Olivia Williams
Born July 26, 1968 (Age: 57)
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Camden Town, London, England, UK
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.
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.
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Filmography
The Father
2020
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as The Woman
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Age: 52
National Theatre Live: Mosquitoes
2017
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as Alice
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Age: 49
Victoria & Abdul
2017
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as Baroness Churchill
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Age: 49
Emma, Change the Locks
2015
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as Emma
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Age: 47
Man Up
2015
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as Hilary
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Age: 46
Seventh Son
2014
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as Mam Ward
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Age: 46
Maps to the Stars
2014
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as Cristina Weiss
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Age: 45
Sabotage
2014
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as Caroline
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Age: 45
Justin and the Knights of Valour
2013
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as Queen (voice)
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Age: 45
Hyde Park on Hudson
2012
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as Eleanor Roosevelt
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Age: 44
Now Is Good
2012
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as Mother
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Age: 44
Anna Karenina
2012
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as Countess Vronsky
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Age: 44
Hanna
2011
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as Rachel
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Age: 42
The Ghost Writer
2010
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as Ruth Lang
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Age: 41
An Education
2009
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as Miss Stubbs
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Age: 41
Flashbacks of a Fool
2008
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as Grace Scott
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Age: 39
Damage
2007
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as Michelle Cahill
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Age: 38
X-Men: The Last Stand
2006
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as Dr. Moira MacTaggert
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Age: 37
Tara Road
2005
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as Ria
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Age: 36
Valiant
2005
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as Victoria (voice)
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Age: 36
The Hotel In Amsterdam
2004
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as Annie
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Age: 35
Peter Pan
2003
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as Mary Darling
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Age: 35
Below
2002
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as Claire
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Age: 34
The Man from Elysian Fields
2001
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as Andrea
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Age: 33
Born Romantic
2000
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as Eleanor
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Age: 32
Dead Babies
2000
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as Diana
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Age: 32
Four Dogs Playing Poker
2000
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as Audrey
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Age: 31
The Making of 'Rushmore'
2000
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as Self
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Age: 31
The Sixth Sense
1999
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as Anna Crowe
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Age: 31
Rushmore
1998
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as Rosemary Cross
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Age: 30
The Postman
1997
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as Abby
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Age: 29
Emma
1996
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as Jane Fairfax
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Age: 28