Olivia Colman Bio | Wiki
Olivia Colman (Full name: Sarah Caroline Sinclair CBE) is an English actress. She is known for her comedic and dramatic roles in film and television. Olivia has received various accolades, including an Academy Award.
Others include a British Academy Film Award, a Primetime Emmy Award, three British Academy Television Awards, and three Golden Globe Awards. For her portrayal of Anne, Queen of Great Britain in the period black-comedy film The Favourite (2018), Olivia received the Academy Award for Best Actress.
Olivia Colman Age
Olivia was born on January 30, 1974, in Norwich, United Kingdom. She is 48 years old.
Olivia Colman Height
She is a woman of average stature and stands at a height of 5 ft 7 in (Approx. 1.7 m).
Olivia Colman Family
She was born in Norwich, to her parents Mary and Keith Colman. Olivia’s mother was a nurse and her father was a chartered surveyor.
Olivia Colman Husband
While performing in a late-1990s Footlights production of Sir Alan Ayckbourn’s Table Manners, Olivia met Ed Sinclair, a third-year law student who had become disillusioned with law and preferred to write. The two married in August 2001, and have three children. They live in South London.
Olivia Colman Education
She was privately educated at Norwich High School for Girls and Gresham’s School in Holt, Norfolk. Olivia’s first role was Jean Brodie in a school production of The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie at age 16.
She cites her mother’s interrupted career as a ballet dancer as an inspiration to pursue acting professionally. Olivia spent a term studying primary education at Homerton College, Cambridge before studying drama at the Bristol Old Vic Theatre School, from which she graduated in 1999.
During her time at Cambridge, she appeared in the Channel 4 series The Word in 1995 under her nickname “Colly”, auditioned for the Cambridge University Footlights Dramatic Club, and met future co-stars, David Mitchell and Robert Webb.
Olivia Colman Name
Olivia had to adopt a different stage name when she began working professionally because Equity (the UK actors’ union) already had an actress named Sarah Colman. “One of my best friends at university was called Olivia and I always loved her name,” she told The Independent in 2013. “I was never Sarah; I was always called by my nickname, Colly, so it didn’t seem so awful not to be called Sarah.”
Olivia Colman Movies
2022–present Heartstopper
2021 Trip Hazard: My Great British Adventure
2021 Landscapers
2020 The Simpsons
2020 Becoming You
2019–2020 The Crown
2019 Les Misérables
2018 Flatpack Empire
2018 Natural World
2016–2019 Fleabag
2011–2012 Twenty Twelve
2010 Doctor Who
2017 Murder on the Orient Express
2018 The Favourite
2019 Them That Follow
2020 The Father
Olivia Colman The Lost Daughter
Olivia starred in 2021 in Maggie Gyllenhaal’s psychological drama The Lost Daughter, an adaptation of the novel of the same name by Elena Ferrante. Her performance was critically praised, and she was nominated for the Golden Globe Award, Screen Actors Guild Award, and Academy Award for Best Actress.
Olivia Colman Oscars The Lobster
Olivia starred in Yorgos Lanthimos’ 2015 absurdist dystopian film, The Lobster, with Rachel Weisz and Colin Farrell. The film premiered at the 2015 Cannes Film Festival, where it competed for the Palme d’Or and received the Jury Prize. Colman was nominated for the London Film Critics Circle Award for Supporting Actress of the Year and received the BIFA Award for Best Supporting Actress.
Olivia Colman The Crwon | Queen Elizabeth
She played Queen Elizabeth II from 2019 to 2020 in the Netflix period-drama series The Crown. The third season was released in November 2019. For her performance, Olivia received two Screen Actors Guild Awards for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series, a Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Television Series Drama, and a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series. The fourth season was released on 15 November 2020, to critical acclaim.
Olivia Colman The Favourite
In 2018, Olivia starred as Queen Anne in Lanthimos’ film The Favourite with Emma Stone and Rachel Weisz. In preparation for the role, she gained 2 st 7 lbs (35 lb, or 16 kg). For her performance, she received the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture Comedy or Musical, the BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role, and the Academy Award for Best Actress. Olivia’s awestruck, humorous Academy Award acceptance speech was widely covered by the media.
Olivia Colman Net Worth
She earns her wealth from her career, therefore, she has amassed a fortune over the years. Olivia’s estimated net worth is $8 million.
How Old Is Olivia Colman
She is 48 years old. Olivia was born on January 30, 1974, in Norwich, United Kingdom.
Who Is Olivia Colman
Olivia is a 48-year-old English actress. She is known for her comedic and dramatic roles in film and television. Olivia has received various accolades, including an Academy Award.