Olivia Colman

Olivia Colman

Birthdate
January 30, 1974 (50 years old)
Place of Birth
Norwich, Norfolk, England, UK
Known For
Acting

Details

Birthdate
January 30, 1974 (50 years old)
Place of Birth
Norwich, Norfolk, England, UK
Known For
Acting

Biography

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).

Olivia Colman's LGBTQ+ Titles

Heartstopper
Heartstopper
Sarah Nelson
The Favourite
The Favourite
Queen Anne

Acting (145)

Girl from the North Country as Elizabeth Laine
Wicker
Nuclear Bogeyheads as Martha
The Roses as Barbara Rose
2024
Paddington in Peru as The Reverend Mother
2024
Wicked Little Letters as Edith Swan
2023
Wonka as Mrs. Scrubbit
2023
Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of Secret Invasion as Self - 'Sonya Falsworth'
2023
Secret Invasion as Sonya Falsworth (6 episodes)
2023
Great Expectations as Miss Havisham (6 episodes)
2022
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
The Bear as Chef Terry (1 episode)
2022
Heartstopper as Sarah Nelson (10 episodes)
2021
Superworm as Narrator (voice)
2021
The Lost Daughter as Leda Caruso
2021
Landscapers as Susan Edwards (4 episodes)
2021
Mothering Sunday as Mrs Clarrie Niven
2021
The Electrical Life of Louis Wain as Narrator
2021
Ron's Gone Wrong as Donka (voice)
2021
The Mitchells vs. the Machines as PAL (voice)
2021
Rosie Jones' Trip Hazard as Voiceover (4 episodes)
2021
Letters Live from the Archive: Union Chapel as Self
2021
Letters Live from the Archive: Freemasons’ Hall
2021
Letters Live from the Archive: International Women’s Day as Self
2020
Cinderella: A Comic Relief Pantomime for Christmas as Fairy Godmother
2020
The Father as Anne
2020
Becoming You as Narrator (6 episodes)
2020
Nasrin as Narrator
2020
Staged as Olivia (1 episode)
2020
Turtle Journey: The Crisis in Our Oceans as Mummy Turtle
2019
Children In Need 2019: Got It Covered as Self
2019
Them That Follow as Hope
2019
Kilimanjaro: The Bigger Red Nose Climb as Self / Narrator
2018
Les Misérables as Madame Thénardier (4 episodes)
2018
Watership Down as Strawberry (voice) (2 episodes)
2018
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 Private Life of the Royal Academy
2018
Flatpack Empire as Self - Narrator (voice) (3 episodes)
2017
The Alternativity as Narrator
2017
Murder on the Orient Express as Hildegarde Schmidt
2017
National Theatre Live: Mosquitoes as Jenny
2016
We're Going on a Bear Hunt as Mum (voice)
2016
The Crown as Queen Elizabeth II (21 episodes)
2016
Thomas & Friends: Tinsel on the Tracks as Marion (voice)
2016
The Extraordinary Case of Alex Lewis as Self - Narrator (voice)
2016
Fleabag as Godmother (9 episodes)
2016
Attenborough at 90 as Self
2016
Flowers as Deborah Flowers (12 episodes)
2016
Flowers 1 as Deborah Flowers
2016
Our Queen at Ninety as Self - Narrator
2016
Behind Closed Doors as narrator
2016
The Story of Cats as Narrator (voice) (3 episodes)
2016
The Night Manager as Angela Burr (6 episodes)
2016
The Secret Life of the Zoo as Narrator (72 episodes)
2015
The Lobster as Hotel Manager
2015
Earth's Natural Wonders (3 episodes)
2015
Earth's Natural Wonders
2015
Thomas & Friends: Sodor's Legend of the Lost Treasure: The Movie as Marion (voice)
2015
David Attenborough Meets President Obama as Self - Narrator (voice)
2015
London Road as Julie
2015
The Late Late Show with James Corden as Self - Guest (1 episode)
2014
The Secrets as Pippa (5 episodes)
2014
Thomas & Friends: Tale of the Brave: The Movie as Marion
2014
The Great War: The People's Story as Narrator (4 episodes)
2014
Pudsey the Dog: The Movie as Nelly the Horse (voice)
2014
Mr. Sloane as Janet Sloane (6 episodes)
2014
Locke as Bethan (voice)
2014
W1A as Sally Owen (1 episode)
2014
73 Questions as Self (1 episode)
2014
The Kármán Line as Sarah
2014
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon (1 episode)
2014
Cuban Fury as Sam
2014
Duck Quacks Don't Echo (1 episode)
2014
The Kumars as Self (1 episode)
2014
The 7.39 as Maggie Matthews (2 episodes)
2013
The Thirteenth Tale as Margaret
2013
The Five(ish) Doctors Reboot as Herself
2013
Run as Carol (4 episodes)
2013
The Murder in Angel Lane as Susan Spencer
2013
Broadchurch as DS Ellie Miller (24 episodes)
2013
I Give It a Year as Linda
2012
Hyde Park on Hudson as Queen Elizabeth
2012
Bad Sugar as Joan Cauldwell
2012
The Hoarder Next Door as Self - Narrator (14 episodes)
2012
Honest Trailers as Mrs. Scrubbit (archive footage) (1 episode)
2012
Honest Trailers as Sonya Falsworth (archive footage) (1 episode)
2011
The Iron Lady as Carol Thatcher
2011
Tyrannosaur as Hannah
2011
See Me as Miss
2011
Exile (3 episodes)
2011
Twenty Twelve as Sally Owen (13 episodes)
2010
Accused as Sue Brown (4 episodes)
2010
Rev. as Alex (19 episodes)
2009
Mister Eleven as Beth (2 episodes)
2009
Le Donk & Scor-zay-zee as Olivia
2008
Consuming Passion as Janet / Nurse Violetta Kiss
2008
Beautiful People as Debbie Doonan (12 episodes)
2008
Hancock & Joan as Marion
2007
Dog Altogether as Anita
2007
The Time of Your Life as Amanda (6 episodes)
2007
The Time of Your Life as Amanda
2007
Would I Lie to You? as Self (2 episodes)
2007
Grow Your Own as Alice
2007
I Could Never Be Your Woman as Hairdresser
2007
The Grey Man as Linda Dodds
2007
The Graham Norton Show as Self (7 episodes)
2007
The Graham Norton Show as Self - Guest (4 episodes)
2007
Hot Fuzz as PC Doris Thatcher
2007
Skins (1 episode)
2006
That Mitchell and Webb Look (24 episodes)
2006
Confetti as Joanna
2005
ShakespeaRe-Told as Ursula (1 episode)
2005
Much Ado About Nothing as Ursula
2005
Love Soup as Penny (1 episode)
2005
Zemanovaload
2005
The Robinsons (1 episode)
2005
Doctor Who as Mother (1 episode)
2005
Buried Alive
2004
Who Do You Think You Are? as Self (1 episode)
2004
Green Wing as Harriet Schulenburg (18 episodes)
2004
NY-LON (1 episode)
2004
Murder in Suburbia (1 episode)
2003
Peep Show as Sophie Chapman (33 episodes)
2003
Swiss Toni (1 episode)
2002
Look Around You as Pam Bachelor (6 episodes)
2002
Ant & Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway as Self (1 episode)
2001
The Mitchell and Webb Situation (5 episodes)
2001
The Mitchell and Webb Situation as Various (6 episodes)
2001
The Office as Helena (1 episode)
2000
Black Books as Tanya (1 episode)
2000
Bruiser (6 episodes)
1999
People Like Us (1 episode)
1997
Midsomer Murders as Bernice (1 episode)
1993
GMTV as Self (1 episode)
1989
The Simpsons as Lily (voice) (1 episode)
1983
Natural World as Narrator (1 episode)
1953
The Oscars as Self (3 episodes)
1953
The Oscars as Self - Best Actress winner (1 episode)

Production (5)

Wicker • Producer
• Producer
The Roses • Producer
• Producer
2024
Wicked Little Letters • Producer
• Producer
2021
The Lost Daughter • Executive Producer
• Executive Producer
2021
Landscapers • Executive Producer (4 episodes)
• Executive Producer (4 episodes)