Olivia Colman
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).
Known For
Credits
- 2024 · Paddington in Peru as Reverend Mother
- 2024 · Wicked Little Letters as Edith Swan
- 2023 · Wonka as Mrs. Scrubbit
- 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)
- 2021 · Rosie Jones' Trip Hazard as Voiceover
- 2021 · Letters Live from the Archive: Union Chapel as Self
- 2020 · Cinderella: A Comic Relief Pantomime for Christmas as Fairy Godmother
- 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
- 2018 · 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
- 2017 · Murder on the Orient Express as Hildegarde Schmidt
- 2016 · 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 · The Extraordinary Case of Alex Lewis as Self - Narrator (voice)
- 2016 · Fleabag as Godmother
- 2016 · Flowers as Deborah Flowers
- 2016 · The Story of Cats as Narrator (voice)
- 2016 · The Night Manager as Angela Burr
- 2016 · The Secret Life of the Zoo as Narrator
- 2015 · The Lobster as Hotel Manager
- 2015 · Thomas & Friends: Sodor's Legend of the Lost Treasure: The Movie as Marion (voice)
- 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
- 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 · 73 Questions as Self
- 2014 · The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon as
- 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 · The Murder in Angel Lane as Susan Spencer
- 2013 · Broadchurch as DS Ellie Miller
- 2013 · I Give It a Year as Linda
- 2012 · Hyde Park on Hudson as Queen Elizabeth
- 2012 · The Hoarder Next Door as Self - Narrator
- 2012 · Honest Trailers as Mrs. Scrubbit (archive footage)
- 2012 · Honest Trailers as Sonya Falsworth (archive footage)
- 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
- 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 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 · Confetti as Joanna
- 2005 · ShakespeaRe-Told as Ursula
- 2005 · Love Soup as Penny
- 2005 · The Robinsons as
- 2005 · Doctor Who as Mother
- 2005 · Buried Alive as
- 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
- 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
- 1953 · The Oscars as Self
- Future · Girl from the North Country as Elizabeth Laine
- Future · Wicker as
- 2008 · Hancock & Joan as Marion
- Future · Nuclear Bogeyheads as Martha
- 2024 · An A to Z of Paddington as Self
- 2023 · Change the Ending as Narrator
- 2021 · Letters Live from the Archive: Freemasons’ Hall as
- 2021 · Letters Live from the Archive: International Women’s Day as Self
- 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 · Unexpected Item as The Till (voice)
- 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
- 2017 · National Theatre Live: Mosquitoes as Jenny
- 2016 · Attenborough at 90 as Self
- 2016 · Our Queen at Ninety as Self - Narrator
- 2016 · Behind Closed Doors as narrator
- 2015 · Earth's Natural Wonders as
- 2015 · Earth's Natural Wonders as
- 2015 · David Attenborough Meets President Obama as Self - Narrator (voice)
- 2014 · The Secrets as Pippa
- 2014 · The Kármán Line as Sarah
- 2012 · Bad Sugar as Joan Cauldwell
- 2011 · See Me as Miss
- 2009 · Mister Eleven as Beth
- 2009 · Le Donk & Scor-zay-zee as Olivia
- 2007 · Dog Altogether as Anita
- 2007 · The Time of Your Life as Amanda
- 2003 · Swiss Toni as
- Future · The Roses as Ivy
- 2007 · The Grey Man as Linda Dodds
- 2005 · Much Ado About Nothing as Ursula
- 2005 · Zemanovaload as
- 1953 · The Oscars as Self - Best Actress winner
- Future · Jimpa as Hannah