Vivien has studied Social Equity, Film and Drama Theory at the University of Toronto. She is an ACTRA Outstanding Female Performance nominee for her role as Rose in The Shape of Rex. She will be appearing in Copper (BBC America) and has appeared on Murdoch Mysteries (CBC), Rookie Blue (CTV) and George F. Walker's The Line (TMN). Other notable  Film/ TV credits include: How Eunice Got Her Baby (CFC), Anne of Green Gables: A New Beginning (CTV), An Old Fashioned Thanksgiving (Hallmark), Finn on the Fly (Paramount), and Shoebox Zoo (CBC). Vivien's recent theatre credits include: Stopheart (Factory Theatre), Ajax por Nobody (Summerworks 2012), Forests (Tarragon Theatre), A Boy Called Newfoundland (Theatre Smash), and Hush (Tarragon Theatre). Vivien is currently directing Genesis and Other Stories written by Rosamund Small for the Toronto Fringe Festival.