Olivia Williams

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

79

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

  • The Crown

    The Crown

  • The Wheel of Time

    The Wheel of Time

  • Monster: The Ed Gein Story

    Monster: The Ed Gein Story

  • The Nevers

    The Nevers

  • Dune: Prophecy

    Dune: Prophecy

  • Emma

    Emma

  • The Sixth Sense

    The Sixth Sense

  • Dollhouse

    Dollhouse

  • Counterpart

    Counterpart

  • Van der Valk

    Van der Valk

  • Manhattan

    Manhattan

  • Damage

    Damage

  • Collaborator

    Collaborator

  • The Ruth Rendell Mysteries

    The Ruth Rendell Mysteries

  • OK! TV

    OK! TV

  • Altar

    Altar

  • Rushmore

    Rushmore

  • Valiant

    Valiant

  • The Guest

    The Guest

  • Jason and the Argonauts

    Jason and the Argonauts

  • Seventh Son

    Seventh Son

  • Spaced

    Spaced

  • The Father

    The Father

  • The Body

    The Body

  • Sex & Drugs & Rock & Roll

    Sex & Drugs & Rock & Roll

  • Peter Pan

    Peter Pan

  • Nyet!

    Nyet!

  • Hanna

    Hanna

  • The Postman

    The Postman

  • Broken Lines

    Broken Lines

  • Anna Karenina

    Anna Karenina

  • The Halcyon

    The Halcyon

  • The Ghost Writer

    The Ghost Writer

  • Homemade

    Homemade

  • Sabotage

    Sabotage

  • Funny Woman

    Funny Woman

  • Pigs

    Pigs

  • Maps to the Stars

    Maps to the Stars

  • Terriers

    Terriers

  • An Education

    An Education

  • Man Up

    Man Up

  • Below

    Below

  • The Hotel In Amsterdam

    The Hotel In Amsterdam

  • Victoria & Abdul

    Victoria & Abdul

  • Case Sensitive

    Case Sensitive

  • The Last Days on Mars

    The Last Days on Mars

  • Flashbacks of a Fool

    Flashbacks of a Fool

  • Now Is Good

    Now Is Good

  • The Trouble with Jessica

    The Trouble with Jessica

  • Salting the Battlefield

    Salting the Battlefield

  • Another End

    Another End

  • Miss Austen Regrets

    Miss Austen Regrets

  • Justin and the Knights of Valour

    Justin and the Knights of Valour

  • Wild Bill

    Wild Bill

  • Hyde Park on Hudson

    Hyde Park on Hudson

  • To Kill a King

    To Kill a King

  • Tara Road

    Tara Road

  • The Man from Elysian Fields

    The Man from Elysian Fields

  • Born Romantic

    Born Romantic

  • Lucky Break

    Lucky Break

  • X-Men: The Last Stand

    X-Men: The Last Stand

  • Krakatoa: The Last Days

    Krakatoa: The Last Days

  • The Good Daughter

    The Good Daughter

  • Agatha Christie: A Life in Pictures

    Agatha Christie: A Life in Pictures

  • The White King

    The White King

  • The Heart of Me

    The Heart of Me

  • Magpie

    Magpie

  • The Impact

    The Impact

  • National Theatre Archive: Mosquitoes

    National Theatre Archive: Mosquitoes

  • Dead Babies

    Dead Babies

  • Four Dogs Playing Poker

    Four Dogs Playing Poker

  • The Making of 'Rushmore'

    The Making of 'Rushmore'

  • The Escape

    The Escape

  • My Name Is Leon

    My Name Is Leon

  • National Theatre Live: Mosquitoes

    National Theatre Live: Mosquitoes

  • Emma, Change the Locks

    Emma, Change the Locks

  • Unknown Belize

    Unknown Belize