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