Cast
Olivia Colman
Acting
Cast
Olivia Colman
Known for
Acting
Born
1974-01-30
From
Norwich, Norfolk, England, UK
Also known as Sarah Caroline Colman, Sarah Caroline Olivia Colman, Sarah Caroline Olivia Sinclair
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).
★8.2
MOVIE2022
Puss in Boots: The Last Wish
as Mama Bear (voice)
★7.8
MOVIE2021
The Mitchells vs. the Machines
as PAL (voice)
★6.7
MOVIE2017
Murder on the Orient Express
as Hildegarde Schmidt
★7.0
MOVIE2023
Wonka
as Mrs. Scrubbit
★6.8
MOVIE2024
Paddington in Peru
as Reverend Mother
★7.6
MOVIE2007
Hot Fuzz
as PC Doris Thatcher
★7.9
MOVIE2021
Ron's Gone Wrong
as Donka (voice)
★7.0
MOVIE2015
The Lobster
as Hotel Manager
★8.1
MOVIE2020
The Father
as Anne
★7.5
MOVIE2018
The Favourite
as Queen Anne
★6.7
MOVIE2025
The Roses
as Ivy Rose
★6.5
MOVIE2021
The Lost Daughter
as Leda Caruso
★6.4
MOVIE2011
The Iron Lady
as Carol Thatcher
★6.9
MOVIE2024
Wicked Little Letters
as Edith Swan
★6.9
MOVIE2014
Locke
as Bethan (voice)
★6.8
MOVIE2022
Scrooge: A Christmas Carol
as Ghost of Christmas Past (voice)
★5.5
MOVIE2013
I Give It a Year
as Linda
★6.6
MOVIE2022
Empire of Light
as Hilary
★5.9
MOVIE2007
I Could Never Be Your Woman
as Hairdresser
★5.4
MOVIE2021
Mothering Sunday
as Mrs Clarrie Niven
★8.5
MOVIE2026
Jimpa
as Hannah
★6.9
MOVIE2021
The Electrical Life of Louis Wain
as Narrator
MOVIE2026
Wicker
★5.3
MOVIE2012
Hyde Park on Hudson
as Queen Elizabeth
MOVIETBA
Elsinore
★6.1
MOVIE2014
Cuban Fury
as Sam
MOVIE2026
The Fox
as The Fox (voice)
★10.0
MOVIE2020
Nasrin
as Narrator
★6.8
MOVIE2017
The Alternativity
as Narrator
★7.2
MOVIE2011
Tyrannosaur
as Hannah
MOVIETBA
Wild Bird
as Isabella Blow
★5.8
MOVIE2022
Joyride
as Joy
★5.0
MOVIE2019
Them That Follow
as Hope Slaughter
★6.6
MOVIE2013
The Thirteenth Tale
as Margaret
★6.3
MOVIE2014
Thomas & Friends: Tale of the Brave
as Marion (voice)
★6.4
MOVIE2008
Consuming Passion
as Janet / Nurse Violetta Kiss
MOVIE2011
See Me
as Miss
★6.2
MOVIE2015
Thomas & Friends: Sodor's Legend of the Lost Treasure: The Movie
as Marion (voice)
★7.8
MOVIE2013
The Five(ish) Doctors Reboot
as Self
★5.3
MOVIE2014
Pudsey the Dog: The Movie
as Nelly the Horse (voice)
★6.1
MOVIE2018
Let's Dance
as Segment: "Coffee to Go"
★5.4
MOVIE2006
Confetti
as Joanna
★6.0
MOVIE2009
Le Donk & Scor-zay-zee
as Olivia
★5.6
MOVIE2005
Zemanovaload
as TV Producer
★10.0
MOVIE2007
The Time of Your Life
as Amanda
★8.0
MOVIE2016
Attenborough at 90
as Self
★10.0
MOVIE2007
Green Wing Special
as Harriet Schulenburg
★5.5
MOVIE2015
London Road
as Julie
★8.2
MOVIE2005
Much Ado About Nothing
as Ursula
★7.5
MOVIE2021
Letters Live from the Archive: Freemasons’ Hall
★6.9
MOVIE2013
The Murder in Angel Lane
as Susan Spencer
MOVIE2016
The Extraordinary Case of Alex Lewis
as Self - Narrator (voice)
★5.2
MOVIE2023
Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of Secret Invasion
as Self - 'Sonya Falsworth'
MOVIE2024
An A to Z of Paddington
as Self
★6.3
MOVIE2020
Cinderella: A Comic Relief Pantomime for Christmas
as Fairy Godmother
MOVIE2018
The Private Life of the Royal Academy
★7.0
MOVIE2021
Letters Live from the Archive: Union Chapel
as Self
★6.0
MOVIE2016
Our Queen at Ninety
as Self - Narrator
★4.1
MOVIE2008
Hancock & Joan
as Marion
★6.5
MOVIE2007
Grow Your Own
as Alice
★7.0
MOVIE2024
Girl from the North Country
as Elizabeth Laine
★6.8
MOVIE2007
Dog Altogether
as Anita
★7.7
MOVIE2017
National Theatre Archive: Mosquitoes
as Jenny
★4.5
MOVIE2018
All The World's a Stage
as The Narrator
★6.4
MOVIE2021
Superworm
as Narrator (voice)
★3.5
MOVIE2016
Behind Closed Doors
as narrator
★9.0
MOVIE2019
Children In Need 2019: Got It Covered
as Self
★7.5
MOVIE2016
Thomas & Friends: Tinsel on the Tracks
as Marion (voice)
★9.0
MOVIE2018
The Super Squirrels
as Narrator
★6.0
MOVIE2012
Bad Sugar
as Joan Cauldwell
MOVIE2005
Buried Alive
★6.8
MOVIE2016
We're Going on a Bear Hunt
as Mum (voice)
★6.7
MOVIE2014
The Kármán Line
as Sarah
★6.2
MOVIE2016
Thomas & Friends: Start Your Engines!
as Marion (UK & US)(voice)
★6.0
MOVIE2018
Unexpected Item
as The Till (voice)
★6.0
MOVIE2007
The Grey Man
as Linda Dodds
MOVIE2023
Change the Ending
as Narrator
MOVIE2019
Kilimanjaro: The Bigger Red Nose Climb
as Self / Narrator
★7.8
MOVIE2015
David Attenborough Meets President Obama
as Self - Narrator (voice)
★8.0
MOVIE2021
Letters Live from the Archive: International Women’s Day
as Self