
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
- 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 · 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 · Joyride as Joy
- 2022 · The Bear as Chef Terry
- 2022 · Heartstopper as Sarah Nelson
- 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 · Staged as Olivia
- 2019 · Them That Follow as Hope
- 2018 · Les Misérables as Madame Thénardier
- 2018 · Watership Down as Strawberry (voice)
- 2018 · The Favourite as Queen Anne
- 2017 · Murder on the Orient Express as Hildegarde Schmidt
- 2016 · The Crown as Queen Elizabeth II
- 2016 · Fleabag as Godmother
- 2016 · Flowers as Deborah Flowers
- 2016 · The Night Manager as Angela Burr
- 2016 · The Secret Life of the Zoo as Narrator
- 2015 · The Lobster as Hotel Manager
- 2015 · The Late Late Show with James Corden as Self - Guest
- 2014 · The Secrets as Pippa
- 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 Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon as
- 2014 · Cuban Fury as Sam
- 2014 · Duck Quacks Don't Echo as
- 2013 · Broadchurch as DS Ellie Miller
- 2012 · Hyde Park on Hudson as Queen Elizabeth
- 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 · Twenty Twelve as Sally Owen
- 2010 · Accused as Sue Brown
- 2010 · Rev. as Alex
- 2007 · The Time of Your Life as Amanda
- 2007 · Would I Lie to You? as Self
- 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
- 2005 · ShakespeaRe-Told as Ursula
- 2005 · Doctor Who as Mother
- 2004 · Who Do You Think You Are? as Self
- 2004 · Green Wing as Harriet Schulenburg
- 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
- 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 · Wicker as
- 2025 · Jimpa as Hannah
- 2024 · An A to Z of Paddington as Self
- 2023 · Change the Ending as Narrator
- 2023 · Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of Secret Invasion as Self - 'Sonya Falsworth'
- 2022 · Scrooge: A Christmas Carol as Ghost of Christmas Past (voice)
- 2021 · Superworm as Narrator (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 · Becoming You as Narrator
- 2020 · Nasrin as Narrator
- 2020 · Turtle Journey: The Crisis in Our Oceans as Mummy Turtle
- 2019 · Children In Need 2019: Got It Covered as Self
- 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 Archive: Mosquitoes as Jenny
- 2016 · We're Going on a Bear Hunt as Mum (voice)
- 2016 · Thomas & Friends: Tinsel on the Tracks as Marion (voice)
- 2016 · The Extraordinary Case of Alex Lewis as Self - Narrator (voice)
- 2016 · Behind Closed Doors as narrator
- 2015 · David Attenborough Meets President Obama as Self - Narrator (voice)
- 2014 · The Kármán Line as Sarah
- 2012 · Bad Sugar as Joan Cauldwell
- Future · Nuclear Bogeyheads as Martha
- 2019 · Kilimanjaro: The Bigger Red Nose Climb as Self / Narrator
- 2018 · Let's Dance as Segment: "Coffee to Go"
- 2016 · Attenborough at 90 as Self
- 2016 · Our Queen at Ninety as Self - 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 · London Road as Julie
- 2014 · Thomas & Friends: Tale of the Brave: The Movie as Marion
- 2014 · Pudsey the Dog: The Movie as Nelly the Horse (voice)
- 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 · I Give It a Year as Linda
- 2012 · The Hoarder Next Door as Self - Narrator
- 2011 · See Me as Miss
- 2011 · Exile as
- 2009 · Mister Eleven as Beth
- 2009 · Le Donk & Scor-zay-zee as Olivia
- 2008 · Consuming Passion as Janet / Nurse Violetta Kiss
- 2008 · Beautiful People as Debbie Doonan
- 2008 · Hancock & Joan as Marion
- 2007 · Dog Altogether as Anita
- 2007 · The Time of Your Life as Amanda
- 2007 · Grow Your Own as Alice
- 2007 · I Could Never Be Your Woman as Hairdresser
- 2007 · The Grey Man as Linda Dodds
- 2006 · Confetti as Joanna
- 2005 · Much Ado About Nothing as Ursula
- 2005 · Love Soup as Penny
- 2005 · Zemanovaload as TV Producer
- 2005 · The Robinsons as
- 2004 · NY-LON as
- 2003 · Swiss Toni as
- 2000 · Bruiser as
- Future · Girl from the North Country as Elizabeth Laine
- 2005 · Buried Alive as
- Future · Pride & Prejudice as Mrs. Bennet
- Future · National Theatre Live: Mosquitoes as Jenny