, Scotland. She has been estranged from her father since the age of 8 . She has one sibling, a younger brother, Dylan. Her paternal aunt is the writer, Anna Maria Torv Murdoch Mann, who was married for 31 years to billionaire media mogul Rupert Murdoch..
Torv graduated from Benowa State High School in 1996. She graduated from Australia's National Institute of Dramatic Art (NIDA) with a degree in Performing Arts in 2001.
Torv appeared in the BBC series Mistresses. She also played the voice of the main character Nariko in the video game Heavenly Sword.
Torv plays FBI Agent Olivia Dunham in the American television series Fringe. She received an Australians in Film Breakthrough award in 2009 . She filmed Season 2 of Fringe in Vancouver, British Columbia. Anna appeared as Virginia Grey on HBO's mini-series The Pacific. She also won the 2010 Saturn Award for the Best Television actress.
In December 2008 Anna Torv married her Fringe co-star Mark Valley. They split in early 2010.
