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