diff --git a/examples/avatar_agents/liveavatar/README.md b/examples/avatar_agents/liveavatar/README.md
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+# LiveKit LiveAvatar Avatar Agent
+
+This example demonstrates how to create a animated avatar using [LiveAvatar by HeyGen](https://www.liveavatar.com/).
+
+## Usage
+
+* Update the environment:
+
+```bash
+# LiveAvatar Config
+export LIVEAVATAR_API_KEY="..."
+export LIVEAVATAR_AVATAR_ID="..."
+
+# STT + LLM + TTS config
+export OPENAI_API_KEY="..."
+export DEEPGRAM_API_KEY="..."
+
+# LiveKit config
+export LIVEKIT_API_KEY="..."
+export LIVEKIT_API_SECRET="..."
+export LIVEKIT_URL="..."
+```
+
+* Start the agent worker:
+
+```bash
+python examples/avatar_agents/liveavatar/agent_worker.py dev
+```
diff --git a/examples/avatar_agents/liveavatar/agent_worker.py b/examples/avatar_agents/liveavatar/agent_worker.py
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+++ b/examples/avatar_agents/liveavatar/agent_worker.py
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+import logging
+import os
+
+from dotenv import load_dotenv
+
+from livekit.agents import Agent, AgentSession, JobContext, WorkerOptions, cli
+from livekit.plugins import deepgram, liveavatar, openai
+
+logger = logging.getLogger("liveavatar-avatar-example")
+logger.setLevel(logging.INFO)
+
+load_dotenv()
+
+
+async def entrypoint(ctx: JobContext):
+    session = AgentSession(
+        stt=deepgram.STT(),
+        llm=openai.LLM(),
+        tts=openai.TTS(),
+        resume_false_interruption=False,
+    )
+
+    liveavatar_avatar_id = os.getenv("LIVEAVATAR_AVATAR_ID")
+    avatar = liveavatar.AvatarSession(avatar_id=liveavatar_avatar_id)
+    await avatar.start(session, room=ctx.room)
+
+    agent = Agent(instructions="Talk to me!")
+
+    await session.start(
+        agent=agent,
+        room=ctx.room,
+    )
+
+    session.generate_reply(instructions="say hello to the user")
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    cli.run_app(WorkerOptions(entrypoint_fnc=entrypoint))
diff --git a/livekit-plugins/livekit-plugins-liveavatar/README.md b/livekit-plugins/livekit-plugins-liveavatar/README.md
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index 0000000000..1d4ae69775
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+++ b/livekit-plugins/livekit-plugins-liveavatar/README.md
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+# HeyGen virtual avatar plugin for LiveKit Agents
+
+Support for the [Heygen LiveAvatar](https://www.liveavatar.com/) virtual avatar.
+
+See [https://docs.livekit.io/agents/integrations/avatar/heygen/](https://docs.livekit.io/agents/integrations/avatar/heygen/) for more information.
+
diff --git a/livekit-plugins/livekit-plugins-liveavatar/livekit/plugins/liveavatar/__init__.py b/livekit-plugins/livekit-plugins-liveavatar/livekit/plugins/liveavatar/__init__.py
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index 0000000000..2e7331d8e7
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+++ b/livekit-plugins/livekit-plugins-liveavatar/livekit/plugins/liveavatar/__init__.py
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+"""LiveAvatar avatar plugin for LiveKit Agents
+
+Provides LiveAvatar interactive avatar integration similar to Tavus.
+"""
+
+from .api import LiveAvatarException
+from .avatar import AvatarSession
+
+__all__ = [
+    "LiveAvatarException",
+    "AvatarSession",
+]
diff --git a/livekit-plugins/livekit-plugins-liveavatar/livekit/plugins/liveavatar/api.py b/livekit-plugins/livekit-plugins-liveavatar/livekit/plugins/liveavatar/api.py
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+++ b/livekit-plugins/livekit-plugins-liveavatar/livekit/plugins/liveavatar/api.py
@@ -0,0 +1,114 @@
+import asyncio
+import logging
+import os
+from typing import Any, Optional
+
+import aiohttp
+
+from livekit import rtc
+from livekit.agents import (
+    DEFAULT_API_CONNECT_OPTIONS,
+    APIConnectionError,
+    APIConnectOptions,
+    APIStatusError,
+    utils,
+)
+
+logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
+
+
+class LiveAvatarException(Exception):
+    """Exception for LiveAvatar errors"""
+
+
+DEFAULT_API_URL = "https://api.liveavatar.com/v1/sessions"
+
+
+class LiveAvatarAPI:
+    def __init__(
+        self,
+        api_key: str,
+        *,
+        api_url: str = DEFAULT_API_URL,
+        conn_options: APIConnectOptions = DEFAULT_API_CONNECT_OPTIONS,
+        session: Optional[aiohttp.ClientSession] = None,
+    ) -> None:
+        self._api_key = api_key or os.getenv("LIVEAVATAR_API_KEY")
+        if self._api_key is None:
+            raise LiveAvatarException("api_key or LIVEAVATAR_API_KEY must be set")
+
+        self._api_url = api_url or DEFAULT_API_URL
+        self._conn_options = conn_options
+        self._session = session or aiohttp.ClientSession()
+
+    def _ensure_http_session(self) -> aiohttp.ClientSession:
+        if self._session is None:
+            self._session = utils.http_context.http_session()
+        return self._session
+
+    async def create_streaming_session(
+        self,
+        *,
+        livekit_url: str,
+        livekit_token: str,
+        room: rtc.Room,
+        avatar_id: str,
+    ) -> dict[str, Any]:
+        """Create a new streaming session, return a session id"""
+
+        livekit_config = {
+            "livekit_room": room.name,
+            "livekit_url": livekit_url,
+            "livekit_client_token": livekit_token,
+        }
+
+        payload = {
+            "mode": "CUSTOM",
+            "avatar_id": avatar_id,
+            "livekit_config": livekit_config,
+        }
+
+        self._headers = {
+            "accept": "application/json",
+            "content-type": "application/json",
+            "X-API-KEY": self._api_key,
+        }
+        response_data = await self._post(endpoint="/token", payload=payload, headers=self._headers)
+        return response_data
+
+    async def start_streaming_session(self, session_id: str, session_token: str) -> dict[str, Any]:
+        """Start the streaming session"""
+        payload = {"session_id": session_id}
+        headers = {"content-type": "application/json", "Authorization": f"Bearer {session_token}"}
+        response_data = await self._post(endpoint="/start", payload=payload, headers=headers)
+        return response_data
+
+    async def _post(
+        self, *, endpoint: str, payload: dict[str, Any], headers: dict[str, Any]
+    ) -> dict[str, Any]:
+        url = self._api_url + endpoint
+        for i in range(self._conn_options.max_retry):
+            try:
+                async with self._ensure_http_session().post(
+                    url=url, headers=headers, json=payload
+                ) as response:
+                    if not response.ok:
+                        text = await response.text()
+                        raise APIStatusError(
+                            f"Server returned an error for {url}: {response.status}",
+                            status_code=response.status,
+                            body=text,
+                        )
+                    return await response.json()  # type: ignore
+            except (aiohttp.ClientError, asyncio.TimeoutError) as e:
+                logger.warning(
+                    f"API request to {url} failed on attempt {i}",
+                    extra={"error": str(e)},
+                )
+            except Exception:
+                logger.exception("failed to call LiveAvatar API")
+
+            if i < self._conn_options.max_retry - 1:
+                await asyncio.sleep(self._conn_options.retry_interval)
+
+        raise APIConnectionError("Failed to call LiveAvatar API after all retries.")
diff --git a/livekit-plugins/livekit-plugins-liveavatar/livekit/plugins/liveavatar/avatar.py b/livekit-plugins/livekit-plugins-liveavatar/livekit/plugins/liveavatar/avatar.py
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index 0000000000..14db2c1957
--- /dev/null
+++ b/livekit-plugins/livekit-plugins-liveavatar/livekit/plugins/liveavatar/avatar.py
@@ -0,0 +1,230 @@
+from __future__ import annotations
+
+import asyncio
+import base64
+import contextlib
+import os
+import uuid
+from collections.abc import Iterator
+
+import aiohttp
+
+from livekit import api, rtc
+from livekit.agents import (
+    DEFAULT_API_CONNECT_OPTIONS,
+    NOT_GIVEN,
+    AgentSession,
+    APIConnectionError,
+    APIConnectOptions,
+    NotGivenOr,
+    get_job_context,
+    utils,
+)
+from livekit.agents.voice.room_io import ATTRIBUTE_PUBLISH_ON_BEHALF
+
+from .api import LiveAvatarAPI, LiveAvatarException
+from .log import logger
+
+SAMPLE_RATE = 24000
+_AVATAR_AGENT_IDENTITY = "liveavatar-avatar-agent"
+_AVATAR_AGENT_NAME = "liveavatar-avatar-agent"
+
+
+class AvatarSession:
+    """A LiveAvatar avatar session"""
+
+    def __init__(
+        self,
+        *,
+        avatar_id: NotGivenOr[str] = NOT_GIVEN,
+        api_url: NotGivenOr[str] = NOT_GIVEN,
+        api_key: NotGivenOr[str] = NOT_GIVEN,
+        avatar_participant_identity: NotGivenOr[str] = NOT_GIVEN,
+        avatar_participant_name: NotGivenOr[str] = NOT_GIVEN,
+        conn_options: APIConnectOptions = DEFAULT_API_CONNECT_OPTIONS,
+    ) -> None:
+        self._avatar_id = avatar_id or os.getenv("LIVEAVATAR_AVATAR_ID")
+        self._api = LiveAvatarAPI(api_key=api_key, api_url=api_url, conn_options=conn_options)
+
+        self._avatar_participant_identity = avatar_participant_identity or _AVATAR_AGENT_IDENTITY
+        self._avatar_participant_name = avatar_participant_name or _AVATAR_AGENT_NAME
+        self._main_atask = asyncio.Task | None
+        self._audio_resampler: rtc.AudioResampler | None = None
+        self._session_data = None
+        self._msg_ch = utils.aio.Chan[dict]()
+
+    async def start(
+        self,
+        agent_session: AgentSession,
+        room: rtc.Room,
+        *,
+        livekit_url: NotGivenOr[str] = NOT_GIVEN,
+        livekit_api_key: NotGivenOr[str] = NOT_GIVEN,
+        livekit_api_secret: NotGivenOr[str] = NOT_GIVEN,
+    ) -> None:
+        self._agent_session = agent_session
+        self._room = room
+        livekit_url = livekit_url or (os.getenv("LIVEKIT_URL") or NOT_GIVEN)
+        livekit_api_key = livekit_api_key or (os.getenv("LIVEKIT_API_KEY") or NOT_GIVEN)
+        livekit_api_secret = livekit_api_secret or (os.getenv("LIVEKIT_API_SECRET") or NOT_GIVEN)
+        if not livekit_url or not livekit_api_key or not livekit_api_secret:
+            raise LiveAvatarException(
+                "livekit_url, livekit_api_key, and livekit_api_secret must be set"
+            )
+
+        try:
+            job_ctx = get_job_context()
+            self._local_participant_identity = job_ctx.token_claims().identity
+        except RuntimeError as e:
+            if not room.isconnected():
+                raise LiveAvatarException("failed to get local participant identity") from e
+            self._local_participant_identity = room.local_participant.identity
+
+        livekit_token = (
+            api.AccessToken(
+                api_key=livekit_api_key,
+                api_secret=livekit_api_secret,
+            )
+            .with_kind("agent")
+            .with_identity(self._avatar_participant_identity)
+            .with_name(self._avatar_participant_name)
+            .with_grants(api.VideoGrants(room_join=True, room=self._room.name))
+            .with_attributes({ATTRIBUTE_PUBLISH_ON_BEHALF: self._local_participant_identity})
+            .to_jwt()
+        )
+
+        logger.debug("starting avatar session")
+
+        session_config_data = await self._api.create_streaming_session(
+            livekit_url=livekit_url,
+            livekit_token=livekit_token,
+            room=self._room,
+            avatar_id=self._avatar_id,
+        )
+        self._session_id = session_config_data["data"]["session_id"]
+        self._session_token = session_config_data["data"]["session_token"]
+        logger.info(f"LiveAvatar session created: {self._session_id}")
+
+        session_start_data = await self._api.start_streaming_session(
+            self._session_id, self._session_token
+        )
+        self._ws_url = session_start_data["data"]["ws_url"]
+        logger.info("LiveAvatar streaming session started")
+
+        @self._agent_session.on("agent_state_changed")
+        def on_agent_state_changed(ev):
+            if ev.old_state == "speaking" and ev.new_state == "listening":
+                self.send_event({"type": "agent.speak_end", "event_id": str(uuid.uuid4())})
+                self.send_event({"type": "agent.start_listening", "event_id": str(uuid.uuid4())})
+            if ev.new_state == "idle":
+                self.send_event({"type": "agent.stop_listening", "event_id": str(uuid.uuid4())})
+
+        @self._agent_session.on("conversation_item_added")
+        def on_conversation_item_added(ev):
+            if (
+                self._agent_session.current_speech is not None
+                and self._agent_session.current_speech.interrupted
+            ):
+                self.send_event({"type": "agent.interrupt", "event_id": str(uuid.uuid4())})
+
+        @self._room.on("local_track_published")
+        def on_local_track_published(publication, track):
+            self._agent_audio_track = track
+            self._main_atask = asyncio.create_task(
+                self._main_task(), name="AvatarSession._main_task"
+            )
+
+    def _resample_audio(self, frame: rtc.AudioFrame) -> Iterator[rtc.AudioFrame]:
+        if self._audio_resampler:
+            if frame.sample_rate != self._audio_resampler._input_rate:
+                self._audio_resampler = None
+
+        if self._audio_resampler is None and (
+            frame.sample_rate != SAMPLE_RATE or frame.num_channels != 1
+        ):
+            self._audio_resampler = rtc.AudioResampler(
+                input_rate=frame.sample_rate,
+                output_rate=SAMPLE_RATE,
+                num_channels=1,
+            )
+
+        if self._audio_resampler:
+            yield from self._audio_resampler.push(frame)
+        else:
+            yield frame
+
+    def send_event(self, msg: dict) -> None:
+        with contextlib.suppress(utils.aio.channel.ChanClosed):
+            self._msg_ch.send_nowait(msg)
+
+    async def _main_task(self) -> None:
+        local_participant = self._room.local_participant
+        track_perms = rtc.ParticipantTrackPermission(
+            participant_identity=_AVATAR_AGENT_IDENTITY, allow_all=True
+        )
+        local_participant.set_track_subscription_permissions(
+            allow_all_participants=False, participant_permissions=[track_perms]
+        )
+
+        if self._agent_audio_track is not None:
+            agent_audio_stream = rtc.AudioStream.from_track(track=self._agent_audio_track)
+        ws_conn = await self._api._ensure_http_session().ws_connect(url=self._ws_url)
+
+        closing = False
+
+        async def _forward_audio() -> None:
+            async for audio_event in agent_audio_stream:
+                audio_frame = audio_event.frame
+
+                if not any(audio_frame.data):
+                    continue
+
+                for resampled_frame in self._resample_audio(audio_frame):
+                    data = resampled_frame.data.tobytes()
+                    encoded_audio = base64.b64encode(data).decode("utf-8")
+
+                    msg = {
+                        "type": "agent.speak",
+                        "event_id": str(uuid.uuid4()),
+                        "audio": encoded_audio,
+                    }
+
+                    self.send_event(msg)
+
+        @utils.log_exceptions(logger=logger)
+        async def _send_task() -> None:
+            nonlocal closing
+
+            async for msg in self._msg_ch:
+                try:
+                    await ws_conn.send_json(data=msg)
+                except Exception:
+                    break
+            closing = True
+            await ws_conn.close()
+
+        @utils.log_exceptions(logger=logger)
+        async def _recv_task() -> None:
+            while True:
+                msg = await ws_conn.receive()
+                if msg.type in (
+                    aiohttp.WSMsgType.CLOSED,
+                    aiohttp.WSMsgType.CLOSE,
+                    aiohttp.WSMsgType.CLOSING,
+                ):
+                    if closing:
+                        return
+                    raise APIConnectionError(message="LiveAvatar connection closed unexpectedly.")
+
+        tasks = [
+            asyncio.create_task(_forward_audio(), name="_forward_audio_task"),
+            asyncio.create_task(_send_task(), name="_send_task"),
+            asyncio.create_task(_recv_task(), name="_recv_task"),
+        ]
+        try:
+            done, _ = await asyncio.wait(tasks, return_when=asyncio.FIRST_COMPLETED)
+            for task in done:
+                task.result()
+        finally:
+            await utils.aio.cancel_and_wait(*tasks)
+            await ws_conn.close()
diff --git a/livekit-plugins/livekit-plugins-liveavatar/livekit/plugins/liveavatar/log.py b/livekit-plugins/livekit-plugins-liveavatar/livekit/plugins/liveavatar/log.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..b244d05538
--- /dev/null
+++ b/livekit-plugins/livekit-plugins-liveavatar/livekit/plugins/liveavatar/log.py
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+import logging
+
+logger = logging.getLogger("livekit.plugins.liveavatar")
diff --git a/livekit-plugins/livekit-plugins-liveavatar/livekit/plugins/liveavatar/version.py b/livekit-plugins/livekit-plugins-liveavatar/livekit/plugins/liveavatar/version.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..47e7c96ad0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/livekit-plugins/livekit-plugins-liveavatar/livekit/plugins/liveavatar/version.py
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+# Copyright 2025 LiveKit, Inc.
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+
+__version__ = "1.2.18"
diff --git a/livekit-plugins/livekit-plugins-liveavatar/pyproject.toml b/livekit-plugins/livekit-plugins-liveavatar/pyproject.toml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..d78111237f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/livekit-plugins/livekit-plugins-liveavatar/pyproject.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+[build-system]
+requires = ["hatchling"]
+build-backend = "hatchling.build"
+
+[project]
+name = "livekit-plugins-liveavatar"
+dynamic = ["version"]
+description = "Agent Framework plugin for LiveAvatar"
+readme = "README.md"
+license = "Apache-2.0"
+requires-python = ">=3.9.0"
+authors = [{ name = "LiveKit", email = "support@livekit.io" }]
+keywords = ["voice", "ai", "realtime", "audio", "video", "livekit", "webrtc", "heygen", "liveavatar", "avatar"]
+classifiers = [
+    "Intended Audience :: Developers",
+    "License :: OSI Approved :: Apache Software License",
+    "Topic :: Multimedia :: Sound/Audio",
+    "Topic :: Multimedia :: Video",
+    "Topic :: Scientific/Engineering :: Artificial Intelligence",
+    "Programming Language :: Python :: 3",
+    "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.9",
+    "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.10",
+    "Programming Language :: Python :: 3 :: Only",
+]
+dependencies = ["livekit-agents>=1.2.18"]
+
+[project.urls]
+Documentation = "https://docs.livekit.io"
+Website = "https://livekit.io/"
+Source = "https://github.com/livekit/agents"
+
+[tool.hatch.version]
+path = "livekit/plugins/liveavatar/version.py"
+
+[tool.hatch.build.targets.wheel]
+packages = ["livekit"]
+
+[tool.hatch.build.targets.sdist]
+include = ["/livekit"]
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 70f698192f..2625d84446 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ livekit-plugins-hedra = { workspace = true }
 livekit-plugins-hume = { workspace = true }
 livekit-plugins-inworld = { workspace = true }
 livekit-plugins-langchain = { workspace = true }
+livekit-plugins-liveavatar = { workspace = true}
 livekit-plugins-lmnt = { workspace = true }
 livekit-plugins-minimax-ai = { workspace = true }
 livekit-plugins-mistralai = { workspace = true }