:Olivia Colman
{{Short description|British actress (born 1974)}}
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{{Infobox person
| name = Olivia Colman
| honorific_suffix = CBE
| image = Olivia Colman 2022 (cropped 3).jpg
| caption = Colman in 2022
| birth_name = Sarah Caroline Colman
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=y|1974|1|30}}
| birth_place = Norwich, Norfolk, England
| education = {{Ubl | Homerton College, Cambridge | Bristol Old Vic Theatre School}}
| occupation = Actress
| years active = 2000–present
| spouse = {{marriage|Ed Sinclair|2001}}
| children = 3
| awards = Full list
}}
Sarah Caroline Sinclair {{post-nominals|country=GBR|CBE|size=}} ({{nee}} Colman; born 30 January 1974), known professionally as Olivia Colman,{{efn|There was already a member of Equity (the UK actors' union) using the name Sarah Colman, so Colman chose Olivia as a stage name; she later took her husband's surname when they married.}} is an English actress. She has received various accolades, including an Academy Award, four BAFTA Awards, two Emmy Awards, three Golden Globe Awards, and a Volpi Cup.
A graduate of the Bristol Old Vic Theatre School, Colman's breakthrough came in the Channel 4 sitcom Peep Show (2003–2015). Her other comedic roles on television include Green Wing (2004–2006), That Mitchell and Webb Look (2006–2008), Beautiful People (2008–2009), Rev. (2010–2014), Flowers (2016–2018), and Fleabag (2016–2019). Colman received the BAFTA Award for Best Female Comedy Performance for the comedy series Twenty Twelve (2011–2012) and Best Supporting Actress for the crime series Accused (2012).{{cite web |url=http://awards.bafta.org/award/2013/television |title=Television in 2013 |website=BAFTA Awards |access-date=13 October 2019 |archive-date=22 October 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191022180904/http://awards.bafta.org/award/2013/television |url-status=live}}
She earned acclaim for her performance in the ITV crime-drama series Broadchurch (2013–2017), for which she received the British Academy Television Award for Best Actress, and in the BBC One thriller miniseries The Night Manager (2016), for which she received the Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress. She played Queen Elizabeth II from 2019 to 2020 in the Netflix period drama series The Crown, for which she received the Golden Globe Award and the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress. Her other television credits include Les Misérables (2019), Landscapers (2021), and Heartstopper (2022–2023).
For her portrayal of Anne, Queen of Great Britain in the period black-comedy film The Favourite (2018), Colman won the Academy Award for Best Actress. She received further Academy Award nominations for her performances in the dramas The Father (2020) and The Lost Daughter (2021). Her other notable film credits include Tyrannosaur (2011), The Iron Lady (2011), Hyde Park on Hudson (2012), Locke (2013), The Lobster (2015), Empire of Light (2022), Puss in Boots: The Last Wish (2022), Wonka (2023), Wicked Little Letters (2023), and Paddington in Peru (2024).
Early life and education
Sarah Caroline Colman{{cite web |title=Class act: Is Olivia Colman Britain's most versatile actress? |first=Gerard |last=Gilbert |date=2 March 2013 |website=The Independent |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/profiles/class-act-olivia-colman-britain-s-most-versatile-actress-8513853.html |access-date=5 September 2021 |archive-date=27 March 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190327134343/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/profiles/class-act-is-olivia-colman-britains-most-versatile-actress-8513853.html |url-status=live}} was born in Norwich on 30 January 1974,{{cite web |url=https://news.sky.com/story/olivia-colman-reveals-battle-with-wikipedia-over-her-age-11619990 |title=Olivia Colman reveals battle with Wikipedia over her age |date=28 January 2019 |publisher=Sky News |access-date=14 October 2019 |archive-date=29 September 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190929122124/https://news.sky.com/story/olivia-colman-reveals-battle-with-wikipedia-over-her-age-11619990 |url-status=live}}{{cite news |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/films/news/olivia-colman-wikipedia-age-the-favourite-oscars-2019-best-actress-david-tennant-podcast-a8749821.html |title=Olivia Colman battled with Wikipedia to get her incorrect age changed |date=28 January 2019 |newspaper=The Independent |access-date=14 October 2019 |archive-date=15 March 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200315230809/https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/films/news/olivia-colman-wikipedia-age-the-favourite-oscars-2019-best-actress-david-tennant-podcast-a8749821.html |url-status=live}} the daughter of nurse Mary (née Leakey) and chartered surveyor Keith Colman.{{cite news |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/tvandradio/9475569/Olivia-Colman-interview.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220110/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/tvandradio/9475569/Olivia-Colman-interview.html |archive-date=10 January 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |title=Olivia Colman interview |last=Husband |first=Stuart |date=20 August 2012 |newspaper=The Daily Telegraph |location=London, UK |access-date=22 March 2013}}{{cbignore}}{{cite news |url=http://www.ipswichstar.co.uk/what-s-on/olivia-colman-who-do-you-think-you-are-bbc-1-5589663 |title=Check out the photograph from Olivia Colman's family album which appears on her episode of 'Who Do You Think You Are?' |first=Stacia |last=Briggs |date=3 July 2018 |newspaper=Ipswich Star |access-date=14 October 2019 |archive-date=22 March 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190322062036/https://www.ipswichstar.co.uk/what-s-on/olivia-colman-who-do-you-think-you-are-bbc-1-5589663 |url-status=dead}}
She was privately educated at Norwich High School for Girls and then sixth form at Gresham's School in Holt, Norfolk. Colman's first role was Jean Brodie in a school production of The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie at age 16.{{cite news |url=http://www.bigissue.com/features/letter-my-younger-self/2228/olivia-colman-i-immediately-knew-i-would-marry-him |title=Olivia Colman: "I immediately knew I would marry him" |first=Jane |last=Graham |date=15 May 2013 |newspaper=The Big Issue |access-date=12 December 2015 |archive-date=25 April 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160425140758/http://www.bigissue.com/features/letter-my-younger-self/2228/olivia-colman-i-immediately-knew-i-would-marry-him |url-status=dead}} She cites her mother's interrupted career as a ballet dancer as an inspiration to pursue acting professionally.{{cite podcast |url=https://player.fm/series/david-tennant-does-a-podcast-with/olivia-colman |title=David Tennant Does a Podcast With... |website=Player.fm |publisher=Somethin' Else/No Mystery |host=Tennant, David |date=28 January 2019 |access-date=20 February 2019 |archive-date=22 March 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190322062029/https://player.fm/series/david-tennant-does-a-podcast-with/olivia-colman |url-status=live}} Colman spent a term studying primary education at Homerton College, Cambridge before studying drama at the Bristol Old Vic Theatre School, from which she graduated in 1999. During her time at Cambridge, she appeared in the Channel 4 series The Word in 1995 under her nickname "Colly",{{cite web |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4wlLTSCPOcg |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211213/4wlLTSCPOcg |archive-date=13 December 2021 |url-status=live |title=The Word s05e06 13/01/1995 – Sleeper, Frank Bruno, Aaliyah, Marc Almond, McAlmont |date=2 June 2015 |via=www.youtube.com |access-date=25 October 2021}}{{cbignore}} auditioned for the Cambridge University Footlights Dramatic Club and met future co-stars David Mitchell and Robert Webb.{{cite news |url=http://www.heraldscotland.com/arts-ents/film/maggie-meryl-and-my-modest-career.1325133456 |title=Maggie, Meryl, and my modest career |date=29 December 2011 |newspaper=The Herald |access-date=14 October 2019 |archive-date=23 February 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150223115418/http://www.heraldscotland.com/arts-ents/film/maggie-meryl-and-my-modest-career.1325133456 |url-status=live}}{{cite web |url=http://www.itv.com/news/2016-01-07/ten-famous-alumni-from-bristols-old-vic-theatre-school/ |title=Famous alumni from Bristol's Old Vic Theatre School |last=Nannar |first=Nina |date=7 January 2016 |website=ITV.com |access-date=10 September 2017 |archive-date=27 March 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190327134853/https://www.itv.com/news/2016-01-07/ten-famous-alumni-from-bristols-old-vic-theatre-school/ |url-status=live}}{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/media/2007/jun/18/comedy.arts |title=Fame is quite scary |first=Sarah |last=Dempster |date=18 June 2007 |newspaper=The Guardian |location=London, UK |access-date=14 October 2019 |archive-date=27 March 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190327123324/https://www.theguardian.com/media/2007/jun/18/comedy.arts |url-status=live}}
Colman had to adopt a different stage name when she began working professionally because Equity (the UK actors' union) already had an actress named Sarah Colman. "One of my best friends at university was called Olivia and I always loved her name," Colman told The Independent in 2013. "I was never Sarah; I was always called by my nickname, Colly, so it didn't seem so awful not to be called Sarah."
In 2018, she traveled to India to trace her family history, which included ancestors that were both posted in India and, possibly, were actually Indian, as well (specifically, the mother of her great great great grandmother, Harriott Slessor).{{cite web |title=Olivia Colman - Who Do You Think You Are - Uncovering East Anglian and French Ancestors... |url=https://www.thegenealogist.co.uk/featuredarticles/2018/who-do-you-think-you-are/olivia-colman-856/ |website=www.thegenealogist.co.uk}}
Career
=2000s: Early work on television=
Colman made her professional acting debut in 2000 at age 26 as part of the BBC Two comedy sketch show, Bruiser. She has appeared in a number of BBC, ITV and Channel 4 television series, such as People Like Us, Look Around You, Black Books, The Office and The Time of Your Life. Colman provided the voice-over for Channel 5's poll for Britain's Funniest Comedy Character.
She regularly appeared on BBC Radio 4 comedies, such as Concrete Cow, Think the Unthinkable, The House of Milton Jones and Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency. Colman was the voice of Minka, the Polish secretary in the Radio 4 comedy Hut 33 set in a fictional code-breaking hut at Bletchley Park during World War II.{{cite web |url=http://hut33.blogspot.com/2009/02/starting-writing-episode.html |title=Starting Writing an Episode |last=Cary |first=James |date=3 February 2009 |website=Hut 33 blog |access-date=10 March 2009 |archive-date=8 July 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110708042434/http://hut33.blogspot.com/2009/02/starting-writing-episode.html |url-status=live}} Colman appeared as Bev, with Mark Burdis as Kev, in a series of television advertisements for AA car insurance. She provided voices for the Andrex "Be kind to your behind" and Glade fragrance advertisements (playing a gorilla).
On several projects, Colman has worked with the comedians Mitchell and Webb. She joined them in 2003 to play Sophie in the Channel 4 comedy Peep Show. Other joint ventures have included radio's That Mitchell and Webb Sound and its television version, That Mitchell and Webb Look. She decided to leave the programme after her agent suggested that she was becoming too closely associated with their work and needed to widen her horizons, a decision which was made "with tears".{{cite news |url=http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/tv_and_radio/article4824759.ece |title=Olivia Colman: from Peep Show to Beautiful People |first=Bruce |last=Dessau |date=27 September 2008 |website=The Times |access-date=3 December 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110616070028/http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/tv_and_radio/article4824759.ece |archive-date=16 June 2011}} Colman continued to appear on Peep Show less often until it ended in 2015.
She had a recurring role in the surrealist comedy Green Wing from 2004 to 2006. One of her earliest film credits is naturist Joanna Roberts in the 2006 mockumentary film Confetti, a role she has described as "the worst experience of my life".
In 2007, Colman starred as Alice in the comedy film Grow Your Own and as PC Doris Thatcher in the action comedy film Hot Fuzz. She also played a lead role in Paddy Considine's short film Dog Altogether. She appeared in October and November 2008 in the BBC sitcom Beautiful People (based on the life of Simon Doonan) as Debbie Doonan, Simon's mother. Colman made a guest appearance in the episode "Naomi" of the series Skins as Naomi's mother, Gina. In 2009, she appeared as the character Bernice in the episode "Small Mercies" of the ITV mystery-crime series Midsomer Murders.{{cite news |url=https://www.digitalspy.com/tv/a40135956/midsomer-murders-henry-cavill-olivia-colman-orlando-bloom/ |title=Midsomer Murders looks back on The Witcher, The Crown and Pirates of the Caribbean stars' appearances |first=Asyia |last=Iftikhar |date=29 May 2022 |website=Digital Spy |access-date=10 January 2024 |archive-date=10 January 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240110165847/https://www.digitalspy.com/tv/a40135956/midsomer-murders-henry-cavill-olivia-colman-orlando-bloom/ |url-status=live}}
=2010s: Film breakthrough and worldwide recognition=
Colman had a lead role in 2010 as Alex Smallbone, the wife of an inner-city vicar, in the BBC sitcom Rev. starring Tom Hollander; the series ran from 2010 to 2014. She guest-starred that year in "The Eleventh Hour" episode of Doctor Who, Matt Smith's debut as the Eleventh Doctor. Colman appeared the following year in the BBC drama Exile, written by Danny Brocklehurst and starring John Simm and Jim Broadbent. From 2011 to 2012, she played Ian Fletcher's (Hugh Bonneville) lovelorn secretary Sally Owen in Twenty Twelve, a comedy series about planning for the 2012 Olympic Games in London.
Colman rejoined Considine in 2011 for his feature-film directorial debut, Tyrannosaur, receiving the BIFA for Best Performance by an Actress in a British Independent Film and the Empire Award for Best Actress.{{cite web |url=http://blogs.thestage.co.uk/podcasts/2010/06/olivia-colman-the-stage-podcast-67/ |title=Olivia Colman: The Stage Podcast #67 |first=Scott |last=Matthewman |date=30 June 2010 |website=The Stage |access-date=30 July 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100709070537/http://blogs.thestage.co.uk/podcasts/2010/06/olivia-colman-the-stage-podcast-67/ |archive-date=9 July 2010}} She also played Carol Thatcher that year in the Academy Award-winning drama The Iron Lady, with Meryl Streep and Jim Broadbent. She won the London Film Critics' Circle Award for British Actress of the Year{{cite web |url=http://criticscircle.org.uk/32nd-london-critics-circle-film-awards/ |title=The 32nd London Critics' Circle Film Awards |date=21 January 2012 |website=The Critics' Circle |access-date=14 October 2019 |archive-date=9 August 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190809001741/http://criticscircle.org.uk/32nd-london-critics-circle-film-awards/ |url-status=live}} for both roles. She also starred in the drama films Hyde Park on Hudson (2012) and Locke (2013).
File:Olivia Colman at Moet BIFA 2014 (cropped).jpg
In 2013, Colman began playing DS Ellie Miller in ITV's Broadchurch. The crime-drama series, set in the fictional Dorset town of Broadchurch, follows the residents of a tightly-knit community after a young boy is found dead on a beach under suspicious circumstances.{{cite news |url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/tv/la-xpm-2013-aug-02-la-et-st-olivia-colman-broadchurch-doctor-who-20130802-story.html |title=Olivia Colman on 'Broadchurch' coming stateside, 'Doctor Who' rumors |first=Yvonne |last=Villarreal |date=2 August 2013 |newspaper=Los Angeles Times |access-date=30 September 2013 |archive-date=4 January 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140104204650/http://articles.latimes.com/2013/aug/02/entertainment/la-et-st-olivia-colman-broadchurch-doctor-who-20130802 |url-status=live}}{{cite magazine |url=https://ew.com/article/2013/08/15/broadchurch-review/ |title=Broadchurch review |first=Melissa |last=Maerz |date=15 August 2013 |magazine=Entertainment Weekly |access-date=30 September 2013 |archive-date=3 October 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131003053444/http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,20721987,00.html |url-status=live}} She was nominated for the International Emmy Award for Best Actress and received the BAFTA TV Award for Best Actress for her performance.{{cite web |url=https://deadline.com/2014/05/bafta-tv-awards-winners-2014-732706/ |title=BAFTA TV Awards: 'Broadchurch' Wins Drama Series, Olivia Colman Lead Actress |first=Nancy |last=Tartaglione |date=18 May 2014 |website=Deadline Hollywood |access-date=6 January 2017 |archive-date=6 January 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170106173913/http://deadline.com/2014/05/bafta-tv-awards-winners-2014-732706/ |url-status=live}} Sam Wollaston of The Guardian praised Colman's performance as "brilliant" along with that of her co-star David Tennant.{{Cite news |last=Wollaston |first=Sam |date=2017-02-28 |title=Broadchurch review: a new case – and new life – for the crime drama |url=https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2017/feb/28/broadchurch-review-third-final-series-new-case |access-date=2024-01-11 |work=The Guardian |language=en-GB |issn=0261-3077 |archive-date=11 January 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240111052840/https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2017/feb/28/broadchurch-review-third-final-series-new-case |url-status=live}} Colman starred (with Vanessa Redgrave) that year as Margaret Lea in the BBC television film, The Thirteenth Tale.{{cite magazine |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/vanessa-redgrave-olivia-colman-star-563480 |title=Vanessa Redgrave, Olivia Colman to Star in BBC Drama 'The Thirteenth Tale' |first=Stuart |last=Kemp |date=5 June 2013 |magazine=The Hollywood Reporter |access-date=6 January 2017 |archive-date=6 January 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170106174744/http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/vanessa-redgrave-olivia-colman-star-563480 |url-status=live}}
She starred in Yorgos Lanthimos' 2015 absurdist dystopian film, The Lobster, with Rachel Weisz and Colin Farrell.{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2013/oct/23/ben-whishaw-olivia-colman-yorgos-lanthimos-film |title=Ben Whishaw and Olivia Colman cast in new film from radical Greek director |first=Xan |last=Brooks |date=24 October 2013 |newspaper=The Guardian |access-date=6 January 2017 |archive-date=6 January 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170106175003/https://www.theguardian.com/film/2013/oct/23/ben-whishaw-olivia-colman-yorgos-lanthimos-film |url-status=live}} The film premiered at the 2015 Cannes Film Festival, where it competed for the Palme d'Or and received the Jury Prize. Colman was nominated for the London Film Critics' Circle Award for Supporting Actress of the Year and received the BIFA for Best Supporting Actress.{{cite web |url=https://www.thewrap.com/room-named-best-international-film-at-british-independent-film-awards/ |title='Ex Machina,' 'Room' Win Big at British Independent Film Awards |first=Steve |last=Pond |date=6 December 2015 |website=TheWrap |access-date=14 October 2019 |archive-date=22 March 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190322062031/https://www.thewrap.com/room-named-best-international-film-at-british-independent-film-awards/ |url-status=live}}
Colman was praised for her performance as Angela Burr in the 2016 AMC-BBC miniseries The Night Manager, for which she was nominated for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie, in addition to winning the Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress – Series, Miniseries or Television Film.{{cite web |url=https://deadline.com/2015/03/olivia-colman-tom-hollander-elizabeth-debicki-join-amcs-the-night-manager-1201386653/ |title=Olivia Colman, Tom Hollander, Elizabeth Debicki Join AMC's 'The Night Manager' |first=Denise |last=Petski |date=5 March 2015 |website=Deadline Hollywood |access-date=6 January 2017 |archive-date=5 June 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220605105712/https://deadline.com/2015/03/olivia-colman-tom-hollander-elizabeth-debicki-join-amcs-the-night-manager-1201386653/ |url-status=live}} She starred as Deborah Flowers that year in the Channel 4 black-comedy series, Flowers.{{cite magazine |url=https://variety.com/2016/digital/news/flowers-seeso-premiere-date-trailer-olivia-colman-julian-barratt-1201747227/ |title=First Look: Olivia Colman and Julian Barratt Star in Seeso Dark Comedy 'Flowers' |last=Prudom |first=Laura |date=6 April 2016 |magazine=Variety |access-date=25 April 2016 |archive-date=18 February 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230218014517/https://variety.com/2016/digital/news/flowers-seeso-premiere-date-trailer-olivia-colman-julian-barratt-1201747227/ |url-status=live}} Colman voiced Strawberry in the Netflix-BBC animated miniseries, Watership Down.{{cite web |url=https://deadline.com/2016/04/watership-down-miniseries-john-boyega-james-mcavoy-bbc-netflix-1201745167/ |title='Watership Down': BBC & Netflix Team on Miniseries With James McAvoy, Nic Hoult And John Boyega |first=Ali |last=Jaafar |date=27 April 2016 |website=Deadline Hollywood |access-date=28 April 2016 |archive-date=28 April 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160428044743/http://deadline.com/2016/04/watership-down-miniseries-john-boyega-james-mcavoy-bbc-netflix-1201745167/ |url-status=live}} She played Hildegarde Schmidt, Princess Dragomiroff's lady's maid, in Kenneth Branagh's 2017 remake of Agatha Christie's Murder on the Orient Express.
In 2018, Colman starred as Queen Anne in Lanthimos' satirical dark comedy The Favourite alongside Emma Stone and Rachel Weisz. In preparation for the role, she gained 2 st 7 lbs (35 lb, or 16 kg).{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2019/feb/25/olivia-colman-15-things |title=Olivia Colman: 20 things you didn't know about the Oscar-winning actor |date=25 February 2019 |newspaper=The Guardian |access-date=14 October 2019 |archive-date=14 November 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191114014218/https://www.theguardian.com/film/2019/feb/25/olivia-colman-15-things |url-status=live}} For her performance, Colman received the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture Comedy or Musical,{{cite magazine |url=http://people.com/awards/golden-globes-2017-best-supporting-actress-series-limited-series-tv-movie/ |title=The Night Manager's Olivia Colman Wins Best Supporting Actress Golden Globe |first=Nick |last=Maslow |date=8 January 2017 |magazine=People |access-date=9 January 2017 |archive-date=9 January 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170109184809/http://people.com/awards/golden-globes-2017-best-supporting-actress-series-limited-series-tv-movie/ |url-status=live}} the BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role,{{cite web |url=https://deadline.com/2018/12/the-favourite-british-independent-film-awards-wins-record-ten-awards-1202512500/ |title=British Independent Film Awards: 'The Favourite' Wins A Record Ten Awards |first=Andreas |last=Wiseman |date=2 December 2018 |work=Deadline Hollywood |access-date=2 December 2018 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181206194107/https://deadline.com/2018/12/the-favourite-british-independent-film-awards-wins-record-ten-awards-1202512500/ |archive-date=6 December 2018}} and the Academy Award for Best Actress.{{cite web |url=https://deadline.com/2015/09/kate-winslet-emma-stone-olivia-colman-yorgos-lanthimos-the-favourite-element-pictures-scarlet-queen-anne-1201548277/ |title=Emma Stone & Olivia Colman in Talks To Board Yorgos Lanthimos' 'The Favourite' |last=Jaafar |first=Ali |date=24 September 2015 |website=Deadline Hollywood |access-date=6 January 2017 |archive-date=17 April 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170417044525/http://deadline.com/2015/09/kate-winslet-emma-stone-olivia-colman-yorgos-lanthimos-the-favourite-element-pictures-scarlet-queen-anne-1201548277/ |url-status=live}}{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2019/feb/25/olivia-colman-wins-best-actress-oscar-for-the-favourite |title=Olivia Colman wins best actress Oscar for The Favourite |first=Catherine |last=Shoard |date=24 February 2019 |newspaper=The Guardian |access-date=25 February 2019 |archive-date=25 February 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190225051503/https://www.theguardian.com/film/2019/feb/25/olivia-colman-wins-best-actress-oscar-for-the-favourite |url-status=live}}{{cite web |url=https://www.huffpost.com/entry/olivia-colman-best-actress-oscars_n_5c736852e4b00eed08361e13 |title=Olivia Colman Beats Glenn Close For Best Actress Oscar In Massive Upset |website=Huffpost |date=25 February 2019 |access-date=15 November 2020 |archive-date=14 November 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201114174856/https://www.huffpost.com/entry/olivia-colman-best-actress-oscars_n_5c736852e4b00eed08361e13 |url-status=live}} Her awestruck, humorous Academy Award acceptance speech was widely covered by the media.{{cite magazine |url=https://slate.com/culture/2019/02/olivia-colmans-oscar-speech-was-the-best-of-the-night.html |title=Olivia Colman's Win Was the Oscars' Biggest Surprise. Her Response Was Everything an Awards Speech Should Be |last=Kois |first=Dan |date=25 February 2019 |magazine=Slate |access-date=14 October 2019 |archive-date=13 October 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191013181718/https://slate.com/culture/2019/02/olivia-colmans-oscar-speech-was-the-best-of-the-night.html |url-status=live}}{{cite magazine |url=https://www.harpersbazaar.com/uk/celebrities/news/a26508105/olivia-colman-oscars-acceptance-speech/ |title=Olivia Colman gives heartwarming Oscars speech: "This is hilarious!" |first=Danielle |last=Fowler |date=25 February 2019 |magazine=Harper's Bazaar |access-date=14 October 2019 |archive-date=27 September 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190927111518/https://www.harpersbazaar.com/uk/celebrities/news/a26508105/olivia-colman-oscars-acceptance-speech/ |url-status=live}}{{cite web |url=https://www.elle.com/culture/movies-tv/a26515054/olivia-colman-oscars-2019-acceptance-speech/ |title=Olivia Colman Is Going to Keep Her Oscar in Bed |first=Antonia |last=Blyth |date=25 February 2019 |website=ELLE |access-date=14 October 2019 |archive-date=31 October 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191031150555/https://www.elle.com/culture/movies-tv/a26515054/olivia-colman-oscars-2019-acceptance-speech/ |url-status=live}} That year, she also topped the Radio Times' TV 100 power list, which ranked the most powerful people on television.{{Cite news |last=Waterson |first=Jim |last2= |first2= |date=2018-08-20 |title=Olivia Colman named most powerful person in British TV |url=https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2018/aug/21/olivia-colman-named-most-powerful-person-in-british-tv |access-date=2024-01-10 |work=The Guardian |language=en-GB |issn=0261-3077 |archive-date=24 September 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220924212840/https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2018/aug/21/olivia-colman-named-most-powerful-person-in-british-tv |url-status=live}}
Colman received positive reviews for her supporting role as Madame Thénardier in the 2018 BBC miniseries Les Misérables, an adaptation of the novel of the same name.{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2018/dec/22/olivia-colman-2019-screen-queen-the-favourite-the-crown-les-miserables |title=Olivia Colman, 2019's Queen of the Screen |first=Sarah |last=Hughes |date=22 December 2018 |quote=Stealing the show in BBC1's Les Misérables, ascending to the throne in The Crown and maybe bagging an Oscar for The Favourite… next year could be the versatile actor's best yet |newspaper=The Guardian |location=London, UK |access-date=2 March 2019 |archive-date=4 March 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190304234817/https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2018/dec/22/olivia-colman-2019-screen-queen-the-favourite-the-crown-les-miserables |url-status=live}} In August 2019, she was confirmed as a guest star (as Lily) in the thirty-second season of the animated comedy series The Simpsons.{{cite web |url=https://www.nme.com/news/tv/olivia-colman-to-guest-star-as-femme-fatale-in-the-simpsons-2539337 |title=Olivia Colman to guest star as femme fatale in 'The Simpsons' |last=Skinner |first=Tom |date=18 August 2019 |website=NME |language=en-US |access-date=3 September 2019 |archive-date=3 September 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190903043817/https://www.nme.com/news/tv/olivia-colman-to-guest-star-as-femme-fatale-in-the-simpsons-2539337 |url-status=live}}
In October 2017, Colman was cast as Queen Elizabeth II for the third and fourth seasons of the Netflix historical drama series The Crown;{{cite magazine |url=https://variety.com/2017/tv/news/olivia-colman-the-crown-queen-elizabeth-season-3-1202600405/ |title=Olivia Colman Joins 'The Crown' as Queen Elizabeth for Seasons 3 and 4 |last=Birnbaum |first=Olivia |date=26 October 2017 |magazine=Variety |access-date=2 January 2018 |archive-date=27 October 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171027001128/http://variety.com/2017/tv/news/olivia-colman-the-crown-queen-elizabeth-season-3-1202600405/ |url-status=live}} the third season was released in November 2019. For her performance, she received a Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Television Series Drama.{{cite web |url=https://deadline.com/2020/01/olivia-colman-wins-golden-globe-best-actress-tv-series-drama-the-crown-1202821662/ |title='The Crown's Olivia Colman "Completely Stumped" At Golden Globe Win For Best Actress In A TV Series Drama |work=Deadline Hollywood |date=6 January 2020 |access-date=15 November 2020 |archive-date=22 January 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210122013403/https://deadline.com/2020/01/olivia-colman-wins-golden-globe-best-actress-tv-series-drama-the-crown-1202821662/ |url-status=live}}{{cite web |url=https://variety.com/2020/tv/awards/sag-awards-2020-snubs-surprises-marvelous-mrs-maisel-olivia-colman-1203464143/ |title=SAG Awards 2020: The Biggest Snubs and Surprises |website=Variety |date=20 January 2020 |access-date=15 November 2020 |archive-date=31 October 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201031212334/https://variety.com/2020/tv/awards/sag-awards-2020-snubs-surprises-marvelous-mrs-maisel-olivia-colman-1203464143/ |url-status=live}} The fourth season was released on 15 November 2020, to universal acclaim and earned her the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series. Her performance also earned her nominations for the Critics' Choice Television Award for Best Actress in a Drama Series and the Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Drama Series. She was part of the ensemble cast that won the Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series in 2019 and 2020.{{cite web |last=Kanter |first=Jake |date=20 August 2020 |title='The Crown': Netflix Sets Premiere Date, Drops First Trailer For Season 4 |url=https://deadline.com/2020/08/the-crown-season-4-to-premiere-in-november-on-netflix-1203018414/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200820153937/https://deadline.com/2020/08/the-crown-season-4-to-premiere-in-november-on-netflix-1203018414/ |archive-date=20 August 2020 |access-date=16 April 2021 |website=Deadline Hollywood}}
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Colman starred with Anthony Hopkins in Florian Zeller's 2020 film adaptation of his stage play, The Father, which focuses on an elderly man dealing with memory loss. The film premiered to critical acclaim at the Sundance Film Festival and was picked up for distribution by Sony Pictures Classics.{{cite web |url=https://variety.com/2020/film/news/sundance-sony-pictures-classics-the-father-anthony-hopkins-olivia-colman-1203470709/ |title=Sundance: Sony Pictures Classics Buys 'The Father' With Anthony Hopkins, Olivia Colman |website=Variety |first=Brent |last=Lang |date=17 January 2020 |access-date=16 April 2021 |archive-date=28 April 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220428145757/https://variety.com/2020/film/news/sundance-sony-pictures-classics-the-father-anthony-hopkins-olivia-colman-1203470709/ |url-status=live}} It began a limited release on 26 February 2021,{{cite web |url=https://deadline.com/2021/02/sony-classics-release-plans-french-exit-truffle-hunters-human-factor-the-father-1234686152/ |title=Sony Pictures Classics Updates Release Plans For 'French Exit', 'Truffle Hunters', 'Human Factor', 'The Father' & More |website=Deadline Hollywood |first=Erik |last=Pedersen |date=2 February 2021 |access-date=16 April 2021 |archive-date=27 March 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220327100827/https://deadline.com/2021/02/sony-classics-release-plans-french-exit-truffle-hunters-human-factor-the-father-1234686152/ |url-status=live}} after originally being scheduled for release on 18 December 2020.{{cite web |url=https://variety.com/2020/film/news/olivia-colman-anthony-hopkins-father-release-date-1234769010/ |title=Olivia Colman and Anthony Hopkins' 'The Father' Gets Release Date |website=Variety |first=Dave |last=McNary |author-link=Dave McNary |date=14 September 2020 |access-date=16 April 2021 |archive-date=26 March 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230326031158/https://variety.com/2020/film/news/olivia-colman-anthony-hopkins-father-release-date-1234769010/ |url-status=live}} Hopkins and Colman received widespread praise for their performances, as did the film for its accurate depiction of dementia. It received six Academy Award nominations (including Best Picture) and Colman received a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress.{{cite web |url=https://variety.com/2021/film/news/2021-oscars-nominations-list-nominees-1234928711/ |title=Oscars 2021: The Complete Nominations List |work=Variety |date=15 March 2021 |access-date=15 March 2021 |archive-date=15 March 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210315120202/https://variety.com/2021/film/news/2021-oscars-nominations-list-nominees-1234928711/ |url-status=live}}
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In 2021, she had roles in the drama films Mothering Sunday and The Electrical Life of Louis Wain and in the animated science fiction comedy films The Mitchells vs. the Machines and Ron's Gone Wrong. Colman was executive producer and starred with David Thewlis in the HBO true-crime miniseries Landscapers created by her husband, Ed Sinclair.{{cite web |url=https://deadline.com/2020/10/will-sharpe-to-direct-hbo-sky-olivia-colman-landscapers-replacing-alexander-payne-1234594126/ |title='Giri/Haji's Will Sharpe To Direct Olivia Colman HBO/Sky Drama 'Landscapers', Replacing Alexander Payne |website=Deadline Hollywood |first=Peter |last=White |date=9 October 2020 |access-date=26 February 2022 |archive-date=9 October 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201009211441/https://deadline.com/2020/10/will-sharpe-to-direct-hbo-sky-olivia-colman-landscapers-replacing-alexander-payne-1234594126/ |url-status=live}} The series and Colman's performance were critically praised.{{cite web |url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/tv/landscapers/s01 |title=Landscapers: Season 1 |work=Rotten Tomatoes |access-date=26 February 2022 |archive-date=8 December 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211208011252/https://www.rottentomatoes.com/tv/landscapers/s01 |url-status=live}}
Colman also starred that year in Maggie Gyllenhaal's psychological drama The Lost Daughter, an adaptation of the novel of the same name by Elena Ferrante.{{cite web |url=https://deadline.com/2020/02/the-lost-daughter-olivia-colman-jessie-buckley-dakota-johnson-peter-sarsgaard-set-for-maggie-gyllenhaals-efm-bound-directorial-debut-1202858174/ |title='The Lost Daughter': Olivia Colman, Jessie Buckley, Dakota Johnson & Peter Sarsgaard Set For Maggie Gyllenhaal's EFM-Bound Directorial Debut |last=Wiseman |first=Andreas |work=Deadline |date=12 February 2020 |access-date=8 February 2022 |archive-date=12 February 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200212184652/https://deadline.com/2020/02/the-lost-daughter-olivia-colman-jessie-buckley-dakota-johnson-peter-sarsgaard-set-for-maggie-gyllenhaals-efm-bound-directorial-debut-1202858174/ |url-status=live}} Her performance was critically praised and she earned nominations for the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Drama and the Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role, in addition to her second nomination for the Academy Award for Best Actress.{{cite web |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/oscar-nominations-2022-nominees-list-1235088770/ |title=Oscars: Full List of Nominations |work=The Hollywood Reporter |first1=Kimberly |last1=Nordyke |first2=Hilary |last2=Lewis |date=8 February 2022 |access-date=8 February 2022 |archive-date=8 February 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220208125939/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/oscar-nominations-2022-nominees-list-1235088770/ |url-status=live}} In 2022, Colman appeared as Sarah Nelson, the mother of Kit Connor's character Nick Nelson, in the Netflix coming-of-age series Heartstopper, and received the inaugural Children's and Family Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Performance for her performance in the first season.{{Cite web |last=Tinoco |first=Armando |date=December 11, 2022 |title=Children's & Family Emmys Complete Winners List: 'Heartstopper' Leads & 'The Baby-Sitters Club' Gets Recognition After Cancellation |url=https://deadline.com/2022/12/2022-childrens-family-emmys-winners-list-1235195781/ |access-date=December 11, 2022 |website=Deadline Hollywood |archive-date=12 December 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221212124336/https://deadline.com/2022/12/2022-childrens-family-emmys-winners-list-1235195781/ |url-status=live}}
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Also in 2022, Colman starred in the coming-of-age comedy film Joyride.{{Cite web |last=Barraclough |first=Leo |date=2021-04-19 |title=Olivia Colman Comedy 'Joyride' Acquired By Sony Pictures Worldwide Acquisitions From Embankment (EXCLUSIVE) |url=https://variety.com/2021/film/global/olivia-colman-joyride-sony-pictures-worldwide-entertainment-embankment-1234954299/ |access-date=2022-08-16 |website=Variety |language=en-US |archive-date=16 August 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220816191735/https://variety.com/2021/film/global/olivia-colman-joyride-sony-pictures-worldwide-entertainment-embankment-1234954299/ |url-status=live}} She played the lead role in the romantic drama film Empire of Light, directed by Sam Mendes.{{cite web |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/sam-mendes-olivia-colman-team-for-love-story-empire-of-light-for-searchlight-4161828/ |title=Sam Mendes, Olivia Colman Team for Love Story 'Empire of Light' for Searchlight |first1=Borys |last1=Kit |website=The Hollywood Reporter |date=6 April 2021 |access-date=30 September 2021 |archive-date=30 September 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210930045809/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/sam-mendes-olivia-colman-team-for-love-story-empire-of-light-for-searchlight-4161828/ |url-status=live}} For her performance in the film, she earned positive reviews and her second nomination for the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Drama.{{cite web |url=https://variety.com/2023/awards/awards/golden-globes-2023-winners-list-1235480125/ |title='The Fabelmans,' 'The Banshees of Inisherin' Win Big at Revamped Golden Globes (Complete Winners List) |last1=Lang |last2=Moreau |first1=Brent |first2=Jordan |work=Variety |date=10 January 2023 |access-date=18 February 2023 |archive-date=12 January 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230112195126/https://variety.com/2023/awards/awards/golden-globes-2023-winners-list-1235480125/ |url-status=live}} She also had starring voice roles in the DreamWorks animated film Puss in Boots: The Last Wish and in the Netflix animated film Scrooge: A Christmas Carol.{{cite news |last=Cordero |first=Rosy |url=https://deadline.com/2022/03/puss-in-boots-2-salma-hayek-harvey-guillen-florence-pugh-olivia-colman-1234977976/ |title='Puss In Boots: The Last Wish' Sets Salma Hayek Pinault Return; Harvey Guillén, Florence Pugh & Olivia Colman Among New Cast |work=Deadline Hollywood |date=14 March 2022 |access-date=14 March 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220315070242/https://deadline.com/2022/03/puss-in-boots-2-salma-hayek-harvey-guillen-florence-pugh-olivia-colman-1234977976/ |archive-date=15 March 2022 |url-status=live}}{{Cite web |last=Goldbart |first=Max |date=20 July 2022 |title=Olivia Colman, Luke Evans, Jessie Buckley Lead Netflix's 'Scrooge: A Christmas Carol' Cast |url=https://deadline.com/2022/07/olivia-colman-jessie-buckely-luke-evans-a-christmas-carol-1235072982/ |access-date=20 July 2022 |website=Deadline Hollywood |archive-date=20 July 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220720130106/https://deadline.com/2022/07/olivia-colman-jessie-buckely-luke-evans-a-christmas-carol-1235072982/ |url-status=live}}
In 2023, Colman starred as Miss Havisham in the FX / BBC period drama series Great Expectations, based on Charles Dickens' novel of the same name.{{cite web |last=White |first=Peter |date=17 February 2022 |title=Olivia Colman, Fionn Whitehead & Matt Berry Among Cast Of FX/BBC's 'Great Expectations' |url=https://deadline.com/2022/02/olivia-colman-to-star-as-miss-havisham-in-fx-bbcs-great-expectations-cast-also-features-fionn-whitehead-matt-berry-1234955773/ |access-date=26 February 2022 |website=Deadline |language=en-US |archive-date=30 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230530232252/https://deadline.com/2022/02/olivia-colman-to-star-as-miss-havisham-in-fx-bbcs-great-expectations-cast-also-features-fionn-whitehead-matt-berry-1234955773/ |url-status=live}} She also starred as MI6 agent Sonya Falsworth in the Disney+ miniseries Secret Invasion, set in the Marvel Cinematic Universe.{{cite web |last=Otterson |first=Joe |date=19 April 2021 |title=Olivia Colman in Talks to Join 'Secret Invasion' Series at Disney Plus |url=https://variety.com/2021/tv/news/olivia-colman-secret-invasion-disney-plus-1234954744/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210419162336/https://variety.com/2021/tv/news/olivia-colman-secret-invasion-disney-plus-1234954744/ |archive-date=19 April 2021 |access-date=19 April 2021 |work=Variety}}{{cite web |last=Albers |first=Caitlin |date=15 May 2021 |title=Here's Who's Directing Marvel's 'Secret Invasion' Disney+ Series |url=https://collider.com/secret-invasion-directors-marvel-show-disney-plus/ |access-date=26 May 2021 |website=Collider |language=en-US |archive-date=16 May 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210516032847/https://collider.com/secret-invasion-directors-marvel-show-disney-plus/ |url-status=live}} Colman then produced and starred in the mystery comedy film Wicked Little Letters.{{cite web |last=Wiseman |first=Andreas |title=Olivia Colman & Jessie Buckley Set To Reunite On Wicked Little Letters For Studiocanal, Three Billboards Outfit Blueprint & South Of The River Pictures — Cannes Market Hot Project |url=https://deadline.com/2022/05/olivia-colman-jessie-buckley-wicked-little-letters-cannes-market-1235023859/ |work=Deadline Hollywood |access-date=10 June 2023 |date=14 May 2022 |archive-date=8 October 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221008140252/https://deadline.com/2022/05/olivia-colman-jessie-buckley-wicked-little-letters-cannes-market-1235023859/ |url-status=live}}
Colman appeared in the musical fantasy film Wonka, which explores Willy Wonka's origins as a prequel to the Roald Dahl novel Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. In the role of Mrs. Scrubbit, she spoke with "a truly over-the-top Cockney accent".{{cite magazine |last=Wong Macabasco |first=Lisa |url=https://www.vogue.com/article/15-thoughts-i-had-about-the-wonka-trailer |title=A Dancing Timothée Chalamet? An Oompa-Loompa-ed Hugh Grant? 15 Thoughts I Had About the (Delightful!) Trailer for Wonka |magazine=Vogue |date=11 July 2023|access-date=20 January 2024|archive-date=14 July 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230714001033/https://www.vogue.com/article/15-thoughts-i-had-about-the-wonka-trailer|url-status=live}} The film was released on 8 December 2023.{{Cite web |date=2023-09-29 |title=Wonka lands earlier UK release date |url=https://www.digitalspy.com/movies/a45373481/wonka-uk-release-date-early/ |access-date=2023-12-14 |website=Digital Spy |language=en-GB |archive-date=6 December 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231206124500/https://www.digitalspy.com/movies/a45373481/wonka-uk-release-date-early/ |url-status=live}} She also reprised her role as the middle-aged Queen Elizabeth II in the final episode of the sixth season of The Crown, which was released on 14 December 2023.{{Cite web |last=Frost |first=Caroline |date=2023-06-10 |title='The Crown' Final Season Will Pay Tribute To Queen Elizabeth II With Three Stars Plus A New Name |url=https://deadline.com/2023/06/the-crown-season-six-tribute-queen-elizabeth-claire-foy-olivia-colman-imelda-staunton-special-scenes-1235413566/ |access-date=2023-11-14 |website=Deadline |language=en-US |archive-date=16 November 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231116165531/https://deadline.com/2023/06/the-crown-season-six-tribute-queen-elizabeth-claire-foy-olivia-colman-imelda-staunton-special-scenes-1235413566/ |url-status=live}} She appeared in seasons 2 and 3 of The Bear as Chef Andrea Terry.{{Cite web |last=Ford |first=Lucy |date=2023-08-07 |title=Olivia Colman's The Bear cameo is pure comfort food |url=https://www.gq-magazine.co.uk/article/olivia-colman-the-bear-season-2 |access-date=2025-05-19 |website=British GQ |language=en-GB}}
Colman stars as The Reverend Mother in the live-action animated comedy Paddington in Peru (2024), the third film in the Paddington film series.{{cite web |last=Ntim |first=Zac |title=Olivia Colman, Antonio Banderas, Rachel Zegler & Emily Mortimer To Join 'Paddington In Peru' |url=https://deadline.com/2023/06/olivia-colman-antonio-banderas-rachel-zegler-emily-mortimer-paddington-in-peru-1235423292/ |work=Deadline Hollywood |access-date=23 June 2023 |date=23 June 2023 |archive-date=5 July 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230705200908/https://deadline.com/2023/06/olivia-colman-antonio-banderas-rachel-zegler-emily-mortimer-paddington-in-peru-1235423292/ |url-status=live}}
In May 2024 it was announced that Colman would be starring alongside John Lithgow in Jimpa, directed by Australian director Sophie Hyde and filmed in South Australia, Amsterdam, and Helsinki.{{cite web | title=Olivia Colman and John Lithgow to star in new South Australian film Jimpa from director Sophie Hyde | website=SAFC | date=8 May 2024 | url=https://www.safilm.com.au/latest-news/olivia-colman-and-john-lithgow-to-star-in-new-south-australian-film-jimpa-from-director-sophie-hyde/ | access-date=8 May 2024}}
Personal life
While performing in a late-1990s Footlights production of Sir Alan Ayckbourn's Table Manners, Colman met Ed Sinclair, a third-year law student who had become disillusioned with law and preferred to write.{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2013/dec/08/olivia-colman-baftas-peep-show-broadchurch-review-2013 |title=Olivia Colman: "At the Bafta dinner, I said to my husband: Can we go home? I want a cup of tea" |first=Rachel |last=Cooke |newspaper=The Observer |date=8 December 2013 |access-date=15 December 2016 |archive-date=25 February 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190225191406/https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2013/dec/08/olivia-colman-baftas-peep-show-broadchurch-review-2013 |url-status=live}}{{cite news |url=https://www.standard.co.uk/goingout/film/olivia-colman-on-winning-best-actress-at-the-evening-standard-film-awards-7315766.html |title=Olivia Colman on winning Best Actress at the Evening Standard Film Awards |first=Nick |last=Curtis |date=7 February 2012 |website=London Evening Standard |access-date=14 October 2019 |archive-date=22 August 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170822133947/https://www.standard.co.uk/goingout/film/olivia-colman-on-winning-best-actress-at-the-evening-standard-film-awards-7315766.html |url-status=live}}{{cite magazine |url=http://www.hellomagazine.com/film/2013051412572/olivia-colman-five-facts/ |title=Five facts about Broadchurch star Olivia Colman |date=14 May 2013 |magazine=Hello! |access-date=14 October 2019 |archive-date=4 January 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190104180358/https://www.hellomagazine.com/film/2013051412572/olivia-colman-five-facts/ |url-status=live}} Colman and Sinclair married in August 2001 and have three children.{{cite news |url=https://www.thetimes.com/culture/tv-radio/article/oscars-night-waits-to-see-if-its-a-winner-wxst7zhb9 |title=Olivia Colman: Babysitter sent video of kids watching me win Oscar |last1=Hoyle |first1=Ben |date=25 February 2019 |newspaper=The Times |access-date=25 February 2019 |archive-date=25 February 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190225063102/https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/oscars-night-waits-to-see-if-its-a-winner-wxst7zhb9 |url-status=live}} They live in Herne Hill, south London.{{cite web |url=https://www.vogue.co.uk/article/olivia-colman-interview-vogue |title=Olivia Colman: The Vogue Interview |website=British Vogue |date=27 October 2017 |access-date=11 December 2019 |archive-date=11 December 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191211194340/https://www.vogue.co.uk/article/olivia-colman-interview-vogue |url-status=live}} Their professional collaborations include the 2021 miniseries Landscapers created and co-written by Sinclair, and the films Wicked Little Letters (2023) and The Roses (upcoming) which they produced together; Colman played the female lead in all of these works.
Since 2013, Colman has been a judge of the Norwich Film Festival.{{cite news |url=http://www.edp24.co.uk/what-s-on/tv_star_revisits_norfolk_roots_for_norwich_film_festival_1_2175124 |title=TV star revisits Norfolk roots for Norwich Film Festival |first=David |last=Freezer |date=1 May 2013 |newspaper=Eastern Daily Press |access-date=14 October 2019 |archive-date=4 January 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140104211209/http://www.edp24.co.uk/what-s-on/tv_star_revisits_norfolk_roots_for_norwich_film_festival_1_2175124 |url-status=dead}} In August 2014, she was one of 200 public figures who signed a letter to The Guardian opposing Scottish independence in the run-up to the September 2014 referendum on the issue.{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2014/aug/07/celebrities-open-letter-scotland-independence-full-text |title=Celebrities' open letter to Scotland – full text and list of signatories |date=7 August 2014 |newspaper=The Guardian |access-date=26 August 2014 |archive-date=8 December 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201208093135/https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2014/aug/07/celebrities-open-letter-scotland-independence-full-text |url-status=live}} In an interview with The Sunday Times in November 2019 on her portrayal of Queen Elizabeth II in The Crown, Colman described herself as a "leftie monarchist", having previously been a life-long republican.{{cite web |date=1 November 2019 |title=Olivia Colman on the Crown: 'I think the Queen is a leftie. She loved Harold Wilson.' |url=https://www.thetimes.com/uk/royal-family/article/olivia-colman-on-the-crown-i-think-the-queen-is-a-leftie-she-loved-harold-wilson-jxqqz36wp |access-date=22 August 2023 |website=The Times |language=en |archive-date=22 August 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230822133426/https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/olivia-colman-on-the-crown-i-think-the-queen-is-a-leftie-she-loved-harold-wilson-jxqqz36wp |url-status=live}} She signed an open letter in November 2020 condemning violence and discrimination against trans women.{{cite web |date=25 November 2020 |title=Olivia Colman condemns 'violence and hostility' against trans women in open letter |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/olivia-colman-jameela-jamil-paloma-faith-trans-women-letter-b1761714.html |access-date=26 November 2020 |website=The Independent |language=en |archive-date=18 June 2022 |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220618/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/olivia-colman-jameela-jamil-paloma-faith-trans-women-letter-b1761714.html |url-status=live}} In November 2023, Colman signed a letter that called for a ceasefire in the Gaza war and condemned western cultural institutions for "repressing, silencing and stigmatising Palestinian voices and perspectives."{{cite web |title=More than 1,300 artists accuse Western cultural institutions of 'repression' |url=https://aje.io/ba1mme?update=2524934 |website=Al Jazeera |date=30 November 2023}}
Philanthropy
File:Olivia Colman - 2019 (cropped).jpg in 2019]]
Colman presented two of the 2013 Mind Media Awards,{{cite web |url=http://www.mind.org.uk/news-campaigns/news/scott-mills-announces-winners-at-20th-mind-media-awards-sponsored-by-virgin-money-giving/ |title=Scott Mills announces winners at 20th Mind Media Awards, sponsored by Virgin Money Giving |date=5 November 2013 |website=Mind |access-date=12 December 2015 |archive-date=22 December 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151222075022/http://www.mind.org.uk/news-campaigns/news/scott-mills-announces-winners-at-20th-mind-media-awards-sponsored-by-virgin-money-giving/ |url-status=live}} which celebrate accurate, responsible and sensitive portrayals of mental health across the media. Colman believes that "the media industry has huge influence and with that comes a responsibility to contest the stigma that sadly still exists, through accurate representation". She has spoken openly to the Big Issue about her experience of postnatal depression after the birth of her first child.
Inspired by her research for the film Tyrannosaur, in 2014, Colman became the patron of the UK charity Tender, which uses theatre and the arts to educate young people about preventing violence and sexual abuse. Colman has said that domestic violence prevention can make a difference in the lives of young people.{{cite web |url=http://tender.org.uk/news/tender-welcome-new-patron-olivia-colman/ |title=Tender Welcomes New Patron Olivia Colman |date=14 October 2014 |website=Tender |access-date=12 December 2015 |archive-date=16 February 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170216075723/http://tender.org.uk/news/tender-welcome-new-patron-olivia-colman/ |url-status=dead}} Other charity work included participating in the Alzheimer's Society's Holkham Hall Memory Walk in September 2013. Colman's great-grandmother suffered from dementia and her mother was involved in running a nursing home for patients.{{cite web |url=http://www.alzheimers.org.uk/site/scripts/news_article.php?newsID=1787 |title=Olivia Colman joins hundreds on Memory Walk to fight dementia |date=16 September 2013 |website=Alzheimer's Society |access-date=12 December 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140423003528/http://www.alzheimers.org.uk/site/scripts/news_article.php?newsID=1787 |archive-date=23 April 2014}} She has also supported charity campaigns for the Marie Curie Great Daffodil Appeal for the terminally ill.{{cite web |url=http://blog.mariecurie.org.uk/2014/01/06/donate-an-hour/ |title=Actors Olivia Colman and Jim Carter voice our new radio campaign and ask people to donate an hour |date=6 January 2014 |website=Marie Curie |access-date=12 December 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402104720/http://blog.mariecurie.org.uk/2014/01/06/donate-an-hour/ |archive-date=2 April 2015}}
In December 2014, Colman was involved in a BBC Radio documentary about the plight of women in Afghanistan for Amnesty International UK. Several women who told their stories to journalist Lyse Doucet were unable to appear because their lives might have been at risk; Colman read their stories as part of the documentary and said that the UK must not abandon Afghan women to the Taliban.{{cite web |url=https://www.amnesty.org.uk/press-releases/uk-must-not-abandon-afghan-women-taliban-olivia-colman |title=The UK must not abandon Afghan women to the Taliban' – Olivia Colman |date=8 December 2014 |work=Amnesty International UK |access-date=6 August 2019 |archive-date=6 August 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190806160542/https://www.amnesty.org.uk/press-releases/uk-must-not-abandon-afghan-women-taliban-olivia-colman |url-status=live}} An ambassador for UNICEF UK since 2015, she became its president in 2020.{{cite news |title=Unicef UK appoints Olivia Colman as its new President |url=https://www.unicef.org.uk/press-releases/unicef-uk-appoints-olivia-colman-as-its-new-president/ |access-date=27 November 2021 |agency=Unicef |archive-date=27 November 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211127191035/https://www.unicef.org.uk/press-releases/unicef-uk-appoints-olivia-colman-as-its-new-president/ |url-status=live}}
Colman became patron of the Anthony Nolan blood-cancer charity in 2018,{{cite web |url=https://www.anthonynolan.org/news/2018/07/04/meet-our-new-patron-olivia-colman |title=Meet Our New Patron: Olivia Colman |date=4 July 2018 |website=Anthony Nolan |access-date=18 February 2019 |archive-date=19 February 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190219015618/https://www.anthonynolan.org/news/2018/07/04/meet-our-new-patron-olivia-colman |url-status=live}} which she said helped a friend of hers.{{cite web |url=http://www.anthonynolan.org/olivia-colmans-bbc-radio-4-appeal-anthony-nolan |title=Olivia Colman's BBC Radio 4 appeal for Anthony Nolan |date=25 March 2014 |website=Anthony Nolan |access-date=12 December 2015 |archive-date=22 December 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151222162712/http://www.anthonynolan.org/olivia-colmans-bbc-radio-4-appeal-anthony-nolan |url-status=dead}}
Credits
{{pending films key}}
=Film=
| class="wikitable sortable" |
| scope="col" | Year
! scope="col" | Title ! scope="col" | Role ! scope="col" class="unsortable"| Notes |
|---|
| 2004
| Terkel's mother (voice) | UK English dub |
| rowspan="2" | 2005
| Zemanovaload | TV Producer | |
| One Day
| Ian's Mother | Short film |
| 2006
| Confetti | Joanna Roberts | |
| rowspan="4" | 2007
| Hot Fuzz | PC Doris Thatcher | |
| Grow Your Own
| Alice | |
| I Could Never Be Your Woman
| Hairdresser | |
| Dog Altogether
| Anita | Short film |
| 2009
| Olivia | |
| rowspan="3" | 2011
| Hannah | |
| Arrietty
| Homily (voice) | UK English dub |
| The Iron Lady
| |
| 2012
| |
| rowspan="2" | 2013
| Linda | |
| Locke
| Bethan Maguire (voice) | |
| rowspan="4" | 2014
| Sam Garrett | |
| Pudsey the Dog: The Movie
| Nelly the Horse (voice) | |
| Thomas & Friends: Tale of the Brave
| Marion (voice) | |
| The Kármán Line{{Cite video |last=Sharp |first=Oscar |date=September 11, 2020 |title=The Kármán Line – starring Olivia Colman |publisher=Vimeo |url=https://vimeo.com/457049772 |access-date=December 27, 2023 |archive-date=27 December 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231227023756/https://vimeo.com/457049772 |url-status=live}}
| Sarah | |
| rowspan="3" | 2015
| Hotel Manager | |
| Thomas & Friends: Sodor's Legend of the Lost Treasure
| Marion (voice) | |
| London Road
| Julie | |
| 2017
| Murder on the Orient Express | Hildegard Schmidt | |
| 2018
| |
| 2019
| Hope Slaughter | |
| 2020
| Anne | |
| rowspan="5" | 2021
| The Mitchells vs. the Machines | PAL (voice) | |
| Mothering Sunday
| Mrs. Clarrie Niven | |
| The Electrical Life of Louis Wain
| Narrator (voice) | |
| The Lost Daughter
| Leda Caruso | Also executive producer |
| Ron's Gone Wrong
| Donka Pudowski (voice) | |
| rowspan="4" | 2022
| Joyride | Joy | |
| Empire of Light
| Hilary Small | |
| Scrooge: A Christmas Carol
| Past (voice) | |
| Puss in Boots: The Last Wish
| Mama Bear (voice) | |
| rowspan="3" | 2023
| Barbie | Herself |
| Wicked Little Letters
| Edith Swan | Also producer |
| Wonka
| Mrs. Scrubbit | |
| 2024
| The Reverend Mother/Clarissa Cabot | |
| rowspan="2"| 2025
| Jimpa | Hannah | |
| The Roses
| Ivy | Post-production |
=Television=
| class="wikitable sortable" |
| scope="col" | Year
! scope="col" | Title ! scope="col" | Role ! scope="col" class="unsortable"| Notes |
|---|
| 2000
| Bruiser | Various characters | 6 episodes |
| rowspan="4" | 2001
| The Mitchell and Webb Situation | Various characters | 5 episodes |
| People Like Us
| Pamela Eliot | Episode: "The Vicar" |
| Mr Charity
| Distressed Mother | Episode: "Nice to Feed You" |
| Comedy Lab
| Linda | Episode: "Daydream Believers: Brand New Beamer" |
| rowspan="3" | 2002
| Paula | Episode: "1.4" |
| Holby City
| Kim Prebble | Episode: "New Hearts, Old Scores" |
| The Office
| Helena | Episode: "Interview" |
| rowspan="3" | 2003
| Gash | Various characters | 3 episodes |
| Eyes Down
| Mandy Foster | Episode: "Stars in Their Eyes" |
| The Strategic Humour Initiative
| Various characters | Television film |
| 2003–2015
| Sophie Chapman | 32 episodes |
| rowspan="4" | 2004
| Tanya | Episode: "Elephants and Hens" |
| Swiss Toni
| Linda Byron | Episode: "Troubleshooter" |
| NY-LON
| Lucy | Episode: "Something About Family" |
| Coming Up
| Receptionist | Episode: "The Baader Meinhoff Gang Show" |
| 2004–2006
| Harriet Schulenburg | 18 episodes |
| rowspan="5" | 2005
| Angell's Hell | Belinda | Television film |
| Look Around You
| Pam Bachelor | 6 episodes |
| The Robinsons
| Connie | Episode: "1.3" |
| Murder in Suburbia
| Ellie | Episode: "Golden Oldies" |
| ShakespeaRe-Told
| Ursula | Episode: "Much Ado About Nothing" |
| 2006–2008
| Various characters | 13 episodes |
| rowspan="2" | 2007
| The Grey Man | Linda Dodds | Television film |
| The Time of Your Life
| Amanda | 6 episodes |
| rowspan="3" | 2008
| Penny | Episode: "Integrated Logistics" |
| Hancock and Joan
| Marion | Television film |
| Consuming Passion: 100 Years of Mills & Boon
| Janet / Violetta | Television film |
| 2008–2009
| 12 episodes |
| 2008, 2018
| Herself | 2 episodes |
| rowspan="3" | 2009
| Skins | Gina Campbell | Episode: "Naomi" |
| Midsomer Murders
| Bernice | Episode: "Small Mercies" |
| Mister Eleven
| Beth Paley | 2 episodes |
| 2010
| Prisoner Zero / Mother | Episode: "The Eleventh Hour" |
| 2010–2014
| Rev. | Alex Smallbone | 19 episodes |
| rowspan="2" | 2011
| Comic Relief: Uptown Downstairs Abbey | O'Brien | Television film |
| Exile
| Nancy Ronstadt | 3 episodes |
| 2011–2012
| Sally Owen | 10 episodes |
| rowspan="2" | 2012
| Accused | Sue Brown | Episode: "Mo and Sue's Story" |
| Bad Sugar
| Joan Cauldwell | Television film |
| 2013–2017
| DS Ellie Miller | 24 episodes |
| rowspan="4" | 2013
| The Suspicions of Mr Whicher: The Murder In Angel Lane | Susan Spencer | Television film |
| Run
| Carol | 2 episodes |
| The Thirteenth Tale
| Margaret Lea | Television film |
| The Five(ish) Doctors Reboot
| Herself | Television film |
| rowspan="6" | 2014
| Narrator | 3 episodes |
| The 7.39
| Maggie Matthews | 2 episodes |
| W1A
| Sally Owen | Episode: "1.4" |
| The Secrets
| Pippa | Episode: "The Dilemma" |
| Mr. Sloane
| Janet Sloane | 6 episodes |
| This is Jinsy
| Joan Jenkins | Episode: "The Golden Woggle" |
| 2014–2018
| Marion | Voice; 9 episodes |
| rowspan="3" | 2016
| Episode: "2.7" |
| The Night Manager
| Angela Burr | 6 episodes |
| We're Going on a Bear Hunt
| Mum | Voice; Television special |
| rowspan="2" | 2016–2018
| Flowers | Deborah Flowers | 12 episodes |
| The Secret Life of the Zoo
| Narrator | 35 episodes |
| 2016–2019
| Fleabag | Godmother | 9 episodes |
| 2017
| Inside Dior | Narrator | 2 episodes |
| rowspan="3" | 2018
| Narrator | 3 episodes |
| Natural World
| Narrator | Episode: "The Super Squirrels" |
| Watership Down
| Strawberry | Voice; 4 episodes |
| 2019
| 4 episodes |
| 2019–2020, 2023 |
| rowspan="3" | 2020
| Lily | Voice; Episode: "The 7 Beer Itch" |
| Becoming You
| Narrator | 6 episodes |
| Cinderella: A Comic Relief Pantomime for Christmas
| Fairy Godmother |
| rowspan="3" |2021
| Trip Hazard: My Great British Adventure | Narrator | 4 episodes |
| Landscapers
| Susan Edwards | {{br list | 4 episodes | Also executive producer{{cite web |url=https://www.stylist.co.uk/entertainment/tv/landscapers-sky-atlantic/460313 |title=Landscapers: what you need to know about Olivia Colman's true crime series |publisher=stylist.co.uk |access-date=1 January 2021 |archive-date=8 December 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201208153233/https://www.stylist.co.uk/entertainment/tv/landscapers-sky-atlantic/460313 |url-status=live}}{{cite web |url=https://rts.org.uk/article/sky-and-hbo-announce-new-drama-landscapers-starring-olivia-colman |title=Sky and HBO announce new drama Landscapers starring Olivia Colman |date=6 January 2020 |publisher=rts.org.uk |access-date=1 January 2021 |archive-date=25 May 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200525004728/https://rts.org.uk/article/sky-and-hbo-announce-new-drama-landscapers-starring-olivia-colman |url-status=live}}}} |
| Superworm
| Narrator | Television special |
| 2022–2023
| Sarah Nelson | 10 episodes |
| 2022
| Staged | Herself | Episode: "Knock, Knock" |
| rowspan=2|2023 |
| Secret Invasion
| 5 episodes |
| 2023–2024
| The Bear | Chef Andrea Terry | 3 episodes |
| 2025
| 6 episodes |
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|+ List of Olivia Colman theatre credits |
| scope="col" | Year
! scope="col" | Title ! scope="col" | Role ! scope="col" | Venue |
|---|
| 2000
| Long Day's Journey into Night | Cathleen |
| 2009
| Philippa |
| 2012
| Myra Arundel |
| 2017
| Mosquitoes | Jenny |
Accolades
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Colman has received a number of awards, including an Academy Award, four British Academy Television Awards, a British Academy Film Award, three Golden Globe Awards, two Emmy Awards, a Volpi Cup, and a BFI Fellowship.{{cite web |url=https://www.bfi.org.uk/news/olivia-colman-bfi-fellowship |title=Olivia Colman to receive BFI Fellowship |date=7 February 2019 |publisher=British Film Institute |language=en |access-date=8 March 2019 |archive-date=7 February 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190207114118/http://www.bfi.org.uk/news-opinion/news-bfi/announcements/olivia-colman-bfi-fellowship |url-status=live}} For her performance in The Night Manager (2016), she received a Golden Globe Award and was nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award. Colman received another Primetime Emmy Award nomination for Fleabag (2016–2019). For her portrayal of Queen Elizabeth II in The Crown (2019–2020), she received a Golden Globe Award and a Primetime Emmy Award.
For her portrayal of Anne, Queen of Great Britain in The Favourite (2018), she received the Academy Award for Best Actress, the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture Comedy or Musical, and the BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role. For her performance in The Father (2020), she was nominated for the Golden Globe Award and the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress. For her performance in The Lost Daughter (2021), Colman was nominated for the Golden Globe Award and the Academy Award for Best Actress. She was appointed Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in the 2019 Birthday Honours for her services to drama.{{London Gazette|issue=62666|supp=1|page=B10|date=8 June 2019}}{{cite web |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-48543826 |title=Birthday Honours 2019: Olivia Colman and Bear Grylls on list |author= |date=8 June 2019 |work=BBC News |access-date=8 June 2019 |archive-date=7 June 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190607220548/https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-48543826 |url-status=live}}
See also
Notes
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References
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External links
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