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Olivia Williams

Olivia Williams

Olivia Haigh Williams (born 26 July 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.

  • BIRTH 26/07/1968
  • Country United Kingdom
  • SHOWS 11
  • MOVIES 37

Shows (11)

Friends
Friends
Felicity
The Crown
The Crown
Camilla of Cornwall / Camilla Parker Bowles
Counterpart
Counterpart
Emily Burton Silk
The Nevers
The Nevers
Lavinia Bidlow
Dollhouse
Dollhouse
Adelle DeWitt
Spaced
Spaced
Irate Cyclist
Manhattan
Manhattan
Liza Winter
The Halcyon
The Halcyon
Lady Priscilla Hamilton
Case Sensitive
Case Sensitive
Charlie Zailer
Jason and the Argonauts
Jason and the Argonauts
Hera
Terriers
Terriers
Miriam Foster

Movies (37)

The Sixth Sense
The Sixth Sense
Anna Crowe
Anna Karenina
Anna Karenina
Countess Vronsky
The Father
The Father
The Woman
Peter Pan
Peter Pan
Mrs. Darling
Seventh Son
Seventh Son
Mam Ward
Hanna
Hanna
Rachel
The Postman
The Postman
Abby
The Ghost Writer
The Ghost Writer
Ruth Lang
Another End
Another End
Juliette
Rushmore
Rushmore
Rosemary Cross
Valiant
Valiant
Victoria (voice)
Now Is Good
Now Is Good
Mother
Sabotage
Sabotage
Investigator Caroline Brentwood
Man Up
Man Up
Hilary
An Education
An Education
Miss Stubbs
Maps to the Stars
Maps to the Stars
Cristina Weiss
The Body
The Body
Sharon Golban
Victoria & Abdul
Victoria & Abdul
Baroness Churchill
Below
Below
Claire
The Trouble with Jessica
The Trouble with Jessica
Beth
The Last Days on Mars
The Last Days on Mars
Kim Aldrich
Emma
Emma
Jane Fairfax
Miss Austen Regrets
Miss Austen Regrets
Jane Austen
Justin and the Knights of Valour
Justin and the Knights of Valour
Queen (voice)
Salting the Battlefield
Salting the Battlefield
Belinda Kay
Flashbacks of a Fool
Flashbacks of a Fool
Grace Scott
To Kill a King
To Kill a King
Lady Anne Fairfax
Altar
Altar
Meg
The White King
The White King
Sophia (voice)
The Man from Elysian Fields
The Man from Elysian Fields
Andrea
The Heart of Me
The Heart of Me
Madeleine
Hyde Park on Hudson
Hyde Park on Hudson
Eleanor Roosevelt
My Name Is Leon
My Name Is Leon
Sylvia
Wild Bill
Wild Bill
Kelly
Krakatoa: The Last Days
Krakatoa: The Last Days
Johanna Beijerinck
Tara Road
Tara Road
Ria
Agatha Christie: A Life in Pictures
Agatha Christie: A Life in Pictures
Agatha Christie