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

  • Friends

    Friends

  • The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power

    The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power

  • Monster: The Ed Gein Story

    Monster: The Ed Gein Story

  • The Crown

    The Crown

  • The Wheel of Time

    The Wheel of Time

  • Dune: Prophecy

    Dune: Prophecy

  • Dollhouse

    Dollhouse

  • The Nevers

    The Nevers

  • The Sixth Sense

    The Sixth Sense

  • Hanna

    Hanna

  • Peter Pan

    Peter Pan

  • Valiant

    Valiant

  • Van der Valk

    Van der Valk

  • The Father

    The Father

  • Seventh Son

    Seventh Son

  • Emma

    Emma

  • Counterpart

    Counterpart

  • Manhattan

    Manhattan

  • The Ruth Rendell Mysteries

    The Ruth Rendell Mysteries

  • Rushmore

    Rushmore

  • The Postman

    The Postman

  • Another End

    Another End

  • Spaced

    Spaced

  • Altar

    Altar

  • Man Up

    Man Up

  • The Body

    The Body

  • Broken Lines

    Broken Lines

  • Terriers

    Terriers

  • OK! TV

    OK! TV

  • Wild Bill

    Wild Bill

  • Anna Karenina

    Anna Karenina

  • Magpie

    Magpie

  • The Escape

    The Escape

  • Jason and the Argonauts

    Jason and the Argonauts

  • Tara Road

    Tara Road

  • Homemade

    Homemade

  • Sabotage

    Sabotage

  • The Ghost Writer

    The Ghost Writer

  • Maps to the Stars

    Maps to the Stars

  • The Making of 'Rushmore'

    The Making of 'Rushmore'

  • Born Romantic

    Born Romantic

  • Damage

    Damage

  • Nyet!

    Nyet!

  • Collaborator

    Collaborator

  • Now Is Good

    Now Is Good

  • Funny Woman

    Funny Woman

  • The White King

    The White King

  • Flashbacks of a Fool

    Flashbacks of a Fool

  • The Trouble with Jessica

    The Trouble with Jessica

  • Below

    Below

  • Hyde Park on Hudson

    Hyde Park on Hudson

  • Justin and the Knights of Valour

    Justin and the Knights of Valour

  • Miss Austen Regrets

    Miss Austen Regrets

  • The Guest

    The Guest

  • Salting the Battlefield

    Salting the Battlefield

  • Case Sensitive

    Case Sensitive

  • An Education

    An Education

  • The Man from Elysian Fields

    The Man from Elysian Fields

  • The Halcyon

    The Halcyon

  • To Kill a King

    To Kill a King

  • The Last Days on Mars

    The Last Days on Mars

  • National Theatre Archive: Mosquitoes

    National Theatre Archive: Mosquitoes

  • Victoria & Abdul

    Victoria & Abdul

  • The Impact

    The Impact

  • Sex & Drugs & Rock & Roll

    Sex & Drugs & Rock & Roll

  • The Heart of Me

    The Heart of Me

  • My Name Is Leon

    My Name Is Leon

  • The Hotel In Amsterdam

    The Hotel In Amsterdam

  • Four Dogs Playing Poker

    Four Dogs Playing Poker

  • Pigs

    Pigs

  • Agatha Christie: A Life in Pictures

    Agatha Christie: A Life in Pictures

  • Krakatoa: The Last Days

    Krakatoa: The Last Days

  • Lucky Break

    Lucky Break

  • X-Men: The Last Stand

    X-Men: The Last Stand

  • The Good Daughter

    The Good Daughter

  • Dead Babies

    Dead Babies

  • Emma, Change the Locks

    Emma, Change the Locks

  • National Theatre Live: Mosquitoes

    National Theatre Live: Mosquitoes