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Name
Olivia Colman

Known For
Acting

Birthday
1974-01-30 (52 years old)

Place of Birth
Norwich, Norfolk, England, UK

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

Movies

Tv Shows

2006 Confetti as Joanna
2021 The Electrical Life of Louis Wain as Narrator
2023 Wonka as Mrs. Scrubbit
2007 Hot Fuzz as PC Doris Thatcher
2009 Le Donk & Scor-zay-zee as Olivia
2005 Zemanovaload as TV Producer
2016 Attenborough at 90 as Self
2021 Ron's Gone Wrong as Donka (voice)
2007 I Could Never Be Your Woman as Hairdresser
2019 Children In Need 2019: Got It Covered as Self
2021 Superworm as Narrator (voice)
2018 The Super Squirrels as Narrator
2011 The Iron Lady as Carol Thatcher
2008 Consuming Passion as Janet / Nurse Violetta Kiss
2011 Tyrannosaur as Hannah
2024 Paddington in Peru as Reverend Mother
2012 Hyde Park on Hudson as Queen Elizabeth
2013 I Give It a Year as Linda
2014 Locke as Bethan (voice)
2024 Wicked Little Letters as Edith Swan
2016 The Extraordinary Case of Alex Lewis as Self - Narrator (voice)
2013 The Murder in Angel Lane as Susan Spencer
2013 The Thirteenth Tale as Margaret
2013 The Five(ish) Doctors Reboot as Self
2019 Kilimanjaro: The Bigger Red Nose Climb as Self / Narrator
2014 Cuban Fury as Sam
2022 Puss in Boots: The Last Wish as Mama Bear (voice)
2026 Wicker as Fisherwoman
2022 Scrooge: A Christmas Carol as Ghost of Christmas Past (voice)
2018 The Private Life of the Royal Academy
2014 Pudsey the Dog: The Movie as Nelly the Horse (voice)
2007 Dog Altogether as Anita
2014 Thomas & Friends: Tale of the Brave as Marion (voice)
2005 Buried Alive
2015 London Road as Julie
2023 Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of Secret Invasion as Self - 'Sonya Falsworth'
2015 The Lobster as Hotel Manager
2014 The Kármán Line as Sarah
2007 Grow Your Own as Alice
2015 Thomas & Friends: Sodor's Legend of the Lost Treasure: The Movie as Marion (voice)
2025 The Roses as Ivy Rose
2018 The Favourite as Queen Anne
2023 Change the Ending as Narrator
2026 Jimpa as Hannah
2012 Bad Sugar as Joan Cauldwell
2008 Hancock & Joan as Marion
2015 David Attenborough Meets President Obama as Self - Narrator (voice)
2016 We're Going on a Bear Hunt as Mum (voice)
2017 Murder on the Orient Express as Hildegarde Schmidt
2011 See Me as Miss
2007 The Time of Your Life as Amanda
2019 Them That Follow as Hope Slaughter
2017 The Alternativity as Narrator
2016 Behind Closed Doors as Narrator
2018 Let's Dance as Segment: "Coffee to Go"
2018 All The World's a Stage as The Narrator
2020 The Father as Anne
2016 Our Queen at Ninety as Self - Narrator
2021 The Lost Daughter as Leda Caruso
2021 The Mitchells vs. the Machines as PAL (voice)
2005 Much Ado About Nothing as Ursula
2021 Mothering Sunday as Mrs Clarrie Niven
2018 Unexpected Item as The Till (voice)
2022 Joyride as Joy
2020 Nasrin as Narrator
2017 National Theatre Archive: Mosquitoes as Jenny
2020 Cinderella: A Comic Relief Pantomime for Christmas as Fairy Godmother
2021 Letters Live from the Archive: International Women’s Day as Self
2021 Letters Live from the Archive: Freemasons’ Hall
2021 Letters Live from the Archive: Union Chapel as Self
2022 Empire of Light as Hilary
2007 The Grey Man as Linda Dodds
2026 Elsinore as Margaret Johnson
2007 Green Wing Special as Harriet Schulenburg
2026 The Fox as The Fox (voice)
Soon Wild Bird as Isabella Blow
2014 Thomas & Friends: Signals Crossed as Marion (voice)
2016 Thomas & Friends: Start Your Engines! as Marion (voice)
2016 Thomas & Friends: Tinsel on the Tracks as Marion (voice)
2016 Thomas & Friends: Full Steam to the Rescue! as Marion (voice)
2015 Thomas & Friends: Dinos and Discoveries as Marion (voice)
2016 Thomas and Friends: Ultimate Friendship Adventures as Marion (voice)
2026 David Attenborough's 100 Years on Planet Earth as Self
2018 Thomas & Friends: Here Comes the Steam Team! as Marion (voice)
2027 Bollywoof as (voice)
2014 Ordinary Unraveling: Making Locke as Self

2003 Peep Show ( 33 episodes ) as Sophie Chapman
2007 Skins ( 1 episode ) as Gina
2013 Broadchurch ( 24 episodes ) as DS Ellie Miller
2004 Green Wing ( 18 episodes ) as Harriet Schulenburg
2002 Look Around You ( 6 episodes ) as Pam Bachelor
2009 Mister Eleven ( 2 episodes ) as Beth
2006 That Mitchell and Webb Look ( 24 episodes ) as Various Characters
2001 The Mitchell and Webb Situation ( 5 episodes )
2001 The Office ( 1 episode ) as Helena
2021 Rosie Jones' Trip Hazard ( 4 episodes ) as Voiceover
2000 Bruiser ( 6 episodes )
2005 ShakespeaRe-Told ( 1 episode ) as Ursula
1983 Natural World ( 1 episode ) as Narrator
1993 GMTV ( 1 episode ) as Self
2005 Doctor Who ( 1 episode ) as Mother
2011 Exile ( 3 episodes ) as Nancy Ronstadt
2011 Twenty Twelve ( 13 episodes ) as Sally Owen
2014 The 7.39 ( 2 episodes ) as Maggie Matthews
2001 The Mitchell and Webb Situation ( 6 episodes ) as Various
2014 The Kumars ( 1 episode ) as Self
2004 Who Do You Think You Are? ( 1 episode ) as Self
2010 Rev. ( 19 episodes ) as Alex
2014 Mr. Sloane ( 6 episodes ) as Janet Sloane
2023 Secret Invasion ( 6 episodes ) as Sonya Falsworth
2022 The Bear ( 3 episodes ) as Chef Terry
2016 The Secret Life of the Zoo ( 72 episodes ) as Narrator
2016 The Night Manager ( 9 episodes ) as Angela Burr
2004 NY-LON ( 1 episode )
2005 Love Soup ( 1 episode ) as Penny
1999 People Like Us ( 1 episode )
2016 Flowers ( 12 episodes ) as Deborah Flowers
2022 Heartstopper ( 10 episodes ) as Sarah Nelson
2015 The Late Late Show with James Corden ( 1 episode ) as Self - Guest
2004 Murder in Suburbia ( 1 episode ) as Ellie
2003 Swiss Toni ( 1 episode )
2008 Beautiful People ( 12 episodes ) as Debbie Doonan
2023 Great Expectations ( 6 episodes ) as Miss Havisham
2016 Fleabag ( 9 episodes ) as Godmother
2014 The Great War: The People's Story ( 4 episodes ) as Narrator
2014 W1A ( 1 episode ) as Sally Owen
2014 Duck Quacks Don't Echo ( 1 episode )
2016 The Crown ( 21 episodes ) as Queen Elizabeth II
2000 Black Books ( 1 episode ) as Tanya
2007 The Time of Your Life ( 6 episodes ) as Amanda
2018 Watership Down ( 2 episodes ) as Strawberry (voice)
2007 Would I Lie to You? ( 2 episodes ) as Self
2002 Ant & Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway ( 1 episode ) as Self
2018 Flatpack Empire ( 3 episodes ) as Self - Narrator (voice)
2007 The Graham Norton Show ( 3 episodes ) as Self - Guest
2012 The Hoarder Next Door ( 14 episodes ) as Self - Narrator
2020 Staged ( 1 episode ) as Olivia
2007 The Graham Norton Show ( 8 episodes ) as Self
1953 The Oscars ( 4 episodes ) as Self
1997 Midsomer Murders ( 1 episode ) as Bernice
2016 The Story of Cats ( 3 episodes ) as Narrator (voice)
2020 Becoming You ( 6 episodes ) as Self - Narrator (voice)
2010 Accused ( 1 episode ) as Sue Brown
1989 The Simpsons ( 1 episode ) as Lily (voice)
2021 Landscapers ( 4 episodes ) as Susan Edwards
2018 Les Misérables ( 4 episodes ) as Madame Thénardier
2014 The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon ( 1 episode ) as Self
2023 Faut Voir - L'Hebdo cinéma ( 1 episode ) as Self - Guest
2006 The One Show ( 1 episode ) as Self
2026 Pride and Prejudice ( 6 episodes ) as Mrs. Bennet
Soon Cry Wolf ( 1 episode ) as Kath
2025 Mitchell and Webb Are Not Helping ( 1 episode )
2002 Rescue Me ( 1 episode ) as Paula
2003 Eyes Down ( 1 episode ) as Mandy Foster
2016 Sugar Free Farm ( 3 episodes ) as Narrator
2025 Good Hang with Amy Poehler ( 1 episode ) as Self - Guest
2014 The Secrets ( 1 episode ) as Pippa
2013 Run ( 2 episodes ) as Carol
2005 The Robinsons ( 1 episode ) as Connie
Soon Army of Shadows ( 6 episodes )
1988 Comic Relief ( 1 episode )
2003 Coming Up ( 1 episode ) as Receptionist

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