Olivia Williams
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- July 26, 1968
- Birthplace
- Camden Town, London, England, UK
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.
Filmography
Pigs 2024
as Mum
The Trouble with Jessica 2024
as Beth
Another End 2024
as Juliette
My Name Is Leon 2022
as Sylvia
The Impact 2022
as The President
The Father 2020
as The Woman
Nyet! 2019
as Mrs. Pyke
National Theatre Archive: Mosquitoes 2017
as Alice
Victoria & Abdul 2017
as Baroness Churchill
The Escape 2017
as Sarah
The White King 2016
as Sophia (voice)
Emma, Change the Locks 2015
as Emma
Man Up 2015
as Hilary
Altar 2014
as Meg
Seventh Son 2014
as Mam Ward
- Magpie
Magpie 2014
as The Woman
Maps to the Stars 2014
as Cristina Weiss
Sabotage 2014
as Caroline
Salting the Battlefield 2014
as Belinda Kay
The Last Days on Mars 2013
as Kim Aldrich
Justin and the Knights of Valour 2013
as Queen (voice)
- The Guest
The Guest 2013
as Marguerite
Hyde Park on Hudson 2012
as Eleanor Roosevelt
Now Is Good 2012
as Mother
Anna Karenina 2012
as Countess Vronsky
Wild Bill 2011
as Kelly
Collaborator 2011
as Emma Stiles
Hanna 2011
as Rachel
The Ghost Writer 2010
as Ruth Lang
Sex & Drugs & Rock & Roll 2010
as Betty Dury
An Education 2009
as Miss Stubbs
Broken Lines 2008
as Zoe
Flashbacks of a Fool 2008
as Grace Scott
Miss Austen Regrets 2008
as Jane Austen
Damage 2007
as Michelle Cahill
Krakatoa: The Last Days 2006
as Johanna Beijerinck
X-Men: The Last Stand 2006
as Dr. Moira MacTaggert (uncredited)
Tara Road 2005
as Ria
Valiant 2005
as Victoria (voice)
Agatha Christie: A Life in Pictures 2004
as Agatha Christie
The Hotel In Amsterdam 2004
as Annie
The Heart of Me 2004
as Madeleine
Peter Pan 2003
as Mary Darling
To Kill a King 2003
as Lady Anne Fairfax
Below 2002
as Claire
The Man from Elysian Fields 2001
as Andrea
Lucky Break 2001
as Annabel
The Body 2001
as Sharon Golban
Born Romantic 2000
as Eleanor
Dead Babies 2000
as Diana
Four Dogs Playing Poker 2000
as Audrey
The Making of 'Rushmore' 2000
as Self
The Sixth Sense 1999
as Anna Crowe
Rushmore 1998
as Rosemary Cross
The Postman 1997
as Abby
Emma 1996
as Jane Fairfax
Credits from TMDB.