Olivia Colman

Sarah Caroline Sinclair CBE (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).

Known For

Birth Location Norwich, Norfolk, England, UK
Born 1974-01-30

Movies

Paddington in Peru as The Reverend Mother
2024
Wicked Little Letters as Edith Swan
2024
Wonka as Mrs. Scrubbit
2023
Empire of Light as Hilary
2022
Puss in Boots: The Last Wish as Mama Bear (voice)
2022
Scrooge: A Christmas Carol as Ghost of Christmas Past (voice)
2022
Joyride as Joy
2022
Superworm as Narrator (voice)
2021
The Lost Daughter as Leda Caruso
2021
The Landscapers as Susan Edwards
2021
Mothering Sunday as Mrs Clarrie Niven
2021
Ron's Gone Wrong as Donka (voice)
2021
2021
The Father as Anne
2020
Nasrin as Narrator
2020
2019
2019
Let's Dance as Segment: "Coffee to Go"
2018
The Favourite as Queen Anne
2018
Unexpected Item as The Till (voice)
2018
The Super Squirrels as Narrator
2018
All The World's a Stage as The Narrator
2018
The Alternativity as Narrator
2017
Murder on the Orient Express as Hildegarde Schmidt
2017
2016
The Extraordinary Case of Alex Lewis as Self - Narrator (voice)
2016
2016
Flowers 1 as Deborah Flowers
2016
Our Queen at Ninety as Self - Narrator
2016
Behind Closed Doors as narrator
2016
The Lobster as Hotel Manager
2015
David Attenborough Meets President Obama as Self - Narrator (voice)
2015
London Road as Julie
2015
Pudsey the Dog: The Movie as Nelly the Horse (voice)
2014
Locke as Bethan (voice)
2014
2014
Cuban Fury as Sam
2014
The Thirteenth Tale as Margaret
2013
The Murder in Angel Lane as Susan Spencer
2013
I Give It a Year as Linda
2013
Hyde Park on Hudson as Queen Elizabeth
2012
Bad Sugar as Joan Cauldwell
2012
The Iron Lady as Carol Thatcher
2011
Tyrannosaur as Hannah
2011
See Me as Miss
2011
2009
Consuming Passion as Janet / Nurse Violetta Kiss
2008
Hancock & Joan as Marion
2008
Dog Altogether as Anita
2007
2007
Grow Your Own as Alice
2007
2007
The Grey Man as Linda Dodds
2007
Hot Fuzz as PC Doris Thatcher
2007
Confetti as Joanna
2006
2005
The Roses as Barbara Rose
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Nuclear Bogeyheads as Martha
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Girl from the North Country as Elizabeth Laine
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Movies

2024
The Lost Daughter Executive Producer
2021
The Roses Producer
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Wicker Producer
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