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Olivia Colman

Born 1974-01-30
📍 Norwich, Norfolk, England, UK

Sarah Caroline Sinclair CBE (born January 30, 1974), known professionally as Olivia Colman, is an English actress. Known for her comedic and dramatic roles in film and television, she has received various accolades, including an Academy Award, a British Academy Film Award, two Emmy Awards, three British Academy Television Awards and three Golden Globe Awards.

She was acclaimed for her performance in the ITV crime-drama series Broadchurch (2013–2017), for which she received a British Academy Television Award for Best Actress. She played Queen Elizabeth II from 2019 to 2020 in the Netflix period-drama series The Crown, for which she received a Golden Globe Award and a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series.

For her portrayal of Anne, Queen of Great Britain in the period black-comedy film The Favourite (2018), Colman received the Academy Award for Best Actress. She received additional Academy Award nominations for her performances in The Father (2020) and The Lost Daughter (2021). Other notable film and television credits include Hot Fuzz (2007), Tyrannosaur (2011), The Iron Lady (2011), Hyde Park on Hudson (2012), Locke (2013), The Lobster (2015), Fleabag (2016-2019), Murder on the Orient Express (2017), The Mitchells vs. the Machines (2021), Landscapers (2021), Empire of Light (2022), Puss in Boots: The Last Wish (2022), Secret Invasion (2023), Wonka (2023), Wicked Little Letters (2023) and Paddington in Peru (2024).

Filmography 144

The Fox
as The Fox (voice)
2026
Jimpa
as Hannah
2026
Wicker
2026
Mitchell and Webb Are Not Helping
2025
The Roses
as Ivy Rose
2025
Paddington in Peru
as Reverend Mother
2024
An A to Z of Paddington
as Self
2024
Wicked Little Letters
as Edith Swan
2024
Wonka
as Mrs. Scrubbit
2023
Faut Voir - L'Hebdo cinéma
as Self - Guest
2023
Change the Ending
as Narrator
2023
Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of Secret Invasion
as Self - 'Sonya Falsworth'
2023
Secret Invasion
as Sonya Falsworth
2023
Great Expectations
as Miss Havisham
2023
Empire of Light
as Hilary
2022
Puss in Boots: The Last Wish
as Mama Bear (voice)
2022
Scrooge: A Christmas Carol
as Ghost of Christmas Past (voice)
2022
Joyride
as Joy
2022
The Bear
as Chef Terry
2022
Heartstopper
as Sarah Nelson
2022
Superworm
as Narrator (voice)
2021
The Lost Daughter
as Leda Caruso
2021
Landscapers
as Susan Edwards
2021
Mothering Sunday
as Mrs Clarrie Niven
2021
The Electrical Life of Louis Wain
as Narrator
2021
Ron's Gone Wrong
as Donka (voice)
2021
The Mitchells vs. the Machines
as PAL (voice)
2021
Rosie Jones' Trip Hazard
as Voiceover
2021
Letters Live from the Archive: Union Chapel
as Self
2021
Letters Live from the Archive: Freemasons’ Hall
2021
Letters Live from the Archive: International Women’s Day
as Self
2021
Cinderella: A Comic Relief Pantomime for Christmas
as Fairy Godmother
2020
The Father
as Anne
2020
Becoming You
as Self - Narrator (voice)
2020
Nasrin
as Narrator
2020
Staged
as Olivia
2020
Children In Need 2019: Got It Covered
as Self
2019
Them That Follow
as Hope Slaughter
2019
Les Misérables
as Madame Thénardier
2018
Watership Down
as Strawberry (voice)
2018
Let's Dance
as Segment: "Coffee to Go"
2018
The Favourite
as Queen Anne
2018
Unexpected Item
as The Till (voice)
2018
The Super Squirrels
as Narrator
2018
All The World's a Stage
as The Narrator
2018
Flatpack Empire
as Self - Narrator (voice)
2018
The Alternativity
as Narrator
2017
Murder on the Orient Express
as Hildegarde Schmidt
2017
National Theatre Archive: Mosquitoes
as Jenny
2017
National Theatre Live: Mosquitoes
as Jenny
2017
We're Going on a Bear Hunt
as Mum (voice)
2016
The Crown
as Queen Elizabeth II
2016
Thomas & Friends: Tinsel on the Tracks
as Marion (voice)
2016
Fleabag
as Godmother
2016
Attenborough at 90
as Self
2016
The Extraordinary Case of Alex Lewis
as Self - Narrator (voice)
2016
Flowers
as Deborah Flowers
2016
Our Queen at Ninety
as Self - Narrator
2016
Behind Closed Doors
as narrator
2016
The Story of Cats
as Narrator (voice)
2016
Thomas & Friends: Start Your Engines!
as Marion (UK & US)(voice)
2016
The Night Manager
as Angela Burr
2016
The Secret Life of the Zoo
as Narrator
2016
The Lobster
as Hotel Manager
2015
Earth's Natural Wonders
2015
Thomas & Friends: Sodor's Legend of the Lost Treasure: The Movie
as Marion (voice)
2015
David Attenborough Meets President Obama
as Self - Narrator (voice)
2015
London Road
as Julie
2015
The Late Late Show with James Corden
as Self - Guest
2015
The Secrets
as Pippa
2014
Thomas & Friends: Tale of the Brave
as Marion (voice)
2014
The Great War: The People's Story
as Narrator
2014
Pudsey the Dog: The Movie
as Nelly the Horse (voice)
2014
Mr. Sloane
as Janet Sloane
2014
Locke
as Bethan (voice)
2014
W1A
as Sally Owen
2014
The Kármán Line
as Sarah
2014
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
as Self
2014
Cuban Fury
as Sam
2014
Duck Quacks Don't Echo
2014
The 7.39
as Maggie Matthews
2014
The Thirteenth Tale
as Margaret
2013
The Five(ish) Doctors Reboot
as Self
2013
Run
as Carol
2013
The Murder in Angel Lane
as Susan Spencer
2013
Broadchurch
as DS Ellie Miller
2013
I Give It a Year
as Linda
2013
Hyde Park on Hudson
as Queen Elizabeth
2012
Bad Sugar
as Joan Cauldwell
2012
The Hoarder Next Door
as Self - Narrator
2012
The Iron Lady
as Carol Thatcher
2011
Tyrannosaur
as Hannah
2011
See Me
as Miss
2011
Exile
as Nancy Ronstadt
2011
Twenty Twelve
as Sally Owen
2011
Accused
as Sue Brown
2010
Rev.
as Alex
2010
Le Donk & Scor-zay-zee
as Olivia
2009
Consuming Passion
as Janet / Nurse Violetta Kiss
2008
Beautiful People
as Debbie Doonan
2008
Hancock & Joan
as Marion
2008
Dog Altogether
as Anita
2007
The Time of Your Life
as Amanda
2007
The Time of Your Life
as Amanda
2007
Would I Lie to You?
as Self
2007
Grow Your Own
as Alice
2007
I Could Never Be Your Woman
as Hairdresser
2007
The Grey Man
as Linda Dodds
2007
The Graham Norton Show
as Self - Guest
2007
The Graham Norton Show
as Self
2007
Hot Fuzz
as PC Doris Thatcher
2007
Skins
as Gina
2007
Green Wing Special
as Harriet Schulenburg
2007
That Mitchell and Webb Look
as Various Characters
2006
The One Show
as Self
2006
Confetti
as Joanna
2006
Much Ado About Nothing
as Ursula
2005
ShakespeaRe-Told
as Ursula
2005
Love Soup
as Penny
2005
Zemanovaload
as TV Producer
2005
The Robinsons
2005
Doctor Who
as Mother
2005
Who Do You Think You Are?
as Self
2004
Green Wing
as Harriet Schulenburg
2004
NY-LON
2004
Murder in Suburbia
as Ellie
2004
Peep Show
as Sophie Chapman
2003
Eyes Down
as Mandy Foster
2003
Swiss Toni
2003
Look Around You
as Pam Bachelor
2002
Ant & Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway
as Self
2002
Rescue Me
as Paula
2002
The Mitchell and Webb Situation
2001
The Mitchell and Webb Situation
as Various
2001
The Office
as Helena
2001
Black Books
as Tanya
2000
Bruiser
2000
People Like Us
1999
Midsomer Murders
as Bernice
1997
GMTV
as Self
1993
The Simpsons
as Lily (voice)
1989
Natural World
as Narrator
1983
The Oscars
as Self
1953
Girl from the North Country
as Elizabeth Laine