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Flowers. Deborah (Olivia Colman). Copyright: Kudos Productions.

Olivia Colman

  1. 13th August via BBC: Amazon Prime donates to Fleabag stars' theatre fund
  2. 29th July via Chortle: Michael Palin & Olivia Colman to star in The Simpsons

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.

More biography details
Birth name
Sarah Sinclair
Full name
Sarah Caroline Olivia Colman
Gender
Female
Nationality
England

Awards

  • BAFTA Film Awards 2019 - Best 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 Female Performance in a Comedy Programme: Winner
  • BAFTA Television Awards 2013 - Best Supporting Actress: 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 (46 years-old)

Known for

Flowers. Deborah (Olivia Colman). Copyright: Kudos Productions. Flowers - Deborah
Peep Show. Sophie Chapman (Olivia Colman). Copyright: Objective Productions. Peep Show - Sophie Chapman
Rev.. Alex Smallbone (Olivia Colman). Copyright: Big Talk Productions. Rev. - Alex Smallbone
That Mitchell & Webb Sound. Image shows from L to R: Robert Webb, David Mitchell. Copyright: BBC. That Mitchell & Webb Sound - Ensemble Actor
Twenty Twelve. Sally Owen (Olivia Colman). Copyright: BBC. Twenty Twelve - Sally Owen
That Mitchell And Webb Look. Image shows from L to R: David Mitchell, Robert Webb. Copyright: BBC. That Mitchell And Webb Look - Ensemble Actor
Hut 33. Image shows from L to R: Charles (Robert Bathurst), Joshua Fanshawe-Marshall (Alex Macqueen), Archie (Tom Goodman-Hill). Copyright: BBC. Hut 33 - Minka
Green Wing. Image shows from L to R: Guy Secretan (Stephen Mangan), Caroline Todd (Tamsin Greig), Mac Macartney (Julian Rhind-Tutt). Copyright: Talkback Productions. Green Wing - Harriet Schulenburg
The Favourite. Queen Anne (Olivia Colman). The Favourite - Queen Anne

Credits

 
Year Production Role
2019 The Graham Norton Show - Series 26
  1. Special - Highlights Special
  2. E7 - Olivia Colman, Helena Bonham Carter, Chadwick Boseman, Richard Ayoade, Lady Glenconner, Niall Horan
 Guest
2019 Fleabag - Series 2 Godmother
2019 The Favourite Queen Anne
2018 Would I Lie To You? - Series 12
  1. Special - The Unseen Bits
  2. E3 - Episode Three
 Guest
2018 The Graham Norton Show - Series 24
  1. Special - Olivia Colman, Nicholas Hoult, Keira Knightley, Guy Pearce, Rita Ora
 Guest
2018 Flowers - Series 2 Deborah
2018 Flowers - Series 2
  1. E4 - Episode Four
  2. E3 - Episode Three
  3. E2 - Episode Two
  4. E1 - Episode One
 Valerie
2016 Women Talking About Cars - Series 1
  1. E2 - Olivia Colman
 Guest
2016 Fleabag - Series 1 Godmother
2016 Flowers - Series 1 Deborah
2016 Drunk History - Series 2
  1. E7 - Episode Seven
 Ethel Le Neve
2016 Talking To Strangers Ensemble Actor
2016 The Graham Norton Show - Series 18
  1. Special - Series 18 Highlights
  2. E15 - David Attenborough, Hugh Laurie, Olivia Colman, Ice Cube, Kevin Hart, Elle King
 Guest
2015 Peep Show - Series 9 Sophie Chapman
2015 Bring The Noise
  1. Special - The Unseen Remix
  2. Special - The Unseen Remix
  3. E4 - Episode Four
 Guest
2015 The Lobster Hotel Manager
2015 Chain Reaction - Series 10
  1. E5 - Olivia Colman interviews Sharon Horgan
 Host / Presenter
2015 Chain Reaction - Series 10
  1. E4 - Vic Reeves interviews Olivia Colman
 Guest
2015 The Graham Norton Show - Series 16
  1. Special - Series 16 Highlights
  2. E14 - David Tennant, Olivia Colman, Harvey Weinstein, Jessie J
 Guest
2014 Mr. Sloane Janet
2014 W1A - Series 1
  1. E4 - Episode Four
 Sally
2014 Rev. - Series 3 Alex Smallbone
2014 Duck Quacks Don't Echo - Series 1
  1. Special - Extra
  2. E2 - Episode Two
 Guest
2014 This Is Jinsy - Series 2
  1. E8 - The Golden Woggle
 Joan Jenkins
2014 The Graham Norton Show - Series 14
  1. E12 - Idris Elba, Olivia Colman, Lena Dunham
 Guest
2014 The Kumars
  1. E1 - Episode One
 Guest
2014 Cuban Fury Sam
2013 The Graham Norton Show - Series 13
  1. Special - Highlights Special
  2. E6 - Olivia Colman, Alan Sugar, Hugh Laurie
 Guest
2013 I Give It A Year Linda
2012 The British Comedy Awards
  1. E1 - Nomination Show 2012
 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
  1. E5 - Episode Five
 Guest
2008 Footlights At 125: A Retrospective
  1. E3 - Episode Three
 Writer
2008 Hut 33 - Series 2 Minka
2008 Peep Show - Series 5 Sophie Chapman
2008 Love Soup - Series 2
  1. E2 - Integrated Logistics
 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 That Mitchell & Webb Sound - Series 2 Ensemble Actor
2004 Peep Show - Series 2 Sophie Chapman
2004 Green Wing - Series 1 (as Olivia Coleman) Harriet Schulenburg
2004 Swiss Toni - Series 2
  1. E1 - Troubleshooter
 Linda
2004 Black Books - Series 3
  1. E2 - Elephants And Hens
 Tanya
2003 Giles Wemmbley Hogg Goes Off - Series 2
  1. E3 - Cuba
 Henrietta
2003 Peep Show - Series 1 Sophie Chapman
2003 Eyes Down - Series 1
  1. E3 - Episode Three
 Mandy Foster
2003 That Mitchell & Webb Sound - Series 1 Ensemble Actor
2003 Creme De La Crime - Series 3
  1. E2 - The Lies of the Artists
 Ensemble Actor
2002 Think The Unthinkable - Series 2
  1. E5 - Nambitrea
 Ensemble Actor
2002 Concrete Cow - Series 1 Ensemble Actor
2001 Think The Unthinkable - Series 1
  1. E5 - London Transport
 Cynthia Smith
2001 Think The Unthinkable - Series 1
  1. E4 - Utiliton
 Estate Agent
2001 Think The Unthinkable - Series 1
  1. E3 - Moore and Burmans
 Tamandra
2001 Think The Unthinkable - Series 1
  1. E2 - Barrington Council
 Margaret
2001 Think The Unthinkable - Series 1
  1. E1 - Longleys Bank
 Vanessa
2001 The Mitchell And Webb Situation Ensemble Actor
1988 Comic Relief
  1. E17 - Comic Relief 2019
 Self

Non-comedy TV and film credits might be found here:
Olivia Colman on IMDb

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