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
- Jimpa as Hannah
- 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
- Change the Ending as Narrator
- Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of Secret Invasion as Self - 'Sonya Falsworth'
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
- Mothering Sunday as Mrs Clarrie Niven
- The Lost Daughter as Leda Caruso
- The Mitchells vs. the Machines as PAL (voice)
- Superworm as Narrator (voice)
- Ron's Gone Wrong as Donka (voice)
- The Electrical Life of Louis Wain as Narrator
- Letters Live from the Archive: International Women’s Day as Self
- Letters Live from the Archive: Union Chapel as Self
- Landscapers as Susan Edwards
- Rosie Jones' Trip Hazard as Voiceover
- Letters Live from the Archive: Freemasons’ Hall
2020
- The Father as Anne
- Staged as Olivia
- Cinderella: A Comic Relief Pantomime for Christmas as Fairy Godmother
- Becoming You as Self - Narrator (voice)
- Nasrin as Narrator
- Turtle Journey: The Crisis in Our Oceans as Mummy Turtle
2019
- Them That Follow as Hope Slaughter
- Children In Need 2019: Got It Covered as Self
- The Favourite: Unstitching the Costume Drama as Self
- Kilimanjaro: The Bigger Red Nose Climb as Self / Narrator
2018
- Unexpected Item as The Till (voice)
- The Favourite as Queen Anne
- Les Misérables as Madame Thénardier
- Watership Down as Strawberry (voice)
- Let's Dance as Segment: "Coffee to Go"
- The Private Life of the Royal Academy
- All The World's a Stage as The Narrator
- Flatpack Empire as Self - Narrator (voice)
- The Super Squirrels as Narrator
2017
- Murder on the Orient Express as Hildegarde Schmidt
- The Alternativity as Narrator
- National Theatre Archive: Mosquitoes as Jenny
- National Theatre Live: Mosquitoes as Jenny
2016
- The Crown as Queen Elizabeth II
- Fleabag as Godmother
- The Night Manager as Angela Burr
- We're Going on a Bear Hunt as Mum (voice)
- Flowers as Deborah Flowers
- Our Queen at Ninety as Self - Narrator
- Thomas & Friends: Start Your Engines! as Marion (UK & US)(voice)
- Attenborough at 90 as Self
- Thomas & Friends: Tinsel on the Tracks as Marion (voice)
- The Secret Life of the Zoo as Narrator
- The Story of Cats as Narrator (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)
- Earth's Natural Wonders
2014
- The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon as Self
- Locke as Bethan (voice)
- Cuban Fury as Sam
- Thomas & Friends: Tale of the Brave: The Movie as Marion (voice)
- Pudsey the Dog: The Movie as Nelly the Horse (voice)
- W1A as Sally Owen
- Duck Quacks Don't Echo
- The Kármán Line as Sarah
- The 7.39 as Maggie Matthews
- The Kumars as Self
- The Great War: The People's Story as Narrator
- Mr. Sloane as Janet Sloane
- The Secrets as Pippa
2013
- Broadchurch as DS Ellie Miller
- The Thirteenth Tale as Margaret
- I Give It a Year as Linda
- The Five(ish) Doctors Reboot as Self
- The Murder in Angel Lane as Susan Spencer
- Run as Carol
2012
- Bad Sugar as Joan Cauldwell
- Hyde Park on Hudson as Queen Elizabeth
- The Hoarder Next Door as Self - Narrator
2011
- Tyrannosaur as Hannah
- The Iron Lady as Carol Thatcher
- See Me as Miss
- Twenty Twelve as Sally Owen
- Exile as Nancy Ronstadt
2009
- Mister Eleven as Beth
- Le Donk & Scor-zay-zee as Olivia
2008
- Consuming Passion as Janet / Nurse Violetta Kiss
- Hancock & Joan as Marion
- Beautiful People as Debbie Doonan
2007
- The Graham Norton Show as Self - Guest
- Skins as Gina
- Would I Lie to You? as Self
- Hot Fuzz as PC Doris Thatcher
- Dog Altogether as Anita
- I Could Never Be Your Woman as Hairdresser
- The Grey Man as Linda Dodds
- The Time of Your Life as Amanda
- Grow Your Own as Alice
- The Time of Your Life as Amanda
2006
- The One Show as Self
- Confetti as Joanna
- That Mitchell and Webb Look as Various Characters
2005
- Doctor Who as Mother
- Zemanovaload as TV Producer
- Buried Alive
- Love Soup as Penny
- ShakespeaRe-Told as Ursula
- Much Ado About Nothing as Ursula
- The Robinsons
2004
- Who Do You Think You Are? as Self
- Green Wing as Harriet Schulenburg
- Murder in Suburbia
- NY-LON
2003
- Peep Show as Sophie Chapman
- 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