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