Olivia Williams

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

78

Gender

Female

Birthday

1968-07-26 (57 years old)

Place of Birth

Camden Town, London, England, UK

Olivia Williams

Biography

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

  • Monster: The Ed Gein Story

    Monster: The Ed Gein Story

  • Friends

    Friends

  • The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power

    The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power

  • The Wheel of Time

    The Wheel of Time

  • The Crown

    The Crown

  • Dune: Prophecy

    Dune: Prophecy

  • The Sixth Sense

    The Sixth Sense

  • Dollhouse

    Dollhouse

  • Seventh Son

    Seventh Son

  • The Ruth Rendell Mysteries

    The Ruth Rendell Mysteries

  • The Father

    The Father

  • The Nevers

    The Nevers

  • Maps to the Stars

    Maps to the Stars

  • Van der Valk

    Van der Valk

  • Peter Pan

    Peter Pan

  • Counterpart

    Counterpart

  • Manhattan

    Manhattan

  • Rushmore

    Rushmore

  • Homemade

    Homemade

  • The Ghost Writer

    The Ghost Writer

  • Flashbacks of a Fool

    Flashbacks of a Fool

  • Valiant

    Valiant

  • Spaced

    Spaced

  • Emma

    Emma

  • Anna Karenina

    Anna Karenina

  • National Theatre Archive: Mosquitoes

    National Theatre Archive: Mosquitoes

  • Hyde Park on Hudson

    Hyde Park on Hudson

  • The Postman

    The Postman

  • Hanna

    Hanna

  • Sabotage

    Sabotage

  • OK! TV

    OK! TV

  • Dead Babies

    Dead Babies

  • Terriers

    Terriers

  • Altar

    Altar

  • Below

    Below

  • Jason and the Argonauts

    Jason and the Argonauts

  • Funny Woman

    Funny Woman

  • The White King

    The White King

  • The Impact

    The Impact

  • The Escape

    The Escape

  • Another End

    Another End

  • The Man from Elysian Fields

    The Man from Elysian Fields

  • The Heart of Me

    The Heart of Me

  • Miss Austen Regrets

    Miss Austen Regrets

  • Damage

    Damage

  • Collaborator

    Collaborator

  • The Making of 'Rushmore'

    The Making of 'Rushmore'

  • Wild Bill

    Wild Bill

  • Now Is Good

    Now Is Good

  • The Halcyon

    The Halcyon

  • Justin and the Knights of Valour

    Justin and the Knights of Valour

  • Tara Road

    Tara Road

  • Man Up

    Man Up

  • Salting the Battlefield

    Salting the Battlefield

  • The Body

    The Body

  • Broken Lines

    Broken Lines

  • Victoria & Abdul

    Victoria & Abdul

  • Krakatoa: The Last Days

    Krakatoa: The Last Days

  • My Name Is Leon

    My Name Is Leon

  • The Last Days on Mars

    The Last Days on Mars

  • Sex & Drugs & Rock & Roll

    Sex & Drugs & Rock & Roll

  • Born Romantic

    Born Romantic

  • Case Sensitive

    Case Sensitive

  • An Education

    An Education

  • The Hotel In Amsterdam

    The Hotel In Amsterdam

  • The Trouble with Jessica

    The Trouble with Jessica

  • The Guest

    The Guest

  • Magpie

    Magpie

  • Lucky Break

    Lucky Break

  • Nyet!

    Nyet!

  • Four Dogs Playing Poker

    Four Dogs Playing Poker

  • Agatha Christie: A Life in Pictures

    Agatha Christie: A Life in Pictures

  • Pigs

    Pigs

  • The Good Daughter

    The Good Daughter

  • To Kill a King

    To Kill a King

  • X-Men: The Last Stand

    X-Men: The Last Stand

  • National Theatre Live: Mosquitoes

    National Theatre Live: Mosquitoes

  • Emma, Change the Locks

    Emma, Change the Locks