
Olivia Colman
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 | Acting |
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Most Rating | 18.695 |
Birthday | 1974-01-30 |
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, |

2006

Confetti
5.5/63
A mockumentary that follows three couples as they battle it out to win the coveted title of 'Most Original Wedding of the Year'.
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2021

The Electrical Life of Louis Wain
6.9/453
The extraordinary true story of eccentric British artist Louis Wain, whose playful, sometimes even psychedelic pictures helped to transform the public...
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2023

Wonka
7.1/3750
Willy Wonka – chock-full of ideas and determined to change the world one delectable bite at a time – is proof that the best things in life begin with...
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Wonka

2007

Hot Fuzz
7.6/7659
Former London constable Nicholas Angel finds it difficult to adapt to his new assignment in the sleepy British village of Sandford. Not only does he m...
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Girl from the North Country
0/0
Nick Laine's wife is suffering from dementia. Their daughter Marianne has a guarded secret that no one can explain, she will start a relationship with...
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Girl from the North Country

2009

Le Donk & Scor-zay-zee
5.923/26
An improvised comedy, shot over five days by Shane Meadows, devised with and starring Paddy Considine. Rock roadie and failed musician, Le Donk has li...
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2005

Zemanovaload
5.2/7
John Davies suffers from multiple obsessive compulsive disorders. When his current model girlfriend leaves him, he decides to replace her with the num...
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Zemanovaload

2016

Attenborough at 90
8/1
In celebration of his ninetieth birthday, Sir David Attenborough shares extraordinary highlights of his life and career with broadcaster Kirsty Young,...
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2021

Ron's Gone Wrong
7.9/1877
In a world where walking, talking, digitally connected bots have become children's best friends, an 11-year-old finds that his robot buddy doesn't qui...
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Ron's Gone Wrong

2007

I Could Never Be Your Woman
5.9/420
Mother Nature loves to cause mischief, and she steps in to help two love-starved souls find happiness. She helps an aging professional woman and singl...
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2019

Children In Need 2019: Got It Covered
9/3
Ten big name actors, including Jim Broadbent, Jodie Whittaker, David Tennant and Olivia Colman, come together to record an album for Children In Need
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2021

Superworm
6.6/8
Superworm is super-long and super-strong, and is always saving the day. But who can save him when he gets too full of himself and is captured by the e...
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2018

The Super Squirrels
0/0
The squirrel family is one of the most widespread on earth, so what is the secret to their success? There are squirrels that can glide through the air...
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The Super Squirrels

2011

The Iron Lady
6.4/1740
A look at the life of Margaret Thatcher, the former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, with a focus on the price she paid for power.
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2008

Consuming Passion
7.1/6
Celebrating the 100th anniversary of the popular romance publishing phenomenon Mills & Boon, a colourful and camp drama which charts the witty and mov...
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Consuming Passion

2011

Tyrannosaur
7.258/454
The story of Joseph, a man plagued by violence and a rage that is driving him to self-destruction. As Joseph's life spirals into turmoil a chance of r...
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2024

Paddington in Peru
7/105
Paddington travels to Peru to visit his beloved Aunt Lucy, who now resides at the Home for Retired Bears. With the Brown Family in tow, a thrilling ad...
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Paddington in Peru

2012

Hyde Park on Hudson
5.3/193
The story of the love affair between FDR and his distant cousin Margaret Stuckley, centered around the weekend in 1939 when the King and Queen of the...
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Hyde Park on Hudson

2013

I Give It a Year
5.5/758
After a quick courtship, two lovers hastily decide to tie the knot. As their first year of marriage unfolds, temptation and incompatibility put their...
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I Give It a Year

2014

Locke
6.909/2696
Ivan Locke has worked hard to craft a good life for himself. Tonight, that life will collapse around him. On the eve of the biggest challenge of his c...
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2024

Wicked Little Letters
6.957/440
When the denizens of Littlehampton – including conservative Edith – begin receiving letters full of hilarious profanities, rowdy Irish migrant Rose is...
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Wicked Little Letters

2016

The Extraordinary Case of Alex Lewis
0/0
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2013

The Murder in Angel Lane
7/23
When Mr. Whicher, a retired policeman, helps a country lady to find her niece, he is drawn into a disturbing case of murder which brings him up agains...
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The Murder in Angel Lane

2013

The Thirteenth Tale
6.5/63
Biographer Margaret Lea travels to the isolated rural mansion of the famous writer Vida Winter, who asks her to write her biography. Although initiall...
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The Thirteenth Tale

2013

The Five(ish) Doctors Reboot
7.9/56
With the 50th anniversary of Doctor Who about to film, the "classic" Doctors Peter Davison, Colin Baker and Sylvester McCoy are keen to be involved. B...
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2019

Kilimanjaro: The Bigger Red Nose Climb
0/0
Nine famous faces are pushed to their physical and emotional limits in a valiant attempt to scale Mount Kilimanjaro, Africa's highest mountain, to rai...
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2014

Cuban Fury
6.1/323
Beneath Bruce Garrett's under-confident, overweight exterior, the passionate heart of a salsa king lies dormant. Now, one woman is about to reignite h...
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2022

Puss in Boots: The Last Wish
8.2/8010
Puss in Boots discovers that his passion for adventure has taken its toll: He has burned through eight of his nine lives, leaving him with only one li...
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Wicker
0/0
On the outskirts of a village by the sea, lives a Fisherwoman; smelly, single and perpetually ridiculed. One day, fed up with her stuffy, small-minded...
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Wicker

2022

Scrooge: A Christmas Carol
6.8/441
On a cold Christmas Eve, selfish miser Ebenezer Scrooge has one night left to face his past — and change the future — before time runs out.
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Scrooge: A Christmas Carol

2018

The Private Life of the Royal Academy
0/0
Filmed over 5 years, this documentary goes behind the scenes at one of Britain's most remarkable institutions as it celebrates its 250th anniversary....
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The Private Life of the Royal Academy

2014

Pudsey the Dog: The Movie
5.4/30
Pudsey the cheeky London stray dog is quite happy being a lone ranger, looking out for number one, until he meets siblings Molly, George and Tommy. Af...
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Pudsey the Dog: The Movie

2007

Dog Altogether
6.8/11
Joseph is a man plagued by a violence and rage who is driving him to self destruction. As he falls further into turmoil, Joseph scours the landscape i...
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2014

Thomas & Friends: Tale of the Brave: The Movie
6.531/16
Thomas is working at the Clay Pits when a storm closes in and the rain makes the clay cliffs unstable. A flash of lightning reveals what looks like gi...
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Thomas & Friends: Tale of the Brave: The Movie


Nuclear Bogeyheads
0/0
Lost direct-to-video action comedy
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2005

Buried Alive
0/0
A comic tale of one man's quest for world fame by burying alive himself for a month.
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Buried Alive

2015

London Road
5.8/34
London Road is a musical drama that documents the events of 2006, when the quiet rural town of Ipswich was shattered by the discovery of the bodies of...
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2023

Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of Secret Invasion
5/24
Through in-depth interviews with cast and crew, and exclusive behind-the-scenes footage, Assembled uncovers how Marvel Studios’ “Secret Invasion” was...
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Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of Secret Invasion

2015

The Lobster
7/6316
In a dystopian near future, single people, according to the laws of The City, are taken to The Hotel, where they are obliged to find a romantic partne...
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The Lobster

2014

The Kármán Line
6.4/12
When a mother is hit by a rare condition that sees her lift off the ground at a slow but ever increasing rate, her husband and daughter are forced to...
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The Kármán Line

2007

Grow Your Own
6.6/14
A refugee family are given an allotment plot and are met with suspicion by the people who have worked the gardens for years
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Grow Your Own

2015

Thomas & Friends: Sodor's Legend of the Lost Treasure: The Movie
6.3/21
Shiver me timbers. Surprises await Thomas and his friends as they dig up their most daring adventure yet. Unearthing an old pirate ship, Thomas is on...
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The Roses
0/0
Ivy and Theo, the picture-perfect couple who have successful careers, great kids, and an enviable sex life. But underneath the façade of the perfect f...
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The Roses

2018

The Favourite
7.5/5542
England, early 18th century. The close relationship between Queen Anne and Sarah Churchill is threatened by the arrival of Sarah's cousin, Abigail Hil...
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The Favourite

2023

Change the Ending
0/0
Not all fairy tales end the way we expect. Alzhemier Research charity promotional film.
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2025

Jimpa
0/0
Hannah takes her nonbinary teenager, Frances, to Amsterdam to visit their gay grandfather, Jim — lovingly known as Jimpa. But Frances’ desire to stay...
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2012

Bad Sugar
6/1
A dysfunctional, wealthy mining dynasty, with an ailing patriarch and some greedy siblings. A peculiarly British take on telenovela style melodramas,...
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2008

Hancock & Joan
4.9/4
Drama which tells the story of comedian Tony Hancock's love affair with his friend's wife, and her fight to save the man and his career.
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Hancock & Joan

2015

David Attenborough Meets President Obama
7.8/4
On his 89th birthday, renowned English broadcaster and naturalist Sir David Attenborough pays his first ever visit to the White House to be interviewe...
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2016

We're Going on a Bear Hunt
6.5/13
We're Going on a Bear Hunt follows the intrepid adventures of siblings Stan, Katie, Rosie, Max, the baby and Rufus the dog, who decide one day to go o...
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We're Going on a Bear Hunt

2017

Murder on the Orient Express
6.7/10012
Genius Belgian detective Hercule Poirot investigates the murder of an American tycoon aboard the Orient Express train.
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Murder on the Orient Express

2016

Thomas & Friends: Tinsel on the Tracks
7.5/2
Thomas & Friends Christmas movie, 2016.
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Thomas & Friends: Tinsel on the Tracks

2011

See Me
0/0
Three 16 year old school girls and their 30-something teacher are trapped in one room on a school detention. They are bored, frustrated and waiting fo...
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See Me

2007

The Time of Your Life
10/1
A 35 year old woman, Kate, awakes from an eighteen year coma following a tragic accident to an unfamiliar world. As she tries to make sense of what ha...
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The Time of Your Life

2019

Them That Follow
5/80
A Pentecostal pastor, Lemuel Childs, and his believers handle venomous snakes to prove themselves before God. Lemuel’s daughter, Mara holds a secret t...
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Them That Follow

2017

The Alternativity
6.75/4
The story of how Britain’s favourite artist Banksy teamed up with Britain’s favourite film director Danny Boyle to put on a moving nativity play at Th...
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The Alternativity

2015

Earth's Natural Wonders
8/3
Across our planet there are a handful of places that just take your breath away: Everest, The Grand Canyon, Victoria Falls, The Amazon. We call them N...
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Earth's Natural Wonders

2016

Behind Closed Doors
3.5/2
Victims of domestic violence bravely face the camera as they describe the horrors they've endured at the hands of those they love.
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Behind Closed Doors

2018

Let's Dance
6.2/9
Justin Peck, the New York City Ballet's resident choreographer, created a series of dances for 2018's best actors. The scenarios put everyday charact...
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Let's Dance

2018

All The World's a Stage
4.5/2
All The World's A Stage is about an actor who loses his sense of identity and feels he can no longer perform. Due to this loss, he decides to quit the...
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All The World's a Stage

2020

The Father
8.1/3246
A man refuses all assistance from his daughter as he ages and, as he tries to make sense of his changing circumstances, he begins to doubt his loved o...
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The Father

2016

Our Queen at Ninety
6/4
Documentary following the Queen and members of the British Royal Family.
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Our Queen at Ninety

2020

Turtle Journey: The Crisis in Our Oceans
7.6/5
The story of a turtle family making their way home through a damaged and changing ocean. A powerful message about the threats the oceans are facing, a...
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Turtle Journey: The Crisis in Our Oceans

2021

The Lost Daughter
6.498/986
A woman's seaside vacation takes a dark turn when her obsession with a young mother forces her to confront secrets from her past.
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The Lost Daughter

2021

The Mitchells vs. the Machines
7.9/2994
A quirky, dysfunctional family's road trip is upended when they find themselves in the middle of the robot apocalypse and suddenly become humanity's u...
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The Mitchells vs. the Machines

2005

Much Ado About Nothing
8/4
Tensions mount in the TV studio when a take-charge anchor is reunited with a man she has a "history" with.
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Much Ado About Nothing

2021

Mothering Sunday
5.4/105
On a warm spring day in 1924, house maid and foundling Jane Fairchild finds herself alone on Mother's Day. Her employers, Mr. and Mrs. Niven, are out...
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Mothering Sunday

2018

Unexpected Item
0/0
Sometimes you get more than you pay for, but life advice from a self service check out, is probably the strangest deal you'll get in the supermarket t...
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Unexpected Item

2022

Joyride
5.9/44
12-year-old Mully has lost his mother and discovers his debt-ridden father stealing the charity money they've raised in her name. Grabbing the cash, M...
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Joyride

2020

Nasrin
10/2
Secretly filmed in Iran for over two years, Nasrin is an immersive portrait of human rights activist and political prisoner Nasrin Sotoudeh and Iran’s...
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Nasrin

2017

National Theatre Archive: Mosquitoes
7.7/3
In 2008, as the Large Hadron Collider searches for the Higgs boson, tragedy throws two sisters together. The collision threatens them all with chaos....
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National Theatre Archive: Mosquitoes

2020

Cinderella: A Comic Relief Pantomime for Christmas
6.6/8
Olivia Colman leads a stellar cast of actors, entertainers and comedians in a very special ‘stay-at-home’ adaptation of Cinderella for Comic Relief.
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Cinderella: A Comic Relief Pantomime for Christmas

2021

Letters Live from the Archive: International Women’s Day
8/2
Celebrate International Women’s Day with this brand new inspiring film from LETTERS LIVE. In “LETTERS LIVE from the Archive: International Women’s Day...
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Letters Live from the Archive: International Women’s Day

2021

Letters Live from the Archive: Freemasons’ Hall
7.5/1
Inspired by "Letters of Note", the bestselling anthology compiled by Shaun Usher, and "To the Letter" by Simon Garfield, Letters Live is a series of c...
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Letters Live from the Archive: Freemasons’ Hall

2021

Letters Live from the Archive: Union Chapel
7/1
Since 2017, Letters Live has produced 11 shows at the Union Chapel, with no two shows being the same.
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Letters Live from the Archive: Union Chapel

2022

Empire of Light
6.662/557
The duty manager of a seaside cinema, who is struggling with her mental health, forms a relationship with a new employee on the south coast of England...
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Empire of Light

2007

The Grey Man
0/0
Kevin Dodds is a browbeaten deputy bank manager who devises a cunning plan to rob his own bank. Based on the Andy McNab novel.
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The Grey Man

2024

An A to Z of Paddington
0/0
Dive deep into the lore and influence of Paddington in this feel-good documentary composed of beautiful illustrations and interviews with famous fans.
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National Theatre Live: Mosquitoes
0/0
Alice is a scientist. She lives in Geneva. As the Large Hadron Collider starts up in 2008, she is on the brink of the most exciting work of her life,...
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