About

Known credits:
61
Birthday:
1968-07-26
Place of birth:
Camden Town, London, England, UK
Website:
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Olivia Williams

Overview

Olivia Haigh Williams (born 26 July 1968) is a British actress who has appeared in British and American films and television. Williams studied drama at the Bristol Old Vic Theatre School for two years followed by three years at the Royal Shakespeare Company. Her first significant screen role was as Jane Fairfax in the British television film Emma (1996), based on Jane Austen's novel.

She made her film debut in 1997's The Postman, followed by Rushmore (1998) and The Sixth Sense (1999). Williams also acted in the British films Lucky Break (2001), The Heart of Me (2002) and An Education (2009). She continued acting in films such as The Ghost Writer (2010), Hanna (2011), Anna Karenina (2012), Hyde Park on Hudson (2012), Maps to the Stars (2014), Victoria & Abdul (2017), and The Father (2020).

From 2017 to 2019, she played Emily Silk in the science fiction television series Counterpart. In 2022, Williams portrayed Camilla Parker Bowles in the Netflix historical drama The Crown in its fifth season, a role she is set to reprise in its sixth and final season.

Known for

Acting

2024 Dune: Prophecy Actor Reverend Mother Tula Harkonnen 74
Good
2024 The Trouble with Jessica Actor Beth 58
Average
2024 Another End Actor Juliette 59
Average
2022 My Name Is Leon Actor Sylvia 58
Average
2022 The Impact Actor The President N/A
N/A
2021 The Nevers Actor Lavinia Bidlow 79
Good
2020 The Father Actor The Woman 78
Good
2019 Nyet! Actor Mrs. Pyke 59
Average
2017 Counterpart Actor Emily Burton Silk 73
Good
2017 Victoria & Abdul Actor Baroness Churchill 66
Fair
2017 National Theatre Live: Mosquitoes Actor Alice 59
Average
2017 The Halcyon Actor Lady Priscilla Hamilton 67
Fair
2016 The White King Actor Sophia (voice) 58
Average
2015 Man Up Actor Hilary 63
Fair
2014 Altar Actor Meg 57
Average
2014 Seventh Son Actor Mam Ward 55
Average
2014 Manhattan Actor Liza Winter 70
Good
2014 Magpie Actor The Woman 58
Average
2014 Maps to the Stars Actor Cristina Weiss 61
Fair
2014 Sabotage Actor Investigator Caroline Brentwood 56
Average
2014 Salting the Battlefield Actor Belinda Kay 59
Average
2013 The Last Days on Mars Actor Kim Aldrich 56
Average
2013 Justin and the Knights of Valour Actor Queen (voice) 58
Average
2013 The Guest Actor Marguerite N/A
N/A
2012 Hyde Park on Hudson Actor Eleanor Roosevelt 57
Average
2012 Electric Cinema: How to Behave Actor Silent Era Woman 1 60
Fair
2012 Now Is Good Actor Mother 68
Fair
2012 Anna Karenina Actor Countess Vronsky 65
Fair
2011 Wild Bill Actor Kelly 61
Fair
2011 Collaborator Actor Emma Stiles 58
Average
2011 Case Sensitive Actor Charlie Zailer 69
Fair
2011 Hanna Actor Rachel 65
Fair
2010 The Ghost Writer Actor Ruth Lang 66
Fair
2010 Sex & Drugs & Rock & Roll Actor Betty Dury 59
Average
2009 An Education Actor Miss Stubbs 66
Fair
2009 Dollhouse Actor Adelle DeWitt 72
Good
2008 Broken Lines Actor Zoe 59
Average
2008 Flashbacks of a Fool Actor Grace Scott 59
Average
2008 Miss Austen Regrets Actor Jane Austen 59
Average
2007 Damage Actor Michelle Cahill N/A
N/A
2006 Krakatoa: The Last Days Actor Johanna Beijerinck 59
Average
2006 X-Men: The Last Stand Actor Dr. Moira MacTaggert 63
Fair
2005 Tara Road Actor Ria 58
Average
2005 Valiant Actor Victoria (voice) 56
Average
2004 Agatha Christie: A Life in Pictures Actor Agatha Christie 59
Average
2004 The Hotel In Amsterdam Actor N/A
N/A
2004 The Heart of Me Actor Madeleine 59
Average
2003 Peter Pan Actor Mrs. Darling 69
Fair
2003 To Kill a King Actor Lady Anne Fairfax 58
Average
2002 Below Actor Claire 59
Average
2001 The Man from Elysian Fields Actor Andrea 59
Average
2001 Lucky Break Actor Annabel 59
Average
2001 The Body Actor Sharon Golban 57
Average
2000 Born Romantic Actor Eleanor 59
Average
2000 Dead Babies Actor 58
Average
2000 Four Dogs Playing Poker Actor Audrey 58
Average
2000 Jason and the Argonauts Actor Hera 64
Fair
1999 The Sixth Sense Actor Anna Crowe 79
Good
1998 Rushmore Actor Rosemary Cross 71
Good
1997 The Postman Actor Abby 61
Fair
1996 Emma Actor Jane Fairfax 60
Fair