Olivia Colman
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- Jan 30, 1974 (age 52)
- Place of birth
- Norwich, Norfolk, England, UK
- Credits
- 157
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).
Known for
The Simpsons
1989TV
Lily (voice)
Murder on the Orient Express
2017Movie
Hildegarde Schmidt
Puss in Boots: The Last Wish
2022Movie
Mama Bear (voice)
Hot Fuzz
2007Movie
PC Doris Thatcher
The Lobster
2015Movie
Hotel Manager
The Favourite
2018Movie
Queen Anne
Filmography
Bollywoof
2027Movie
(voice)
Pride and Prejudice
2026TV
Mrs. Bennet
The Fox
2026Movie
The Fox (voice)
Elsinore
2026Movie
Margaret Johnson
Wicker
2026Movie
Fisherwoman
David Attenborough's 100 Years on Planet Earth
2026Movie
Self
Jimpa
2026Movie
Hannah
Mitchell and Webb Are Not Helping
2025TV
The Roses
2025Movie
Ivy Rose
Good Hang with Amy Poehler
2025TV
Self - Guest
Paddington in Peru
2024Movie
Reverend Mother
Wicked Little Letters
2024Movie
Edith Swan
Wonka
2023Movie
Mrs. Scrubbit
Faut Voir - L'Hebdo cinéma
2023TV
Self - Guest
Change the Ending
2023Movie
Narrator
Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of Secret Invasion
2023Movie
Self - 'Sonya Falsworth'
Secret Invasion
2023TV
Sonya Falsworth
Great Expectations
2023TV
Miss Havisham
Empire of Light
2022Movie
Hilary
Puss in Boots: The Last Wish
2022Movie
Mama Bear (voice)
Scrooge: A Christmas Carol
2022Movie
Ghost of Christmas Past (voice)
Joyride
2022Movie
Joy
The Bear
2022TV
Chef Terry
Heartstopper
2022TV
Sarah Nelson
Superworm
2021Movie
Narrator (voice)
The Lost Daughter
2021Movie
Leda Caruso
Landscapers
2021TV
Susan Edwards
Mothering Sunday
2021Movie
Mrs Clarrie Niven
The Electrical Life of Louis Wain
2021Movie
Narrator
Ron's Gone Wrong
2021Movie
Donka (voice)
The Mitchells vs. the Machines
2021Movie
PAL (voice)
Rosie Jones' Trip Hazard
2021TV
Voiceover
Letters Live from the Archive: Union Chapel
2021Movie
Self
Letters Live from the Archive: Freemasons’ Hall
2021Movie
Letters Live from the Archive: International Women’s Day
2021Movie
Self
Cinderella: A Comic Relief Pantomime for Christmas
2020Movie
Fairy Godmother
The Father
2020Movie
Anne
Becoming You
2020TV
Self - Narrator (voice)
Nasrin
2020Movie
Narrator
Staged
2020TV
Olivia
Children In Need 2019: Got It Covered
2019Movie
Self
Them That Follow
2019Movie
Hope Slaughter
Kilimanjaro: The Bigger Red Nose Climb
2019Movie
Self / Narrator
Les Misérables
2018TV
Madame Thénardier
Watership Down
2018TV
Strawberry (voice)
Let's Dance
2018Movie
Segment: "Coffee to Go"
The Favourite
2018Movie
Queen Anne
Thomas & Friends: Here Comes the Steam Team!
2018Movie
Marion (voice)
Unexpected Item
2018Movie
The Till (voice)
The Super Squirrels
2018Movie
Narrator
All The World's a Stage
2018Movie
The Narrator
The Private Life of the Royal Academy
2018Movie
Flatpack Empire
2018TV
Self - Narrator (voice)
The Alternativity
2017Movie
Narrator
Murder on the Orient Express
2017Movie
Hildegarde Schmidt
National Theatre Archive: Mosquitoes
2017Movie
Jenny
We're Going on a Bear Hunt
2016Movie
Mum (voice)
The Crown
2016TV
Queen Elizabeth II
Thomas and Friends: Ultimate Friendship Adventures
2016Movie
Marion (voice)
Thomas & Friends: Full Steam to the Rescue!
2016Movie
Marion (voice)
Thomas & Friends: Tinsel on the Tracks
2016Movie
Marion (voice)
Fleabag
2016TV
Godmother
Attenborough at 90
2016Movie
Self
The Extraordinary Case of Alex Lewis
2016Movie
Self - Narrator (voice)
Flowers
2016TV
Deborah Flowers
Our Queen at Ninety
2016Movie
Self - Narrator
Behind Closed Doors
2016Movie
narrator
The Story of Cats
2016TV
Narrator (voice)
Thomas & Friends: Start Your Engines!
2016Movie
Marion (voice)
The Night Manager
2016TV
Angela Burr
The Secret Life of the Zoo
2016TV
Narrator
Sugar Free Farm
2016TV
Narrator
The Lobster
2015Movie
Hotel Manager
Thomas & Friends: Sodor's Legend of the Lost Treasure: The Movie
2015Movie
Marion (voice)
David Attenborough Meets President Obama
2015Movie
Self - Narrator (voice)
London Road
2015Movie
Julie
The Late Late Show with James Corden
2015TV
Self - Guest
Thomas & Friends: Dinos and Discoveries
2015Movie
Marion (voice)
The Secrets
2014TV
Pippa
The Great War: The People's Story
2014TV
Narrator
Pudsey the Dog: The Movie
2014Movie
Nelly the Horse (voice)
Thomas & Friends: Tale of the Brave
2014Movie
Marion (voice)
Mr. Sloane
2014TV
Janet Sloane
Locke
2014Movie
Bethan (voice)
W1A
2014TV
Sally Owen
The Kármán Line
2014Movie
Sarah
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
2014TV
Self
Cuban Fury
2014Movie
Sam
Duck Quacks Don't Echo
2014TV
The Kumars
2014TV
Self
The 7.39
2014TV
Maggie Matthews
Thomas & Friends: Signals Crossed
2014Movie
Marion (voice)
The Thirteenth Tale
2013Movie
Margaret
The Five(ish) Doctors Reboot
2013Movie
Self
Run
2013TV
Carol
The Murder in Angel Lane
2013Movie
Susan Spencer
Broadchurch
2013TV
DS Ellie Miller
I Give It a Year
2013Movie
Linda
Hyde Park on Hudson
2012Movie
Queen Elizabeth
Bad Sugar
2012Movie
Joan Cauldwell
The Hoarder Next Door
2012TV
Self - Narrator
The Iron Lady
2011Movie
Carol Thatcher
Tyrannosaur
2011Movie
Hannah
See Me
2011Movie
Miss
Exile
2011TV
Nancy Ronstadt
Twenty Twelve
2011TV
Sally Owen
Accused
2010TV
Sue Brown
Rev.
2010TV
Alex
Mister Eleven
2009TV
Beth
Le Donk & Scor-zay-zee
2009Movie
Olivia
Consuming Passion
2008Movie
Janet / Nurse Violetta Kiss
Beautiful People
2008TV
Debbie Doonan
Hancock & Joan
2008Movie
Marion
Dog Altogether
2007Movie
Anita
The Time of Your Life
2007Movie
Amanda
The Time of Your Life
2007TV
Amanda
Would I Lie to You?
2007TV
Self
Grow Your Own
2007Movie
Alice
I Could Never Be Your Woman
2007Movie
Hairdresser
The Grey Man
2007Movie
Linda Dodds
The Graham Norton Show
2007TV
Self - Guest, Self
Hot Fuzz
2007Movie
PC Doris Thatcher
Skins
2007TV
Gina
Green Wing Special
2007Movie
Harriet Schulenburg
That Mitchell and Webb Look
2006TV
Various Characters
The One Show
2006TV
Self
Confetti
2006Movie
Joanna
Much Ado About Nothing
2005Movie
Ursula
ShakespeaRe-Told
2005TV
Ursula
Love Soup
2005TV
Penny
Zemanovaload
2005Movie
TV Producer
The Robinsons
2005TV
Connie
Doctor Who
2005TV
Mother
Buried Alive
2005Movie
Who Do You Think You Are?
2004TV
Self
Green Wing
2004TV
Harriet Schulenburg
NY-LON
2004TV
Murder in Suburbia
2004TV
Ellie
Peep Show
2003TV
Sophie Chapman
Eyes Down
2003TV
Mandy Foster
Swiss Toni
2003TV
Look Around You
2002TV
Pam Bachelor
Ant & Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway
2002TV
Self
Rescue Me
2002TV
Paula
The Mitchell and Webb Situation
2001TV
Various
The Office
2001TV
Helena
Black Books
2000TV
Tanya
Bruiser
2000TV
People Like Us
1999TV
Midsomer Murders
1997TV
Bernice
GMTV
1993TV
Self
The Simpsons
1989TV
Lily (voice)
Natural World
1983TV
Narrator
The Oscars
1953TV
Self
Cry Wolf
TV
Kath
Army of Shadows
TV
Wild Bird
Movie
Isabella Blow