Olivia Williams

Olivia Williams

Birthdate
July 26, 1968 (56 years old)
Place of Birth
Camden Town, London, England, UK
Known For
Acting

Details

Birthdate
July 26, 1968 (56 years old)
Place of Birth
Camden Town, London, England, UK
Known For
Acting

Biography

Olivia Haigh Williams (born 26 July 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.

Olivia Williams's LGBTQ+ Titles

Victoria & Abdul
Victoria & Abdul
Baroness Churchill

Acting (69)

2024
Dune: Prophecy as Reverend Mother Tula Harkonnen (6 episodes)
2024
The Trouble with Jessica as Beth
2024
Another End as Juliette
2022
The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power as Winterbloom (voice) (1 episode)
2022
My Name Is Leon as Sylvia
2022
The Impact as The President
2021
The Nevers as Lavinia Bidlow (6 episodes)
2020
The Father as The Woman
2020
Homemade as Queen (voice) (1 episode)
2019
Nyet! as Mrs. Pyke
2017
Counterpart as Emily Burton Silk (20 episodes)
2017
Victoria & Abdul as Baroness Churchill
2017
National Theatre Live: Mosquitoes as Alice
2017
The Halcyon as Lady Priscilla Hamilton (8 episodes)
2016
The Crown as Camilla Parker Bowles (9 episodes)
2016
The White King as Sophia (voice)
2015
Man Up as Hilary
2014
Altar as Meg
2014
Seventh Son as Mam Ward
2014
Manhattan as Liza Winter (23 episodes)
2014
Magpie as The Woman
2014
Maps to the Stars as Cristina Weiss
2014
Sabotage as Investigator Caroline Brentwood
2014
Salting the Battlefield as Belinda Kay
2013
The Last Days on Mars as Kim Aldrich
2013
Justin and the Knights of Valour as Queen (voice)
2013
The Guest as Marguerite
2012
Hyde Park on Hudson as Eleanor Roosevelt
2012
Now Is Good as Mother
2012
Anna Karenina as Countess Vronsky
2011
Wild Bill as Kelly
2011
Collaborator as Emma Stiles
2011
Case Sensitive as Charlie Zailer (4 episodes)
2011
Hanna as Rachel
2011
OK! TV (2 episodes)
2010
Terriers as Miriam Foster (1 episode)
2010
The Ghost Writer as Ruth Lang
2010
Sex & Drugs & Rock & Roll as Betty Dury
2009
An Education as Miss Stubbs
2009
Dollhouse as Adelle DeWitt (25 episodes)
2008
Broken Lines as Zoe
2008
Flashbacks of a Fool as Grace Scott
2008
Miss Austen Regrets as Jane Austen
2007
Damage as Michelle Cahill
2006
Krakatoa: The Last Days as Johanna Beijerinck
2006
X-Men: The Last Stand as Dr. Moira MacTaggert
2005
Tara Road as Ria
2005
Valiant as Victoria (voice)
2004
Agatha Christie: A Life in Pictures as Agatha Christie
2004
The Hotel In Amsterdam
2004
The Heart of Me as Madeleine
2003
Peter Pan as Mrs. Darling
2003
To Kill a King as Lady Anne Fairfax
2002
Below as Claire
2001
The Man from Elysian Fields as Andrea
2001
Lucky Break as Annabel
2001
The Body as Sharon Golban
2000
Born Romantic as Eleanor
2000
Dead Babies
2000
Four Dogs Playing Poker as Audrey
2000
Jason and the Argonauts as Hera (2 episodes)
1999
Spaced as Irate Cyclist (1 episode)
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 (1 episode)
1987
The Ruth Rendell Mysteries as Jennifer Norris (1 episode)
1972
Van der Valk as Irene Kortman (1 episode)