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