Biography

Olivia Dean was born on March 14, 1999 in Haringey, London, England, UK. She is a music artist, known for Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy (2025), A Family Affair (2024) and The Devil Wears Prada 2 (2026).

She was given her middle name after Lauryn Hill.

Her musical influences include Lauryn Hill, Jill Scott, Amy Winehouse, Al Green, Adele, Aretha Franklin, Sade Adu, Carole King, and the Supremes.

Her mother is of Jamaican-Guyanese descent and her father is English.

She cited the song "Diamonds on the Soles of Her Shoes" by Paul Simon as inspiring her to write music.

Her cousin in actor and rapper Ashley Walters.