Olivia Colman
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).
Movies (76)
The Fox
2026
Jimpa
2026
Wicker
2026
The Roses
2025
Paddington in Peru
2024
An A to Z of Paddington
2024
Wicked Little Letters
2024
Wonka
2023
Change the Ending
2023
Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of Secret Invasion
2023
Empire of Light
2022
Puss in Boots: The Last Wish
2022
Scrooge: A Christmas Carol
2022
Joyride
2022
Superworm
2021
The Lost Daughter
2021
Mothering Sunday
2021
The Electrical Life of Louis Wain
2021
Ron's Gone Wrong
2021
The Mitchells vs. the Machines
2021
Letters Live from the Archive: Union Chapel
2021
Letters Live from the Archive: Freemasons’ Hall
2021
Letters Live from the Archive: International Women’s Day
2021
Cinderella: A Comic Relief Pantomime for Christmas
2020
The Father
2020
Nasrin
2020
Children In Need 2019: Got It Covered
2019
Them That Follow
2019
Let's Dance
2018
The Favourite
2018
Unexpected Item
2018
The Super Squirrels
2018
All The World's a Stage
2018
The Alternativity
2017
Murder on the Orient Express
2017
National Theatre Archive: Mosquitoes
2017
National Theatre Live: Mosquitoes
2017
We're Going on a Bear Hunt
2016
Thomas & Friends: Tinsel on the Tracks
2016
Attenborough at 90
2016
The Extraordinary Case of Alex Lewis
2016
Our Queen at Ninety
2016
Behind Closed Doors
2016
Thomas & Friends: Start Your Engines!
2016
The Lobster
2015
Thomas & Friends: Sodor's Legend of the Lost Treasure: The Movie
2015
David Attenborough Meets President Obama
2015
London Road
2015
Pudsey the Dog: The Movie
2014
Thomas & Friends: Tale of the Brave
2014
Locke
2014
The Kármán Line
2014
Cuban Fury
2014
The Thirteenth Tale
2013
The Five(ish) Doctors Reboot
2013
The Murder in Angel Lane
2013
I Give It a Year
2013
Hyde Park on Hudson
2012
Bad Sugar
2012
The Iron Lady
2011
Tyrannosaur
2011
See Me
2011
Le Donk & Scor-zay-zee
2009
Consuming Passion
2008
Hancock & Joan
2008
Dog Altogether
2007
The Time of Your Life
2007
Grow Your Own
2007
I Could Never Be Your Woman
2007
The Grey Man
2007
Hot Fuzz
2007
Green Wing Special
2007
Confetti
2006
Much Ado About Nothing
2005
Zemanovaload
2005
Girl from the North Country
TV Shows (69)
Mitchell and Webb Are Not Helping
2025
Faut Voir - L'Hebdo cinéma
2023
Secret Invasion
2023
Great Expectations
2023
The Bear
2022
Heartstopper
2022
Landscapers
2021
Rosie Jones' Trip Hazard
2021
Becoming You
2020
Staged
2020
Les Misérables
2018
Watership Down
2018
Flatpack Empire
2018
The Night Manager
2017
The Crown
2016
Fleabag
2016
Flowers
2016
The Story of Cats
2016
The Night Manager
2016
The Secret Life of the Zoo
2016
Sugar Free Farm
2016
The Late Late Show with James Corden
2015
The Secrets
2014
The Great War: The People's Story
2014
Mr. Sloane
2014
W1A
2014
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
2014
Duck Quacks Don't Echo
2014
The 7.39
2014
Run
2013
Broadchurch
2013
The Hoarder Next Door
2012
Exile
2011
Twenty Twelve
2011
Accused
2010
Rev.
2010
Beautiful People
2008
The Time of Your Life
2007
Would I Lie to You?
2007
The Graham Norton Show
2007
The Graham Norton Show
2007
Skins
2007
That Mitchell and Webb Look
2006
The One Show
2006
ShakespeaRe-Told
2005
Love Soup
2005
The Robinsons
2005
Doctor Who
2005
Who Do You Think You Are?
2004
Green Wing
2004
NY-LON
2004
Murder in Suburbia
2004
Peep Show
2003
Eyes Down
2003
Swiss Toni
2003
Look Around You
2002
Ant & Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway
2002
Rescue Me
2002
The Mitchell and Webb Situation
2001
The Mitchell and Webb Situation
2001
The Office
2001
Black Books
2000
Bruiser
2000
People Like Us
1999
Midsomer Murders
1997
GMTV
1993
The Simpsons
1989
Natural World
1983
The Oscars
1953