Olivia Colman

Olivia Colman

Known for
Acting
Born
January 30, 1974 (age 52)
Birthplace
Norwich, Norfolk, England, UK

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).

Known For

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Filmography

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Wild Bird

Wild Bird

Movie · as Isabella Blow

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Cry Wolf

Cry Wolf

TV · as Kath · 1 ep

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Army of Shadows

Army of Shadows

TV · 6 eps

2027
Bollywoof poster

Bollywoof

Movie · as (voice)

2026
Wicker poster

Wicker

Movie · as The Fisherwoman, The Wicker Woman (voice)

2026
Jimpa poster

Jimpa

Movie · as Hannah

2026
Elsinore poster

Elsinore

Movie · as Margaret Johnson

2026
The Fox poster

The Fox

Movie · as The Fox (voice)

2026
David Attenborough's 100 Years on Planet Earth poster

David Attenborough's 100 Years on Planet Earth

Movie · as Self

2026
Pride and Prejudice poster

Pride and Prejudice

TV · as Mrs Bennet · 6 eps

2025
The Roses poster

The Roses

Movie · as Ivy Rose

2025
Mitchell and Webb Are Not Helping poster

Mitchell and Webb Are Not Helping

TV · 1 ep

2025
Good Hang with Amy Poehler poster

Good Hang with Amy Poehler

TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep

2024
Paddington in Peru poster

Paddington in Peru

Movie · as Reverend Mother

2024
Wicked Little Letters poster

Wicked Little Letters

Movie · as Edith Swan

2023
Wonka poster

Wonka

Movie · as Mrs. Scrubbit

2023
Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of Secret Invasion poster

Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of Secret Invasion

Movie · as Self - 'Sonya Falsworth'

2023
Change the Ending poster

Change the Ending

Movie · as Narrator

2023
Secret Invasion poster

Secret Invasion

TV · as Sonya Falsworth · 6 eps

2023
Great Expectations poster

Great Expectations

TV · as Miss Havisham · 6 eps

2023
Faut Voir - L'Hebdo cinéma poster

Faut Voir - L'Hebdo cinéma

TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep

2022
Puss in Boots: The Last Wish poster

Puss in Boots: The Last Wish

Movie · as Mama Bear (voice)

2022
Scrooge: A Christmas Carol poster

Scrooge: A Christmas Carol

Movie · as Ghost of Christmas Past (voice)

2022
Joyride poster

Joyride

Movie · as Joy

2022
Empire of Light poster

Empire of Light

Movie · as Hilary

2022
The Bear poster

The Bear

TV · as Chef Terry · 3 eps

2022
Heartstopper poster

Heartstopper

TV · as Sarah Nelson · 10 eps

2021
The Electrical Life of Louis Wain poster

The Electrical Life of Louis Wain

Movie · as Narrator

2021
Ron's Gone Wrong poster

Ron's Gone Wrong

Movie · as Donka (voice)

2021
Superworm poster

Superworm

Movie · as Narrator (voice)

2021
The Lost Daughter poster

The Lost Daughter

Movie · as Leda Caruso

2021
The Mitchells vs. the Machines poster

The Mitchells vs. the Machines

Movie · as PAL (voice)

2021
Mothering Sunday poster

Mothering Sunday

Movie · as Mrs Clarrie Niven

2021
Letters Live from the Archive: International Women’s Day poster

Letters Live from the Archive: International Women’s Day

Movie · as Self

2021
Letters Live from the Archive: Freemasons’ Hall poster

Letters Live from the Archive: Freemasons’ Hall

Movie

2021
Letters Live from the Archive: Union Chapel poster

Letters Live from the Archive: Union Chapel

Movie · as Self

2021
Rosie Jones' Trip Hazard poster

Rosie Jones' Trip Hazard

TV · as Voiceover · 4 eps

2021
Landscapers poster

Landscapers

TV · as Susan Edwards · 4 eps

2020
The Father poster

The Father

Movie · as Anne

2020
Nasrin poster

Nasrin

Movie · as Narrator

2020
Cinderella: A Comic Relief Pantomime for Christmas poster

Cinderella: A Comic Relief Pantomime for Christmas

Movie · as Fairy Godmother

2020
Turtle Journey

Turtle Journey

Movie · as Mother Turtle (voice)

2020
Staged poster

Staged

TV · as Olivia · 1 ep

2020
Becoming You poster

Becoming You

TV · as Self - Narrator (voice) · 6 eps

2019
Children In Need 2019: Got It Covered poster

Children In Need 2019: Got It Covered

Movie · as Self

2019
Kilimanjaro: The Bigger Red Nose Climb

Kilimanjaro: The Bigger Red Nose Climb

Movie · as Self / Narrator

2019
Them That Follow poster

Them That Follow

Movie · as Hope Slaughter

2018
The Super Squirrels poster

The Super Squirrels

Movie · as Narrator

2018
The Private Life of the Royal Academy

The Private Life of the Royal Academy

Movie

2018
The Favourite poster

The Favourite

Movie · as Queen Anne

2018
Let's Dance poster

Let's Dance

Movie · as Segment: "Coffee to Go"

2018
All The World's a Stage poster

All The World's a Stage

Movie · as The Narrator

2018
Unexpected Item poster

Unexpected Item

Movie · as The Till (voice)

2018
Thomas & Friends: Here Comes the Steam Team! poster

Thomas & Friends: Here Comes the Steam Team!

Movie · as Marion (voice)

2018
Watership Down poster

Watership Down

TV · as Strawberry (voice) · 2 eps

2018
Flatpack Empire poster

Flatpack Empire

TV · as Self - Narrator (voice) · 3 eps

2018
Les Misérables poster

Les Misérables

TV · as Madame Thénardier · 4 eps

2017
Murder on the Orient Express poster

Murder on the Orient Express

Movie · as Hildegarde Schmidt

2017
The Alternativity poster

The Alternativity

Movie · as Narrator

2017
National Theatre Archive: Mosquitoes poster

National Theatre Archive: Mosquitoes

Movie · as Jenny

2016
Attenborough at 90 poster

Attenborough at 90

Movie · as Self

2016
The Extraordinary Case of Alex Lewis poster

The Extraordinary Case of Alex Lewis

Movie · as Self - Narrator (voice)

2016
We're Going on a Bear Hunt poster

We're Going on a Bear Hunt

Movie · as Mum (voice)

2016
Behind Closed Doors poster

Behind Closed Doors

Movie · as Narrator

2016
Our Queen at Ninety poster

Our Queen at Ninety

Movie · as Self - Narrator

2016
Thomas & Friends: Start Your Engines! poster

Thomas & Friends: Start Your Engines!

Movie · as Marion (voice)

2016
Thomas & Friends: Tinsel on the Tracks poster

Thomas & Friends: Tinsel on the Tracks

Movie · as Marion (voice)

2016
Thomas & Friends: Full Steam to the Rescue! poster

Thomas & Friends: Full Steam to the Rescue!

Movie · as Marion (voice)

2016
Thomas and Friends: Ultimate Friendship Adventures poster

Thomas and Friends: Ultimate Friendship Adventures

Movie · as Marion (voice)

2016
The Secret Life of the Zoo poster

The Secret Life of the Zoo

TV · as Narrator · 72 eps

2016
The Night Manager poster

The Night Manager

TV · as Angela Burr · 9 eps

2016
Flowers poster

Flowers

TV · as Deborah Flowers · 12 eps

2016
Fleabag poster

Fleabag

TV · as Godmother · 9 eps

2016
The Crown poster

The Crown

TV · as Queen Elizabeth II · 21 eps

2016
The Story of Cats poster

The Story of Cats

TV · as Narrator (voice) · 3 eps

2016
Sugar Free Farm poster

Sugar Free Farm

TV · as Narrator · 3 eps

2015
London Road poster

London Road

Movie · as Julie

2015
The Lobster poster

The Lobster

Movie · as Hotel Manager

2015
Thomas & Friends: Sodor's Legend of the Lost Treasure: The Movie poster

Thomas & Friends: Sodor's Legend of the Lost Treasure: The Movie

Movie · as Marion (voice)

2015
David Attenborough Meets President Obama poster

David Attenborough Meets President Obama

Movie · as Self - Narrator (voice)

2015
Thomas & Friends: Dinos and Discoveries poster

Thomas & Friends: Dinos and Discoveries

Movie · as Marion (voice)

2015
The Late Late Show with James Corden poster

The Late Late Show with James Corden

TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep

2014
Locke poster

Locke

Movie · as Bethan (voice)

2014
Cuban Fury poster

Cuban Fury

Movie · as Sam

2014
Pudsey the Dog: The Movie poster

Pudsey the Dog: The Movie

Movie · as Nelly the Horse (voice)

2014
Thomas & Friends: Tale of the Brave poster

Thomas & Friends: Tale of the Brave

Movie · as Marion (voice)

2014
The Kármán Line poster

The Kármán Line

Movie · as Sarah

2014
Thomas & Friends: Signals Crossed poster

Thomas & Friends: Signals Crossed

Movie · as Marion (voice)

2014
Ordinary Unraveling: Making Locke poster

Ordinary Unraveling: Making Locke

Movie · as Self

2014
The 7.39 poster

The 7.39

TV · as Maggie Matthews · 2 eps

2014
The Kumars

The Kumars

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2014
Mr. Sloane poster

Mr. Sloane

TV · as Janet Sloane · 6 eps

2014
The Great War: The People's Story poster

The Great War: The People's Story

TV · as Narrator · 4 eps

2014
W1A poster

W1A

TV · as Sally Owen · 1 ep

2014
Duck Quacks Don't Echo poster

Duck Quacks Don't Echo

TV · 1 ep

2014
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon poster

The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2014
The Secrets poster

The Secrets

TV · as Pippa · 1 ep

2013
I Give It a Year poster

I Give It a Year

Movie · as Linda

2013
The Murder in Angel Lane poster

The Murder in Angel Lane

Movie · as Susan Spencer

2013
The Thirteenth Tale poster

The Thirteenth Tale

Movie · as Margaret

2013
The Five(ish) Doctors Reboot poster

The Five(ish) Doctors Reboot

Movie · as Self

2013
Broadchurch poster

Broadchurch

TV · as DS Ellie Miller · 24 eps

2013
Run poster

Run

TV · as Carol · 2 eps

2013
The Intern poster

The Intern

TV · as Self - Narrator (voice) · 6 eps

2012
Hyde Park on Hudson poster

Hyde Park on Hudson

Movie · as Queen Elizabeth

2012
Bad Sugar poster

Bad Sugar

Movie · as Joan Cauldwell

2012
The Hoarder Next Door poster

The Hoarder Next Door

TV · as Self - Narrator · 14 eps

2011
The Iron Lady poster

The Iron Lady

Movie · as Carol Thatcher

2011
Tyrannosaur poster

Tyrannosaur

Movie · as Hannah

2011
See Me poster

See Me

Movie · as Miss

2011
Exile poster

Exile

TV · as Nancy Ronstadt · 3 eps

2011
Twenty Twelve poster

Twenty Twelve

TV · as Sally Owen · 13 eps

2010
Rev. poster

Rev.

TV · as Alex · 19 eps

2010
Accused poster

Accused

TV · as Sue Brown · 1 ep

2009
Le Donk & Scor-zay-zee poster

Le Donk & Scor-zay-zee

Movie · as Olivia

2009
Mister Eleven

Mister Eleven

TV · as Beth · 2 eps

2008
Consuming Passion poster

Consuming Passion

Movie · as Janet / Nurse Violetta Kiss

2008
Hancock & Joan poster

Hancock & Joan

Movie · as Marion

2008
Beautiful People poster

Beautiful People

TV · as Debbie Doonan · 12 eps

2007
Hot Fuzz poster

Hot Fuzz

Movie · as PC Doris Thatcher

2007
I Could Never Be Your Woman poster

I Could Never Be Your Woman

Movie · as Hairdresser

2007
Dog Altogether poster

Dog Altogether

Movie · as Anita

2007
Grow Your Own poster

Grow Your Own

Movie · as Alice

2007
The Time of Your Life poster

The Time of Your Life

Movie · as Amanda

2007
The Grey Man poster

The Grey Man

Movie · as Linda Dodds

2007
Green Wing Special poster

Green Wing Special

Movie · as Harriet Schulenburg

2007
Skins poster

Skins

TV · as Gina · 1 ep

2007
The Time of Your Life poster

The Time of Your Life

TV · as Amanda · 6 eps

2007
Would I Lie to You? poster

Would I Lie to You?

TV · as Self · 2 eps

2007
The Graham Norton Show poster

The Graham Norton Show

TV · as Self - Guest · 3 eps

2006
Confetti poster

Confetti

Movie · as Joanna

2006
That Mitchell and Webb Look poster

That Mitchell and Webb Look

TV · as Various Characters · 24 eps

2006
The One Show poster

The One Show

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2005
Zemanovaload poster

Zemanovaload

Movie · as TV Producer

2005
Buried Alive

Buried Alive

Movie

2005
Much Ado About Nothing poster

Much Ado About Nothing

Movie · as Ursula

2005
ShakespeaRe-Told poster

ShakespeaRe-Told

TV · as Ursula · 1 ep

2005
Doctor Who poster

Doctor Who

TV · as Mother · 1 ep

2005
Love Soup poster

Love Soup

TV · as Penny · 1 ep

2005
The Robinsons poster

The Robinsons

TV · as Connie · 1 ep

2004
Green Wing poster

Green Wing

TV · as Harriet Schulenburg · 18 eps

2004
Who Do You Think You Are? poster

Who Do You Think You Are?

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2004
NY-LON poster

NY-LON

TV · 1 ep

2004
Murder in Suburbia poster

Murder in Suburbia

TV · as Ellie · 1 ep

2003
Peep Show poster

Peep Show

TV · as Sophie Chapman · 33 eps

2003
Swiss Toni poster

Swiss Toni

TV · 1 ep

2003
Eyes Down poster

Eyes Down

TV · as Mandy Foster · 1 ep

2003
Coming Up poster

Coming Up

TV · as Receptionist · 1 ep

2002
Look Around You poster

Look Around You

TV · as Pam Bachelor · 6 eps

2002
Ant & Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway poster

Ant & Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2002
Rescue Me poster

Rescue Me

TV · as Paula · 1 ep

2001
The Mitchell and Webb Situation poster

The Mitchell and Webb Situation

TV · as Various · 5 eps

2001
The Office poster

The Office

TV · as Helena · 1 ep

2000
Bruiser poster

Bruiser

TV · 6 eps

2000
Black Books poster

Black Books

TV · as Tanya · 1 ep

1999
People Like Us poster

People Like Us

TV · 1 ep

1997
Midsomer Murders poster

Midsomer Murders

TV · as Bernice · 1 ep

1993
GMTV poster

GMTV

TV · as Self · 1 ep

1989
The Simpsons poster

The Simpsons

TV · as Lily (voice) · 1 ep

1988
Comic Relief poster

Comic Relief

TV · 1 ep

1983
Natural World poster

Natural World

TV · as Narrator · 1 ep

1953
The Oscars poster

The Oscars

TV · as Self · 4 eps