Olivia Colman
Birthday: 1974-01-30
Place of Birth: Norwich, Norfolk, England, UK
Biography: Sarah Caroline Sinclair CBE (born January 30, 1974), known professionally as Olivia Colman, is an English actress. Known for her comedic and dramatic roles in film and television, she has received various accolades, including an Academy Award, a British Academy Film Award, two Emmy Awards, three British Academy Television Awards and three Golden Globe Awards. She was acclaimed for her performance in the ITV crime-drama series Broadchurch (2013–2017), for which she received a British Academy Television Award for Best Actress. She played Queen Elizabeth II from 2019 to 2020 in the Netflix period-drama series The Crown, for which she received a Golden Globe Award and a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series. For her portrayal of Anne, Queen of Great Britain in the period black-comedy film The Favourite (2018), Colman received the Academy Award for Best Actress. She received additional Academy Award nominations for her performances in The Father (2020) and The Lost Daughter (2021). Other notable film and television credits include Hot Fuzz (2007), Tyrannosaur (2011), The Iron Lady (2011), Hyde Park on Hudson (2012), Locke (2013), The Lobster (2015), Fleabag (2016-2019), Murder on the Orient Express (2017), The Mitchells vs. the Machines (2021), Landscapers (2021), Empire of Light (2022), Puss in Boots: The Last Wish (2022), Secret Invasion (2023), Wonka (2023), Wicked Little Letters (2023) and Paddington in Peru (2024).
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Confetti
A mockumentary that follows three couples as they battle it out to win the coveted title of 'Most Or...
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The Electrical Life of Louis Wain
The extraordinary true story of eccentric British artist Louis Wain, whose playful, sometimes even p...
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Hot Fuzz
Former London constable Nicholas Angel finds it difficult to adapt to his new assignment in the slee...
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Wonka
Willy Wonka – chock-full of ideas and determined to change the world one delectable bite at a time –...
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Girl from the North Country
Nick Laine's wife is suffering from dementia. Their daughter Marianne has a guarded secret that no o...
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Le Donk & Scor-zay-zee
An improvised comedy, shot over five days by Shane Meadows, devised with and starring Paddy Considin...
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Zemanovaload
John Davies suffers from multiple obsessive compulsive disorders. When his current model girlfriend ...
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Attenborough at 90
In celebration of his ninetieth birthday, Sir David Attenborough shares extraordinary highlights of ...
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Ron's Gone Wrong
In a world where walking, talking, digitally connected bots have become children's best friends, an ...
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I Could Never Be Your Woman
Mother Nature loves to cause mischief, and she steps in to help two love-starved souls find happines...
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Children In Need 2019: Got It Covered
Ten big-name actors, including Jim Broadbent, Jodie Whittaker, David Tennant and Olivia Colman, come...
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Superworm
Superworm is super-long and super-strong, and is always saving the day. But who can save him when he...
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The Super Squirrels
The squirrel family is one of the most widespread on earth, so what is the secret to their success? ...
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The Iron Lady
A look at the life of Margaret Thatcher, the former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, with a foc...
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Consuming Passion
Celebrating the 100th anniversary of the popular romance publishing phenomenon Mills & Boon, a colou...
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Tyrannosaur
The story of Joseph, a man plagued by violence and a rage that is driving him to self-destruction. A...
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Paddington in Peru
Paddington travels to Peru to visit his beloved Aunt Lucy, who now resides at the Home for Retired B...
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Hyde Park on Hudson
The story of the love affair between FDR and his distant cousin Margaret Stuckley, centered around t...
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I Give It a Year
After a quick courtship, two lovers hastily decide to tie the knot. As their first year of marriage ...
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Locke
Ivan Locke has worked hard to craft a good life for himself. Tonight, that life will collapse around...
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Wicked Little Letters
When the denizens of Littlehampton – including conservative Edith – begin receiving letters full of ...
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The Murder in Angel Lane
When Mr. Whicher, a retired policeman, helps a country lady to find her niece, he is drawn into a di...
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The Thirteenth Tale
Biographer Margaret Lea travels to the isolated rural mansion of the famous writer Vida Winter, who ...
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The Five(ish) Doctors Reboot
With the 50th anniversary of Doctor Who about to film, the "classic" Doctors Peter Davison, Colin Ba...
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Kilimanjaro: The Bigger Red Nose Climb
Nine famous faces are pushed to their physical and emotional limits in a valiant attempt to scale Mo...
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Cuban Fury
Beneath Bruce Garrett's under-confident, overweight exterior, the passionate heart of a salsa king l...
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Puss in Boots: The Last Wish
Puss in Boots discovers that his passion for adventure has taken its toll: He has burned through eig...
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Wicker
An outcast in a fishing village commissions a husband for herself made out of wicker....
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Scrooge: A Christmas Carol
On a cold Christmas Eve, selfish miser Ebenezer Scrooge has one night left to face his past — and ch...
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The Private Life of the Royal Academy
Filmed over 5 years, this documentary goes behind the scenes at one of Britain's most remarkable ins...
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Pudsey the Dog: The Movie
Pudsey the cheeky London stray dog is quite happy being a lone ranger, looking out for number one, u...
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Dog Altogether
Joseph is a man plagued by a violence and rage who is driving him to self destruction. As he falls f...
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Thomas & Friends: Tale of the Brave
Thomas is working at the Clay Pits when a storm closes in and the rain makes the clay cliffs unstabl...
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Buried Alive
A comic tale of one man's quest for world fame by burying alive himself for a month....
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London Road
London Road is a musical drama that documents the events of 2006, when the quiet rural town of Ipswi...
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Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of Secret Invasion
Through in-depth interviews with cast and crew, and exclusive behind-the-scenes footage, Assembled u...
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The Lobster
In a dystopian near future, single people, according to the laws of The City, are taken to The Hotel...
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The Kármán Line
When a mother is hit by a rare condition that sees her lift off the ground at a slow but ever increa...
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Grow Your Own
A refugee family are given an allotment plot and are met with suspicion by the people who have worke...
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Thomas & Friends: Sodor's Legend of the Lost Treasure: The Movie
Shiver me timbers. Surprises await Thomas and his friends as they dig up their most daring adventure...
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The Roses
Life seems easy for picture-perfect couple Ivy and Theo: successful careers, a loving marriage, grea...
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The Favourite
England, early 18th century. The close relationship between Queen Anne and Sarah Churchill is threat...
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Change the Ending
Not all fairy tales end the way we expect. Alzhemier Research charity promotional film....
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Jimpa
Hannah takes her nonbinary teenager, Frances, to Amsterdam to visit their gay grandfather, Jim — lov...
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Bad Sugar
A dysfunctional, wealthy mining dynasty, with an ailing patriarch and some greedy siblings. A peculi...
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Hancock & Joan
Drama which tells the story of comedian Tony Hancock's love affair with his friend's wife, and her f...
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David Attenborough Meets President Obama
On his 89th birthday, renowned English broadcaster and naturalist Sir David Attenborough pays his fi...
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We're Going on a Bear Hunt
We're Going on a Bear Hunt follows the intrepid adventures of siblings Stan, Katie, Rosie, Max, the ...
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Murder on the Orient Express
Genius Belgian detective Hercule Poirot investigates the murder of an American tycoon aboard the Ori...
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See Me
Three 16 year old school girls and their 30-something teacher are trapped in one room on a school de...
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The Time of Your Life
A 35 year old woman, Kate, awakes from an eighteen year coma following a tragic accident to an unfam...
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Them That Follow
A Pentecostal pastor, Lemuel Childs, and his believers handle venomous snakes to prove themselves be...
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The Alternativity
The story of how Britain’s favourite artist Banksy teamed up with Britain’s favourite film director ...
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Earth's Natural Wonders
Across our planet there are a handful of places that just take your breath away: Everest, The Grand ...
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Behind Closed Doors
Victims of domestic violence bravely face the camera as they describe the horrors they've endured at...
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Let's Dance
Justin Peck, the New York City Ballet's resident choreographer, created a series of dances for 2018...
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All The World's a Stage
All The World's A Stage is about an actor who loses his sense of identity and feels he can no longer...
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The Father
A man refuses all assistance from his daughter as he ages and, as he tries to make sense of his chan...
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Our Queen at Ninety
Documentary following the Queen and members of the British Royal Family....
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Turtle Journey: The Crisis in Our Oceans
The story of a turtle family making their way home through a damaged and changing ocean. A powerful ...
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The Lost Daughter
A woman's seaside vacation takes a dark turn when her obsession with a young mother forces her to co...
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The Mitchells vs. the Machines
A quirky, dysfunctional family's road trip is upended when they find themselves in the middle of the...
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Much Ado About Nothing
Tensions mount in the TV studio when a take-charge anchor is reunited with a man she has a "history"...
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Mothering Sunday
On a warm spring day in 1924, house maid and foundling Jane Fairchild finds herself alone on Mother'...
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Unexpected Item
Sometimes you get more than you pay for, but life advice from a self service check out, is probably ...
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Joyride
12-year-old Mully has lost his mother and discovers his debt-ridden father stealing the charity mone...
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Nasrin
Secretly filmed in Iran for over two years, Nasrin is an immersive portrait of human rights activist...
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National Theatre Archive: Mosquitoes
In 2008, as the Large Hadron Collider searches for the Higgs boson, tragedy throws two sisters toget...
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Cinderella: A Comic Relief Pantomime for Christmas
Olivia Colman leads a stellar cast of actors, entertainers and comedians in a very special ‘stay-at-...
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Letters Live from the Archive: International Women’s Day
Celebrate International Women’s Day with this brand new inspiring film from LETTERS LIVE. In “LETTER...
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Letters Live from the Archive: Freemasons’ Hall
Inspired by "Letters of Note", the bestselling anthology compiled by Shaun Usher, and "To the Letter...
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Letters Live from the Archive: Union Chapel
Since 2017, Letters Live has produced 11 shows at the Union Chapel, with no two shows being the same...
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Empire of Light
The duty manager of a seaside cinema, who is struggling with her mental health, forms a relationship...
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The Grey Man
Kevin Dodds is a browbeaten deputy bank manager who devises a cunning plan to rob his own bank. Base...
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An A to Z of Paddington
Dive deep into the lore and influence of Paddington in this feel-good documentary composed of beauti...
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National Theatre Live: Mosquitoes
Alice is a scientist. She lives in Geneva. As the Large Hadron Collider starts up in 2008, she is on...
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The Favourite: Unstitching the Costume Drama
A documentary behind the scenes of Yorgos Lanthimos' 'The Favourite' (2018)....
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Thomas & Friends: Start Your Engines!
Thomas and Friends are racing on the rails. The clock is ticking for Thomas, Bertie and Spencer to g...
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Elsinore
A powerful, deeply moving and inspiring true story of the actor Ian Charleson who faced incredible o...
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