Olivia Colman

ActorProducer Jan 30 (age 52) Norwich, Norfolk, England, UK 1983–2026 (43 year career)

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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 Tel…

Known For

Film

Puss in Boots: The Last Wish

Mama Bear (voice)

Film

Hot Fuzz

PC Doris Thatcher

Film

The Father

Anne

Film

The Favourite

Queen Anne

Film

The Crown

Queen Elizabeth II

Film

The Mitchells vs. the Machines

PAL (voice)

Film

Murder on the Orient Express

Hildegarde Schmidt

Film

The Lobster

Hotel Manager

Filmography

Acting (156)

Movies (82)

Wicker

Jimpa

as Hannah

The Fox

as The Fox (voice)

The Roses

as Ivy Rose

Paddington in Peru

as Reverend Mother

Wicked Little Letters

2024

as Edith Swan

6.9

An A to Z of Paddington

2024

as Self

Wonka

2023

as Mrs. Scrubbit

7.0

Change the Ending

2023

as Narrator

Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of Secret Invasion

2023

as Self - 'Sonya Falsworth'

5.0

Puss in Boots: The Last Wish

as Mama Bear (voice)

Empire of Light

as Hilary

Joyride

as Joy

Scrooge: A Christmas Carol

2022

as Ghost of Christmas Past (voice)

6.8

The Lost Daughter

2021

as Leda Caruso

6.5

The Mitchells vs. the Machines

as PAL (voice)

Mothering Sunday

as Mrs Clarrie Niven

The Electrical Life of Louis Wain

as Narrator

Ron's Gone Wrong

as Donka (voice)

Letters Live from the Archive: Freemasons’ Hall

Superworm

as Narrator (voice)

Letters Live from the Archive: Union Chapel

2021

as Self

7.0

Letters Live from the Archive: International Women’s Day

as Self

The Father

as Anne

Nasrin

as Narrator

Cinderella: A Comic Relief Pantomime for Christmas

2020

as Fairy Godmother

6.3

Turtle Journey: The Crisis in Our Oceans

as Mummy Turtle

Them That Follow

as Hope Slaughter

The Favourite: Unstitching the Costume Drama

2019

as Self

Children In Need 2019: Got It Covered

2019

as Self

9.0

Kilimanjaro: The Bigger Red Nose Climb

2019

as Self / Narrator

The Favourite

2018

as Queen Anne

7.5

Let's Dance

2018

as Segment: "Coffee to Go"

6.1

The Private Life of the Royal Academy

The Super Squirrels

as Narrator

Unexpected Item

as The Till (voice)

All The World's a Stage

2018

as The Narrator

4.5

Murder on the Orient Express

2017

as Hildegarde Schmidt

6.7

The Alternativity

2017

as Narrator

6.8

National Theatre Archive: Mosquitoes

2017

as Jenny

7.7

National Theatre Live: Mosquitoes

2017

as Jenny

Our Queen at Ninety

as Self - Narrator

Attenborough at 90

as Self

We're Going on a Bear Hunt

2016

as Mum (voice)

6.8

Thomas & Friends: Tinsel on the Tracks

as Marion (voice)

Behind Closed Doors

as narrator

The Extraordinary Case of Alex Lewis

2016

as Self - Narrator (voice)

Thomas & Friends: Start Your Engines!

2016

as Marion (UK & US)(voice)

6.2

The Lobster

2015

as Hotel Manager

7.0

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

as Marion (voice)

London Road

as Julie

Earth's Natural Wonders

2015

8.0

David Attenborough Meets President Obama

2015

as Self - Narrator (voice)

7.8

Thomas & Friends: Tale of the Brave

as Marion (voice)

Locke

as Bethan (voice)

Cuban Fury

as Sam

The Kármán Line

as Sarah

Pudsey the Dog: The Movie

2014

as Nelly the Horse (voice)

I Give It a Year

as Linda

The Thirteenth Tale

as Margaret

The Five(ish) Doctors Reboot

2013

as Self

7.8

The Murder in Angel Lane

as Susan Spencer

Bad Sugar

as Joan Cauldwell

Hyde Park on Hudson

as Queen Elizabeth

Tyrannosaur

as Hannah

The Iron Lady

as Carol Thatcher

See Me

as Miss

Le Donk & Scor-zay-zee

as Olivia

Hancock & Joan

as Marion

Consuming Passion

as Janet / Nurse Violetta Kiss

6.4

Hot Fuzz

2007

as PC Doris Thatcher

7.6

The Time of Your Life

2007

as Amanda

10.0

I Could Never Be Your Woman

as Hairdresser

The Grey Man

as Linda Dodds

Dog Altogether

as Anita

Grow Your Own

as Alice

Confetti

as Joanna

Much Ado About Nothing

as Ursula

Buried Alive

Zemanovaload

as TV Producer

Girl from the North Country

as Elizabeth Laine

7.0

Elsinore

Television (74)

Mitchell and Webb Are Not Helping

Secret Invasion

as Sonya Falsworth

Faut Voir - L'hebdo cinéma

2023

as Self - Guest

Great Expectations

as Miss Havisham

The Bear

as Chef Terry

Heartstopper

as Sarah Nelson

Landscapers

as Susan Edwards

Rosie Jones' Trip Hazard

as Voiceover

Staged

as Olivia

Becoming You

as Self - Narrator (voice)

Les Misérables

as Madame Thénardier

Watership Down

as Strawberry (voice)

6.9

Flatpack Empire

2018

as Self - Narrator (voice)

The Great British Bake Off

2017

as Self - Contestant

8.2

The Crown

2016

as Queen Elizabeth II

8.2

The Crown

2016

as Queen Elizabeth II

The Night Manager

as Angela Burr

The Night Manager

as Angela Burr

Fleabag

as Godmother

Flowers

as Deborah Flowers

The Secret Life of the Zoo

as Narrator

The Story of Cats

as Narrator (voice)

The Late Late Show with James Corden

2015

as Self - Guest

5.2

Earth's Natural Wonders

2015

7.0

The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

2014

as Self

5.9

Duck Quacks Don't Echo

W1A

as Sally Owen

The 7.39

as Maggie Matthews

The Kumars

as Self

Mr. Sloane

as Janet Sloane

The Great War: The People's Story

as Narrator

The Secrets

as Pippa

Broadchurch

as DS Ellie Miller

Run

as Carol

The Hoarder Next Door

as Self - Narrator

Twenty Twelve

as Sally Owen

Exile

as Nancy Ronstadt

Accused

as Sue Brown

Rev.

as Alex

Mister Eleven

as Beth

Beautiful People

as Debbie Doonan

The Graham Norton Show

as Self

Skins

as Gina

Would I Lie to You?

as Self

The Time of Your Life

as Amanda

The One Show

as Self

That Mitchell and Webb Look

2006

as Various Characters

Doctor Who

as Self

Love Soup

as Penny

ShakespeaRe-Told

as Ursula

The Robinsons

Who Do You Think You Are?

as Self

Murder in Suburbia

Green Wing

as Harriet Schulenburg

NY-LON

Peep Show

as Sophie Chapman

Peep Show

as Sophie Chapman

Swiss Toni

Ant & Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway

as Self

Look Around You

as Pam Bachelor

Rescue Me

as Paula

The Office

2001

as Helena

7.8

The Mitchell and Webb Situation

2001

as Various

7.8

The Mitchell and Webb Situation

Black Books

as Tanya

Bruiser

People Like Us

Midsomer Murders

as Bernice

GMTV

as Self

The Simpsons

as Lily (voice)

Natural World

as Narrator

The Oscars

as Self

Pride and Prejudice

as Mrs Bennet

Cry Wolf

as Kath

Crew (6)

Movies (4)

Wicker

2026

Producer

The Roses

2025

Executive Producer

6.7

Wicked Little Letters

Producer

The Lost Daughter

Executive Producer

Television (2)

Landscapers

2021

Executive Producer

6.8

Cry Wolf

Executive Producer