Olivia Colman

Actress | Soundtrack

Olivia Colman was born on January 30, 1974 in Norwich, Norfolk, England as Sarah Caroline Olivia ...

Born: January 30, 1974

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Filmography

Known For

The Favourite Queen Anne (2018)
Tyrannosaur Hannah (2011)
The Lobster Hotel Manager (2015)
Known For

Hot Fuzz PC Doris Thatcher (2007)
Actress

The Crown Queen Elizabeth II (2019)
Les Misérables Madame Thenardier (2019)
Them That Follow Hope (2019)
Unexpected Item Till (2018)
Watership Down Strawberry (2018)
Thomas & Friends: Meet the Characters! Marion (UK & US) (2018)
Thomas & Friends: Here Comes the Steam Team! Marion (UK & US) (2018)
Thomas & Friends: Big World! Big Adventures! Marion (UK & US) (2014-2018)
The Favourite Queen Anne (2018)
Flowers Deborah (2016-2018)
All The World's A Stage The Narrator (2018)
Murder on the Orient Express Hildegarde Schmidt (2017)
Broadchurch Ellie Miller (2013-2017)
We're Going on a Bear Hunt Mum (2016)
Thomas & Friends: Full Steam to the Rescue! Marion (UK & US) (2016)
Thomas & Friends: Tinsel on the Tracks Marion (UK & US) (2016)
Fleabag Godmother (2016)
The Night Manager Angela Burr (2016)
Drunk History: UK Ethel Le Neve (2016)
Thomas & Friends: Start Your Engines! Marion (UK & US) (2016)
Peep Show Sophie Chapman (2003-2015)
Thomas & Friends: Sodor's Legend of the Lost Treasure Marion (UK & US) (2015)
London Road Julie (2015)
The Lobster Hotel Manager (2015)
Thomas & Friends: Dinos and Discoveries Marion (UK & US) (2015)
Thomas & Friends: Signals Crossed Marion (UK & US) (2014)
The Secrets Pippa (2014)
Thomas & Friends: Tale of the Brave Marion (UK & US) (2014)
Pudsey the Dog: The Movie Nelly The Horse (2014)
Mr. Sloane Janet Sloane (2014)
Rev. Alex Smallbone (2010-2014)
W1A Sally Owen (2014)
The Karman Line Sarah (2014)
Cuban Fury Sam (2014)
This Is Jinsy Joan Jenkins (2014)
The 7.39 Maggie Matthews (2014)
The Thirteenth Tale Margaret Lea (2013)
The Five(ish) Doctors Reboot Olivia Colman (2013)
Locke Bethan (2013)
Run Carol (2013)
The Suspicions of Mr Whicher: The Murder in Angel Lane Susan Spencer (2013)
I Give It a Year Linda (2013)
Bad Sugar Joan Cauldwell (2012)
Hyde Park on Hudson Elizabeth (2012)
Accused Sue Brown (2012)
Twenty Twelve Sally Owen (2011-2012)
The Iron Lady Carol Thatcher (2011)
See Me Miss (2011)
Exile Nancy Ronstadt (2011)
Comic Relief: Uptown Downstairs Abbey O'Brien (2011)
Tyrannosaur Hannah (2011)
Arrietty Homily (2010)
Doctor Who Mother (2010)
Beautiful People Debbie Doonan (2008-2009)
Mister Eleven Beth (2009)
Midsomer Murders Bernice (2009)
Le Donk & Scor-zay-zee Olivia (2009)
Skins Gina Campbell (2009)
Consuming Passion Janet / Nurse Violetta Kiss (2008)
That Mitchell and Webb Look Julie (2006-2008)
Hancock & Joan Marion (2008)
Love Soup Penny (2008)
Dog Altogether Anita (2007)
The Time of Your Life Amanda (2007)
Grow Your Own Alice (2007)
Hot Fuzz: Hot Funk: The TV Version PC Doris Thatcher (2007)
I Could Never Be Your Woman Hairdresser (2007)
The Grey Man Linda Dodds (2007)
Hot Fuzz PC Doris Thatcher (2007)
Green Wing Harriet Schulenburg (2004-2006)
Confetti Joanna (2006)
Angell's Hell Belinda (2005)
ShakespeaRe-Told Ursula (2005)
Buried Alive (2005)
Zemanovaload TV Producer (2005)
One Day Ian's mother (2005)
Murder in Suburbia Ellie (2005)
The Robinsons Connie (2005)
Help (2005)
Look Around You Pam Bachelor (2005)
Coming Up Receptionist (2004)
NY-LON Lucy (2004)
Swiss Toni Linda Byron (2004)
Terkel in Trouble Terkel's Mum (2004)
Black Books Tanya (2004)
The Strategic Humor Initiative Various Characters (2003)
Eyes Down Mandy Foster (2003)
Gash Various (2003)
The Office Helena (2002)
Holby City Kim Prebble (2002)
Rescue Me Paula (2002)
The Mitchell and Webb Situation Various (2001)
Comedy Lab Linda (2001)
Mr Charity Distressed Mother (2001)
Life as We Know It Penny (2001)
People Like Us (2001)
Actress

Bruiser Screenwriter (2000)
Soundtrack

The Lobster (2015)
Midsomer Murders (2009)
Hot Fuzz (2007)
Soundtrack

Confetti (2006)
Archive footage

Good Morning Britain (2019)
Would I Lie to You? (2019)
Jeremy Vine (2019)
CBS This Morning: Saturday (2018)
Hoy nos toca (2017)
Lorraine (2016)
Too Much TV (2016)
London Road: Behind the Scenes (2015)
The One Show (2014)
The Graham Norton Show (2013)
The Iron Lady: Creating Margaret Thatcher (2011)
Archive footage

Best of the Monsters (2011)
Untitled 'Peep Show' Documentary (2005)

Awards

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Trivia

Is the daughter of Mary (Leakey), a nurse, and Keith Colman, a chartered surveyor.

[on The Suspicions of Mr Whicher: The Murder in Angel Lane (2013)] I had already agreed to do this before I'd even read the script, because Paddy [Paddy Considine] was in it. It was weird acting with him because, on Tyrannosaur (2011), he was the ...