Olivia Colman
3.7Acting

Olivia Colman

Jan 30, 1974 - Norwich, Norfolk, England, UK

Sarah Caroline Sinclair CBE, 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).

Credits

Cast

Media
Movie2006ConfettiJoanna
Movie2021The Electrical Life of Louis WainNarrator
Movie2007Hot FuzzPC Doris Thatcher
Movie2023WonkaMrs. Scrubbit
Movie2024Girl from the North CountryElizabeth Laine
Movie2009Le Donk & Scor-zay-zeeOlivia
Movie2005ZemanovaloadTV Producer
Movie2016Attenborough at 90Self
Movie2021Ron's Gone WrongDonka (voice)
Movie2007I Could Never Be Your WomanHairdresser
Movie2019Children In Need 2019: Got It CoveredSelf
Movie2021SuperwormNarrator (voice)
Movie2018The Super SquirrelsNarrator
Movie2011The Iron LadyCarol Thatcher
Movie2008Consuming PassionJanet / Nurse Violetta Kiss
Movie2011TyrannosaurHannah
Movie2024Paddington in PeruReverend Mother
Movie2012Hyde Park on HudsonQueen Elizabeth
Movie2013I Give It a YearLinda
Movie2014LockeBethan (voice)
Movie2024Wicked Little LettersEdith Swan
Movie2016The Extraordinary Case of Alex LewisSelf - Narrator (voice)
Movie2013The Murder in Angel LaneSusan Spencer
Movie2013The Thirteenth TaleMargaret
Movie2013The Five(ish) Doctors RebootSelf
Movie2019Kilimanjaro: The Bigger Red Nose ClimbSelf / Narrator
Movie2014Cuban FurySam
Movie2022Puss in Boots: The Last WishMama Bear (voice)
MovieN/AWicker
Movie2022Scrooge: A Christmas CarolGhost of Christmas Past (voice)
Movie2018The Private Life of the Royal Academy
Movie2014Pudsey the Dog: The MovieNelly the Horse (voice)
Movie2007Dog AltogetherAnita
Movie2014Thomas & Friends: Tale of the Brave: The MovieMarion
Movie2005Buried Alive
Movie2015London RoadJulie
Movie2023Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of Secret InvasionSelf - 'Sonya Falsworth'
Movie2015The LobsterHotel Manager
Movie2014The Kármán LineSarah
Movie2007Grow Your OwnAlice
Movie2015Thomas & Friends: Sodor's Legend of the Lost Treasure: The MovieMarion (voice)
Movie2025The RosesIvy
Movie2018The FavouriteQueen Anne
Movie2023Change the EndingNarrator
Movie2025JimpaHannah
Movie2012Bad SugarJoan Cauldwell
Movie2008Hancock & JoanMarion
Movie2015David Attenborough Meets President ObamaSelf - Narrator (voice)
Movie2016We're Going on a Bear HuntMum (voice)
Movie2017Murder on the Orient ExpressHildegarde Schmidt
Movie2016Thomas & Friends: Tinsel on the TracksMarion (voice)
Movie2011See MeMiss
Movie2007The Time of Your LifeAmanda
Movie2019Them That FollowHope Slaughter
Movie2017The AlternativityNarrator
Movie2015Earth's Natural Wonders
Movie2016Behind Closed Doorsnarrator
Movie2018Let's DanceSegment: "Coffee to Go"
Movie2018All The World's a StageThe Narrator
Movie2020The FatherAnne
Movie2016Our Queen at NinetySelf - Narrator
Movie2020Turtle Journey: The Crisis in Our OceansMummy Turtle
Movie2021The Lost DaughterLeda Caruso
Movie2021The Mitchells vs. the MachinesPAL (voice)
Movie2005Much Ado About NothingUrsula
Movie2021Mothering SundayMrs Clarrie Niven
Movie2018Unexpected ItemThe Till (voice)
Movie2022JoyrideJoy
Movie2020NasrinNarrator
Movie2017National Theatre Archive: MosquitoesJenny
Movie2020Cinderella: A Comic Relief Pantomime for ChristmasFairy Godmother
Movie2021Letters Live from the Archive: International Women’s DaySelf
Movie2021Letters Live from the Archive: Freemasons’ Hall
Movie2021Letters Live from the Archive: Union ChapelSelf
Movie2022Empire of LightHilary
Movie2007The Grey ManLinda Dodds
Movie2024An A to Z of PaddingtonSelf
Movie2017National Theatre Live: MosquitoesJenny
TV Show2003Peep ShowSophie Chapman33
TV Show2007SkinsGina1
TV Show2013BroadchurchDS Ellie Miller24
TV Show2004Green WingHarriet Schulenburg18
TV Show2002Look Around YouPam Bachelor6
TV Show2009Mister ElevenBeth2
TV Show2006That Mitchell and Webb LookVarious Characters24
TV Show2001The Mitchell and Webb Situation5
TV Show2001The OfficeHelena1
TV Show2021Rosie Jones' Trip HazardVoiceover4
TV Show2000Bruiser6
TV Show2005ShakespeaRe-ToldUrsula1
TV Show1983Natural WorldNarrator1
TV Show1993GMTVSelf1
TV Show2005Doctor WhoMother1
TV Show2011Exile3
TV Show2011Twenty TwelveSally Owen13
TV Show2014The 7.39Maggie Matthews2
TV Show2001The Mitchell and Webb SituationVarious6
TV Show2014The KumarsSelf1
TV Show2014The SecretsPippa5
TV Show2004Who Do You Think You Are?Self1
TV Show2010Rev.Alex19
TV Show2014Mr. SloaneJanet Sloane6
TV Show2023Secret InvasionSonya Falsworth6
TV Show2022The BearChef Terry3
TV Show2016The Secret Life of the ZooNarrator72
TV Show2016The Night ManagerAngela Burr6
TV Show2004NY-LON1
TV Show2005Love SoupPenny1
TV Show1999People Like Us1
TV Show2005The Robinsons1
TV Show2016FlowersDeborah Flowers12
TV Show2022HeartstopperSarah Nelson10
TV Show2015The Late Late Show with James CordenSelf - Guest1
TV Show2004Murder in Suburbia1
TV Show2003Swiss Toni1
TV Show2008Beautiful PeopleDebbie Doonan12
TV Show2023Great ExpectationsMiss Havisham6
TV Show2016FleabagGodmother9
TV Show2014The Great War: The People's StoryNarrator4
TV Show2013RunCarol4
TV Show2014W1ASally Owen1
TV Show2014Duck Quacks Don't Echo1
TV Show2016The CrownQueen Elizabeth II21
TV Show2000Black BooksTanya1
TV Show2015Earth's Natural Wonders3
TV Show2007The Time of Your LifeAmanda6
TV Show2018Watership DownStrawberry (voice)2
TV Show2007Would I Lie to You?Self2
TV Show2012Honest TrailersMrs. Scrubbit (archive footage)1
TV Show2012Honest TrailersSonya Falsworth (archive footage)1
TV Show2002Ant & Dec's Saturday Night TakeawaySelf1
TV Show2018Flatpack EmpireSelf - Narrator (voice)3
TV Show2007The Graham Norton ShowSelf - Guest4
TV Show2012The Hoarder Next DoorSelf - Narrator14
TV Show2020StagedOlivia1
TV Show2007The Graham Norton ShowSelf7
TV Show1953The OscarsSelf4
TV Show1997Midsomer MurdersBernice1
TV Show2016The Story of CatsNarrator (voice)3
TV Show2020Becoming YouNarrator6
TV Show2010AccusedSue Brown1
TV Show1989The SimpsonsLily (voice)1
TV Show2021LandscapersSusan Edwards4
TV Show2018Les MisérablesMadame Thénardier4
TV Show2014The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy FallonSelf1
TV Show2023Faut Voir - L'hebdo cinémaSelf - Guest1
TV Show2006The One ShowSelf1
TV ShowN/APride & PrejudiceMrs. Bennet1
TV ShowN/ACry Wolf1

Crew

Media
Movie2024Wicked Little LettersProducerProduction
MovieN/AWickerProducerProduction
Movie2021The Lost DaughterExecutive ProducerProduction
Movie2025The RosesExecutive ProducerProduction
TV Show2021LandscapersExecutive ProducerProduction
TV ShowN/ACry WolfExecutive ProducerProduction