Olivia Colman is an English actor who rose to stardom in sitcoms such as Peep Show, Green Wing and Twenty Twelve before gaining wider appreciation, international acclaim and prestigious award wins for a string of dramatic TV appearances and film roles.
- Birth name
- Sarah Sinclair
- Full name
- Sarah Caroline Olivia Colman
- Gender
- Female
- Nationality
- England
- Academy Awards (Oscars) 2021 - Best Supporting Actress: Nominee
- National Television Awards, The 2021 - Drama Performance: Longlisted
- BAFTA Film Awards 2019 - Best Actress: Winner
- Academy Awards (Oscars) 2019 - Best Actress: Winner
- Primetime Emmy Awards 2019 - Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series: Nominee
- Golden Globe Awards 2019 - Best Actress in a Motion Picture - Musical or Comedy: Winner
- Golden Globe Awards 2017 - Best Supporting Performance in a Series, Miniseries or Television Film - Supporting Actress: Winner
- BAFTA Television Awards 2017 - Best Female Performance in a Comedy Programme: Nominee
- Chortle Awards 2017 - Best TV Actor: Winner
- BAFTA Television Awards 2015 - Best Female Performance in a Comedy Programme: Nominee
- BAFTA Television Awards 2014 - Best Actress: Winner
- BAFTA Television Awards 2013 - Best Supporting Actress: Winner
- BAFTA Television Awards 2013 - Best Female Performance in a Comedy Programme: Winner
- British Comedy Awards 2012 - Best TV Comedy Actress: Nominee
- British Comedy Awards 2012 - Best TV Comedy Actress: Nominee
- BAFTA Television Awards 2012 - Best Female Performance in a Comedy Programme: Nominee
- British Comedy Awards 2008 - Best TV Comedy Actress: Nominee
- Born
- Wednesday 30th January 1974 (47 years-old)
Awards
Known for
Flowers - Deborah
Peep Show - Sophie Chapman
Rev. - Alex Smallbone
That Mitchell & Webb Sound - Ensemble Actor
Twenty Twelve - Sally Owen
That Mitchell And Webb Look - Ensemble Actor
Hut 33 - Minka
Green Wing - Harriet Schulenburg
Look Around You - Pam Bachelor
The Favourite - Queen Anne
Credits
| Year | Production | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | Trip Hazard: My Great British Adventure | Narrator |
| 2021 | The Jonathan Ross Show - Special Guests
|
Guest |
| 2020 | Cinderella: A Comic Relief Pantomime For Christmas | The Fairy Godmother |
| 2019 | The Graham Norton Show - Series 26 | Guest |
| 2019 | Fleabag - Series 2 | Godmother |
| 2019 | The Favourite | Queen Anne |
| 2018 | Would I Lie To You? - Series 12
|
Guest |
| 2018 | The Graham Norton Show - Series 24 | Guest |
| 2018 | Flowers - Series 2 | Deborah |
| 2018 | Flowers - Series 2
|
Valerie |
| 2016 | Women Talking About Cars - Series 1
|
Guest |
| 2016 | Fleabag - Series 1 | Godmother |
| 2016 | Flowers - Series 1 | Deborah |
| 2016 | Drunk History - Series 2
|
Ethel Le Neve |
| 2016 | Talking To Strangers | Ensemble Actor |
| 2016 | The Graham Norton Show - Series 18 | Guest |
| 2015 | Peep Show - Series 9 | Sophie Chapman |
| 2015 | Bring The Noise
|
Guest |
| 2015 | The Lobster | Hotel Manager |
| 2015 | Chain Reaction - Series 10 | Host / Presenter |
| 2015 | Chain Reaction - Series 10 | Guest |
| 2015 | The Graham Norton Show - Series 16 | Guest |
| 2014 | Mr. Sloane | Janet |
| 2014 | W1A - Series 1
|
Sally |
| 2014 | Rev. - Series 3 | Alex Smallbone |
| 2014 | Duck Quacks Don't Echo - Series 1
|
Guest |
| 2014 | This Is Jinsy - Series 2
|
Joan Jenkins |
| 2014 | The Graham Norton Show - Series 14 | Guest |
| 2014 | The Kumars
|
Guest |
| 2014 | Cuban Fury | Sam |
| 2013 | The Graham Norton Show - Series 13
|
Guest |
| 2013 | I Give It A Year | Linda |
| 2012 | The British Comedy Awards
|
Self |
| 2012 | Bad Sugar | Joan Cauldwell |
| 2012 | Bad Sugar | Creator |
| 2012 | Britain's Funniest Comedy Characters - Britain's Funniest Comedy Characters 2012 | Narrator |
| 2012 | Twenty Twelve - Series 2 | Sally Owen |
| 2011 | Rev. - Series 2 | Alex Smallbone |
| 2011 | Twenty Twelve - Series 1 | Sally Owen |
| 2010 | Peep Show & Tell | Self |
| 2010 | Peep Show - Series 7 | Sophie Chapman |
| 2010 | Pauline Pepys's Dowry | Pauline Pepys |
| 2010 | Rev. - Series 1 | Alex Smallbone |
| 2010 | Fabulous - Series 3 | Edith |
| 2009 | Beautiful People - Series 2 | Debbie Doonan |
| 2009 | Hut 33 - Series 3 | Minka |
| 2009 | Child's Play | Pen |
| 2009 | Peep Show - Series 6 | Sophie Chapman |
| 2009 | That Mitchell & Webb Sound - Series 4 | Ensemble Actor |
| 2008 | Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency - The Long Dark Tea-Time Of The Soul | Janice Pearce |
| 2008 | Beautiful People - Series 1 | Debbie Doonan |
| 2008 | Would I Lie To You? - Series 2
|
Guest |
| 2008 | Footlights At 125: A Retrospective
|
Writer |
| 2008 | Hut 33 - Series 2 | Minka |
| 2008 | Peep Show - Series 5 | Sophie Chapman |
| 2008 | Poets' Tree | Ensemble Actor |
| 2008 | Hancock And Joan | Marion |
| 2008 | Love Soup - Series 2
|
Penny |
| 2008 | That Mitchell And Webb Look - Series 2 | Ensemble Actor |
| 2007 | Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency - Holistic Detective Agency | Janice Pearce |
| 2007 | Hut 33 - Series 1 | Minka |
| 2007 | That Mitchell & Webb Sound - Series 3 | Ensemble Actor |
| 2007 | Fabulous - Series 1 | Edith |
| 2007 | Peep Show - Series 4 | Sophie Chapman |
| 2007 | Hot Fuzz | PC Doris Thatcher |
| 2007 | Green Wing - Final Special (as Olivia Coleman) | Harriet Schulenburg |
| 2006 | That Mitchell And Webb Look - Series 1 | Ensemble Actor |
| 2006 | Britain's Funniest Comedy Characters - Britain's Funniest Comedy Characters 2006 | Narrator |
| 2006 | Confetti | Joanna |
| 2006 | Green Wing - Series 2 (as Olivia Coleman) | Harriet Schulenburg |
| 2005 | Peep Show - Series 3 | Sophie Chapman |
| 2005 | The Robinsons
|
Connie |
| 2005 | That Mitchell & Webb Sound - Series 2 | Ensemble Actor |
| 2005 | Look Around You - Series 2 | Pam Bachelor |
| 2004 | Peep Show - Series 2 | Sophie Chapman |
| 2004 | Green Wing - Series 1 (as Olivia Coleman) | Harriet Schulenburg |
| 2004 | Swiss Toni - Series 2
|
Linda |
| 2004 | Black Books - Series 3
|
Tanya |
| 2003 | Giles Wemmbley Hogg Goes Off - Series 2
|
Henrietta |
| 2003 | Peep Show - Series 1 | Sophie Chapman |
| 2003 | Eyes Down - Series 1
|
Mandy Foster |
| 2003 | That Mitchell & Webb Sound - Series 1 | Ensemble Actor |
| 2003 | The House Of Milton Jones | Susan |
| 2003 | Creme De La Crime - Series 3 | Ensemble Actor |
| 2002 | Think The Unthinkable - Series 2
|
Ensemble Actor |
| 2002 | The Office - Series 2
|
Helena |
| 2002 | Concrete Cow - Series 1 | Ensemble Actor |
| 2001 | Think The Unthinkable - Series 1
|
Cynthia Smith |
| 2001 | Mr Charity
|
Distressed Mother |
| 2001 | Think The Unthinkable - Series 1
|
Estate Agent |
| 2001 | Think The Unthinkable - Series 1
|
Tamandra |
| 2001 | Think The Unthinkable - Series 1
|
Margaret |
| 2001 | Think The Unthinkable - Series 1
|
Vanessa |
| 2001 | The Mitchell And Webb Situation | Ensemble Actor |
| 2001 | Life As We Know It (as Olivia Coleman)
|
Penny |
| 2001 | People Like Us - Series 2
|
Actor |
| 2000 | Bruiser | Various |
| 1988 | Comic Relief
|
Self |
Non-comedy TV and film credits might be found here:
Olivia Colman on IMDb