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Sarah Caroline Sinclair CBE, known professionally as Olivia Colman, is an English actress. Known for her comedic and dramatic roles in film and television, she has received various accolades, including an Academy Award, a British Academy Film Award, two Emmy Awards, three British Academy Television Awards and three Golden Globe Awards. She was acclaimed for her performance in the ITV crime-drama series Broadchurch (2013–2017), for which she received a British Academy Television Award for Best Actress. She played Queen Elizabeth II from 2019 to 2020 in the Netflix period-drama series The Crown, for which she received a Golden Globe Award and a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series. For her portrayal of Anne, Queen of Great Britain in the period black-comedy film The Favourite (2018), Colman received the Academy Award for Best Actress. She received additional Academy Award nominations for her performances in The Father (2020) and The Lost Daughter (2021). Other notable film and television credits include Hot Fuzz (2007), Tyrannosaur (2011), The Iron Lady (2011), Hyde Park on Hudson (2012), Locke (2013), The Lobster (2015), Fleabag (2016-2019), Murder on the Orient Express (2017), The Mitchells vs. the Machines (2021), Landscapers (2021), Empire of Light (2022), Puss in Boots: The Last Wish (2022), Secret Invasion (2023), Wonka (2023), Wicked Little Letters (2023) and Paddington in Peru (2024).
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Sarah Caroline Sinclair CBE, known professionally as Olivia Colman, is an English actress. Known for her comedic and dramatic roles in film and television, she has received various accolades, including an Academy Award, a British Academy Film Award, two Emmy Awards, three British Academy Television Awards and three Golden Globe Awards. She was acclaimed for her performance in the ITV crime-drama series Broadchurch (2013–2017), for which she received a British Academy Television Award for Best Actress. She played Queen Elizabeth II from 2019 to 2020 in the Netflix period-drama series The Crown, for which she received a Golden Globe Award and a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series. For her portrayal of Anne, Queen of Great Britain in the period black-comedy film The Favourite (2018), Colman received the Academy Award for Best Actress. She received additional Academy Award nominations for her performances in The Father (2020) and The Lost Daughter (2021). Other notable film and television credits include Hot Fuzz (2007), Tyrannosaur (2011), The Iron Lady (2011), Hyde Park on Hudson (2012), Locke (2013), The Lobster (2015), Fleabag (2016-2019), Murder on the Orient Express (2017), The Mitchells vs. the Machines (2021), Landscapers (2021), Empire of Light (2022), Puss in Boots: The Last Wish (2022), Secret Invasion (2023), Wonka (2023), Wicked Little Letters (2023) and Paddington in Peru (2024).
Known For
Midsomer Murders
The Oscars
The Graham Norton Show
The One Show
The Simpsons
The Late Late Show with James Corden
Ant & Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway
Doctor Who
GMTV
Would I Lie to You?
Les Misérables
The Bear
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Who Do You Think You Are?
Skins
Staged
Heartstopper
Fleabag
Love Soup
The Office
ShakespeaRe-Told
Barbie
The Electrical Life of Louis Wain
Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of Secret Invasion
Murder on the Orient Express
Attenborough at 90
Paddington in Peru
Hot Fuzz
Watership Down
Mothering Sunday
Puss in Boots: The Last Wish
The Mitchells vs. the Machines
Wonka
Secret Invasion
Exile
Ron's Gone Wrong
Accused
Locke
The Crown
The Night Manager
Pride & Prejudice
The Alternativity
The Lobster
The 7.39
Run
Children In Need 2019: Got It Covered
Twenty Twelve
The Father
The Thirteenth Tale
The Roses
Broadchurch
Scrooge: A Christmas Carol
The Favourite
Empire of Light
Earth's Natural Wonders
Cry Wolf
Earth's Natural Wonders
Great Expectations
Joyride
The Great War: The People's Story
Becoming You
The Lost Daughter
The Secrets
Landscapers
Cinderella: A Comic Relief Pantomime for Christmas
Production Credits
Cry Wolf
The Lost Daughter
Landscapers
The Roses
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