
Cast
Olivia Williams
Acting
Cast
Olivia Williams
Known for
Acting
Born
1968-07-26
From
Camden Town, London, England, UK
Also known as Olivia Haigh Williams, اولیویا ویلیامز
Biography
Olivia Haigh Williams (born July 26, 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.

The Sixth Sense
as Anna Crowe

Hanna
as Rachel

The Father
as The Woman

Peter Pan
as Mary Darling

Seventh Son
as Mam Ward

Anna Karenina
as Countess Vronsky

The Man from Elysian Fields
as Andrea

The Postman
as Abby

Valiant
as Victoria (voice)

Below
as Claire

Sabotage
as Caroline

Rushmore
as Rosemary Cross

An Education
as Miss Stubbs

The Ghost Writer
as Ruth Lang

Sex & Drugs & Rock & Roll
as Betty Dury

Emma
as Jane Fairfax

The Last Days on Mars
as Kim Aldrich

Maps to the Stars
as Cristina Weiss

Man Up
as Hilary

The Body
as Sharon Golban

Salting the Battlefield
as Belinda Kay

Now Is Good
as Mother

Victoria & Abdul
as Baroness Churchill

Wild Bill
as Kelly

Miss Austen Regrets
as Jane Austen

The Trouble with Jessica
as Beth

Hyde Park on Hudson
as Eleanor Roosevelt

Justin and the Knights of Valour
as Queen (voice)

Flashbacks of a Fool
as Grace Scott

Altar
as Meg

Lucky Break
as Annabel

To Kill a King
as Lady Anne Fairfax

Tara Road
as Ria

Another End
as Juliette

The White King
as Sophia (voice)

Four Dogs Playing Poker
as Audrey

Born Romantic
as Eleanor

National Theatre Archive: Mosquitoes
as Alice

Dead Babies
as Diana

X-Men: The Last Stand
as Dr. Moira MacTaggert (uncredited)

The Heart of Me
as Madeleine

Krakatoa: The Last Days
as Johanna Beijerinck

Broken Lines
as Zoe

Magpie
as The Woman

The Hotel In Amsterdam
as Annie

National Theatre Live: Mosquitoes
as Alice

The Impact
as The President

The Escape
as Sarah

Collaborator
as Emma Stiles

Damage
as Michelle Cahill

The Making of 'Rushmore'
as Self

Agatha Christie: A Life in Pictures
as Agatha Christie

My Name Is Leon
as Sylvia

The Guest
as Marguerite

Pigs
as Mum

Nyet!
as Mrs. Pyke

Emma, Change the Locks
as Emma