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).
76 movies · 69 shows
Jimpa
2026·8.5
The Roses
2025·6.7
Girl from the North Country
2024·7.0
Paddington in Peru
2024·6.8
An A to Z of Paddington
2024·0.0
Wicked Little Letters
2024·6.9
Wonka
2023·7.0
Change the Ending
2023·0.0
Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of Secret Invasion
2023·5.2
Empire of Light
2022·6.6
Puss in Boots: The Last Wish
2022·8.2
Scrooge: A Christmas Carol
2022·6.8
Joyride
2022·5.8
Superworm
2021·6.4
The Lost Daughter
2021·6.5
Mothering Sunday
2021·5.4
The Electrical Life of Louis Wain
2021·6.9
Ron's Gone Wrong
2021·7.9
The Mitchells vs. the Machines
2021·7.8
Letters Live from the Archive: Union Chapel
2021·7.0
Letters Live from the Archive: Freemasons’ Hall
2021·7.5
Letters Live from the Archive: International Women’s Day
2021·8.0
Cinderella: A Comic Relief Pantomime for Christmas
2020·6.3
The Father
2020·8.1
Nasrin
2020·10.0
Children In Need 2019: Got It Covered
2019·9.0
Them That Follow
2019·5.0
Kilimanjaro: The Bigger Red Nose Climb
2019·0.0
Let's Dance
2018·6.1
The Favourite
2018·7.5
Unexpected Item
2018·6.0
The Super Squirrels
2018·9.0
All The World's a Stage
2018·4.5
The Private Life of the Royal Academy
2018·0.0
The Alternativity
2017·6.8
Murder on the Orient Express
2017·6.7
National Theatre Archive: Mosquitoes
2017·7.7
We're Going on a Bear Hunt
2016·6.8
Thomas & Friends: Tinsel on the Tracks
2016·7.5
Attenborough at 90
2016·8.0
The Extraordinary Case of Alex Lewis
2016·0.0
Our Queen at Ninety
2016·6.0
Behind Closed Doors
2016·3.5
Thomas & Friends: Start Your Engines!
2016·6.2
The Lobster
2015·7.0
Thomas & Friends: Sodor's Legend of the Lost Treasure: The Movie
2015·6.2
David Attenborough Meets President Obama
2015·7.8
London Road
2015·5.5
Pudsey the Dog: The Movie
2014·5.3
Thomas & Friends: Tale of the Brave
2014·6.3
Locke
2014·6.9
The Kármán Line
2014·6.7
Cuban Fury
2014·6.1
The Thirteenth Tale
2013·6.6
The Five(ish) Doctors Reboot
2013·7.8
The Murder in Angel Lane
2013·6.9
I Give It a Year
2013·5.5
Hyde Park on Hudson
2012·5.3
Bad Sugar
2012·6.0
The Iron Lady
2011·6.4
Tyrannosaur
2011·7.2
See Me
2011·0.0
Le Donk & Scor-zay-zee
2009·6.0
Consuming Passion
2008·6.4
Hancock & Joan
2008·4.1
Dog Altogether
2007·6.8
The Time of Your Life
2007·10.0
Grow Your Own
2007·6.5
I Could Never Be Your Woman
2007·5.9
The Grey Man
2007·6.0
Hot Fuzz
2007·7.6
Green Wing Special
2007·10.0
Confetti
2006·5.4
Much Ado About Nothing
2005·8.2
Zemanovaload
2005·5.6
Buried Alive
2005·0.0