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