Frances Rose McIver is a New Zealand actress, who is best known for her role as Olivia "Liv" Moore on the CW television series iZombie from 2015 to 2019. She later went on to star as Amber Moore in the Netflix film A Christmas Prince and its two sequels. McIver also took part in various theater productions of plays and musicals in Auckland, New Zealand and music videos from 2015-2016. She currently stars as Samantha Arondeka in the CBS sitcom Ghosts.
McIver made her film debut in the period drama The Piano (1993). She has since starred in the drama The Lovely Bones (2009), the horror comedy Predicament (2010), the sports drama Blinder (2013), the romance drama Petals on the Wind (2014) and the musical drama Daffodils (2019).
Early life[]
McIver was born in Auckland and was raised in Titirangi by 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 in which she grew up. She has an older brother, Paul McIver, who is a musician and former actor. She studied ballet and jazz dance until she was thirteen.
McIver attended Avondale College and was a prefect in her final year. She graduated in 2006. She studied at the University of Auckland, and majored in Psychology and Linguistics, but did not complete her degree. Between acting jobs, she was a babysitter and worked part-time importing bananas with Fair Trade. She took part in their "All Good Bananas" promotion, as the voice of the listener's conscience.
