Highest Rated: 98% The Father (2020)
Lowest Rated: 0% Pudsey the Dog: The Movie (2014)
Birthday: Jan 30, 1974
Birthplace: Norwich, Norfolk, England, UK
Prolific and widely respected British television and film actor Olivia Colman earned her first Oscar in 2019 for her role as Queen Anne in the biographical comedy-drama "The Favourite" (2018). Born and raised in the historic city of Norwich, England, Colman was inspired by her mother, who pursued ballet dancing as a young woman, to embark on a career in the arts. With that in mind, Colman decided to translate her love of performers and performing into the pursuit of a professional acting career. She started young, and by her mid-teens Colman was nabbing lead roles in school plays. When it came time to enter college, Colman briefly put her acting aspirations on hold to study primary teaching at Homerton College in Cambridge. However, her time at the college would prove to be short-lived. Colman wanted to be an actress after all, so she left Homerton and began studying drama at the Bristol Old Vic Theatre School. After graduating from the school in 1999, Colman began working almost immediately. She started out appearing primarily on television, with supporting roles on shows like "Mr. Charity" (BBC, 2001) and "Holby City" (BBC, 1999- ). Her first big break in the UK came in 2003 when she began playing Sophie Chapman on the comedy series "Peep Show" (Channel 4, 2003-2015). The success of her work on "Peep Show" led to additional roles on British comedy shows, including "Green Wing" (Channel 4, 2004-07), "Beautiful People" (BBC Two, 2008-09), and "Fleabag" (BBC, 2016- ). By the early 2010s Colman also began branching out by taking on various film roles. Her film roles included "The Iron Lady" (2011), "I Give It a Year" (2013), and "The Lobster" (2015), the last of which was directed by Yorgos Lanthimos. In 2016 Colman won accolades in America for her recurring role on the thriller mini-series "The Night Manager" (BBC One/AMC, 2016). "The Night Manager" was broadcast on both British and American television networks, and earned Colman a Golden Globe for Best Supporting Actress. In 2018 Colman worked with Yorgos Lanthimos once again when she was cast as Queen Anne of Britain in the period comedy-drama "The Favourite." The film was nominated for 10 Oscars, with Colman taking home her first Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress. In 2019 Colman began playing another Queen of England, Elizabeth II, on the Netflix historical drama series "The Crown." Colman began playing Queen Elizabeth II in the third season of the series, which premiered on the streaming network in 2019.
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No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Paddington in Peru | The Reverend Mother (Character) | - | 2024 |
80% | | Wicked Little Letters | Edith Swan (Character), Producer | $5.0M | 2023 |
82% | | Wonka | Mrs. Scrubitt (Character) | $218.4M | 2023 |
50% | | Joyride | Joy (Character) | - | 2022 |
95% | | Puss in Boots: The Last Wish | Unknown (Voice) | $185.5M | 2022 |
45% | | Empire of Light | Hilary (Character) | $1.2M | 2022 |
38% | | Scrooge: A Christmas Carol | Ghost of Christmas Past (Voice) | - | 2022 |
78% | | Mothering Sunday | Mrs. Niven (Character) | $274.3K | 2021 |
94% | | The Lost Daughter | Leda (Character), Executive Producer | - | 2021 |
69% | | The Electrical Life of Louis Wain | Unknown (Character) | - | 2021 |
81% | | Ron's Gone Wrong | Donka (Voice) | $23.0M | 2021 |
97% | | The Mitchells vs. the Machines | Pal (Voice) | - | 2021 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Superworm | Narrator | - | 2021 |
98% | | The Father | Anne (Character) | $2.1M | 2020 |
93% | | Nasrin | Narrator (Character) | - | 2020 |
59% | | Them That Follow | Hope (Character) | $159.0K | 2019 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Unexpected Item | Till (Character) | - | 2018 |
93% | | The Favourite | Queen Anne (Character) | $34.2M | 2018 |
60% | | Murder on the Orient Express | Hildegarde Schmidt (Character) | $101.5M | 2017 |
76% | | London Road | Julie (Character) | - | 2015 |
87% | | The Lobster | Hotel Manager (Character) | $9.1M | 2015 |
80% | | Marion (Voice) | - | 2015 | |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Unknown (Voice) | - | 2015 | |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Kármán Line | Sarah (Character) | - | 2014 |
0% | | Pudsey the Dog: The Movie | Nelly (Character) | - | 2014 |
No Score Yet | | Marion (Voice) | - | 2014 | |
54% | | Cuban Fury | Sam (Character) | $90.3K | 2014 |
No Score Yet | | The 7.39 | Maggie Matthews (Character) | - | 2014 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Marion (Voice) | - | 2014 | |
No Score Yet | | The Suspicions of Mr Whicher: The Murder in Angel Lane | Susan Spencer (Character) | - | 2013 |
91% | | Locke | Bethan (Character) | $1.4M | 2013 |
52% | | I Give It a Year | Linda (Character) | $32.5K | 2013 |
No Score Yet | | The Thirteenth Tale | Margaret Lea (Character) | - | 2013 |
37% | | Hyde Park on Hudson | Elizabeth (Character) | $6.4M | 2012 |
52% | | The Iron Lady | Carol Thatcher (Character) | $30.0M | 2011 |
84% | | Tyrannosaur | Hannah (Character) | $22.1K | 2011 |
87% | | Olivia (Character) | - | 2009 | |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Consuming Passion | Janet/ | - | 2008 |
53% | | Grow Your Own | Alice (Character) | - | 2007 |
91% | | Hot Fuzz | PC Doris Thatcher (Character) | $23.6M | 2007 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Dog Altogether | Anita (Character) | - | 2007 |
57% | | Confetti | Joanna (Character) | $227.0K | 2006 |
No Score Yet | | Much Ado About Nothing | Ursula (Character) | - | 2005 |
No Score Yet | | Terkel in Trouble | Terkel's Mom (Voice) | - | 2004 |
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98% | 96% | Heartstopper | Sarah Nelson (Character) | 2022-2024 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Graham Norton Show | Guest | 2013-2016 2019-2021 2024 |
52% | 45% | Secret Invasion | Sonya Falsworth (Character) | 2023 |
42% | 38% | Great Expectations | Miss Havisham (Character) | 2023 |
No Score Yet | 19% | The Late Late Show With James Corden | Guest | 2022 |
98% | 75% | Landscapers | Susan Edwards (Character), Executive Producer | 2021 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Trip Hazard: My Great British Adventure | Narrator | 2021 |
No Score Yet | 44% | The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon | Guest | 2020 |
81% | 92% | The Crown | Queen Elizabeth II (Character) | 2019-2020 |
No Score Yet | 88% | Becoming You | Narrator | 2020 |
No Score Yet | 49% | The Late Show With Stephen Colbert | Guest | 2020 |
85% | 77% | The Simpsons | Lily (Guest Voice) | 2020 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | 73 Questions | Self | 2020 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Secret Life of the Zoo | Narrator | 2016-2020 |
100% | 93% | Fleabag | Godmother (Character) | 2016 2019 |
88% | 79% | Les Misérables | Madame Thenardier (Character) | 2019 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Would I Lie to You? | Contestant | 2018-2019 |
74% | 81% | Watership Down | Strawberry (Voice) | 2018 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Il trenino Thomas e i suoi amici | Marion (UK & US) (Voice) | 2015 2018 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Who Do You Think You Are? | Guest | 2018 |
100% | 91% | Flowers | Deborah (Character) | 2016 2018 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Earth's Natural Wonders -- Life at the Extremes | Narrator | 2015 2018 |
92% | 91% | Broadchurch | DS Ellie Miller (Character) | 2013 2015 2017 |
91% | 89% | The Night Manager | Angela Burr (Character) | 2016 |
96% | 92% | Peep Show | Unknown (Character) | 2003-2005 2007-2010 2012 2015 |
No Score Yet | 92% | Rev. | Alex Smallbone (Character) | 2010-2011 2014 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Big Ballet | Narrator | 2014 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Run | Unknown (Character) | 2013 |
No Score Yet | 92% | Accused | Sue (Character) | 2010 2012 |
75% | No Score Yet | Twenty Twelve | Sally Owen (Character) | 2011-2012 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Exile | Unknown (Character) | 2011 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | That Mitchell and Webb Look | Unknown (Character) | 2006 2008-2010 |
90% | 64% | Doctor Who | Mother (Guest Star) | 2010 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Beautiful People | Debbie Doonan (Character) | 2008-2009 |
No Score Yet | 72% | Skins | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2009 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Love Soup | Unknown (Character) | 2008 |
86% | 95% | Green Wing | Harriet Schulenburg (Character) | 2004 2006-2007 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Rescue Me | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2002 |