
Olivia Colman
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).
Known For
Credits
- 2025 · Jimpa as Hannah
- 2025 · Mitchell and Webb Are Not Helping as
- 2025 · The Roses as Ivy Rose
- 2025 · Good Hang with Amy Poehler as
- 2021 · Landscapers as Susan Edwards
- 2020 · Becoming You as Self - Narrator (voice)
- 2019 · Kilimanjaro: The Bigger Red Nose Climb as Self / Narrator
- 2018 · Let's Dance as Segment: "Coffee to Go"
- 2018 · The Private Life of the Royal Academy as
- 2017 · The Alternativity as Narrator
- 2016 · Attenborough at 90 as Self
- 2016 · Flowers as Deborah Flowers
- 2016 · The Secret Life of the Zoo as Narrator
- 2015 · Thomas & Friends: Sodor's Legend of the Lost Treasure: The Movie as Marion (voice)
- 2015 · London Road as Julie
- 2014 · The Great War: The People's Story as Narrator
- 2014 · Mr. Sloane as Janet Sloane
- 2014 · The Kumars as Self
- 2014 · The 7.39 as Maggie Matthews
- 2013 · Run as Carol
- 2011 · Exile as
- 2011 · Twenty Twelve as Sally Owen
- 2010 · Rev. as Alex
- 2008 · Beautiful People as Debbie Doonan
- 2008 · Hancock & Joan as Marion
- 2007 · Dog Altogether as Anita
- 2007 · The Time of Your Life as Amanda
- 2006 · That Mitchell and Webb Look as Various Characters
- 2005 · Love Soup as Penny
- 2005 · The Robinsons as
- 2005 · Buried Alive as
- 2004 · NY-LON as
- 2004 · Murder in Suburbia as
- 2003 · Swiss Toni as
- 2002 · Look Around You as Pam Bachelor
- 2002 · Rescue Me as Paula
- 2000 · Bruiser as
- 1999 · People Like Us as
- Future · Wicker as
- Future · Cry Wolf as
- Future · Pride & Prejudice as Mrs Bennet
- 2024 · Girl from the North Country as Elizabeth Laine
- 2024 · Paddington in Peru as Reverend Mother
- 2024 · An A to Z of Paddington as Self
- 2024 · Wicked Little Letters as Edith Swan
- 2023 · 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
- 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 · 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 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 · The Father as Anne
- 2020 · Nasrin as Narrator
- 2020 · Staged as Olivia
- 2020 · Turtle Journey: The Crisis in Our Oceans as Mummy Turtle
- 2019 · Children In Need 2019: Got It Covered as Self
- 2019 · Them That Follow as Hope Slaughter
- 2019 · The Favourite: Unstitching the Costume Drama as Self
- 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)
- 2018 · The Super Squirrels as Narrator
- 2018 · All The World's a Stage as The Narrator
- 2018 · Flatpack Empire as Self - Narrator (voice)
- 2017 · Murder on the Orient Express as Hildegarde Schmidt
- 2017 · National Theatre Archive: Mosquitoes as Jenny
- 2017 · National Theatre Live: Mosquitoes as Jenny
- 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 · Our Queen at Ninety as Self - Narrator
- 2016 · Behind Closed Doors as narrator
- 2016 · The Story of Cats as Narrator (voice)
- 2016 · The Night Manager as Angela Burr
- 2015 · The Lobster as Hotel Manager
- 2015 · Earth's Natural Wonders as
- 2015 · Earth's Natural Wonders as
- 2015 · David Attenborough Meets President Obama as Self - Narrator (voice)
- 2015 · The Late Late Show with James Corden as Self - Guest
- 2014 · The Secrets as Pippa
- 2014 · Thomas & Friends: Tale of the Brave: The Movie as Marion (voice)
- 2014 · Pudsey the Dog: The Movie as Nelly the Horse (voice)
- 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
- 2013 · The Thirteenth Tale as Margaret
- 2013 · The Five(ish) Doctors Reboot as Self
- 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 · 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 · See Me as Miss
- 2010 · Accused as Sue Brown
- 2009 · Mister Eleven as Beth
- 2009 · Le Donk & Scor-zay-zee as Olivia
- 2008 · Consuming Passion as Janet / Nurse Violetta Kiss
- 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
- 2006 · The One Show as Self
- 2006 · Confetti as Joanna
- 2005 · ShakespeaRe-Told as Ursula
- 2005 · Much Ado About Nothing as Ursula
- 2005 · Zemanovaload as TV Producer
- 2005 · Doctor Who as Mother
- 2004 · Who Do You Think You Are? as Self
- 2004 · Green Wing as Harriet Schulenburg
- 2003 · Peep Show as Sophie Chapman
- 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
- 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