Olivia Colman

Known for ActingBorn 1974-01-30 (age 52)Norwich, Norfolk, England, UK

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).Read more

Movies & web series

Wicker

Nasrin

The Time of Your Life

Green Wing Special

Children In Need 2019: Got It Covered

The Super Squirrels

Heartstopper

Love Soup

Fleabag

Puss in Boots: The Last Wish

Jimpa

The Bear

The Story of Cats

The Crown

The Father

Much Ado About Nothing

Letters Live from the Archive: International Women’s Day

People Like Us

Skins

Accused

Attenborough at 90

Staged

Peep Show

Ron's Gone Wrong

The Mitchells vs. the Machines

Black Books

Broadchurch

Rescue Me

The Five(ish) Doctors Reboot

Look Around You

David Attenborough Meets President Obama

Green Wing

The Simpsons

W1A

Would I Lie to You?

National Theatre Archive: Mosquitoes

The Night Manager

The Office

The Mitchell and Webb Situation

That Mitchell and Webb Look

Letters Live from the Archive: Freemasons’ Hall

The Favourite

Hot Fuzz

Thomas & Friends: Tinsel on the Tracks

Doctor Who

Murder in Suburbia

Rev.

Twenty Twelve