
Olivia Colman
Sarah Caroline Sinclair CBE, 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).
Known For
Credits
- 2025 · Jimpa as Hannah
- 2025 · Mitchell and Webb Are Not Helping as
- 2025 · The Roses as Ivy
- 2024 · Paddington in Peru as Reverend Mother
- 2024 · Wicked Little Letters as Edith Swan
- 2023 · Wonka as Mrs. Scrubbit
- 2023 · Faut Voir - L'hebdo cinéma as Self - Guest
- 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
- 2022 · 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
- 2021 · 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)
- 2020 · The Father as Anne
- 2020 · Becoming You as Narrator
- 2020 · Staged as Olivia
- 2019 · Children In Need 2019: Got It Covered as Self
- 2019 · Them That Follow as Hope Slaughter
- 2018 · Les Misérables as Madame Thénardier
- 2018 · Watership Down as Strawberry (voice)
- 2018 · The Favourite as Queen Anne
- 2018 · Unexpected Item as The Till (voice)
- 2017 · Murder on the Orient Express as Hildegarde Schmidt
- 2017 · National Theatre Live: Mosquitoes as Jenny
- 2017 · National Theatre Archive: Mosquitoes as Jenny
- 2016 · We're Going on a Bear Hunt as Mum (voice)
- 2016 · The Crown as Queen Elizabeth II
- 2016 · Fleabag as Godmother
- 2016 · Flowers as Deborah Flowers
- 2016 · Our Queen at Ninety as Self - Narrator
- 2016 · The Night Manager as Angela Burr
- 2016 · The Secret Life of the Zoo as Narrator
- 2015 · The Lobster as Hotel Manager
- 2015 · London Road as Julie
- 2015 · The Late Late Show with James Corden as Self - Guest
- 2014 · Thomas & Friends: Tale of the Brave: The Movie as Marion (voice)
- 2014 · The Great War: The People's Story as Narrator
- 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 as
- 2014 · The Kumars as Self
- 2014 · The 7.39 as Maggie Matthews
- 2013 · The Thirteenth Tale as Margaret
- 2013 · The Five(ish) Doctors Reboot as Self
- 2013 · Run as Carol
- 2013 · Broadchurch as DS Ellie Miller
- 2013 · I Give It a Year as Linda
- 2012 · Hyde Park on Hudson as Queen Elizabeth
- 2012 · Bad Sugar as Joan Cauldwell
- 2012 · The Hoarder Next Door as Self - Narrator
- 2011 · The Iron Lady as Carol Thatcher
- 2011 · Tyrannosaur as Hannah
- 2011 · Exile as
- 2011 · Twenty Twelve as Sally Owen
- 2010 · Accused as Sue Brown
- 2010 · Rev. as Alex
- 2008 · Consuming Passion as Janet / Nurse Violetta Kiss
- 2008 · Beautiful People as Debbie Doonan
- 2008 · Hancock & Joan as Marion
- 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 · 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
- 2006 · That Mitchell and Webb Look as Various Characters
- 2006 · The One Show as Self
- 2006 · Confetti as Joanna
- 2005 · ShakespeaRe-Told as Ursula
- 2005 · Much Ado About Nothing as Ursula
- 2005 · Love Soup as Penny
- 2005 · The Robinsons as
- 2005 · Doctor Who as Mother
- 2004 · Who Do You Think You Are? as Self
- 2004 · Green Wing as Harriet Schulenburg
- 2004 · NY-LON as
- 2004 · Murder in Suburbia as
- 2003 · Peep Show as Sophie Chapman
- 2003 · Swiss Toni as
- 2002 · Look Around You as Pam Bachelor
- 2002 · Ant & Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway as Self
- 2001 · The Mitchell and Webb Situation as
- 2001 · The Mitchell and Webb Situation as Various
- 2001 · The Office as Helena
- 2000 · Black Books as Tanya
- 2000 · Bruiser as
- 1999 · People Like Us as
- 1997 · Midsomer Murders as Bernice
- 1993 · GMTV as Self
- 1989 · The Simpsons as Lily (voice)
- 1983 · Natural World as Narrator
- Future · Cry Wolf as
- Future · Pride & Prejudice as Mrs Bennet
- 2024 · Girl from the North Country as Elizabeth Laine
- 2024 · An A to Z of Paddington as Self
- 2023 · Change the Ending as Narrator
- 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 as
- 2021 · Letters Live from the Archive: International Women’s Day as Self
- 2020 · Cinderella: A Comic Relief Pantomime for Christmas as Fairy Godmother
- 2020 · Nasrin as Narrator
- 2020 · Turtle Journey: The Crisis in Our Oceans as Mummy Turtle
- 2019 · Kilimanjaro: The Bigger Red Nose Climb as Self / Narrator
- 2018 · Let's Dance as Segment: "Coffee to Go"
- 2018 · The Super Squirrels as Narrator
- 2018 · All The World's a Stage as The Narrator
- 2018 · The Private Life of the Royal Academy as
- 2018 · Flatpack Empire as Self - Narrator (voice)
- 2017 · The Alternativity as Narrator
- 2016 · Thomas & Friends: Tinsel on the Tracks as Marion (voice)
- 2016 · The Extraordinary Case of Alex Lewis as Self - Narrator (voice)
- 2016 · Attenborough at 90 as Self
- 2016 · Behind Closed Doors as narrator
- 2016 · The Story of Cats as Narrator (voice)
- 2015 · Earth's Natural Wonders as
- 2015 · Earth's Natural Wonders as
- 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)
- 2014 · The Secrets as Pippa
- 2014 · Pudsey the Dog: The Movie as Nelly the Horse (voice)
- 2013 · The Murder in Angel Lane as Susan Spencer
- 2011 · See Me as Miss
- 2009 · Mister Eleven as Beth
- 2009 · Le Donk & Scor-zay-zee as Olivia
- 2007 · Dog Altogether as Anita
- 2007 · Grow Your Own as Alice
- Future · Wicker as
- 2005 · Zemanovaload as TV Producer
- 2005 · Buried Alive as
- 1953 · The Oscars as Self