Olivia Colman
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Olivia Colman

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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).

Films Featuring Olivia Colman

Confetti

20065.4

The Electrical Life of Louis Wain

20216.9

Wonka

20237.0

Hot Fuzz

20077.6

Le Donk & Scor-zay-zee

20096.0

Zemanovaload

20055.6

Attenborough at 90

20168.0

Ron's Gone Wrong

20217.9

I Could Never Be Your Woman

20075.8

Children In Need 2019: Got It Covered

20199.0

Superworm

20216.4

The Super Squirrels

20189.0

The Iron Lady

20116.4

Consuming Passion

20086.4

Tyrannosaur

20117.2

Paddington in Peru

20246.8

Hyde Park on Hudson

20125.3

I Give It a Year

20135.5

Locke

20146.9

Wicked Little Letters

20246.9

The Extraordinary Case of Alex Lewis

2016

The Murder in Angel Lane

20136.9

The Thirteenth Tale

20136.6

The Five(ish) Doctors Reboot

20137.8

Kilimanjaro: The Bigger Red Nose Climb

Kilimanjaro: The Bigger Red Nose Climb

2019

Cuban Fury

20146.1

Puss in Boots: The Last Wish

20228.2

Wicker

2026

Scrooge: A Christmas Carol

20226.8

The Private Life of the Royal Academy

The Private Life of the Royal Academy

2018

Pudsey the Dog: The Movie

20145.3

Dog Altogether

20076.8

Thomas & Friends: Tale of the Brave

20146.3

Buried Alive

Buried Alive

2005

London Road

20155.5

Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of Secret Invasion

20235.2

The Lobster

20157.0

The Kármán Line

20146.6

Grow Your Own

20076.5

Thomas & Friends: Sodor's Legend of the Lost Treasure: The Movie

20156.2

The Roses

20256.7

The Favourite

20187.5

Change the Ending

2023

Jimpa

20267.2

Bad Sugar

20126.0

Hancock & Joan

20084.1

David Attenborough Meets President Obama

20157.8

We're Going on a Bear Hunt

20166.8

Murder on the Orient Express

20176.7

See Me

2011

The Time of Your Life

200710.0

Them That Follow

20195.0

The Alternativity

20176.8

Behind Closed Doors

20163.5

Let's Dance

20186.1

All The World's a Stage

20184.5

The Father

20208.1

Our Queen at Ninety

20166.0

The Lost Daughter

20216.5

The Mitchells vs. the Machines

20217.8

Much Ado About Nothing

20058.2

Mothering Sunday

20215.4

Unexpected Item

20186.0

Joyride

20225.8

Nasrin

202010.0

National Theatre Archive: Mosquitoes

20177.7

Cinderella: A Comic Relief Pantomime for Christmas

20206.3

Letters Live from the Archive: International Women’s Day

20218.0

Letters Live from the Archive: Freemasons’ Hall

20217.5

Letters Live from the Archive: Union Chapel

20217.0

Empire of Light

20226.6

The Grey Man

20076.0

Elsinore

2026

Green Wing Special

200710.0

The Fox

2026

Wild Bird

Wild Bird

Thomas & Friends: Signals Crossed

201410.0

Thomas & Friends: Start Your Engines!

20166.2

Thomas & Friends: Tinsel on the Tracks

20167.5

Thomas & Friends: Full Steam to the Rescue!

20166.0

Thomas & Friends: Dinos and Discoveries

20156.0

Thomas and Friends: Ultimate Friendship Adventures

2016

David Attenborough's 100 Years on Planet Earth

20267.0