Rose McIver

Rose McIver is the New Zealand actress who portrays Olivia Moore on The CW's iZombie.

Biography
McIver was born on 10 October 1988. She was raised in Titirangi with her father, John George Whitfield "Mac" McIver (b. 1951), a photographer, and her mother, Ann "Annie" (née Coney), an artist; her parents still reside in the house she grew up in. She has an older brother, Paul McIver, who is a musician and former actor. She studied ballet and jazz dance until she was thirteen, and enjoys running. McIver also enjoys writing, and is inspired by the works of John Steinbeck, Wally Lamb and Franz Kafka. She also enjoys crossword puzzles and Sudoku. She attended Avondale College and was a prefect in her final year; she graduated in 2006. She previously studied at the University of Auckland, and majored in Psychology and Linguistics, but did not complete her degree. Between acting jobs, she baby-sits and works part-time importing bananas with Fair Trade; she recently took part in their "All Good Bananas" promotion, as the voice of the listener's conscience. In August 2011, McIver moved from the home she shared in Wellington with her long-term boyfriend, architect Benjamin Hoeksema to Los Angeles, where she lived in the East Hollywood suburb of Silver Lake for a year. Currently, she lives in Hollywood with internet comedians Jake Hurwitz and Amir Blumenfeld.

Trivia

 * Attends the University of Auckland and majors in Psychology and Linguistics (2009).
 * Her father, Mac, is a photographer, and her mother, Annie, is an artist. She has an older brother, Paul McIver, who is a musician and former actor.

Appearances
Season 1 Season 2
 * "Pilot"
 * "Brother, Can You Spare a Brain?"
 * "The Exterminator"
 * "Liv and Let Clive"
 * "Flight of the Living Dead"
 * "Virtual Reality Bites"
 * "Maternity Liv"
 * "Dead Air"
 * "Patriot Brains"
 * "Mr. Berserk"
 * "Astroburger"
 * "Dead Rat, Live Rat, Brown Rat, White Rat"
 * "Blaine's World"
 * "Grumpy Old Liv"
 * "Zombie Bro"
 * "Real Dead Housewife of Seattle"
 * "Even Cowgirls Get the Black and Blues"
 * "Love & Basketball"
 * "Max Wager"
 * "Abra Cadaver"
 * "The Hurt Stalker"
 * "Cape Town"