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Olivia Williams

Acting 57 years old Camden Town, London, England, UK ★ 2.4
Born: July 26, 1968

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.

Filmography

Acting Credits (79)

Monster: The Ed Gein Story
Monster: The Ed Gein Story Alma Reville 2025
Dune: Prophecy
Dune: Prophecy Reverend Mother Tula Harkonnen 2024
Pigs
Pigs Mum 2024
The Trouble with Jessica
The Trouble with Jessica Beth 2024
Another End
Another End Juliette 2024
Unknown Belize
Unknown Belize Narrator 2024
Funny Woman
Funny Woman Gloria Balderstone, Barbara's mother 2023
The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power
The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power Winterbloom (voice) 2022
My Name Is Leon
My Name Is Leon Sylvia 2022
The Impact
The Impact The President 2022
The Wheel of Time
The Wheel of Time Queen Morgase Trakand 2021
The Nevers
The Nevers Lavinia Bidlow 2021
The Father
The Father The Woman 2020
Homemade
Homemade Queen (voice) 2020
Nyet!
Nyet! Mrs. Pyke 2019
Counterpart
Counterpart Emily Burton Silk 2017
National Theatre Archive: Mosquitoes
National Theatre Archive: Mosquitoes Alice 2017
National Theatre Live: Mosquitoes
National Theatre Live: Mosquitoes Alice 2017
Victoria & Abdul
Victoria & Abdul Baroness Churchill 2017
The Escape
The Escape Sarah 2017
The Halcyon
The Halcyon Lady Priscilla Hamilton 2017
The Crown
The Crown Camilla Parker Bowles 2016
The White King
The White King Sophia (voice) 2016
Emma, Change the Locks
Emma, Change the Locks Emma 2015
Man Up
Man Up Hilary 2015
Altar
Altar Meg 2014
Seventh Son
Seventh Son Mam Ward 2014
Manhattan
Manhattan Liza Winter 2014
Magpie
Magpie The Woman 2014
Maps to the Stars
Maps to the Stars Cristina Weiss 2014
Sabotage
Sabotage Caroline 2014
Salting the Battlefield
Salting the Battlefield Belinda Kay 2014
The Last Days on Mars
The Last Days on Mars Kim Aldrich 2013
Justin and the Knights of Valour
Justin and the Knights of Valour Queen (voice) 2013
The Guest
The Guest Marguerite 2013
Hyde Park on Hudson
Hyde Park on Hudson Eleanor Roosevelt 2012
Now Is Good
Now Is Good Mother 2012
Anna Karenina
Anna Karenina Countess Vronsky 2012
Wild Bill
Wild Bill Kelly 2011
Collaborator
Collaborator Emma Stiles 2011
Case Sensitive
Case Sensitive Charlie Zailer 2011
Hanna
Hanna Rachel 2011
OK! TV
OK! TV 2011
Terriers
Terriers Miriam Foster 2010
The Ghost Writer
The Ghost Writer Ruth Lang 2010
Sex & Drugs & Rock & Roll
Sex & Drugs & Rock & Roll Betty Dury 2010
An Education
An Education Miss Stubbs 2009
Dollhouse
Dollhouse Adelle DeWitt 2009
Broken Lines
Broken Lines Zoe 2008
Flashbacks of a Fool
Flashbacks of a Fool Grace Scott 2008
Miss Austen Regrets
Miss Austen Regrets Jane Austen 2008
Damage
Damage Michelle Cahill 2007
Krakatoa: The Last Days
Krakatoa: The Last Days Johanna Beijerinck 2006
X-Men: The Last Stand
X-Men: The Last Stand Dr. Moira MacTaggert 2006
Tara Road
Tara Road Ria 2005
Valiant
Valiant Victoria (voice) 2005
Agatha Christie: A Life in Pictures
Agatha Christie: A Life in Pictures Agatha Christie 2004
The Hotel In Amsterdam
The Hotel In Amsterdam Annie 2004
The Heart of Me
The Heart of Me Madeleine 2004
Peter Pan
Peter Pan Mary Darling 2003
To Kill a King
To Kill a King Lady Anne Fairfax 2003
Below
Below Claire 2002
The Man from Elysian Fields
The Man from Elysian Fields Andrea 2001
Lucky Break
Lucky Break Annabel 2001
The Body
The Body Sharon Golban 2001
Born Romantic
Born Romantic Eleanor 2000
Dead Babies
Dead Babies Diana 2000
Four Dogs Playing Poker
Four Dogs Playing Poker Audrey 2000
Jason and the Argonauts
Jason and the Argonauts Hera 2000
The Making of 'Rushmore'
The Making of 'Rushmore' Self 2000
Spaced
Spaced Irate Cyclist 1999
The Sixth Sense
The Sixth Sense Anna Crowe 1999
Rushmore
Rushmore Rosemary Cross 1998
The Postman
The Postman Abby 1997
Emma
Emma Jane Fairfax 1996
Friends
Friends Felicity 1994
The Ruth Rendell Mysteries
The Ruth Rendell Mysteries Jennifer Norris 1987
Van der Valk
Van der Valk Irene Kortman 1972
The Good Daughter
The Good Daughter Harriet 'Gamma' Quinn

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