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Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthday
January 30, 1974
Place of Birth
Norwich, Norfolk, England, UK
Also Known As
- 올리비아 콜먼
- Sarah Caroline Colman
- 올리비아 콜맨
- Sarah Sinclair
- Sarah Caroline Olivia Colman
- Sarah Caroline Olivia Sinclair
- オリヴィア・コールマン
- Sarah Caroline Sinclair CBE
- Ολίβια Κόλμαν
- اولیویا کلمن
- الیویا کلمن
- 奧莉薇雅柯爾曼
Olivia Colman
3.5 Popularity
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).
Known For
0.0
Hannah
Jimpa
2025
0.0
Ivy
The Roses
2025
6.9
Reverend Mother
Paddington in Peru
2024
0.0
Self
An A to Z of Paddington
2024
6.9
Edith Swan
Wicked Little Letters
2024
7.1
Mrs. Scrubbit
Wonka
2023
0.0
Self - Guest
Faut Voir - L'hebdo cinéma
2023
0.0
Narrator
Change the Ending
2023
5.1
Self - 'Sonya Falsworth'
Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of Secret Invasion
2023
6.6
Sonya Falsworth
Secret Invasion
2023
Credits
Jimpa
as Hannah
2025
0.0
The Roses
as Ivy
2025
0.0
Paddington in Peru
as Reverend Mother
2024
6.9
An A to Z of Paddington
as Self
2024
0.0
Wicked Little Letters
as Edith Swan
2024
6.9
Wonka
as Mrs. Scrubbit
2023
7.1
Faut Voir - L'hebdo cinéma
as Self - Guest
2023
0.0
Change the Ending
as Narrator
2023
0.0
Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of Secret Invasion
as Self - 'Sonya Falsworth'
2023
5.1
Secret Invasion
as Sonya Falsworth
2023
6.6
Great Expectations
as Miss Havisham
2023
6.4
Empire of Light
as Hilary
2022
6.6
Puss in Boots: The Last Wish
as Mama Bear (voice)
2022
8.2
Scrooge: A Christmas Carol
as Ghost of Christmas Past (voice)
2022
6.8
Joyride
as Joy
2022
5.9
The Bear
as Chef Terry
2022
8.2
Heartstopper
as Sarah Nelson
2022
8.6
Superworm
as Narrator (voice)
2021
6.5
The Lost Daughter
as Leda Caruso
2021
6.5
Landscapers
as Susan Edwards
2021
6.8
Mothering Sunday
as Mrs Clarrie Niven
2021
5.4
The Electrical Life of Louis Wain
as Narrator
2021
6.9
Ron's Gone Wrong
as Donka (voice)
2021
7.9
The Mitchells vs. the Machines
as PAL (voice)
2021
7.9
Rosie Jones' Trip Hazard
as Voiceover
2021
4.7
Letters Live from the Archive: Union Chapel
as Self
2021
7.0
Letters Live from the Archive: Freemasons’ Hall
2021
7.5
Letters Live from the Archive: International Women’s Day
as Self
2021
8.0
Cinderella: A Comic Relief Pantomime for Christmas
as Fairy Godmother
2020
6.4
The Father
as Anne
2020
8.1
Becoming You
as Narrator
2020
7.0
Nasrin
as Narrator
2020
10.0
Staged
as Olivia
2020
7.9
Turtle Journey: The Crisis in Our Oceans
as Mummy Turtle
2020
7.4
Children In Need 2019: Got It Covered
as Self
2019
9.0
Them That Follow
as Hope
2019
5.0
Kilimanjaro: The Bigger Red Nose Climb
as Self / Narrator
2019
0.0
Les Misérables
as Madame Thénardier
2018
7.4
Watership Down
as Strawberry (voice)
2018
6.8
Let's Dance
as Segment: "Coffee to Go"
2018
6.1
The Favourite
as Queen Anne
2018
7.5
Unexpected Item
as The Till (voice)
2018
0.0
The Super Squirrels
as Narrator
2018
0.0
All The World's a Stage
as The Narrator
2018
4.5
🎬
The Private Life of the Royal Academy
2018
0.0
Flatpack Empire
as Self - Narrator (voice)
2018
0.0
The Alternativity
as Narrator
2017
6.8
Murder on the Orient Express
as Hildegarde Schmidt
2017
6.7
National Theatre Archive: Mosquitoes
as Jenny
2017
7.7
We're Going on a Bear Hunt
as Mum (voice)
2016
6.5
The Crown
as Queen Elizabeth II
2016
8.2
Thomas & Friends: Tinsel on the Tracks
as Marion (voice)
2016
7.5
The Extraordinary Case of Alex Lewis
as Self - Narrator (voice)
2016
0.0
Fleabag
as Godmother
2016
8.3
Attenborough at 90
as Self
2016
8.0
Flowers
as Deborah Flowers
2016
7.3
Our Queen at Ninety
as Self - Narrator
2016
6.0
Behind Closed Doors
as narrator
2016
3.5
The Story of Cats
as Narrator (voice)
2016
8.2
The Night Manager
as Angela Burr
2016
7.8
The Secret Life of the Zoo
as Narrator
2016
6.2
The Lobster
as Hotel Manager
2015
7.0
Earth's Natural Wonders
2015
7.0
Earth's Natural Wonders
2015
8.0
Thomas & Friends: Sodor's Legend of the Lost Treasure: The Movie
as Marion (voice)
2015
6.2
David Attenborough Meets President Obama
as Self - Narrator (voice)
2015
7.8
London Road
as Julie
2015
5.6
The Late Late Show with James Corden
as Self - Guest
2015
5.3
The Secrets
as Pippa
2014
6.0
Thomas & Friends: Tale of the Brave: The Movie
as Marion
2014
6.4
The Great War: The People's Story
as Narrator
2014
6.1
Pudsey the Dog: The Movie
as Nelly the Horse (voice)
2014
5.3
Mr. Sloane
as Janet Sloane
2014
7.2
Locke
as Bethan (voice)
2014
6.9
W1A
as Sally Owen
2014
7.8
The Kármán Line
as Sarah
2014
6.4
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
2014
5.8
Cuban Fury
as Sam
2014
6.1
Duck Quacks Don't Echo
2014
5.7
🎬
The Kumars
as Self
2014
5.0
The 7.39
as Maggie Matthews
2014
6.7
The Thirteenth Tale
as Margaret
2013
6.5
The Five(ish) Doctors Reboot
as Self
2013
7.9
Run
as Carol
2013
7.1
The Murder in Angel Lane
as Susan Spencer
2013
7.0
Broadchurch
as DS Ellie Miller
2013
7.9
I Give It a Year
as Linda
2013
5.5
Hyde Park on Hudson
as Queen Elizabeth
2012
5.2
Bad Sugar
as Joan Cauldwell
2012
6.0
The Hoarder Next Door
as Self - Narrator
2012
7.0
Honest Trailers
as Mrs. Scrubbit (archive footage)
2012
6.4
Honest Trailers
as Sonya Falsworth (archive footage)
2012
6.4
The Iron Lady
as Carol Thatcher
2011
6.4
Tyrannosaur
as Hannah
2011
7.2
See Me
as Miss
2011
0.0
Exile
2011
7.4
Twenty Twelve
as Sally Owen
2011
7.2
Accused
as Sue Brown
2010
8.1
Rev.
as Alex
2010
7.4
🎬
Mister Eleven
as Beth
2009
5.7
Le Donk & Scor-zay-zee
as Olivia
2009
6.0
Consuming Passion
as Janet / Nurse Violetta Kiss
2008
7.1
Beautiful People
as Debbie Doonan
2008
7.0
Hancock & Joan
as Marion
2008
4.9
Dog Altogether
as Anita
2007
6.8
The Time of Your Life
as Amanda
2007
7.0
The Time of Your Life
as Amanda
2007
10.0
Would I Lie to You?
as Self
2007
7.7
Grow Your Own
as Alice
2007
6.6
I Could Never Be Your Woman
as Hairdresser
2007
5.9
The Grey Man
as Linda Dodds
2007
0.0
The Graham Norton Show
as Self - Guest
2007
7.2
The Graham Norton Show
as Self
2007
7.2
Hot Fuzz
as PC Doris Thatcher
2007
7.6
Skins
as Gina
2007
8.1
That Mitchell and Webb Look
as Various Characters
2006
7.7
The One Show
as Self
2006
4.5
Confetti
as Joanna
2006
5.5
ShakespeaRe-Told
as Ursula
2005
7.5
Much Ado About Nothing
as Ursula
2005
8.0
Love Soup
as Penny
2005
8.0
Zemanovaload
as TV Producer
2005
5.2
The Robinsons
2005
6.0
Doctor Who
as Mother
2005
7.5
🎬
Buried Alive
2005
0.0
Who Do You Think You Are?
as Self
2004
6.7
Green Wing
as Harriet Schulenburg
2004
8.0
NY-LON
2004
5.8
Murder in Suburbia
2004
7.1
Peep Show
as Sophie Chapman
2003
8.0
Swiss Toni
2003
7.0
Look Around You
as Pam Bachelor
2002
8.1
Ant & Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway
as Self
2002
6.0
The Mitchell and Webb Situation
2001
7.8
The Mitchell and Webb Situation
as Various
2001
7.8
The Office
as Helena
2001
7.8
Black Books
as Tanya
2000
8.1
Bruiser
2000
6.8
People Like Us
1999
7.9
Midsomer Murders
as Bernice
1997
7.5
GMTV
as Self
1993
5.6
The Simpsons
as Lily (voice)
1989
8.0
Natural World
as Narrator
1983
7.1
The Oscars
as Self
1953
7.0
🎬
Nuclear Bogeyheads
as Martha
N/A
0.0
Wicker
N/A
0.0
Girl from the North Country
as Elizabeth Laine
N/A
0.0
🎬
Pride & Prejudice
as Mrs. Bennet
N/A
0.0
National Theatre Live: Mosquitoes
as Jenny
N/A
0.0