Dawn Olivieri says leaving Los Angeles for rural Arkansas didn't end her acting career. She says it revived it.
The Yellowstone actress, who played Sarah Atwood, moved in 2022 to a 160-acre ranch near Mena, Arkansas, after a frustrating stretch in Hollywood, according to reports this week. She said she realized she had been postponing the countryside life she wanted, including caring for horses, while waiting for the next big role.
Instead of waiting, she started Moon Mountain Sanctuary and Rescue, which saves horses, mostly mares and foals, from slaughter. Local reports say she founded it during the SAG-AFTRA strike.
The move has paid off professionally, Olivieri said. She told interviewers she became a better actress and started working far more than she did in LA, where she felt she was always waiting for a call. She added that she would even sell farm-fresh eggs by the roadside to protect the freedom she found.
Olivieri is also known for Heroes, House of Lies, and the Yellowstone prequel 1883.
