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Olivia Williams

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Olivia Williams

Born July 26, 1968 in Camden Town, London, England, UK 54 films

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.

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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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The Father posterFirst watchThe Father20208.1as The WomanA man refuses all assistance from his daughter as he ages and, as he tries to make sense of his changing circumstances, he begins to doubt his loved ones, his own mind and even the fabric…View film

Essential films

Ranked by acclaim and reach
The Sixth Sense poster8.0The Sixth Sense1999X-Men: The Last Stand poster6.4X-Men: The Last Stand2006Rushmore poster7.4Rushmore1998Peter Pan poster7.1Peter Pan2003Hanna poster6.6Hanna2011The Ghost Writer poster6.8The Ghost Writer2010Anna Karenina poster6.7Anna Karenina2012Now Is Good poster7.3Now Is Good2012

Filmography

54 films as actor
  1. 2024PigsMum
  2. 2024The Trouble with JessicaBeth
  3. 2024Another EndJuliette
  4. 2022My Name Is LeonSylvia
  5. 2022The ImpactThe President
  6. 2020The FatherThe Woman
  7. 2019Nyet!Mrs. Pyke
  8. 2017National Theatre Archive: MosquitoesAlice
  9. 2017Victoria & AbdulBaroness Churchill
  10. 2017The EscapeSarah
  11. 2016The White KingSophia (voice)
  12. 2015Emma, Change the LocksEmma
  13. 2015Man UpHilary
  14. 2014AltarMeg
  15. 2014Seventh SonMam Ward
  16. 2014MagpieThe Woman
  17. 2014Maps to the StarsCristina Weiss
  18. 2014SabotageCaroline
  19. 2014Salting the BattlefieldBelinda Kay
  20. 2013The Last Days on MarsKim Aldrich
  21. 2013Justin and the Knights of ValourQueen (voice)
  22. 2013The GuestMarguerite
  23. 2012Hyde Park on HudsonEleanor Roosevelt
  24. 2012Now Is GoodMother
  25. 2012Anna KareninaCountess Vronsky
  26. 2011Wild BillKelly
  27. 2011CollaboratorEmma Stiles
  28. 2011HannaRachel
  29. 2010The Ghost WriterRuth Lang
  30. 2010Sex & Drugs & Rock & RollBetty Dury
  31. 2009An EducationMiss Stubbs
  32. 2008Broken LinesZoe
  33. 2008Flashbacks of a FoolGrace Scott
  34. 2008Miss Austen RegretsJane Austen
  35. 2007DamageMichelle Cahill
  36. 2006X-Men: The Last StandDr. Moira MacTaggert (uncredited)
  37. 2005Tara RoadRia
  38. 2005ValiantVictoria (voice)
  39. 2004Agatha Christie: A Life in PicturesAgatha Christie
  40. 2004The Hotel In AmsterdamAnnie
  41. 2004The Heart of MeMadeleine
  42. 2003Peter PanMary Darling
  43. 2003To Kill a KingLady Anne Fairfax
  44. 2002BelowClaire
  45. 2001The Man from Elysian FieldsAndrea
  46. 2001Lucky BreakAnnabel
  47. 2001The BodySharon Golban
  48. 2000Born RomanticEleanor
  49. 2000Dead BabiesDiana
  50. 2000Four Dogs Playing PokerAudrey
  51. 1999The Sixth SenseAnna Crowe
  52. 1998RushmoreRosemary Cross
  53. 1997The PostmanAbby
  54. 1996EmmaJane Fairfax