Olivia Colman
Born: 1974-01-30 in Norwich, Norfolk, England, UK
Known For: Acting
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).
Filmography
2025
- The Roses as Ivy Rose
- Mitchell and Webb Are Not Helping
2024
- Paddington in Peru as Reverend Mother
- Wicked Little Letters as Edith Swan
- An A to Z of Paddington as Self
2023
- Wonka as Mrs. Scrubbit
- Secret Invasion as Sonya Falsworth
- Faut Voir - L'Hebdo cinéma as Self - Guest
- Great Expectations as Miss Havisham
- Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of Secret Invasion as Self - 'Sonya Falsworth'
- Change the Ending as Narrator
2022
- The Bear as Chef Terry
- Puss in Boots: The Last Wish as Mama Bear (voice)
- Heartstopper as Sarah Nelson
- Scrooge: A Christmas Carol as Ghost of Christmas Past (voice)
- Empire of Light as Hilary
- Joyride as Joy
2021
- The Mitchells vs. the Machines as PAL (voice)
- Ron's Gone Wrong as Donka (voice)
- The Lost Daughter as Leda Caruso
- Landscapers as Susan Edwards
- Mothering Sunday as Mrs Clarrie Niven
- The Electrical Life of Louis Wain as Narrator
- Rosie Jones' Trip Hazard as Voiceover
- Superworm as Narrator (voice)
- Letters Live from the Archive: Freemasons’ Hall
- Letters Live from the Archive: Union Chapel as Self
- Letters Live from the Archive: International Women’s Day as Self
2020
- The Father as Anne
- Staged as Olivia
- Becoming You as Self - Narrator (voice)
- Cinderella: A Comic Relief Pantomime for Christmas as Fairy Godmother
- Nasrin as Narrator
2019
- Them That Follow as Hope Slaughter
- Children In Need 2019: Got It Covered as Self
- Kilimanjaro: The Bigger Red Nose Climb as Self / Narrator
2018
- Les Misérables as Madame Thénardier
- The Favourite as Queen Anne
- Watership Down as Strawberry (voice)
- Let's Dance as Segment: "Coffee to Go"
- Flatpack Empire as Self - Narrator (voice)
- Unexpected Item as The Till (voice)
- The Super Squirrels as Narrator
- The Private Life of the Royal Academy
- All The World's a Stage as The Narrator
2017
- Murder on the Orient Express as Hildegarde Schmidt
- National Theatre Archive: Mosquitoes as Jenny
- National Theatre Live: Mosquitoes as Jenny
- The Alternativity as Narrator
2016
- The Crown as Queen Elizabeth II
- The Night Manager as Angela Burr
- Fleabag as Godmother
- Flowers as Deborah Flowers
- The Secret Life of the Zoo as Narrator
- We're Going on a Bear Hunt as Mum (voice)
- The Story of Cats as Narrator (voice)
- Thomas & Friends: Tinsel on the Tracks as Marion (voice)
- Attenborough at 90 as Self
- Our Queen at Ninety as Self - Narrator
- Thomas & Friends: Start Your Engines! as Marion (UK & US)(voice)
- The Extraordinary Case of Alex Lewis as Self - Narrator (voice)
- Behind Closed Doors as narrator
2015
- The Late Late Show with James Corden as Self - Guest
- The Lobster as Hotel Manager
- Thomas & Friends: Sodor's Legend of the Lost Treasure: The Movie as Marion (voice)
- London Road as Julie
- Earth's Natural Wonders
- David Attenborough Meets President Obama as Self - Narrator (voice)
2014
- The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon as Self
- W1A as Sally Owen
- Locke as Bethan (voice)
- Duck Quacks Don't Echo
- The Great War: The People's Story as Narrator
- The 7.39 as Maggie Matthews
- The Kumars as Self
- Cuban Fury as Sam
- Mr. Sloane as Janet Sloane
- Thomas & Friends: Tale of the Brave as Marion (voice)
- Pudsey the Dog: The Movie as Nelly the Horse (voice)
- The Secrets as Pippa
- The Kármán Line as Sarah
2013
- Broadchurch as DS Ellie Miller
- I Give It a Year as Linda
- Run as Carol
- The Five(ish) Doctors Reboot as Self
- The Thirteenth Tale as Margaret
- The Murder in Angel Lane as Susan Spencer
2012
- Hyde Park on Hudson as Queen Elizabeth
- The Hoarder Next Door as Self - Narrator
- Bad Sugar as Joan Cauldwell
2011
- The Iron Lady as Carol Thatcher
- Twenty Twelve as Sally Owen
- Exile as Nancy Ronstadt
- Tyrannosaur as Hannah
- See Me as Miss
2009
- Mister Eleven as Beth
- Le Donk & Scor-zay-zee as Olivia
2008
- Beautiful People as Debbie Doonan
- Consuming Passion as Janet / Nurse Violetta Kiss
- Hancock & Joan as Marion
2007
- The Graham Norton Show as Self - Guest
- Skins as Gina
- Would I Lie to You? as Self
- Hot Fuzz as PC Doris Thatcher
- I Could Never Be Your Woman as Hairdresser
- The Time of Your Life as Amanda
- Grow Your Own as Alice
- The Grey Man as Linda Dodds
- The Time of Your Life as Amanda
- Dog Altogether as Anita
- Green Wing Special as Harriet Schulenburg
2006
- The One Show as Self
- That Mitchell and Webb Look as Various Characters
- Confetti as Joanna
2005
- Doctor Who as Mother
- Love Soup as Penny
- ShakespeaRe-Told as Ursula
- The Robinsons
- Buried Alive
- Zemanovaload as TV Producer
- Much Ado About Nothing as Ursula
2004
- Who Do You Think You Are? as Self
- Green Wing as Harriet Schulenburg
- Murder in Suburbia as Ellie
- NY-LON
2003
- Peep Show as Sophie Chapman
- Eyes Down as Mandy Foster
- Swiss Toni
2002
- Ant & Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway as Self
- Look Around You as Pam Bachelor
- Rescue Me as Paula
2001
- The Office as Helena
- The Mitchell and Webb Situation
2000
- Black Books as Tanya
- Bruiser
1999
1997
- Midsomer Murders as Bernice
1993
- GMTV as Self
1989
- The Simpsons as Lily (voice)
1983
- Natural World as Narrator
1953
- The Oscars as Self