THE X Factor Celebrity star Olivia Olson has insisted she’s “so much more than the Love Actually girl” as she attempts to make a fresh name for herself on the singing show.
Olivia, 27, played Joanna Anderson in the 2003 movie, which also starred Colin Firth, Emma Thompson, Liam Neeson and Keira Knightley, among others.
In the festive flick, she was the crush of schoolboy Sam and sang Mariah Carey’s All I Want For Christmas Is You at the end of the film.
Yet the American is now hoping to shed her old fame skin in favour of a completely new identity on the first ever ITV series of its kind.
She told Mail Online: “For the love of god Im so much more than the Love Actually girl!”
Yet despite belting out a note-perfect tune on the Hollywood blockbuster, she admitted she is apprehensive.
She told the same publication: “I didnt think Id be as nervous as I was. When you step up there it hits you in the face how real it is and how badly you want it.
(It’s like) What a fun opportunity and then you get up there and its like, this is really my moment to prove myself.
Olivia added: “Im very happy with my mentor.
“I met with them yesterday and I was really happy with the conversations we were having so its the perfect fit.”
Since appearing in Love Actually the film star has gone on to forge a character in voice-over acting and has continued with her singing.
Much of her work is in childrens television shows such as Adventure Time’s, where she voices the Vampire Queen.
Also, she is VanessaDoofenshmirtz in the Disney cartoonPhineas andFerb and works alongside her former Love Actually co-star Thomas Brodie-Sangster.
In 2013 she released her debut EP, Beauty in Chaos and she often shows off her vocal on her YouTube channel, which has more than 60,000 subscribers.
