Olivia Colman
Acting
🎂 1974-01-30
Sarah Caroline Sinclair CBE (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).
Cast credits(149)
2014
Self - Guest
2007
Self
2007
Lily (voice)
1989
Self - Guest
2015
Mother
2005
Self
2007
Bernice
1997
Chef Terry
2022
Narrator
1983
Sophie Chapman
2003
Queen Elizabeth II
2016
Self
2004
Gina
2007
Sarah Nelson
2022
Sonya Falsworth
2023
Various Characters
2006
2014
Self - Guest
2023
Angela Burr
2016
Self
1993
Self
1953
DS Ellie Miller
2013
Madame Thénardier
2018
Helena
2001
Tanya
2000
Godmother
2016
Self
2006
Strawberry (voice)
2018
Self
2002
Mrs. Scrubbit (archive footage)
2012
Sonya Falsworth (archive footage)
2012
Maggie Matthews
2014
Olivia
2020
Mama Bear (voice)
2022
Alex
2010
1999
2001
Various
2001
Susan Edwards
2021
2004
Sally Owen
2014
Deborah Flowers
2016
Carol
2013
Reverend Mother
2024
Mrs. Scrubbit
2023
Penny
2005
Sue Brown
2010
Janet Sloane
2014
Miss Havisham
2023
Voiceover
2021
2005
Sally Owen
2011
2011
Narrator
2016
Narrator
2014
Hotel Manager
2015
Narrator
2020
Self - Narrator
2012
Narrator (voice)
2016
PAL (voice)
2021
2000
Amanda
2007
Pam Bachelor
2002
Pippa
2014
Hildegarde Schmidt
2017
PC Doris Thatcher
2007
2015
Self - Narrator (voice)
2018
Donka (voice)
2021
Mrs Clarrie Niven
2021
Anne
2020
Harriet Schulenburg
2004
Leda Caruso
2021
Queen Anne
2018
Ghost of Christmas Past (voice)
2022
2003
Edith Swan
2024
Debbie Doonan
2008
Hilary
2022
Narrator
2021
Ursula
2005
Bethan (voice)
2014
Carol Thatcher
2011
Ivy
2025
Joy
2022
Self
2014
Hairdresser
2007
Narrator (voice)
2021
2004
Linda
2013
Hope Slaughter
2019
Sam
2014
Marion
2014
Hannah
2011
Joanna
2006
Nelly the Horse (voice)
2014
Julie
2015
Beth
2009
Mum (voice)
2016
Self - 'Sonya Falsworth'
2023
Fairy Godmother
2020
Marion (voice)
2015
Mrs. Bennet
Margaret
2013
Self
2021
Queen Elizabeth
2012
Susan Spencer
2013
Hannah
2025
Narrator
2020
Alice
2007
Segment: "Coffee to Go"
2018
2021
Self
2016
Self
2013
Martha
TV Producer
2005
Marion
2008
Janet / Nurse Violetta Kiss
2008
Self
2021
Joan Cauldwell
2012
Amanda
2007
Sarah
2014
2005
Self
2024
Self
2019
Narrator
2018
The Till (voice)
2018
Ursula
2005
Self - Narrator
2016
Linda Dodds
2007
Marion (voice)
2016
Jenny
2017
2018
Olivia
2009
Elizabeth Laine
Miss
2011
Jenny
2017
Self - Narrator (voice)
2015
Narrator
2023
Anita
2007
The Narrator
2018
Mummy Turtle
2020
narrator
2016
Self - Narrator (voice)
2016
Self / Narrator
2019
Narrator
2017
2015