Olive Elise Abercrombie is the eldest daughter of director Karla Jean Davis and designer/illustrator James Abercrombie. She has a younger sister named Ora Winter Abercrombie and resides in Atlanta, Georgia. Olive showed dramatic flair at a young age, studying music and ballet in addition to acting. In 2017 Olive was cast in Paramount/Amblin/Netflix's "The Haunting of Hill House," directed by Mike Flanagan.