Known For
Acting
Born
Jan 30, 1974
Place of Birth
Norwich, Norfolk, England, UK
Credits
151 titles
Olivia Colman
Biography
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
Filmography
The Fox
The Fox (voice)
Wicker
Jimpa
Hannah
Mitchell and Webb Are Not Helping
The Roses
Ivy Rose
Good Hang with Amy Poehler
Girl from the North Country
Elizabeth Laine
Paddington in Peru
Reverend Mother
An A to Z of Paddington
Self
Wicked Little Letters
Edith Swan
Wonka
Mrs. Scrubbit
Faut Voir - L'Hebdo cinéma
Self - Guest
Change the Ending
Narrator
Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of Secret Invasion
Self - 'Sonya Falsworth'
Secret Invasion
Sonya Falsworth
Great Expectations
Miss Havisham
Empire of Light
Hilary
Puss in Boots: The Last Wish
Mama Bear (voice)
Scrooge: A Christmas Carol
Ghost of Christmas Past (voice)
Joyride
Joy
The Bear
Chef Terry
Heartstopper
Sarah Nelson
Superworm
Narrator (voice)
The Lost Daughter
Leda Caruso
Landscapers
Susan Edwards
Mothering Sunday
Mrs Clarrie Niven
The Electrical Life of Louis Wain
Narrator
Ron's Gone Wrong
Donka (voice)
The Mitchells vs. the Machines
PAL (voice)
Rosie Jones' Trip Hazard
Voiceover
Letters Live from the Archive: Union Chapel
Self
Letters Live from the Archive: Freemasons’ Hall
Letters Live from the Archive: International Women’s Day
Self
Cinderella: A Comic Relief Pantomime for Christmas
Fairy Godmother
The Father
Anne
Becoming You
Self - Narrator (voice)
Nasrin
Narrator
Staged
Olivia
Children In Need 2019: Got It Covered
Self
Them That Follow
Hope Slaughter
Kilimanjaro: The Bigger Red Nose Climb
Self / Narrator
Les Misérables
Madame Thénardier
Watership Down
Strawberry (voice)
Let's Dance
Segment: "Coffee to Go"
The Favourite
Queen Anne
Unexpected Item
The Till (voice)
The Super Squirrels
Narrator
All The World's a Stage
The Narrator
The Private Life of the Royal Academy
Flatpack Empire
Self - Narrator (voice)