Jill Oliver is a Chicago-based actor, writer and filmmaker. She recently won Best Producer at the Montreal Women's Film Festival for Stars in the Water, a short film that she also acted in which is currently hitting the film fest circuit. Jill also acted in, co-wrote and produced the short film Luteal, winner of Best Screenplay at Festival Au Cinema and an official selection of Midwest Independent Film Festival and Reeling: The Chicago LGBTQ+ International Film Festival, among others.

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Jill has developed and is currently pitching Spirit Force Five, an original adult animated fantasy-adventure series based on her critically acclaimed play produced by The Factory Theater in 2018. She wrote her first feature, The Cottage, which is currently being pitched in Ireland by producer, Grace Odumosu. 

  

She spent nine years as an ensemble member of The Factory Theater, where she produced, directed, wrote and acted in over a dozen shows. When Jill hasn't been knee-deep in the world of Chicago theatre, she's collaborated on a variety of commercials, voiceovers, independent films, and web series.

 

Jill received her BA in theatre from Columbia College Chicago and trained with the Dublin Institute of Technology's Theatre Conservatory. She's represented by Gray Talent Group. 

 

Keep an ear out for Jill in Unwell, A Midwestern Gothic Mystery, winner of the Best Podcast award at the 2021 BBC Audio Drama Awards.