Ingrid Oliver
Acting • Born 1977-02-25
Biography
Ingrid Oliver is a British actress and comedian, and one half of the comic double act Watson & Oliver, alongside Lorna Watson, the pair having their own BBC2 sketch show for two series in 2012 and 2013. She is known for playing Petronella Osgood, a supporting character in the BBC television series Doctor Who. In 2022 she married broadcaster and author Richard Osman. Her mother is Conservative MP Jo Gideon.
Filmography
33 credits
96 Ways to Say I Love You
Movie • 2015
Cammy
Angus, Thongs and Perfect Snogging
Movie • 2008
Miss Stamp
Doctor Who: The Day of the Doctor
Movie • 2013
Petronella Osgood
Eric & Ernie: Behind the Scenes
Movie • 2011
Self
Tales of Television Centre
Movie • 2012
Self
Footprints in the Snow
Movie • 2005
Back-Up Organiser
The Thursday Murder Club
Movie • 2025
Joanna
Doctor Who: Dark Water / Death in Heaven
Movie • 2014
Osgood
You, Me and Him
Movie • 2018
Lily
The Hustle
Movie • 2019
Brigitte Desjardins
Last Christmas
Movie • 2019
Police Woman Crowley
Doctor Who
TV • 2005
Osgood
Lead Balloon
TV • 2006
Comedy Showcase
TV • 2007
Rebecca Black
Plebs
TV • 2013
Camilla
Peep Show
TV • 2003
Natalie
Fixer
TV • 2008
The Increasingly Poor Decisions of Todd Margaret
TV • 2010
Vanessa Blojabditz / Yancy McPickles
Vital Signs
TV • 2006
The Magicians
TV • 2015
Dragon (voice)
Doctor Who Extra
TV • 2014
Self
Twenty Twelve
TV • 2011
AP The Today Programme
Celebrity Antiques Road Trip
TV • 2011
Self - Participant
The Great Comic Relief Bake Off
TV • 2013
Self - Contestant
Let's Dance for Sport Relief
TV • 2010
Self - Contestant
Father Brown
TV • 2013
Gaynor Garfield
Beyond Paradise
TV • 2023
Cassie Parker
The Wrong Door
TV • 2008
Various
Richard Osman's House of Games
TV • 2017
Self - Contestant
Watson & Oliver
TV • 2012
The Watch
TV • 2021
Dr Cruces
Sweetpea
TV • 2024
DI St John
Run Away
TV • 2026
Yvonne Previdi