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
2026
- The Good Daughter as Harriet 'Gamma' Quinn
2025
- Monster: The Ed Gein Story as Alma Reville
2024
- Dune: Prophecy as Reverend Mother Tula Harkonnen
- The Trouble with Jessica as Beth
- Another End as Juliette
- Pigs as Mum
- Unknown Belize as Narrator
2023
- Funny Woman as Gloria Balderstone, Barbara's mother
2022
- The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power as Winterbloom (voice)
- My Name Is Leon as Sylvia
- The Impact as The President
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
- Counterpart as Emily Burton Silk
- The Halcyon as Lady Priscilla Hamilton
- Victoria & Abdul as Baroness Churchill
- National Theatre Archive: Mosquitoes as Alice
- The Escape as Sarah
- 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
- Manhattan as Liza Winter
- Seventh Son as Mam Ward
- Sabotage as Caroline
- Maps to the Stars as Cristina Weiss
- Salting the Battlefield as Belinda Kay
- Altar as Meg
- Magpie as The Woman
2013
- The Last Days on Mars as Kim Aldrich
- Justin and the Knights of Valour as Queen (voice)
- The Guest as Marguerite
2012
- Playhouse Presents as Dorothy Green
- Anna Karenina as Countess Vronsky
- Now Is Good as Mother
- Hyde Park on Hudson as Eleanor Roosevelt
2011
- Hanna as Rachel
- OK! TV
- Case Sensitive as Charlie Zailer
- Wild Bill as Kelly
- Collaborator as Emma Stiles
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
- Flashbacks of a Fool as Grace Scott
- Miss Austen Regrets as Jane Austen
- Broken Lines as Zoe
2007
- Damage as Michelle Cahill
2006
- X-Men: The Last Stand as Dr. Moira MacTaggert (uncredited)
- Krakatoa: The Last Days as Johanna Beijerinck
2004
- The Heart of Me as Madeleine
- Agatha Christie: A Life in Pictures as Agatha Christie
- The Hotel In Amsterdam as Annie
2003
- Peter Pan as Mary Darling
- To Kill a King as Lady Anne Fairfax
2002
- Below as Claire
2001
- The Man from Elysian Fields as Andrea
- The Body as Sharon Golban
- Lucky Break as Annabel
2000
- Jason and the Argonauts as Hera
- Four Dogs Playing Poker as Audrey
- Born Romantic as Eleanor
- The Making of 'Rushmore' as Self
- 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