Olivia

**Olivia King** is one of Shannon’s best friends in the third book, *Friends Forever*. She’s a talented actress in Shannon’s drama class who has an agent and often gets professional acting roles.

## Appearance

Olivia, whose main theme color is orange, has short blonde hair with bangs and hazel/brownish-green eyes.

## Personality

Olivia’s loyal to her friends and loves them. She stands up for Shannon when a boy is shooting spitballs at her. Acting is her passion: she’s thrilled when talking about her roles in TV and stage. Because of this, she’s a dedicated, hard worker. Shannon, jealous at one point, calls her “Miss Piggy”; Olivia is angry and joins in when their other friends start being mean to and complaining about Shannon. It shows that she’s had her moments being unkind to Shannon… though in this case, her feelings were hurt by Shannon’s comment. She could also be insecure, judging by this and the way she’s worried about getting in trouble for being “pantsed”. Jane mentions Olivia and Heather thinking of her as being a “cheap wench”; while Olivia never confirms this, it’s possible she made this unkind comment too. For the most part, Olivia is seen as being kind and loyal.

## History

Shannon met Olivia in seventh grade drama class. They’re also in the same drama class in eighth grade, along with Olivia’s other best friend Heather. One day during gym, Olivia is shown getting “pantsed” by some boys. The next day during lunch, Olivia is called to the office to speak to her agent, who reveals she got a part she auditioned for. Olivia is represented by the McGovern talent agency.

Shannon goes to watch Olivia in a performance she’s in at a local theatre. This is just another instance of Olivia’s acting skills. After the performance, Olivia reveals that Trish, Denise, and Billy all got signed by McGovern, but that the agency is closed to auditions and that’s why she can’t recommend Shannon. She’s appropriately apologetic. Olivia is at lunch with Shannon when it’s revealed that she was scammed by a fake talent agency, and she appears shocked. She also stands up for Shannon when a boy is bugging her.

Olivia is casted in the school play as the little sister in the show. She attends the closing-night party with the rest of the drama kids. At one point, Olivia’s shown to be “going with” Fuzz. Olivia, Heather, and Shannon go to the mall together one day; they ride the bus there, where they encounter Shannon’s crush Anthony. Olivia teases Anthony about Shannon and thinks that the employee at the smoothie shop is cute, showing some of her flirtier side. When Jen beats Shannon in the run for president, Olivia admits that she thinks Jen deserved to win too; when Chad beats Shannon in an equal-rights debate, Olivia thinks it’s unfair. Shannon says that Olivia looks like Miss Piggy one day at lunch, which offends Olivia and causes her to participate in talking about what she doesn’t like about Shannon.

Olivia and Heather decorate Shannon’s bedroom on her birthday and apologize for being mean to her that day. Olivia attends Shannon’s fourteenth birthday party. At the end-of-the-year drama showcase, Olivia sings and performs, and goes out to dinner with the rest of the drama kids afterwards.

## Trivia

* Olivia’s acting roles have included Tiny Tim in *A Christmas Carol* and a model in a toothpaste commercial, among others.