About
Olivia Colman
Overview
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
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2024 | Paddington in Peru | Actor | Reverend Mother | 59 Average |
2024 | Wicked Little Letters | Actor | Edith Swan | 63 Fair |
2023 | Wonka | Actor | Mrs. Scrubbit | 69 Fair |
2023 | Change the Ending | Actor | Narrator | N/A N/A |
2023 | Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of Secret Invasion | Actor | Self - 'Sonya Falsworth' | 58 Average |
2023 | Secret Invasion | Actor | Sonya Falsworth | 67 Fair |
2023 | Great Expectations | Actor | Miss Havisham | 68 Fair |
2022 | Empire of Light | Actor | Hilary | 63 Fair |
2022 | Puss in Boots: The Last Wish | Actor | Mama Bear (voice) | 80 Very good |
2022 | Scrooge: A Christmas Carol | Actor | Ghost of Christmas Past (voice) | 62 Fair |
2022 | Joyride | Actor | Joy | 59 Average |
2021 | Superworm | Actor | Narrator (voice) | 59 Average |
2021 | The Lost Daughter | Actor | Leda Caruso | 62 Fair |
2021 | Landscapers | Actor | Susan Edwards | 67 Fair |
2021 | Mothering Sunday | Actor | Mrs Clarrie Niven | 58 Average |
2021 | The Electrical Life of Louis Wain | Actor | Narrator | 63 Fair |
2021 | Ron's Gone Wrong | Actor | Donka (voice) | 74 Good |
2021 | The Mitchells vs. the Machines | Actor | PAL (voice) | 76 Good |
2021 | Letters Live from the Archive: Union Chapel | Actor | Self | 59 Average |
2021 | Letters Live from the Archive: Freemasons’ Hall | Actor | 59 Average |
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2021 | Letters Live from the Archive: International Women’s Day | Actor | Self | 59 Average |
2020 | Cinderella: A Comic Relief Pantomime for Christmas | Actor | Fairy Godmother | 59 Average |
2020 | The Father | Actor | Anne | 78 Good |
2020 | Carol 2 | Actor | Olivia Colman | N/A N/A |
2020 | Becoming You | Actor | Narrator | 69 Fair |
2020 | Nasrin | Actor | Narrator | 59 Average |
2020 | Turtle Journey: The Crisis in Our Oceans | Actor | Mummy Turtle | 59 Average |
2019 | Children In Need 2019: Got It Covered | Actor | Self | 59 Average |
2019 | Them That Follow | Actor | Hope | 57 Average |
2019 | Kilimanjaro: The Bigger Red Nose Climb | Actor | Self / Narrator | N/A N/A |
2018 | Watership Down | Actor | Strawberry (voice) | 68 Fair |
2018 | Let's Dance | Actor | Segment: "Coffee to Go" | 59 Average |
2018 | The Favourite | Actor | Queen Anne | 73 Good |
2018 | Unexpected Item | Actor | The Till (voice) | N/A N/A |
2018 | The Super Squirrels | Actor | Narrator | N/A N/A |
2018 | All The World's a Stage | Actor | The Narrator | 59 Average |
2018 | The Private Life of the Royal Academy | Actor | N/A N/A |
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2018 | Flatpack Empire | Actor | Self - Narrator (voice) | N/A N/A |
2017 | The Alternativity | Actor | Narrator | 59 Average |
2017 | Murder on the Orient Express | Actor | Hildegarde Schmidt | 66 Fair |
2017 | National Theatre Live: Mosquitoes | Actor | Jenny | 59 Average |
2016 | We're Going on a Bear Hunt | Actor | Mum (voice) | 59 Average |
2016 | Thomas & Friends: Tinsel on the Tracks | Actor | Marion (voice) | 59 Average |
2016 | The Extraordinary Case of Alex Lewis | Actor | Self - Narrator (voice) | N/A N/A |
2016 | Attenborough at 90 | Actor | Self | 58 Average |
2016 | Flowers | Actor | Deborah Flowers | 71 Good |
2016 | Our Queen at Ninety | Actor | Self - Narrator | 59 Average |
2016 | Behind Closed Doors | Actor | narrator | 59 Average |
2016 | The Story of Cats | Actor | Narrator (voice) | 70 Good |
2016 | The Night Manager | Actor | Angela Burr | 77 Good |
2016 | The Secret Life of the Zoo | Actor | Narrator | 68 Fair |
2015 | The Lobster | Actor | Hotel Manager | 69 Fair |
2015 | Earth's Natural Wonders | Actor | 59 Average |
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2015 | Earth's Natural Wonders | Actor | 68 Fair |
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2015 | Thomas & Friends: Sodor's Legend of the Lost Treasure: The Movie | Actor | Marion (voice) | 59 Average |
2015 | David Attenborough Meets President Obama | Actor | Self - Narrator (voice) | 59 Average |
2015 | London Road | Actor | Julie | 59 Average |
2014 | The Secrets | Actor | Pippa | 69 Fair |
2014 | Thomas & Friends: Tale of the Brave: The Movie | Actor | Marion | 59 Average |
2014 | The Great War: The People's Story | Actor | Narrator | 69 Fair |
2014 | Pudsey the Dog: The Movie | Actor | Nelly the Horse (voice) | 58 Average |
2014 | Mr. Sloane | Actor | Janet Sloane | 70 Good |
2014 | Locke | Actor | Bethan (voice) | 67 Fair |
2014 | The Kármán Line | Actor | Sarah | 59 Average |
2014 | Cuban Fury | Actor | Sam | 59 Average |
2014 | The 7.39 | Actor | Maggie Matthews | 68 Fair |
2013 | The Thirteenth Tale | Actor | Margaret | 59 Average |
2013 | The Five(ish) Doctors Reboot | Actor | Self | 61 Fair |
2013 | Run | Actor | Carol | 70 Good |
2013 | The Murder in Angel Lane | Actor | Susan Spencer | 59 Average |
2013 | Broadchurch | Actor | DS Ellie Miller | 78 Good |
2013 | I Give It a Year | Actor | Linda | 56 Average |
2012 | Hyde Park on Hudson | Actor | Queen Elizabeth | 57 Average |
2012 | Bad Sugar | Actor | Joan Cauldwell | 59 Average |
2012 | The Hoarder Next Door | Actor | Self - Narrator | 70 Good |
2011 | The Iron Lady | Actor | Carol Thatcher | 62 Fair |
2011 | Tyrannosaur | Actor | Hannah | 65 Fair |
2011 | Arrietty (UK Voice Cast) | Actor | Homily (Voice) | 61 Fair |
2011 | See Me | Actor | Miss | N/A N/A |
2011 | Exile | Actor | 70 Good |
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2011 | Twenty Twelve | Actor | Sally Owen | 70 Good |
2010 | Rev. | Actor | Alex | 70 Good |
2009 | Mister Eleven | Actor | Beth | N/A N/A |
2009 | Le Donk & Scor-zay-zee | Actor | Olivia | 59 Average |
2008 | Consuming Passion | Actor | Janet / Nurse Violetta Kiss | 59 Average |
2008 | Beautiful People | Actor | Debbie Doonan | 70 Good |
2008 | Hancock & Joan | Actor | Marion | 58 Average |
2007 | Dog Altogether | Actor | Anita | 59 Average |
2007 | The Time of Your Life | Actor | Amanda | 59 Average |
2007 | The Time of Your Life | Actor | Amanda | 70 Good |
2007 | Grow Your Own | Actor | Alice | 59 Average |
2007 | I Could Never Be Your Woman | Actor | Hairdresser | 58 Average |
2007 | The Grey Man | Actor | Linda Dodds | N/A N/A |
2007 | Hot Fuzz | Actor | PC Doris Thatcher | 74 Good |
2006 | That Mitchell and Webb Look | Actor | Various Characters | 74 Good |
2006 | Confetti | Actor | Joanna | 58 Average |
2005 | Much Ado About Nothing | Actor | Ursula | 59 Average |
2005 | Zemanovaload | Actor | 58 Average |
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2005 | Buried Alive | Actor | N/A N/A |
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2004 | Green Wing | Actor | Harriet Schulenburg | 75 Good |
2002 | Look Around You | Actor | Pam Bachelor | 73 Good |
2001 | The Mitchell and Webb Situation | Actor | Various | 71 Good |
2000 | Bruiser | Actor | 69 Fair |
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Wicker | Actor | N/A N/A |
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The Roses | Actor | Ivy | N/A N/A |
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Jimpa | Actor | Hannah | N/A N/A |
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Girl from the North Country | Actor | Elizabeth Laine | N/A N/A |
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Production |
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2024 | Wicked Little Letters | Production | Producer | 63 Fair |
2021 | The Lost Daughter | Production | Executive Producer | 62 Fair |
2021 | Landscapers | Production | Executive Producer | 67 Fair |
The Roses | Production | Producer | N/A N/A |
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Wicker | Production | Producer | N/A N/A |