Olivia Colman

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

149

Gender

Female

Birthday

1974-01-30 (51 years old)

Place of Birth

Norwich, Norfolk, England, UK

Also Known As

  • 올리비아 콜먼
  • Sarah Caroline Colman
  • 올리비아 콜맨
  • Sarah Sinclair
  • Sarah Caroline Olivia Colman
  • Sarah Caroline Olivia Sinclair
  • オリヴィア・コールマン
  • Sarah Caroline Sinclair CBE
  • Ολίβια Κόλμαν
  • اولیویا کلمن
  • الیویا کلمن

Olivia Colman

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).

Known For

The Simpsons
8.0%

The Simpsons

Dec 17, 1989

Hot Fuzz
7.6%

Hot Fuzz

Feb 14, 2007

The Lobster
7.0%

The Lobster

Oct 15, 2015

The Favourite
7.5%

The Favourite

Nov 23, 2018

Wonka
7.1%

Wonka

Dec 6, 2023

The Father
8.1%

The Father

Dec 23, 2020

Doctor Who
7.5%

Doctor Who

Mar 26, 2005

Locke
6.9%

Locke

Apr 10, 2014

The Crown
8.2%

The Crown

Nov 4, 2016

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Acting

Girl from the North Country as Elizabeth Laine
Wicker
Nuclear Bogeyheads as Martha
National Theatre Live: Mosquitoes as Jenny
Pride & Prejudice as Mrs. Bennet
2025
The Roses as Ivy
2025
Jimpa as Hannah
2024
Paddington in Peru as Reverend Mother
2024
An A to Z of Paddington as Self
2024
Wicked Little Letters as Edith Swan
2023
Wonka as Mrs. Scrubbit
2023
Faut Voir - L'hebdo cinéma as Self - Guest
2023
Change the Ending as Narrator
2023
Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of Secret Invasion as Self - 'Sonya Falsworth'
2023
Secret Invasion as Sonya Falsworth
2023
Great Expectations as Miss Havisham
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
2022
Heartstopper as Sarah Nelson
2021
Superworm as Narrator (voice)
2021
The Lost Daughter as Leda Caruso
2021
Landscapers as Susan Edwards
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
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
2020
Nasrin as Narrator
2020
Staged as Olivia
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
2018
Watership Down as Strawberry (voice)
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)
2017
The Alternativity as Narrator
2017
Murder on the Orient Express as Hildegarde Schmidt
2017
National Theatre Archive: Mosquitoes as Jenny
2016
We're Going on a Bear Hunt as Mum (voice)
2016
The Crown as Queen Elizabeth II
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
2016
Attenborough at 90 as Self
2016
Flowers 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)
2016
The Night Manager as Angela Burr
2016
The Secret Life of the Zoo as Narrator
2015
The Lobster as Hotel Manager
2015
Earth's Natural Wonders
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
2014
The Secrets as Pippa
2014
Thomas & Friends: Tale of the Brave: The Movie as Marion
2014
The Great War: The People's Story as Narrator
2014
Pudsey the Dog: The Movie as Nelly the Horse (voice)
2014
Mr. Sloane as Janet Sloane
2014
Locke as Bethan (voice)
2014
W1A as Sally Owen
2014
The Kármán Line as Sarah
2014
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
2014
Cuban Fury as Sam
2014
Duck Quacks Don't Echo
2014
The Kumars as Self
2014
The 7.39 as Maggie Matthews
2013
The Thirteenth Tale as Margaret
2013
The Five(ish) Doctors Reboot as Self
2013
Run as Carol
2013
The Murder in Angel Lane as Susan Spencer
2013
Broadchurch as DS Ellie Miller
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
2012
Honest Trailers as Mrs. Scrubbit (archive footage)
2012
Honest Trailers as Sonya Falsworth (archive footage)
2011
The Iron Lady as Carol Thatcher
2011
Tyrannosaur as Hannah
2011
See Me as Miss
2011
Exile
2011
Twenty Twelve as Sally Owen
2010
Accused as Sue Brown
2010
Rev. as Alex
2009
Mister Eleven as Beth
2009
Le Donk & Scor-zay-zee as Olivia
2008
Consuming Passion as Janet / Nurse Violetta Kiss
2008
Beautiful People as Debbie Doonan
2008
Hancock & Joan as Marion
2007
Dog Altogether as Anita
2007
The Time of Your Life as Amanda
2007
The Time of Your Life as Amanda
2007
Would I Lie to You? as Self
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 - Guest
2007
The Graham Norton Show as Self
2007
Hot Fuzz as PC Doris Thatcher
2007
Skins as Gina
2006
That Mitchell and Webb Look as Various Characters
2006
The One Show as Self
2006
Confetti as Joanna
2005
ShakespeaRe-Told as Ursula
2005
Much Ado About Nothing as Ursula
2005
Love Soup as Penny
2005
Zemanovaload as TV Producer
2005
The Robinsons
2005
Doctor Who as Mother
2005
Buried Alive
2004
Who Do You Think You Are? as Self
2004
Green Wing as Harriet Schulenburg
2004
NY-LON
2004
Murder in Suburbia
2003
Peep Show as Sophie Chapman
2003
Swiss Toni
2002
Look Around You as Pam Bachelor
2002
Ant & Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway as Self
2001
The Mitchell and Webb Situation
2001
The Mitchell and Webb Situation as Various
2001
The Office as Helena
2000
Black Books as Tanya
2000
Bruiser
1999
People Like Us
1997
Midsomer Murders as Bernice
1993
GMTV as Self
1989
The Simpsons as Lily (voice)
1983
Natural World as Narrator
1953
The Oscars as Self

Production

Wicker as Producer
2025
The Roses as Producer
2024
Wicked Little Letters as Producer
2021
The Lost Daughter as Executive Producer
2021
Landscapers as Executive Producer
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