# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/olivia-forsyth
# Generated: 2026-08-13T16:02:32.027Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/olivia-forsyth"
name: "Olivia Forsyth"
slug: "olivia-forsyth"
description: "Olivia Anne Marie Forsyth , agent number RS407 and codename \"Lara\", is a former spy for the apartheid government in South Africa. Having attained the rank of lieutenant in the Security Branch of the South African Police (SAP), Forsyth defected to the African National Congress (ANC) and was incarcerated at Quatro prison camp in northern Angola. Following her escape, Forsyth spent six months hiding in the British embassy in Luanda."
tagline: "South African former spy"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Lt_Olivia_Forsyth.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "female"
country:
  name: "South Africa"
  isoCode: "ZA"
birthDate: "1960-05-20"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           41.63
  momentum:             1.081081081081081
  historical:           4.817460000000001
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  55
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "https://www.oliviaforsyth.com"
sources:
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Olivia_Forsyth"
    title: "Olivia Forsyth"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A3%D9%88%D9%84%D9%8A%D9%81%D9%8A%D8%A7_%D9%81%D9%88%D8%B1%D8%B3%D9%8A%D8%AB"
    title: "أوليفيا فورسيث"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Olivia_Forsyth"
    title: "Olivia Forsyth"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%90%D7%95%D7%9C%D7%99%D7%91%D7%99%D7%94_%D7%A4%D7%95%D7%A8%D7%A1%D7%99%D7%99%D7%AA'"
    title: "אוליביה פורסיית'"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ig.wikipedia.org/wiki/Olivia_Forsyth"
    title: "Olivia Forsyth"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q17198139"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump