Karen Olivo is the first and only actor to win a Tony for a performance in West Side Story. Her other theater credits include roles in Rent, Brooklyn The Musical, In The Heights, Hair, and By The Way, Meet Vera Stark.
On the small screen, Olivo made her debut on the soap opera All My Children in 2005. She continued to be visible on TV, thanks to her shows like Law and Order, The Good Wife, Conviction and The Good Wife. In 2011, she joined the cast of the NBC series Harry's Law.