Olivia Colman
Acting
🎂 1974-01-30
Sarah Caroline Sinclair CBE, 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).
Cast credits(147)
Lily (voice)
1989
Bernice
1997
Mother
2005
Self
2014
Self - Guest
2007
Self
2007
Self
2006
Queen Elizabeth II
2016
Chef Terry
2022
Gina
2007
Self - Guest
2015
Mama Bear (voice)
2022
Narrator
1983
Sarah Nelson
2022
Mrs. Scrubbit
2023
Self
2007
Sonya Falsworth
2023
DS Ellie Miller
2013
Reverend Mother
2024
Ivy
2025
Self
1953
Godmother
2016
Self
2004
PC Doris Thatcher
2007
PAL (voice)
2021
Hildegarde Schmidt
2017
Sophie Chapman
2003
Self
2002
Hotel Manager
2015
Helena
2001
Tanya
2000
Angela Burr
2016
Madame Thénardier
2018
Self
1993
Olivia
2020
Anne
2020
Queen Anne
2018
Donka (voice)
2021
Self - Guest
2023
Pam Bachelor
2002
Mrs Clarrie Niven
2021
Sue Brown
2010
Ursula
2005
Deborah Flowers
2016
Edith Swan
2024
Harriet Schulenburg
2004
Leda Caruso
2021
2014
Miss Havisham
2023
Narrator
2021
Hilary
2022
Various Characters
2006
Strawberry (voice)
2018
Ghost of Christmas Past (voice)
2022
Sally Owen
2014
Linda
2013
2004
Bethan (voice)
2014
Hairdresser
2007
Margaret
2013
Carol Thatcher
2011
Hope Slaughter
2019
Susan Edwards
2021
Sam
2014
Debbie Doonan
2008
Alex
2010
1999
Narrator
2020
Marion (voice)
2015
Janet / Nurse Violetta Kiss
2008
2000
Marion (voice)
2014
Self
2013
Joanna
2006
Sally Owen
2011
Carol
2013
Hannah
2011
Queen Elizabeth
2012
Fairy Godmother
2020
Penny
2005
Maggie Matthews
2014
2005
Marion (voice)
2016
Narrator
2014
Jenny
2017
Nelly the Horse (voice)
2014
Narrator (voice)
2021
Elizabeth Laine
2024
Self
2014
2011
Self
2019
Amanda
2007
Alice
2007
Jenny
2017
Joy
2022
Narrator
2016
Marion
2008
Segment: "Coffee to Go"
2018
Susan Spencer
2013
2015
Mum (voice)
2016
Mrs Bennet
Self - 'Sonya Falsworth'
2023
Self
2024
Voiceover
2021
2001
Various
2001
Self - Narrator (voice)
2018
Joan Cauldwell
2012
2004
Janet Sloane
2014
Amanda
2007
Narrator
2018
Ursula
2005
2021
Sarah
2014
Self / Narrator
2019
Self - Narrator
2012
Self
2016
2003
Pippa
2014
Narrator (voice)
2016
Olivia
2009
Beth
2009
Julie
2015
Mummy Turtle
2020
Self
2021
Self
2021
Self - Narrator
2016
Linda Dodds
2007
Narrator
2023
Miss
2011
Self - Narrator (voice)
2016
Hannah
2025
2015
Narrator
2020
Self - Narrator (voice)
2015
2018
Narrator
2017
narrator
2016
TV Producer
2005
The Narrator
2018
The Till (voice)
2018
Anita
2007
2005