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).
2005 • TV
2016 • TV
2016 • TV
2015 • TV
2022 • Movie
2023 • Movie
as Mama Bear (voice)
as Mrs. Scrubbit
as PC Doris Thatcher
as Ivy Rose
as Reverend Mother
as Hildegarde Schmidt
as Hotel Manager
as Joan Cauldwell
as Margaret
as Sarah
as Self
as Queen Anne
as Hannah
as Joanna
as Donka (voice)
as Edith Swan
as Narrator (voice)
as Narrator
Producer
Producer
Executive Producer
Executive Producer
as Mother
1 episodes
as Angela Burr
7 episodes
as Queen Elizabeth II
21 episodes
as Self - Guest
1 episodes
as Gina
1 episodes
as Chef Terry
3 episodes
as Sarah Nelson
10 episodes
as Sonya Falsworth
6 episodes
as Narrator
1 episodes
as Miss Havisham
6 episodes
as Sophie Chapman
33 episodes
as DS Ellie Miller
24 episodes
as Self
2 episodes
as Godmother
9 episodes
as Self
1 episodes
as Tanya
1 episodes
as Helena
1 episodes
as Strawberry (voice)
2 episodes
as Self
1 episodes
as Pam Bachelor
6 episodes
Executive Producer
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