Olivia Williams
Born: 1968-07-26 in Camden Town, London, England, UK
Known For: Acting
Biography
Olivia Haigh Williams (born July 26, 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.
Filmography
2025
- Monster: The Ed Gein Story as Alma Reville
2024
- Dune: Prophecy as Reverend Mother Tula Harkonnen
- Another End as Juliette
- The Trouble with Jessica as Beth
- Pigs as Mum
2023
- Funny Woman as Gloria Balderstone, Barbara's mother
2022
- The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power as Winterbloom (voice)
- The Impact as The President
- My Name Is Leon as Sylvia
2021
- The Wheel of Time as Queen Morgase Trakand
- The Nevers as Lavinia Bidlow
2020
- The Father as The Woman
- Homemade as Queen (voice)
2019
- Nyet! as Mrs. Pyke
2017
- The Escape as Sarah
- Counterpart as Emily Burton Silk
- National Theatre Archive: Mosquitoes as Alice
- Victoria & Abdul as Baroness Churchill
- The Halcyon as Lady Priscilla Hamilton
- National Theatre Live: Mosquitoes as Alice
2016
- The Crown as Camilla Parker Bowles
- The White King as Sophia (voice)
2015
- Man Up as Hilary
- Emma, Change the Locks as Emma
2014
- Seventh Son as Mam Ward
- Altar as Meg
- Sabotage as Investigator Caroline Brentwood
- Manhattan as Liza Winter
- Maps to the Stars as Cristina Weiss
- Magpie as The Woman
- Salting the Battlefield as Belinda Kay
2013
- Justin and the Knights of Valour as Queen (voice)
- The Guest as Marguerite
- The Last Days on Mars as Kim Aldrich
2012
- Now Is Good as Mother
- Hyde Park on Hudson as Eleanor Roosevelt
- Anna Karenina as Countess Vronsky
2011
- Hanna as Rachel
- Wild Bill as Kelly
- Collaborator as Emma Stiles
- OK! TV
- Case Sensitive as Charlie Zailer
2010
- Terriers as Miriam Foster
- The Ghost Writer as Ruth Lang
- Sex & Drugs & Rock & Roll as Betty Dury
2009
- Dollhouse as Adelle DeWitt
- An Education as Miss Stubbs
2008
- Broken Lines as Zoe
- Flashbacks of a Fool as Grace Scott
- Miss Austen Regrets as Jane Austen
2007
- Damage as Michelle Cahill
2006
- Krakatoa: The Last Days as Johanna Beijerinck
- X-Men: The Last Stand as Dr. Moira MacTaggert
2004
- The Heart of Me as Madeleine
- The Hotel In Amsterdam as Annie
- Agatha Christie: A Life in Pictures as Agatha Christie
2003
- Peter Pan as Mary Darling
- To Kill a King as Lady Anne Fairfax
2002
- Below as Claire
2001
- The Body as Sharon Golban
- The Man from Elysian Fields as Andrea
- Lucky Break as Annabel
2000
- Born Romantic as Eleanor
- The Making of 'Rushmore' as Self
- Jason and the Argonauts as Hera
- Four Dogs Playing Poker as Audrey
- Dead Babies as Diana
1999
- The Sixth Sense as Anna Crowe
1998
- Rushmore as Rosemary Cross
1997
- The Postman as Abby
1996
- Emma as Jane Fairfax
1994
- Friends as Felicity
1987
- The Ruth Rendell Mysteries as Jennifer Norris
1972
- Van der Valk as Irene Kortman