Olivia Colman
Acting • Born 1974-01-30
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).
Filmography
152 credits
Confetti
Movie • 2006
Joanna
The Electrical Life of Louis Wain
Movie • 2021
Narrator
Wonka
Movie • 2023
Mrs. Scrubbit
Hot Fuzz
Movie • 2007
PC Doris Thatcher
Girl from the North Country
Movie
Elizabeth Laine
Le Donk & Scor-zay-zee
Movie • 2009
Olivia
Zemanovaload
Movie • 2005
TV Producer
Attenborough at 90
Movie • 2016
Self
Ron's Gone Wrong
Movie • 2021
Donka (voice)
I Could Never Be Your Woman
Movie • 2007
Hairdresser
Children In Need 2019: Got It Covered
Movie • 2019
Self
Superworm
Movie • 2021
Narrator (voice)
The Super Squirrels
Movie • 2018
Narrator
The Iron Lady
Movie • 2011
Carol Thatcher
Consuming Passion
Movie • 2008
Janet / Nurse Violetta Kiss
Tyrannosaur
Movie • 2011
Hannah
Paddington in Peru
Movie • 2024
Reverend Mother
Hyde Park on Hudson
Movie • 2012
Queen Elizabeth
I Give It a Year
Movie • 2013
Linda
Locke
Movie • 2014
Bethan (voice)
Wicked Little Letters
Movie • 2024
Edith Swan
The Extraordinary Case of Alex Lewis
Movie • 2016
Self - Narrator (voice)
The Murder in Angel Lane
Movie • 2013
Susan Spencer
The Thirteenth Tale
Movie • 2013
Margaret
The Five(ish) Doctors Reboot
Movie • 2013
Self
Kilimanjaro: The Bigger Red Nose Climb
Movie • 2019
Self / Narrator
Cuban Fury
Movie • 2014
Sam
Puss in Boots: The Last Wish
Movie • 2022
Mama Bear (voice)
Wicker
Movie • 2026
Scrooge: A Christmas Carol
Movie • 2022
Ghost of Christmas Past (voice)
The Private Life of the Royal Academy
Movie • 2018
Pudsey the Dog: The Movie
Movie • 2014
Nelly the Horse (voice)
Dog Altogether
Movie • 2007
Anita
Thomas & Friends: Tale of the Brave
Movie • 2014
Marion (voice)
Buried Alive
Movie • 2005
London Road
Movie • 2015
Julie
Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of Secret Invasion
Movie • 2023
Self - 'Sonya Falsworth'
The Lobster
Movie • 2015
Hotel Manager
The Kármán Line
Movie • 2014
Sarah
Grow Your Own
Movie • 2007
Alice
Thomas & Friends: Sodor's Legend of the Lost Treasure: The Movie
Movie • 2015
Marion (voice)
The Roses
Movie • 2025
Ivy Rose
The Favourite
Movie • 2018
Queen Anne
Change the Ending
Movie • 2023
Narrator
Jimpa
Movie • 2026
Hannah
Bad Sugar
Movie • 2012
Joan Cauldwell
Hancock & Joan
Movie • 2008
Marion
David Attenborough Meets President Obama
Movie • 2015
Self - Narrator (voice)
We're Going on a Bear Hunt
Movie • 2016
Mum (voice)
Murder on the Orient Express
Movie • 2017
Hildegarde Schmidt
Thomas & Friends: Tinsel on the Tracks
Movie • 2016
Marion (voice)
See Me
Movie • 2011
Miss
The Time of Your Life
Movie • 2007
Amanda
Them That Follow
Movie • 2019
Hope Slaughter
The Alternativity
Movie • 2017
Narrator
Earth's Natural Wonders
Movie • 2015
Behind Closed Doors
Movie • 2016
narrator
Let's Dance
Movie • 2018
Segment: "Coffee to Go"
All The World's a Stage
Movie • 2018
The Narrator
The Father
Movie • 2020
Anne
Our Queen at Ninety
Movie • 2016
Self - Narrator
Turtle Journey: The Crisis in Our Oceans
Movie • 2020
Mummy Turtle
The Lost Daughter
Movie • 2021
Leda Caruso
The Mitchells vs. the Machines
Movie • 2021
PAL (voice)
Much Ado About Nothing
Movie • 2005
Ursula
Mothering Sunday
Movie • 2021
Mrs Clarrie Niven
Unexpected Item
Movie • 2018
The Till (voice)
Joyride
Movie • 2022
Joy
Nasrin
Movie • 2020
Narrator
National Theatre Archive: Mosquitoes
Movie • 2017
Jenny
Cinderella: A Comic Relief Pantomime for Christmas
Movie • 2020
Fairy Godmother
Letters Live from the Archive: International Women’s Day
Movie • 2021
Self
Letters Live from the Archive: Freemasons’ Hall
Movie • 2021
Letters Live from the Archive: Union Chapel
Movie • 2021
Self
Empire of Light
Movie • 2022
Hilary
The Grey Man
Movie • 2007
Linda Dodds
An A to Z of Paddington
Movie • 2024
Self
National Theatre Live: Mosquitoes
Movie • 2017
Jenny
Thomas & Friends: Start Your Engines!
Movie • 2016
Marion (UK & US)(voice)
Elsinore
Movie
Green Wing Special
Movie • 2007
Harriet Schulenburg
The Fox
Movie • 2025
The Fox (voice)
Peep Show
TV • 2003
Sophie Chapman
Skins
TV • 2007
Gina
Broadchurch
TV • 2013
DS Ellie Miller
Green Wing
TV • 2004
Harriet Schulenburg
Look Around You
TV • 2002
Pam Bachelor
Mister Eleven
TV • 2009
Beth
That Mitchell and Webb Look
TV • 2006
Various Characters
The Mitchell and Webb Situation
TV • 2001
The Office
TV • 2001
Helena
Rosie Jones' Trip Hazard
TV • 2021
Voiceover
Bruiser
TV • 2000
ShakespeaRe-Told
TV • 2005
Ursula
Natural World
TV • 1983
Narrator
GMTV
TV • 1993
Self
Doctor Who
TV • 2005
Mother
Exile
TV • 2011
Nancy Ronstadt
Twenty Twelve
TV • 2011
Sally Owen
The 7.39
TV • 2014
Maggie Matthews
The Mitchell and Webb Situation
TV • 2001
Various
The Kumars
TV • 2014
Self
The Secrets
TV • 2014
Pippa
Who Do You Think You Are?
TV • 2004
Self
Rev.
TV • 2010
Alex
Mr. Sloane
TV • 2014
Janet Sloane
The Bear
TV • 2022
Chef Terry
Secret Invasion
TV • 2023
Sonya Falsworth
The Secret Life of the Zoo
TV • 2016
Narrator
The Night Manager
TV • 2016
Angela Burr
NY-LON
TV • 2004
Love Soup
TV • 2005
Penny
People Like Us
TV • 1999
The Robinsons
TV • 2005
Flowers
TV • 2016
Deborah Flowers
Heartstopper
TV • 2022
Sarah Nelson
The Late Late Show with James Corden
TV • 2015
Self - Guest
Murder in Suburbia
TV • 2004
Swiss Toni
TV • 2003
Beautiful People
TV • 2008
Debbie Doonan
Great Expectations
TV • 2023
Miss Havisham
Fleabag
TV • 2016
Godmother
The Great War: The People's Story
TV • 2014
Narrator
Run
TV • 2013
Carol
W1A
TV • 2014
Sally Owen
Duck Quacks Don't Echo
TV • 2014
The Crown
TV • 2016
Queen Elizabeth II
Black Books
TV • 2000
Tanya
The Time of Your Life
TV • 2007
Amanda
Watership Down
TV • 2018
Strawberry (voice)
Would I Lie to You?
TV • 2007
Self
Ant & Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway
TV • 2002
Self
Flatpack Empire
TV • 2018
Self - Narrator (voice)
The Graham Norton Show
TV • 2007
Self - Guest
The Hoarder Next Door
TV • 2012
Self - Narrator
Staged
TV • 2020
Olivia
The Graham Norton Show
TV • 2007
Self
The Oscars
TV • 1953
Self
Midsomer Murders
TV • 1997
Bernice
The Story of Cats
TV • 2016
Narrator (voice)
Becoming You
TV • 2020
Self - Narrator (voice)
Accused
TV • 2010
Sue Brown
The Simpsons
TV • 1989
Lily (voice)
Landscapers
TV • 2021
Susan Edwards
Les Misérables
TV • 2018
Madame Thénardier
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
TV • 2014
Self
Faut Voir - L'hebdo cinéma
TV • 2023
Self - Guest
The One Show
TV • 2006
Self
Pride and Prejudice
TV
Mrs Bennet
Cry Wolf
TV
Kath
Mitchell and Webb Are Not Helping
TV • 2025
Rescue Me
TV • 2002
Paula