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Home/People/Olivia Williams
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Born
Jul 26, 1968
Age 57
Place of Birth
Camden Town, London, England, UK
Known For
Acting
Gender
Female

Career Highlights

58
Movies
23
TV Shows
Also Known As
Olivia Haigh Williams
اولیویا ویلیامز
IMDb Profile

Olivia Williams

Acting

Biography
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.
Dune: Prophecy - Behind the Scenes poster

Dune: Prophecy - Behind the Scenes

as Self
2024
Pigs poster

Pigs

as Mum
2024
The Trouble with Jessica poster

The Trouble with Jessica

as Beth
2024
Another End poster

Another End

as Juliette
2024
My Name Is Leon poster

My Name Is Leon

as Sylvia
2022
The Impact poster

The Impact

as The President
2022
The Father poster

The Father

as The Woman
2020
Nyet! poster

Nyet!

as Mrs. Pyke
2019
National Theatre Archive: Mosquitoes poster

National Theatre Archive: Mosquitoes

as Alice
2017
National Theatre Live: Mosquitoes poster

National Theatre Live: Mosquitoes

as Alice
2017
Victoria & Abdul poster

Victoria & Abdul

as Baroness Churchill
2017
The Escape poster

The Escape

as Sarah
2017
The White King poster

The White King

as Sophia (voice)
2016
Emma, Change the Locks poster

Emma, Change the Locks

as Emma
2015
Man Up poster

Man Up

as Hilary
2015
Altar poster

Altar

as Meg
2014
Seventh Son poster

Seventh Son

as Mam Ward
2014
Magpie poster

Magpie

as The Woman
2014
Maps to the Stars poster

Maps to the Stars

as Cristina Weiss
2014
Sabotage poster

Sabotage

as Caroline
2014