Olivia Williams
Known for Acting · 80 credits
- Born
- 1968-07-26 (age 57)
- Place of birth
- Camden Town, London, England, UK
- Also known as
- Olivia Haigh Williams · اولیویا ویلیامز
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
TV Shows (23)
Friends
1994
as Felicity
The Crown
2016
as Camilla Parker Bowles
The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power
2022
as Winterbloom (voice)
The Wheel of Time
2021
as Queen Morgase Trakand
Dollhouse
2009
as Adelle DeWitt
Monster: The Ed Gein Story
2025
as Alma Reville
The Ruth Rendell Mysteries
1987
as Jennifer Norris
Dune: Prophecy
2024
as Reverend Mother Tula Harkonnen
Manhattan
2014
as Liza Winter
The Nevers
2021
as Lavinia Bidlow
Playhouse Presents
2012
as Dorothy Green
Counterpart
2017
as Emily Burton Silk
Van der Valk
1972
as Irene Kortman
Spaced
1999
as Irate Cyclist
OK! TV
2011
Terriers
2010
as Miriam Foster
Jason and the Argonauts
2000
as Hera
Homemade
2020
as Queen (voice)
Funny Woman
2023
as Gloria Balderstone, Barbara's mother
Case Sensitive
2011
as Charlie Zailer
The Halcyon
2017
as Lady Priscilla Hamilton
The Good Daughter
2026
as Harriet 'Gamma' Quinn
Unknown Belize
2024
as Narrator
Movies (57)
The Sixth Sense
1999
as Anna Crowe
Seventh Son
2014
as Mam Ward
Peter Pan
2003
as Mary Darling
The Man from Elysian Fields
2001
as Andrea
An Education
2009
as Miss Stubbs
The Postman
1997
as Abby
Hanna
2011
as Rachel
Anna Karenina
2012
as Countess Vronsky
The Father
2020
as The Woman
Valiant
2005
as Victoria (voice)
Rushmore
1998
as Rosemary Cross
The Ghost Writer
2010
as Ruth Lang
Sabotage
2014
as Caroline
Below
2002
as Claire
The Last Days on Mars
2013
as Kim Aldrich
Emma
1996
as Jane Fairfax
Man Up
2015
as Hilary
Maps to the Stars
2014
as Cristina Weiss
Salting the Battlefield
2014
as Belinda Kay
The Body
2001
as Sharon Golban
Now Is Good
2012
as Mother
Justin and the Knights of Valour
2013
as Queen (voice)
Miss Austen Regrets
2008
as Jane Austen
Victoria & Abdul
2017
as Baroness Churchill
The Trouble with Jessica
2024
as Beth
Lucky Break
2001
as Annabel
Sex & Drugs & Rock & Roll
2010
as Betty Dury
Flashbacks of a Fool
2008
as Grace Scott
To Kill a King
2003
as Lady Anne Fairfax
Wild Bill
2011
as Kelly
Hyde Park on Hudson
2012
as Eleanor Roosevelt
Tara Road
2005
as Ria
Born Romantic
2000
as Eleanor
Altar
2014
as Meg
Four Dogs Playing Poker
2000
as Audrey
The White King
2016
as Sophia (voice)
Krakatoa: The Last Days
2006
as Johanna Beijerinck
The Heart of Me
2004
as Madeleine
The Making of 'Rushmore'
2000
as Self
National Theatre Archive: Mosquitoes
2017
as Alice
The Impact
2022
as The President
Dead Babies
2000
as Diana
Broken Lines
2008
as Zoe
Another End
2024
as Juliette
Collaborator
2011
as Emma Stiles
X-Men: The Last Stand
2006
as Dr. Moira MacTaggert (uncredited)
National Theatre Live: Mosquitoes
2017
as Alice
The Hotel In Amsterdam
2004
as Annie
Magpie
2014
as The Woman
Damage
2007
as Michelle Cahill
Agatha Christie: A Life in Pictures
2004
as Agatha Christie
The Escape
2017
as Sarah
Pigs
2024
as Mum
Nyet!
2019
as Mrs. Pyke
My Name Is Leon
2022
as Sylvia
The Guest
2013
as Marguerite
Emma, Change the Locks
2015
as Emma
About Olivia Williams
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… With 80 credits spanning from 1972 to 2026, Olivia Williams has appeared in 57 films and 23 TV shows.
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Most Popular Olivia Williams Movies
- The Sixth Sense (1999) — as Anna Crowe
- Seventh Son (2014) — as Mam Ward
- Peter Pan (2003) — as Mary Darling
- The Man from Elysian Fields (2001) — as Andrea
- An Education (2009) — as Miss Stubbs
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