About Olivia
Olivia Wang王欧, actress, the first person in cross-cultural physical theater between China and Australia, the founder of a non-profit performing arts company, and an ambassador dedicated to promoting Chinese and Australian culture.
Olivia is a versatile artist, transitioned from screen performance in China to stage acting, making her mark with the musical IDA in 2018 and has been exploring physical theatre since 2019. Lead in Chinese-Australian Cross-Cultural Physical Theatre, with works spanning screen and music.
Olivia Wang has participated in various aspects of the performing arts, spanning stage, screen and music. She has been worked for with a list of government and non-government bodies, various cultural festivals, orgs and she public. She now heads Cross Encounters, a renowned NFP performing arts company in Melbourne. Since the end of 2023, she has brought innovative improvisational theatre shows to the audience. In 2024, she was nominated for the Best Actress Award at the New York International Film Awards and ATHVIKVARUNI INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL for short film Wake Her Up.
王欧，演员，中澳跨文化肢体剧第一人，非营利演艺公司创始人，致力于推广中澳文化的形象大使。
她是一位多才多艺的艺术家，从中国的银幕表演转型到舞台表演，2018年凭借音乐剧《IDA》崭露头角，2019年起开始探索肢体剧。 领衔中澳跨文化肢体剧，作品横跨银幕和音乐。
参与过舞台、银幕和音乐等多方面的表演艺术。 她曾与一系列政府和非政府机构、各种文化节、组织和公众合作。现在担任墨尔本著名非盈利表演艺术公司 Cross Encounters 的负责人。 自2023年年底，她为观众带来了创新的即兴戏剧秀。2024年，她凭借短片将她唤醒，入围纽约国际电影奖和圣德夫国际电影节的最佳女演员奖。
She began as the first actor to perform Chinese-Australian cross-cultural physical theatre on stage, taking on lead roles in several productions.
她最初是第一位在舞台上表演中澳跨文化肢体剧的演员，在多部作品中担任主角。
Her credits include Spring Romance_headlining show (2024), Dumplings Feast (art Musical event drama showcase, 2024 ), Christmas Romance (Asian Australian Drama Music Festival, 2023), A friendship of life and death (the first ever Chinese Opera physical theatre piece to be presented in Australia, 2023), Nirvana (a first Guitar/Guzheng musical collaboration in Chinese-Australian physical theatre area, 2021), A Stone’s Throw (the first ever physical theatre piece combining Chinese and Australian performers under a Chinese director, 2020).
As a screen actress she also has several screen experience including film, TV, music video and web series in Australia and China.
作为一名荧幕演员，她在澳大利亚和中国也有电影、电视、网络剧，音乐MV等多种荧幕经验。
The latest work is Goodbye, Eri (2024).Other credits include A QUEST OVER COFFEE (mini-movie, 2023), She/her (the first short film about Chinese-Australian theatre maker), and so on.
She has also participated in various concerts and cultural festivals as a singer and MC, working with a range of governmental and/or corporates.
她曾作为歌手和MC参与各种音乐会和文化节日，与一系列政府和非政府机构合作。
As an acting coach and theatre choreography, Olivia has been invited by several local arts communities and group including Austrialian Art Youth Academy, SJ community, MUSU theatre group, etc. to give theatre workshops and acting tutorials, to present at relevant workshops and activities, to provide theatrical presentations for theatre lovers.
王欧还是当地几家艺术机构的表演教练和戏剧编舞，参与相关的工作坊活动。
As an intercultural performing arts expert, Olivia has been engaged by various arts and cultural bodies including Australian council of arts to help build up communication and facilitate the connection of Australian-Chinese performing arts industries and provide expertise advice.
她曾受澳大利亚艺术委员会等艺术机构和艺术团体的邀请，提供中澳表演艺术方面的专业意见。