Olivia Williams
Personal Info
Known for
Acting
Gender
Female
Birthday
1968-07-26 (57 years old)
Place of Birth
Camden Town, London, England, UK
Olivia Williams
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.
Known For
Acting
(2024)
The Trouble with Jessica
as Beth
(2024)
Another End
as Juliette
(2024)
Pigs
as Mum
(2022)
The Impact
as The President
(2022)
My Name Is Leon
as Sylvia
(2020)
The Father
as The Woman
(2019)
Nyet!
as Mrs. Pyke
(2017)
(2017)
The Escape
as Sarah
(2017)
Victoria & Abdul
as Baroness Churchill
(2017)
(2016)
The White King
as Sophia (voice)
(2015)
Man Up
as Hilary
(2014)
Seventh Son
as Mam Ward
(2014)
Maps to the Stars
as Cristina Weiss
(2014)
Sabotage
as Investigator Caroline Brentwood
(2014)
Altar
as Meg
(2014)
Magpie
as The Woman
(2014)
Salting the Battlefield
as Belinda Kay
(2013)
Justin and the Knights of Valour
as Queen (voice)
(2013)
The Last Days on Mars
as Kim Aldrich
(2013)
The Guest
as Marguerite
(2012)
Anna Karenina
as Countess Vronsky
(2012)
Hyde Park on Hudson
as Eleanor Roosevelt
(2012)
Now Is Good
as Mother
(2011)
Hanna
as Rachel
(2011)
Wild Bill
as Kelly
(2011)
Collaborator
as Emma Stiles
(2010)
The Ghost Writer
as Ruth Lang
(2010)
Sex & Drugs & Rock & Roll
as Betty Dury
(2009)
An Education
as Miss Stubbs
(2008)
Flashbacks of a Fool
as Grace Scott
(2008)
Miss Austen Regrets
as Jane Austen
(2008)
Broken Lines
as Zoe
(2007)
Damage
as Michelle Cahill
(2006)
Krakatoa: The Last Days
as Johanna Beijerinck
(2006)
X-Men: The Last Stand
as Dr. Moira MacTaggert
(2005)
Valiant
as Victoria (voice)
(2005)
Tara Road
as Ria
(2004)
The Heart of Me
as Madeleine
(2004)
(2004)
Agatha Christie: A Life in Pictures
as Agatha Christie
(2003)
Peter Pan
as Mary Darling
(2003)
To Kill a King
as Lady Anne Fairfax
(2002)
Below
as Claire
(2001)
The Man from Elysian Fields
as Andrea
(2001)
The Body
as Sharon Golban
(2001)
Lucky Break
as Annabel
(2000)
Dead Babies
as Diana
(2000)
The Making of 'Rushmore'
as Self
(2000)
Born Romantic
as Eleanor
(2000)
Four Dogs Playing Poker
as Audrey
(1999)
The Sixth Sense
as Anna Crowe
(1998)
Rushmore
as Rosemary Cross
(1997)
The Postman
as Abby
(1996)
Emma
as Jane Fairfax