Fictional character in American TV series "Scandal"
Fictional character
Olivia Pope
Scandal character
Kerry Washington as Olivia Pope
First appearance
"Sweet Baby" (1.01) April 5, 2012
Last appearance
"Over a Cliff" (7.18) April 19, 2018
Created by
Shonda Rhimes
Portrayed by
Kerry Washington
In-universe information
Full name
Olivia Carolyn Pope
Nickname
Liv, Livvie The Fixer
Occupation
White House Chief of Staff Lawyer Crisis manager (Campaign Manager) White House Communications Director Command of B613
Family
Rowan Pope (father) Maya Lewis (mother)
Significant others
Edison Davis (ex-fiancé) Jake Ballard (ex-boyfriend) President Fitzgerald Grant III (boyfriend)
Olivia Carolyn Pope is a fictional character created by Shonda Rhimes for the political drama television series Scandal.[1] This character also played a small role in the series How to Get Away with Murder on its 4th season produced by Shonda Rhimes where she plays a crisis manager who helped Annalise get her class-action case heard by the Supreme Court.[2] The character is partially based on American lawyer, manager and author Judy Smith.[3] In the series, Pope is played as an adult by Kerry Washington and as a child by Yara Shahidi.[4]
Pope is a Washington, D.C.-based crisis manager who runs her own firm, Olivia Pope & Associates (OPA), that specializes in "fixing" political situations and scandals.[5] The character has become a widely watched fashion and style trendsetter.[6][7]
^Jenkins, Carolyn (March 10, 2022). "The White Lotus Star Who Almost Played Olivia Pope On Scandal - Looper". Looper.com. Retrieved April 28, 2022.
^"Olivia Pope is exactly what How To Get Away With Murder needs". The A.V. Club. March 2, 2018. Retrieved April 28, 2022.
^"'Scandal' For Real: Judy Smith's Famous Clients from 'Scandal' For Real: Judy Smith's Famous Clients". ABC News. Retrieved April 28, 2022.
^"YBF FRESH FACE: Meet 13-Year-Old". theybf.com. Retrieved April 28, 2022.
^Deggans, Eric (April 18, 2018). "'Scandal' Will Keep On Giving Long After Olivia Pope Handles Her Last Crisis". NPR. Retrieved April 28, 2022.
^"'Scandal' star Kerry Washington voted best dressed woman". independent. September 19, 2013. Retrieved April 28, 2022.
^"Kerry Washington's InStyle cover criticized for lighter skin; mag explains". Los Angeles Times. February 6, 2015. Retrieved April 28, 2022.
Olivia Carolyn Pope is a fictional character created by Shonda Rhimes for the political drama television series Scandal. This character also played a...
gained wide public recognition for starring as crisis management expert OliviaPope in the ABC drama series Scandal (2012–2018). For her role, she was twice...
episodes of season 5, he is credited as a recurring cast member. Olivia Carolyn Pope, portrayed by Kerry Washington, is a former White House Communications...
season, Abby is seen working at the crisis management-firm, Pope & Associates, led by OliviaPope. She works alongside her colleagues Harrison Wright, Stephen...
series, she is recruited to work for OliviaPope in the Washington, D.C.-based crisis management-firm, OliviaPope & Associates (OPA), that specializes...
a fifth season. The season continues the story of OliviaPope's crisis management firm, OliviaPope & Associates, and its staff, as well as staff at the...
on May 17, 2012, with a total of 7 episodes. This season introduces OliviaPope and the various members of her firm, as well as President of the United...
Shonda Rhimes. The season continues the story of OliviaPope's crisis management firm, OliviaPope & Associates, and its staff, as well as staff at the...
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renewed for a sixth season. The series focuses on OliviaPope and her crisis management firm, OliviaPope & Associates, and its staff, as well as staff at...
the daughter of President William Johnson. In 2013, she played young OliviaPope in the two episodes of ABC political thriller series, Scandal. In 2014...
Production Company; the showrunner being Shonda Rhimes. The season focuses on OliviaPope and her new position as Chief of Staff of President Mellie Grant and...
of the ABC feed. The season continues the story of OliviaPope's crisis management firm, OliviaPope & Associates, and its staff, as well as staff at the...
Rhimes' pilot script Scandal to series. Kerry Washington starred as OliviaPope, a political crisis management expert. The character is partially based...
in 2013, she joined the cast of the ABC drama Scandal as Maya Lewis, OliviaPope's mother, for which she received a Primetime Emmy Award nomination in...
the 18–49 age range demographic. Kerry Washington stars as female lead OliviaPope, who convinces her colleagues to confess every crime they committed,...
Justice League (2021). His television work includes his role as Eli Pope, OliviaPope's father, in Scandal, for which he won the Primetime Emmy Award for...
Washington stars as OliviaPope, a former White House Communications Director who leaves to start her own crisis management firm, Pope and Associates, where...
have acknowledged Clair's influence on female African American lawyers OliviaPope and Annalise Keating from the television dramas Scandal and How to Get...
January 28, 2010. Retrieved May 9, 2012. "Everyone has secrets, but only OliviaPope can make them go away, on the series premiere of ABC's "Scandal"". The...
protagonists of those series. In the video, the actresses note that OliviaPope, Annalise Keating, and Meredith Grey are "brilliant" and "complex" women...
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