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).

Known For

The Simpsons

Midsomer Murders

The Crown

The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

Skins

Doctor Who

The Graham Norton Show

The Graham Norton Show

All Movies (80)

• The Fox2026 · as The Fox (voice)
• Wicker2026
• Jimpa2026 · as Hannah
• The Roses2025 · as Ivy Rose
• Paddington in Peru2024 · as Reverend Mother
• An A to Z of Paddington2024 · as Self
• Wicked Little Letters2024 · as Edith Swan
• Wonka2023 · as Mrs. Scrubbit
• Change the Ending2023 · as Narrator
• Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of Secret Invasion2023 · as Self - 'Sonya Falsworth'
• Empire of Light2022 · as Hilary
• Puss in Boots: The Last Wish2022 · as Mama Bear (voice)
• Scrooge: A Christmas Carol2022 · as Ghost of Christmas Past (voice)
• Joyride2022 · as Joy
• Superworm2021 · as Narrator (voice)
• The Lost Daughter2021 · as Leda Caruso
• Mothering Sunday2021 · as Mrs Clarrie Niven
• The Electrical Life of Louis Wain2021 · as Narrator
• Ron's Gone Wrong2021 · as Donka (voice)
• The Mitchells vs. the Machines2021 · as PAL (voice)
• Letters Live from the Archive: Union Chapel2021 · as Self
• Letters Live from the Archive: Freemasons’ Hall2021
• Letters Live from the Archive: International Women’s Day2021 · as Self
• Cinderella: A Comic Relief Pantomime for Christmas2020 · as Fairy Godmother
• The Father2020 · as Anne
• Nasrin2020 · as Narrator
• Children In Need 2019: Got It Covered2019 · as Self
• Them That Follow2019 · as Hope Slaughter
• Kilimanjaro: The Bigger Red Nose Climb2019 · as Self / Narrator
• Let's Dance2018 · as Segment: "Coffee to Go"
• The Favourite2018 · as Queen Anne
• Unexpected Item2018 · as The Till (voice)
• The Super Squirrels2018 · as Narrator
• All The World's a Stage2018 · as The Narrator
• The Private Life of the Royal Academy2018
• The Alternativity2017 · as Narrator
• Murder on the Orient Express2017 · as Hildegarde Schmidt
• National Theatre Archive: Mosquitoes2017 · as Jenny
• We're Going on a Bear Hunt2016 · as Mum (voice)
• Thomas & Friends: Tinsel on the Tracks2016 · as Marion (voice)
• Attenborough at 902016 · as Self
• The Extraordinary Case of Alex Lewis2016 · as Self - Narrator (voice)
• Our Queen at Ninety2016 · as Self - Narrator
• Behind Closed Doors2016 · as narrator
• Thomas & Friends: Start Your Engines!2016 · as Marion (UK & US)(voice)
• The Lobster2015 · as Hotel Manager
• Thomas & Friends: Sodor's Legend of the Lost Treasure: The Movie2015 · as Marion (voice)
• David Attenborough Meets President Obama2015 · as Self - Narrator (voice)
• London Road2015 · as Julie
• Pudsey the Dog: The Movie2014 · as Nelly the Horse (voice)
• Thomas & Friends: Tale of the Brave2014 · as Marion (voice)
• Locke2014 · as Bethan (voice)
• The Kármán Line2014 · as Sarah
• Cuban Fury2014 · as Sam
• The Thirteenth Tale2013 · as Margaret
• The Five(ish) Doctors Reboot2013 · as Self
• The Murder in Angel Lane2013 · as Susan Spencer
• I Give It a Year2013 · as Linda
• Hyde Park on Hudson2012 · as Queen Elizabeth
• Bad Sugar2012 · as Joan Cauldwell
• The Iron Lady2011 · as Carol Thatcher
• Tyrannosaur2011 · as Hannah
• See Me2011 · as Miss
• Le Donk & Scor-zay-zee2009 · as Olivia
• Consuming Passion2008 · as Janet / Nurse Violetta Kiss
• Hancock & Joan2008 · as Marion
• Dog Altogether2007 · as Anita
• The Time of Your Life2007 · as Amanda
• Grow Your Own2007 · as Alice
• I Could Never Be Your Woman2007 · as Hairdresser
• The Grey Man2007 · as Linda Dodds
• Hot Fuzz2007 · as PC Doris Thatcher
• Green Wing Special2007 · as Harriet Schulenburg
• Confetti2006 · as Joanna
• Much Ado About Nothing2005 · as Ursula
• Zemanovaload2005 · as TV Producer
• Buried Alive2005
• Girl from the North Country— · as Elizabeth Laine
• Elsinore—
• Wild Bird— · as Isabella Blow

All TV Shows (73)

• Mitchell and Webb Are Not Helping2025
• Faut Voir - L'Hebdo cinéma2023 · as Self - Guest
• Secret Invasion2023 · as Sonya Falsworth
• Great Expectations2023 · as Miss Havisham
• The Bear2022 · as Chef Terry
• Heartstopper2022 · as Sarah Nelson
• Landscapers2021 · as Susan Edwards
• Rosie Jones' Trip Hazard2021 · as Voiceover
• Becoming You2020 · as Self - Narrator (voice)
• Staged2020 · as Olivia
• Les Misérables2018 · as Madame Thénardier
• Watership Down2018 · as Strawberry (voice)
• Flatpack Empire2018 · as Self - Narrator (voice)
• The Night Manager2017 · as Angela Burr
• The Crown2016 · as Queen Elizabeth II
• Fleabag2016 · as Godmother
• Flowers2016 · as Deborah Flowers
• The Story of Cats2016 · as Narrator (voice)
• The Night Manager2016 · as Angela Burr
• The Secret Life of the Zoo2016 · as Narrator
• Sugar Free Farm2016 · as Narrator
• The Late Late Show with James Corden2015 · as Self - Guest
• The Secrets2014 · as Pippa
• The Great War: The People's Story2014 · as Narrator
• Mr. Sloane2014 · as Janet Sloane
• W1A2014 · as Sally Owen
• The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon2014 · as Self
• Duck Quacks Don't Echo2014
• The Kumars2014 · as Self
• The 7.392014 · as Maggie Matthews
• Run2013 · as Carol
• Broadchurch2013 · as DS Ellie Miller
• The Hoarder Next Door2012 · as Self - Narrator
• Exile2011 · as Nancy Ronstadt
• Twenty Twelve2011 · as Sally Owen
• Accused2010 · as Sue Brown
• Rev.2010 · as Alex
• Mister Eleven2009 · as Beth
• Beautiful People2008 · as Debbie Doonan
• The Time of Your Life2007 · as Amanda
• Would I Lie to You?2007 · as Self
• The Graham Norton Show2007 · as Self - Guest
• The Graham Norton Show2007 · as Self
• Skins2007 · as Gina
• That Mitchell and Webb Look2006 · as Various Characters
• The One Show2006 · as Self
• ShakespeaRe-Told2005 · as Ursula
• Love Soup2005 · as Penny
• The Robinsons2005
• Doctor Who2005 · as Mother
• Who Do You Think You Are?2004 · as Self
• Green Wing2004 · as Harriet Schulenburg
• NY-LON2004
• Murder in Suburbia2004 · as Ellie
• Peep Show2003 · as Sophie Chapman
• Eyes Down2003 · as Mandy Foster
• Swiss Toni2003
• Look Around You2002 · as Pam Bachelor
• Ant & Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway2002 · as Self
• Rescue Me2002 · as Paula
• The Mitchell and Webb Situation2001
• The Mitchell and Webb Situation2001 · as Various
• The Office2001 · as Helena
• Black Books2000 · as Tanya
• Bruiser2000
• People Like Us1999
• Midsomer Murders1997 · as Bernice
• GMTV1993 · as Self
• The Simpsons1989 · as Lily (voice)
• Natural World1983 · as Narrator
• The Oscars1953 · as Self
• Pride and Prejudice— · as Mrs Bennet
• Cry Wolf— · as Kath