
Olivia Colman
Biography
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).
Filmography

Paddington in Peru

Wicked Little Letters

Wonka

Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of Secret Invasion

Puss in Boots: The Last Wish

Scrooge: A Christmas Carol

Superworm

The Electrical Life of Louis Wain

Ron's Gone Wrong

Children In Need 2019: Got It Covered

Kilimanjaro: The Bigger Red Nose Climb

The Super Squirrels

The Private Life of the Royal Academy

The Extraordinary Case of Alex Lewis

Attenborough at 90

The Lobster

London Road

Thomas & Friends: Tale of the Brave: The Movie

Pudsey the Dog: The Movie

Locke

The Kármán Line

Cuban Fury

The Thirteenth Tale

The Five(ish) Doctors Reboot

The Murder in Angel Lane

I Give It a Year

Hyde Park on Hudson

Tyrannosaur

Le Donk & Scor-zay-zee

Dog Altogether

Hot Fuzz

Confetti

Girl from the North Country

The Iron Lady

Consuming Passion

I Could Never Be Your Woman

Zemanovaload

Wicker

Nuclear Bogeyheads

The Roses

Jimpa

An A to Z of Paddington

Change the Ending

Empire of Light

Joyride

The Lost Daughter

Mothering Sunday

The Mitchells vs. the Machines

Letters Live from the Archive: Union Chapel

Letters Live from the Archive: Freemasons’ Hall

Letters Live from the Archive: International Women’s Day

Cinderella: A Comic Relief Pantomime for Christmas

The Father

Nasrin

Turtle Journey: The Crisis in Our Oceans

Them That Follow

Let's Dance

The Favourite

Unexpected Item

All The World's a Stage

The Alternativity

Murder on the Orient Express

National Theatre Archive: Mosquitoes

We're Going on a Bear Hunt

Thomas & Friends: Tinsel on the Tracks

Our Queen at Ninety

Behind Closed Doors

Earth's Natural Wonders

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

David Attenborough Meets President Obama

Bad Sugar

See Me

Hancock & Joan

The Time of Your Life

Grow Your Own

The Grey Man

Much Ado About Nothing

Buried Alive
