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Olivia Williams
ActorBorn July 26, 1968 (56 years)
Olivia Haigh Williams (born July 26, 1968) is a British actress who has appeared in British and American films and television. Williams studied drama at the Bristol Old Vic Theatre School for two years followed by three years at the Royal Shakespeare Company. Her first significant screen role was as Jane Fairfax in the British television film Emma (1996), based on Jane Austen's novel.
She made her film debut in 1997's The Postman, followed by Rushmore (1998) and The Sixth Sense (1999). Williams also acted in the British films Lucky Break (2001), The Heart of Me (2002) and An Education (2009). She continued acting in films such as The Ghost Writer (2010), Hanna (2011), Anna Karenina (2012), Hyde Park on Hudson (2012), Maps to the Stars (2014), Victoria & Abdul (2017), and The Father (2020).
From 2017 to 2019, she played Emily Silk in the science fiction television series Counterpart. In 2022, Williams portrayed Camilla Parker Bowles in the Netflix historical drama The Crown in its fifth season, a role she is set to reprise in its sixth and final season.
She made her film debut in 1997's The Postman, followed by Rushmore (1998) and The Sixth Sense (1999). Williams also acted in the British films Lucky Break (2001), The Heart of Me (2002) and An Education (2009). She continued acting in films such as The Ghost Writer (2010), Hanna (2011), Anna Karenina (2012), Hyde Park on Hudson (2012), Maps to the Stars (2014), Victoria & Abdul (2017), and The Father (2020).
From 2017 to 2019, she played Emily Silk in the science fiction television series Counterpart. In 2022, Williams portrayed Camilla Parker Bowles in the Netflix historical drama The Crown in its fifth season, a role she is set to reprise in its sixth and final season.
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| 2024 | Dune: Prophecy (TV Series) · as Reverend Mother Tula Harkonnen |
| 2024 | Another End · as Juliette |
| 2023 | The Trouble with Jessica · as Beth |
| 2022 | Funny Woman (2023) (TV Series) · as Gloria Balderstone, Barbara's Mother |
| 2022 | Monster (2022) (TV Series) · as Alma Reville |
| 2022 | The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power (TV Series) · as Winterbloom (voice) |
| 2022 | My Name Is Leon · as Sylvia |
| 2022 | The Impact · as The President |
| 2021 | The Wheel of Time (TV Series) · as Morgase Trakand Queen Of Andor |
| 2021 | The Nevers (TV Series) · as Lavinia Bidlow |
| 2020 | The Father · as The Woman |
| 2020 | Homemade (TV Series) · as Queen (voice) |
| 2020 | Unprecedented (TV Series) · as Cheryl |
| 2017 | Counterpart (TV Series) · as Emily Burton Silk |
| 2017 | Victoria & Abdul · as Baroness Churchill |
| 2017 | National Theatre at Home: Mosquitoes · as Alice |
| 2017 | The Halcyon (TV Series) · as Lady Priscilla Hamilton |
| 2016 | The Crown (TV Series) · as Camilla Parker Bowles |
| 2016 | The White King · as Sophia (voice) |
| 2015 | Man Up · as Hilary |
| 2014 | Altar · as Meg |
| 2014 | Seventh Son · as Mam Ward |
| 2014 | |
| 2014 | Maps to the Stars · as Cristina Weiss |
| 2014 | Sabotage · as Investigator Caroline Brentwood |
| 2014 | Salting the Battlefield · as Belinda Kay |
| 2013 | The Last Days on Mars · as Kim Aldrich |
| 2013 | Justin and the Knights of Valour · as Queen (voice) |
| 2012 | Hyde Park on Hudson · as Eleanor Roosevelt |
| 2012 | How to Behave · as Silent Era Woman 1 |
| 2012 | Now Is Good · as Mother |
| 2012 | Anna Karenina · as Countess Vronsky |
| 2012 | Playhouse Presents (TV Series) · as Dorothy |
| 2011 | |
| 2011 | Collaborator · as Emma Stiles |
| 2011 | Worricker (TV Series) · as Belinda Kay |
| 2011 | Case Sensitive (TV Series) · as Charlie Zailer |
| 2011 | Hanna · as Rachel |
| 2010 | The Ghost Writer · as Ruth Lang |
| 2010 | Sex & Drugs & Rock & Roll · as Betty Dury |
| 2010 | Terriers (TV Series) · as Miriam Foster |
| 2009 | An Education · as Miss Stubbs |
| 2009 | Dollhouse (TV Series) · as Adelle Dewitt |
| 2008 | Broken Lines · as Zoe |
| 2008 | Flashbacks of a Fool · as Grace Scott |
| 2007 | Miss Austen Regrets · as Jane Austen |
| 2007 | Damage · as Michelle Cahill |
| 2006 | X-Men: The Last Stand · as Dr. Moira Mactaggert |
| 2006 | Krakatoa: Volcano of Destruction · as Johanna Beijerinck |
| 2005 | Tara Road · as Ria |
| 2005 | Valiant · as Victoria (voice) |
| 2004 | Agatha Christie: A Life in Pictures · as Agatha Christie |
| 2004 | |
| 2003 | Peter Pan · as Mrs. Darling |
| 2003 | To Kill a King · as Lady Anne Fairfax |
| 2002 | Below · as Claire |
| 2002 | The Heart of Me · as Madeleine |
| 2001 | The Man from Elysian Fields · as Andrea |
| 2001 | Lucky Break · as Annabel |
| 2001 | The Body · as Sharon Golban |
| 2000 | Born Romantic · as Eleanor |
| 2000 | |
| 2000 | Four Dogs Playing Poker · as Audrey |
| 2000 | Jason and the Argonauts (TV Series) · as Hera |
| 1999 | OK! TV (TV Series) |
| 1999 | Spaced (TV Series) · as Irate Cyclist |
| 1999 | The Sixth Sense · as Anna Crowe |
| 1998 | Rushmore · as Rosemary Cross |
| 1997 | The Postman · as Abby |
| 1997 | Gaston's War · as Nicky |
| 1996 | Emma · as Jane Fairfax |
| 1994 | Friends (TV Series) · as Felicity |
| 1987 | The Ruth Rendell Mysteries (TV Series) · as Jennifer Norris |
| 1972 | Van der Valk (TV Series) · as Irene Kortman |