Olivia Dunham is a fictional character in the science-fiction television series Gran. Filming lasted from 2008 to 2013. The series consists of 5 seasons, each of which includes a series lasting 50 minutes. Olivia is the main character in the movie Edge. Her role was played by actress Anna Torv.
The childhood and youth of the heroine
Olivia Dunham is an FBI special agent who investigates strange and unusual cases. Olivia’s childhood was very difficult, she lived with her mother and stepfather. The stepfather was constantly beaten by the mother of the heroine, but she never told anyone about this, but simply endured in silence. Sometimes he raised his hand to the girl. Once, when Olivia once again ran away from her stepfather, she was transferred to a parallel reality for a couple of seconds. Seeing the airships there, the heroine depicted them in her drawing. This drawing fell into the hands of a scientist named Walter. From this picture, he immediately realized that the girl was in parallel reality. Walter has been researching this topic for a very long time. He needed to understand how to move in order to return Peter, the boy who came to him from parallel reality.
Walter began experimenting to find out exactly what emotions made Olivia Dunham move. In addition to the main character, other children participated in these experiments. Upon learning that his stepfather was beating Olivia, Walter threatened him with prison. After some time, experiments with Olivia's mind ceased. However, after that, she forgot everything that happened in these studies. The heroine did not remember Walter and others who participated in these experiments. Once, when the stepfather beat the heroine’s mother once again, Olivia shot him several times and told him not to return to their house. He left, but once a year he sent Olivia postcards so that she would never forget about him. The mother of the heroine died when the girl was 14 years old.
Joining the FBI
Having matured, Olivia chose the profession of an investigator. For some time, she worked in her specialty at the Marine Corps, where she was involved in litigation. Later, the heroine was invited to serve in the FBI. There she met a guy named John, with whom she began an affair. Relations between FBI agents were banned, and so John and Olivia met secretly. Photos of Olivia Dunham can be seen in this article.
The main character in the first season
At the beginning of the first season, Olivia, along with her boyfriend John, begins an investigation into one unusual case of toxin infection. In the process, she discovers that one scientist named Walter Bishop had already done similar research. However, Walter is now locked up in a psychiatric hospital, and in order to get him out of there, the heroine asks for help from his son Peter Bishop. Olivia Dunham with the help of a scientist and his son was able to solve this case and invited both of them to her team. In the first season, the heroine also learns about the research of Walter, which he conducted for her in childhood, and about her unusual abilities. During the next investigation, Olivia was required to find a scientist named William Bell, with whom Walter had once worked. In order to do this, the heroine went into parallel reality.
The second and third season of the series
After meeting with William Bell, Olivia learns that Peter is not Walter's real son. Walter stole it from another reality. The heroine asks to tell Peter everything. Olivia Dunham believes that he should know the truth, but Walter does not agree. Peter accidentally learns everything about his past and is very offended by Walter. He escapes with Walter's double, Woltarnate, into another universe. The double is trying to persuade Peter to activate a machine that will destroy everything around him, including other universes. Walter and Olivia come to the aid of Peter and save him. However, while moving back to her reality, a double of Olivia named Bolivia goes to the world of the heroine instead of her, and the girl is captured by Walternate.
In the third season of the series, Walternate is trying to understand why Olivia moves so easily in space. He mixes a heroin with some kind of drug that makes the girl think that she is Bolivia. She takes part in the Walternate experiments and lives the life of her double. However, gradually, the girl begins to remember who she is, and returns to her reality. The relationship between Olivia and Peter becomes very close, and they begin to meet. However, at the end of the season, Peter, for the sake of saving the universe, disappears from Olivia's life.
The last seasons of the series
In the last seasons of the series "Edge", the life of Olivia Dunham changes again, as Peter went into a different reality. The heroine does not know and does not remember him. She still works at the FBI with Walter, but Peter is not with them. When he reappears in their universe, the heroine does not remember him, but still instinctively trusts him. Ultimately, Olivia and Peter stay together, and they have a girl named Henrietta.