Olivia Richards (also Blake) is a fictional character from the US NBC soap opera Sunset Beach, played by Lesley-Anne Down.

Olivia is angry when she discovers Gregory's scheme to ruin Caitlin's relationship with jewel thief Cole Deschanel (Eddie Cibrian).

Gregory ruins Sean's relationship with Tiffany Thorne (Jennifer Banko-Stewart) so he can perfect his plan to get Caitlin away from Cole.

Gregory changes his mind and says he will pay a doctor to tell Caitlin her baby is dead after labour.

Annie lures Olivia into a country cabin and includes her labour, drugs her and steals her baby, giving it to Caitlin.

Olivia is 45 years old and in response to a philandering but very rich ex-husband, found her own substitute sex partners, one of whom was the future husband of her daughter.

Of course, that child was stolen from her at birth by Annie and given to Olivia's daughter, to replace the fetus lost in a car accident.

Olivia continues her relationship with A.J., Gregory is presumed dead after falling into the ocean and he comes back pretending to be Tobias Richards; a relative.

Annie is keen on doing anything to get the money, so she asks Mrs. Moreau to give her a potion that will force Olivia to start drinking again.

[7] Justine Elias of The New York Times said Down and Buxton showed signs of "becoming a classic matchup of battling soap opera vixens" in the respective roles of Olivia and Annie.

[8] Candace Havens of The Vindicator praised Sunset Beach for its casting of Down, Berhens and Noone and opined it was "one thing" producers got right.

[9] While Julia Shih of The Michigan Daily opined that "credit should go to Lesley-Anne Down whose portrayal of a woman torn by her emotions is excellent".

[10] John Millar of the Daily Record quipped that Olivia's car accident and subsequent situation in the tsunami were "nothing serious" and said it was another "regular week" in the serial.

[11] Sharon Feinstein of the Daily Mirror said that Olivia was a "wealthy super bitch" and a nineties version of Alexis Colby (Joan Collins) from Dynasty.