
Olivia Colman
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).
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Acting History
2025
Jimpa as Hannah
2025Mitchell and Webb Are Not Helping
2025The Roses as Ivy Rose
2024Paddington in Peru as Reverend Mother
2024An A to Z of Paddington as Self
2024Wicked Little Letters as Edith Swan
2023Wonka as Mrs. Scrubbit
2023Faut Voir - L'hebdo cinéma as Self - Guest
2023Change the Ending as Narrator
2023Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of Secret Invasion as Self - 'Sonya Falsworth'
2023Secret Invasion as Sonya Falsworth
2023Great Expectations as Miss Havisham
2022Empire of Light as Hilary
2022Puss in Boots: The Last Wish as Mama Bear (voice)
2022Scrooge: A Christmas Carol as Ghost of Christmas Past (voice)
2022Joyride as Joy
2022The Bear as Chef Terry
2022Heartstopper as Sarah Nelson
2021Superworm as Narrator (voice)
2021The Lost Daughter as Leda Caruso
2021Landscapers as Susan Edwards
2021Mothering Sunday as Mrs Clarrie Niven
2021The Electrical Life of Louis Wain as Narrator
2021Ron's Gone Wrong as Donka (voice)
2021The Mitchells vs. the Machines as PAL (voice)
2021Rosie Jones' Trip Hazard as Voiceover
2021Letters Live from the Archive: Union Chapel as Self
2021Letters Live from the Archive: Freemasons’ Hall
2021Letters Live from the Archive: International Women’s Day as Self
2020Cinderella: A Comic Relief Pantomime for Christmas as Fairy Godmother
2020The Father as Anne
2020Becoming You as Self - Narrator (voice)
2020Nasrin as Narrator
2020Staged as Olivia
2020Turtle Journey: The Crisis in Our Oceans as Mummy Turtle
2019Children In Need 2019: Got It Covered as Self
2019Them That Follow as Hope Slaughter
2019Kilimanjaro: The Bigger Red Nose Climb as Self / Narrator
2019The Favourite: Unstitching the Costume Drama as Self
2018Les Misérables as Madame Thénardier
2018Watership Down as Strawberry (voice)
2018Let's Dance as Segment: "Coffee to Go"
2018The Favourite as Queen Anne
2018Unexpected Item as The Till (voice)
2018The Super Squirrels as Narrator
2018All The World's a Stage as The Narrator
2018The Private Life of the Royal Academy
2018Flatpack Empire as Self - Narrator (voice)
2017The Alternativity as Narrator
2017Murder on the Orient Express as Hildegarde Schmidt
2017National Theatre Archive: Mosquitoes as Jenny
2017National Theatre Live: Mosquitoes as Jenny
2016We're Going on a Bear Hunt as Mum (voice)
2016The Crown as Queen Elizabeth II
2016Thomas & Friends: Tinsel on the Tracks as Marion (voice)
2016The Extraordinary Case of Alex Lewis as Self - Narrator (voice)
2016Fleabag as Godmother
2016Attenborough at 90 as Self
2016Flowers as Deborah Flowers
2016Our Queen at Ninety as Self - Narrator
2016Behind Closed Doors as narrator
2016The Story of Cats as Narrator (voice)
2016Thomas & Friends: Start Your Engines! as Marion (UK & US)(voice)
2016The Night Manager as Angela Burr
2016The Secret Life of the Zoo as Narrator
2015The Lobster as Hotel Manager
2015Earth's Natural Wonders
2015Earth's Natural Wonders
2015Thomas & Friends: Sodor's Legend of the Lost Treasure: The Movie as Marion (voice)
2015David Attenborough Meets President Obama as Self - Narrator (voice)
2015London Road as Julie
2015The Late Late Show with James Corden as Self - Guest
2014The Secrets as Pippa
2014Thomas & Friends: Tale of the Brave: The Movie as Marion (voice)
2014The Great War: The People's Story as Narrator
2014Pudsey the Dog: The Movie as Nelly the Horse (voice)
2014Mr. Sloane as Janet Sloane
2014Locke as Bethan (voice)
2014W1A as Sally Owen
2014The Kármán Line as Sarah
2014The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon as Self
2014Cuban Fury as Sam
2014Duck Quacks Don't Echo
2014The Kumars as Self
2014The 7.39 as Maggie Matthews
2013The Thirteenth Tale as Margaret
2013The Five(ish) Doctors Reboot as Self
2013Run as Carol
2013The Murder in Angel Lane as Susan Spencer
2013Broadchurch as DS Ellie Miller
2013I Give It a Year as Linda
2012Hyde Park on Hudson as Queen Elizabeth
2012Bad Sugar as Joan Cauldwell
2012The Hoarder Next Door as Self - Narrator
2011The Iron Lady as Carol Thatcher
2011Tyrannosaur as Hannah
2011See Me as Miss
2011Exile as Nancy Ronstadt
2011Twenty Twelve as Sally Owen
2010Accused as Sue Brown
2010Rev. as Alex
2009Mister Eleven as Beth
2009Le Donk & Scor-zay-zee as Olivia
2008Consuming Passion as Janet / Nurse Violetta Kiss
2008Beautiful People as Debbie Doonan
2008Hancock & Joan as Marion
2007Dog Altogether as Anita
2007The Time of Your Life as Amanda
2007The Time of Your Life as Amanda
2007Would I Lie to You? as Self
2007Grow Your Own as Alice
2007I Could Never Be Your Woman as Hairdresser
2007The Grey Man as Linda Dodds
2007The Graham Norton Show as Self - Guest
2007The Graham Norton Show as Self
2007Hot Fuzz as PC Doris Thatcher
2007Skins as Gina
2006That Mitchell and Webb Look as Various Characters
2006The One Show as Self
2006Confetti as Joanna
2005Much Ado About Nothing as Ursula
2005ShakespeaRe-Told as Ursula
2005Love Soup as Penny
2005Zemanovaload as TV Producer
2005The Robinsons
2005Doctor Who as Mother
2005Buried Alive
2004Who Do You Think You Are? as Self
2004Green Wing as Harriet Schulenburg
2004NY-LON
2004Murder in Suburbia
2003Peep Show as Sophie Chapman
2003Swiss Toni
2002Look Around You as Pam Bachelor
2002Ant & Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway as Self
2002Rescue Me as Paula
2001The Mitchell and Webb Situation
2001The Mitchell and Webb Situation as Various
2001The Office as Helena
2000Black Books as Tanya
2000Bruiser
1999People Like Us
1997Midsomer Murders as Bernice
1993GMTV as Self
1989The Simpsons as Lily (voice)
1983Natural World as Narrator
1953The Oscars as Self
—Girl from the North Country as Elizabeth Laine
—Wicker
—Pride & Prejudice as Mrs Bennet
—Cry Wolf as Kath
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