Olivia Benson

The Story of Olivia Benson

Olivia Benson is a female Scottish Fold owned by Taylor Swift. Wikipedia lists her birth date as 23 January 2014. Swift purchased her as a kitten in June 2014 and named her after Olivia Benson, the Law & Order: Special Victims Unit detective played by Mariska Hargitay. Her other name is Dibbles. Swift told Rolling Stone that Meredith Grey and Olivia were named for strong, complex, independent women.

She is the middle cat in the household. Meredith Grey, also a Scottish Fold, arrived in 2011. Benjamin Button, a ragdoll, joined in 2019 after appearing in the ME! video. Olivia has appeared in Swift's videos for Blank Space (2014), ME! (2019), and Karma (2023), and in the documentary Miss Americana (2020). Wikipedia also lists ads for Keds, Diet Coke, AT&T, and DirecTV, and says she is the logo of Taylor Swift Productions.

In 2015 Swift posted video of Olivia meeting Hargitay. Wikipedia notes a Deadpool 2 t-shirt with Olivia and Meredith, and that a 2024 Argylle poster drew on a shot of Olivia in a carrier from Miss Americana. She won Favorite Celebrity Pet at the 2023 Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards.

She does not have a confirmed solo Instagram account. Fox Business, covering a 2023 ranking, said her photos appear on Swift's own social feeds. A January 2023 Billboard report on All About Cats' pet rich list put Olivia third, at an estimated $97 million, behind Gunther VI and Nala. That figure is an estimate from that ranking, not a verified bank balance.

Scottish Folds carry a cartilage mutation. Wikipedia states Olivia has osteochondrodysplasia, a joint disease that affects the breed. The Guardian reported on that breed issue in 2024.